@koendb Im pretty sure that if you were travelling from Belgium to the Bailey workshop you would have to pass close to my place, so welcome to call in with some beers and discuss guitar stuff.

@boo Agreed, in-person in a workshop would be ideal... but alas, here we are! Can't wait to travel, and get in Mark's shop one day for a live build!

Hi. Finally the back is on and it’s fingers crossed that all is well. Quite a nervous wait till the strapping etc comes off Hoping and praying for a good outcome cheers Attachment : BC9B7AAA-3173...

My first electric was an Aria as well.

Posted by: @jaxty I now settle in with a nice old-fashioned in my glass and some video lessons! Cheers to Carol and Mark for making these courses available. @jaxty Yep, that’s the spirit! 😉&...

Posted by: @jaxty I needed better advice or a better plan. I committed myself to sign up as a premium member as soon as I could afford it (during current times), so I could re-do my build step by st...

@jaxty Cool. I love Cape Breton. Me and the guys all gather once a year at a golf course on cape breton island for a fun filled golfing/drinking/guitar playing weekend. It's always a blast. My wife ha...

Posted by: @steveh So, for my first project, I plan to build something along the same lines, using as much of the original hardware as I can. I won't use the ugly scratchplate, and will probably also...

Posted by: @koendb @steveh Early in the 80's, I must have been around 13 or 14 then, I had an Aria Sunburst Strat copy. I remember swapping it with a cheaper knockoff because I wanted a black one ca...

Great stuff - good start! Some tips: Sounds like the neck came loose on the original - probably could have been taken out and reset - but you live and learn...I'm sure we all have a story like that 😛 ...

The Mirka extraction hose is worth getting - same length as the mains lead and nice and flexible - plug hose and mains into vacuum and the extraction works really well……

I’ve got an electric Mirka - really like it - very controllable sanding.

There is one amazing sander with dust extraction to help keep the dust out of your workshop. This one of mine is superb, Mirka orbital sander. It’s pneumatic but electric ones are available if you don...

@steveh It's not just the bike I'm trying to protect. At the moment, there's a thin layer of sawdust over pretty much everything (my garage tools, for example) in the garage and I'd rather there was...

@steveh Have to admit that I don’t do much power sanding these days after finding out what a mess it makes. I use mostly hand planes and scrapers. If I have to power sand I do it outside.

Thanks for the welcome, everybody. I will set up a project page once I get going. I've got something in mind already 🙂

Posted by: @rocknroller912 @boo @steveh Ive had a bike in my garage for 25 years and never found it to be a problem with woodwork. Bike gets cleaned in the driveway and only sits there, so why solve ...

@boo I agree with you on that as all this stuff does the same to bike paintwork so I don’t use any of it. Washing up liquid is about the strongest thing I use. Brake fluid is a great paint stripper by...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 Ive had a bike in my garage for 25 years and never found it to be a problem with woodwork. Bike gets cleaned in the driveway and only sits there, so why solve a problem tha...

@boo @steveh Ive had a bike in my garage for 25 years and never found it to be a problem with woodwork. Bike gets cleaned in the driveway and only sits there, so why solve a problem that doesn’t exist...