I knew darren would come up with a fine design! How easy is it to get a couple of clamps onto it to fix it to the bench?

@tv1 For me it's not just the tools, it's the loop I'd get into, finding that I could buy tool X if my compressor was just a little bit bigger... I'd start off looking at something suitable for an air...

A compressor is a wonderful excuse to buy all sorts of other tools, including a venturi bagpress unit. Hopefully I can avoid getting one though, since we have a couple at my hackspace (including a ver...

I rather like the idea of having some nice hand tools and taking my time carving a top. But if you want to get the job done quickly, and you don't mind noise and LOTS of sawdust, these are the way

One of the most surprisingly (to me) effective colours I've seen on mahogany was when Ben Crowe dyed the back of his cyberpunk guitar black. With an oil finish, the best way I can put it is it came ou...

drill bits for wood? These are lovely. Yes they're expensive, but I'm not sorry I spent the money.

Is that headstock intended to double as a heckler jabbing device or is it just to stop the singer cutting your solo short? (Both reasonable uses in my opinion). It's a great looking guitar.

For that, they invented bending! @koendb If you're familiar with Dave Kilminster, you'll know that if it was physically possible to play, he'll have done it (and most probably if it wasn't). He's a...

I don’t know how much difference it makes. Has it been measured? Or is it another myth of vintage guitar construction? @jamesbisset Just speculating here, but perhaps it isn't so much a myth as an ou...

, it’s soooo much simpler and more accurate imo. I think it's telling that machinists who work in Imperial (i.e. mostly Americans and old school British) work in thousands (or ten thousandths) of an ...

Are you also familiar with the Hamer Virtuoso? @mattbeels I wasn't until now, looks interesting

. a tad extreme don’t you think @mattbeels You say extreme, I say firm, but fair. 22 Is forgivable on the basis that some people just want the tone of the pickup in that 24th fret position, it is aft...

Bats as well now? @boo I like to spread the love around

Interesting using the nails to pin it, the technique I've seen is to drill a hole through the fret slot (I can't remember the size) and use a toothpick (with the end broken off, so it's basically a li...

I stressed about it for a couple of days but resolved to the fact I never play those frets anyway What an odd person. I feel slightly cheated if I have fewer than 24 frets, 21 frets on a modern guita...

Doing 24 frets on a boltie usually means a longer fretboard extension as most most people use the Fender standard neck heel Warmoth are the only people I know who do that. Suhr, Ibanez, Charvel, Stei...

Same answer applies, it's great. @darrenking Damn! Now I'm going to have to buy one. 😐

@darrenking Complete tangent here, but what's your opinion of that little Makita router? I already have larger routers, have wondered about getting a smaller one at some point, and I already have some...

Having seen his neck pocket solution I'm just crossing my fingers that @darrenking is going to need to thin some body blanks at some point so we can all benefit.

@boo Do you mind? I resemble that remark!