Posted by: @swepri Welcome! I'm relatively new to this forum too, but have already got great answers to my newbie questions (building my first guitar right now). Mark's clear and logical process for ...

Posted by: @boo @petejb Hey man, welcome to the forum and to the guitar making revolution. Mark’s courses are indeed amazing and really set you up for making guitars in the comfort of your own worksh...

Welcome! I'm relatively new to this forum too, but have already got great answers to my newbie questions (building my first guitar right now). Mark's clear and logical process for building, paired wit...

@petejb Welcome Pete. Enjoy your time here. Hopefully you'll be able to give us some tips. Looking forward to seeing what you're going to build. Cheers, Russ 🎶🙂🎸🙏

@petejb Hey man, welcome to the forum and to the guitar making revolution. Mark’s courses are indeed amazing and really set you up for making guitars in the comfort of your own workshop. I suspect you...

Posted by: @koendb Welcome to the community @petejb! lot's of good advice and positive vibes here Thank you koendb. It's good to see people preserving the essential skills of antiquity that might ot...

Hi @petejb, welcome to the group. What are you planning on building?

@rocknroller912 Tut tut sharp blades are much better. The cuts are cleaner and heal up faster. I'll consider myself reprimanded and get all my blades sharpened. I had a good tidy up yesterday and m...

@robin Tut tut sharp blades are much better. The cuts are cleaner and heal up faster.

@boo but how the hell did you do that if you are supposed to keep the cutting adage away from you at all times? My hand was behind the chisel's edge and I'm not entirely sure what slipped. I hadn't...

Posted by: @robin I've been a bit smug reading these injury posts and congratulating myself for being a careful worker. I really should've known better, thankfully the chisel was a wee bit dull and i...

Hi, Just finished both of Mark's classes on Udemy and ordered all of my materials straight away. Woodworker and engineer here. Built an electric guitar when I was young but it was garbage. After watch...

I've been a bit smug reading these injury posts and congratulating myself for being a careful worker. I really should've known better, thankfully the chisel was a wee bit dull and its just a scratch. ...

@rocknroller912 Yeah but….but……but it’s not England. I’m bored of England. I want my Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 😭 Am I being a baby? I am, I’m...

@boo You haven’t missed anything by not travelling to Scotland. We still have high winds and some areas also snow.

Thank you, I will follow your advices.

Glue fretboard first and let it settle in a day with the truss rod and neck. Wood moves. Metal does not. Makes sense?

Hi @mario, if you put the frets in first the fret board will bend….a lot! Whilst not impossible, it would make positioning the fretboard accurately and then clamping it in position an absolute nightma...

Hi Sean, it doesn’t sound like the same stuff to me. Email me at Bagpress.com or PM me with your address and I’ll let you know what it will cost to send you a couple of rolls. Darren

@darrenking i am only able to find tesa 4288 which is the black tape. the only difference is it has stronger tensile strength. i found it off ebay where someone was selling it as an alternative to t...