Welcome Pete @whyte. Post some progress pictures of your journey and any questions, even the ones you think are too silly to ask (ps... there are no silly questions), post in the forums. This group of...

@whyte Hey there Pete and welcome to the coolest forum around, have fun!

@whyte Hello Pete, welcome to the forum and a life changing experience. Prepare for skill building, for mistakes to be made, for solutions to be found, for the highs and lows, and feeling the ultimate...

@whyte. Welcome Pete. Enjoy the ride. There's a lot of good people and great advice around here. Keep us posted on your journey. Cheers, Russ 🙂🎶🎸🙏

Hello all. I wanted to say hello and introduce myself. I'm Pete from London and was gifted a premium membership from my girlfriend today. Looking forward to watching all the courses and building alon...

I’m alright, thanks. You? Pretty busy with the shop so that’s fine (except for…) @mattbeels I’m good thanks. Glad things are going well for you, apart from….. 🤣👍

No one need ever know. Bonus pic of first coat of danish oil @cheesewhisk Hey Drill Sergeant, how are you feeling about things today? Must better I bet? It’s gonna look superb this guitar, I can’t w...

No one need ever know. Bonus pic of first coat of danish oil @cheesewhisk Yeah! Nice work! See, walk away, come back and fix it. Boom! Looks great. 👍

Attachment : CC49CFBC-23A1-41E5-BD7B-CE6B1F6EA946.jpeg Attachment : E492D8FA-BC0C-4EB1-87A6-7C42E9627585.jpeg No one need ever know. Bonus pic of first coat of danish oil

@boo I’m alright, thanks. You? Pretty busy with the shop so that’s fine (except for…) Yeah, he doesn’t know yet. Fortunately it’s an aftermarket body with a shitty white paint job so hiding it won’t b...

@mattbeels thanks for sharing that one, a customer, jeez the idea makes my blood go cold. @robin oh there's been so many lessons 🤣 still it definitely feels better than it did yesterday.

So now that I've joined the 'Drilled Right Through the Back of the Guitar Club' I can really share your pain. @mattbeels Hey Matt, how’s things? Not seen you for a bit, how’s the shop? Sorry to hear...

@cheesewhisk I know that feeling all to well when you think you've ruined weeks of work, but once you calm down and think about it there's always a fix and another lesson learnt.

@cheesewhisk Dude, that sucks!!! So sorry to see this but maybe my story will make you feel a bit better… The other day I was working on a customer's Partscaster and realized that the hole for the out...

Can’t thank you enough for replies though.Ive left this for now, did a bit of finiting then walked away and poured a JD & coke medicinal like 🤣 @cheesewhisk That’s the spirit! 😉&#...

Thanks for the eencouragement @boo , I'm not going to tamper with it and risk spoiling the finish that I've got. The next project is still a block of wood at the moment, so the decision to oil or lacq...

I can see small swirly scratches shining through the lacquer when I turn it in the sunhine, I don't know if these would polish out or not but I think I'm going to leave it as it is, I'm delighted with...

She really is a beauty @robin, thanks for sharing as it's always so inspiring to see what everyone else is up to.

Looks great! Headstock is awesome! Thanks @ wayne_f The headstock started off a little bigger than that. I tried to use a handheld polishing mop and ripped the corner off it. Rather than sand it b...

Looks great! Headstock is awesome!