It has just struck me that in my loft there is a canvas wardrobe with a frame of metal pipes that slot together. I'll have to take a look and see if it might be suitable, not sure how I'd implement ex...

It's not so collapsible though, and it always seems to be in the way ... @tv101 That's the thing, practically speaking there are three places I could do spray painting. The first two have no power, b...

Now what we need is for Darren to come up with a nifty design for an affordable collapsible spray booth.

It sounds cool, but don't you think it would be even cooler with an additional baritone neck and a bluetooth connection? 😀

Incidentally, I just found that Northwest guitars do a water based top coat in gloss or satin, but it's hidden in their "Water based stains" section. @darrenking, for what it's worth they even have a ...

I think a key thing to remember when choosing between 1K acrylic and 2K (at least for me because my desire for "the best" has a tendency to pull me towards 2K despite its practical issues) is that Nit...

Baritone?

@darrenking The bagpress system looks great, it gives me all sorts of ideas I'd like to try out in guitar building (says the guy who has still not got started on testing finishes, let alone build 1). ...

I may have measured twice Every time Mark says "measure twice, cut once" I think "bollocks, that's not how it goes for me" My reality is more, measure twice, cut... measure again.. scratch head tryin...

I’m thinking of putting a couple of Matt black racing stripes down the middle to give it some contrast. And to make it play faster of course, because we all know racing stripes make things faster.

@darrenking I was thinking just chop those outriggers at 45 degrees at the front (not a big deal for the CNC I would have thought) which would then look "right" when you put it on the corner of the be...

That looks awesome.The 45 degree idea when bench location allows for it is very smart, might I suggest shaping the outriggers to suit that, or would it mean you needed extra long clamps to hold it in ...

They are definitely amongst the prettiest metal luthiery gadgets I've seen

I find it amusing that somebody who apparently has no issues with the black art of finishing with different substrates, effects and finishes is so terrified of some soldering!

My perception is that classical guitars seem to have had rather more variation in bracing ideas (as in clearly different approaches to the layout rather than tweaks of the same basic arrangement) than...

@rocknroller912 I have to confess I pondered about whether or not to use the term thesis, since my first thought when i hear the term is also an academic thesis, so I checked whether it would be appro...

@rocknroller912 Can you remember if the video where Mark showed the pyramid bridge was the one where he builds a bridge for an acoustic guitar? I have some chores to finish but I'd like to watch it la...

The only weak point in the article is the lack of scientific data to allow it to be called a thesis, That doesn't figure in the dictionary definition of "thesis". Thanks for the other information.

I thought this might interest people here, even if it's just to disagree with his theories

Sorry to hear this. Of course, family comes first, hope you're mum will be ok.