@robin turns out that I needed very little in terms of carving for the belly and wrist carves so they’re both quite slight. In might need to carve the lower horn out a little more to allow better acce...

@bpower kits are great but it’s satisfying to do basics the hard way too

@bpower tidy work 🙂

Great Start @bpower. 👍😁 🙏🙂🎸🎶

More routing and rounding, also have the holes for the wiring, socket and strap pins done (no pic of that bit!) Onto carving next, happy days. 🙂 Attachment : 7CB47523-BFA6-4DF5-9B80-B0E300...

Coming along nicely @tej 👍😁 🎶🎸🙂🙏

So I’m a little less concerned about this now, in terms of the fretboard and the strings running parallel to the edges it lines up fairly close, the bridge will need to be maybe .5mm off the centre li...

I used the fides oil @steveadams was it a tinted oil? Also have you by chance tried that oil over a coloured water based stain?

I've just looked at the post and it seems the links have turned into images!!!! no idea why... I've broken the forum!!!!!!!! agghhh... not sure how to share the link... email me at steve.adams@go-medi...

Hey Boo here is the link for the inserts: here is the link for the screws: They were pretty good quality and the threads matched ok...I wish I had taken some pics of the process... I bought a 20mm...

Any tips you can give with the grub screws on control knobs? Recently made but seems to strip out on me or misaligns. @clinton I’ve thought about doing this also but not got around to it yet. I would...

Hi Clinton I bought some grub screw internal threads..I initially tried just screwing the grub screws into the wood of the knob but didnt work....there are a few places on amazon that do the internal ...

@steveadams Really like this build, looks amazing! Any tips you can give with the grub screws on control knobs? Recently made but seems to strip out on me or misaligns.

@koendb set neck, not sure how I’d go about making a shim thin enough! Anyway I should check it against the path of the strings and bridge first and check how big the problem is, sorry, should have do...

So after putting some straight edges either side of the fretboard with the neck in the socket it’s a few mm off centre at the bridge, plan today is to temporarily put the nut on and run threads for th...

The pickups I used in this Bailey Bandsman are Hot Slags from Iron Gear. @boo I wish I’d asked you for some sound samples now, those are the same pups I chose for my build!

The neck is roughed out. Now on to the body. 🙂 Attachment : 20210621_202849.jpg Attachment : 20210622_194350.jpg Attachment : 20210622_204740.jpg Attachment : 20210622_203924....

First attempt at making a sound hole ring cut from a flat sheet salvaged from the off cuts of acoustic sides and joined together. After it was scraped down I decided that it needed purfling either sid...

Interesting point, honestly hadn’t considered that! @Tej I must watch more videos than you do, it's a pretty common opinion. I've actually never heard a professional luthier say the glue was needed t...

@rocknroller912 makes sense, I can’t say it’s one of the bits of the Build I’m looking forward to honestly. Mostly when I’ve used the stuff whatever it’s in seems to seal up part way through squeezing...