Thanks @Rocknroller912 I think I'll probably put any vague ideas of making an acoustic to one side for now. I'm usually happy if I can an electric playing adequately, and that requires a whole lot le...

@tv101 Yes tap tuning. Some makers also tune the sound board after the sound box is assembled by tapping and listening to the vibrations. Then they scrape away shavings on the outside until they are ...

Posted by: @rocknroller912 People often tune the back and front to a set interval, say 5th apart, C for the back and G for the front. Some use an electronic tuner and some do it by ear. Removing wood...

@tv101 People often tune the back and front to a set interval, say 5th apart, C for the back and G for the front. Some use an electronic tuner and some do it by ear. Removing wood lowers the frequenc...

Brilliant film. I was multitasking but had to stop everything else to give it my full attention. Love the headstock carving with hand tools. Also the use of egg white to seal the soundboard was intere...

I *think* I've settled on a HB in the bridge position, with a standard Tele bridge but cut out for a HB rather than the usual Tele bridge p'up. Mainly because I think that'll give a neater option for ...

Posted by: @robin Its a myth that you'll have time on your hands when you retire. My #003 guitar build has come to a halt, I'm seldom a home. I'm far to busy sitting in the sun looking at this view. ...

What an incredible film. Some great playing - I could listen to a lot more of that - and expert craftsmanship too. Interesting comment that each soundboard has to be tuned separately. I guess that’s ...

@tv101 I need to stop earning money, and join the ranks of the retired ... Its a myth that you'll have time on your hands when you retire. My #003 guitar build has come to a halt, I'm seldom a home...

Beautiful views @boo Congrats on getting the move done. Hope it’s all you’ve hoped and planned for. And that you get the workshops / paint shops sorted out soon.

@tv101 Sorry to disappoint you, I am still around, not in prison. 😂 However, I have got my hands full with my new home in Scotland, no time for guitar building I’m afraid. I still don’t hav...

Posted by: @marcel That sunny day was the one before we were there. That’s amazingly coincidental. Whenever I go there, the locals always say “it was really sunny the day before you turned up”. At...

@tv101 I haven’t posted progress on any builds as I’ve been busy with non guitar stuff although I have been spraying a Tele neck earlier this week and doing an oil finish on the body, which isn’t goo...

@tv101 That sunny day was the one before we were there. No, actually the weather was ok. Only had two or three day with some showers but also some sunny days. Then again, one doesn't go to Scotland to...

Finally got enough nerve to get my router out and do the mortise in the body. I can now follow the course as normal now. The picture is not the best but everything lines up perfect. Thank you again ...

I made a documentary about building guitars some years ago - free on the tube for anyone interested

Beautiful - I added the link so you can watch it here - Thanks!

Posted by: @tv101 Where's my virtual friend @Marcel? Hello my dear virtual friend! I'm alive. Been busy with many other things. Making music (I play in 4 bands now), painting and just returned from ...

@tv101 The forum has been very quiet recently, since the live streams finished people don’t seem to be posting as much. I guess people have had to go back to work and not spend as much time guitar mak...

Posted by: @marcel Posted by: @tv101 Where's my virtual friend @Marcel? and just returned from a 4 week holiday to Scotland and the north of England. You kept that quiet - and it's why we'll al...