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Long time no speak. I'll be mentioning Mark & Carol during my interview next Thursday on guitar makers collective podcast, and how useful Mark's media presence and instruction has been. Current...

In forum Announcements from GuitarMaking.co.uk

8 months ago
RE: Carved heel thickness on solid body

@liebe what you’ll find in the video is you need the wood of the body to extend beyond the body so the heel of the neck is covered by the extension of the body wood under the neck joint. You then carv...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

8 months ago
RE: Bolt on neck and premade fretboard

@russ I am! so you're saying this "double notch" is for the embedded nut? Attachment : IMG_5504.jpg If so, that's incredibly convenient!

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

8 months ago
RE: Triumvirate

These look absolutely fabulous Dan @liebe I love the finish you get on them. I have persisted with Spray on Nitro up to now with varying degrees of success but think I will give this a try. Do you hav...

In forum Electric

8 months ago
RE: Carved heel thickness on solid body

@liebe Hi Dan, 10mm seems to be the recommended minimum but if both sides of your heel are being glued into the neck pocket then you could possibly get away with a couple of millimetres more. In the p...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

8 months ago
RE: Bolt on neck and premade fretboard

@somethingnicer You couldn't use it in that way for a Strat style bolt on but you could do a Gibson style bolt on. If you did want a Strat style neck then you could put the nut right at the end of you...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

8 months ago
RE: Carved heel thickness on solid body

@liebe Hi Dan, I would think that with the glued on neck you've got a bit more strength but looking at that picture of the bolt on I'd say that was on the limit if not a wee bit past it. 🎶&#x...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

8 months ago
RE: Carved heel thickness on solid body

Mark did a video showing how to do the neck joint like you’re referring to. It’s on the guitar making YouTube channel.

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

8 months ago
The Mark Bailey Bug Topic

Hello people of the guitar world. I haven't posted for quite some time now but thought I would update you on my journey since being bitten by the guitar makers bug and hitting a milestone in guitar bu...

In forum Showcase

8 months ago
Bass builders

I call this one The Hulk Attachment : IMG_4786.mov

In forum Bass

8 months ago
RE: Build #6 - Design #1

@liebe I like creating my own designs instead of making copies of all the generic guitars on the market. It’s a lot more fun and keeps things way more interesting. Plus when someone wants you to make ...

In forum Electric

8 months ago
RE: Wide neck Tele?

@julioherrera That is great feedback Julio, thanks so much. I’ll have a word with my client and so just how wide he thinks wide is for him. I think you are right also about the radius, I was thinking...

In forum Pluckers Paradise

8 months ago
RE: Wide neck Tele?

Hello, my name is Julio Herrera. I will suggest you a 1.75" nut width is a good starting point for a Tele with a wide neck. For a Telecaster-style guitar with a wider neck, the width of the nut and th...

In forum Pluckers Paradise

8 months ago
RE: Thicknessing Indian rosewood by hand

I'm in a learning curve again...in properly sharpening chisels and Plane[s] blades...i used to work with them as a young man but sent the blades out for sharpening, because time was $$$ and i lacked t...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

8 months ago
Mark Bailey Documentary by Gordon Doherty

Hello Peeps, I've been watching this over again recently and I thought it would be nice to have a dedicated wee space for it here on the forum for you all to watch it...... Fantastic! 🙌Ἷ...

In forum Announcements from GuitarMaking.co.uk

9 months ago
Surf Green custom Tele type

OK, I've just finished making yet another custom Tele type, so here is my latest creation. Its for an old friend of mine that I used to be in a band with many moons ago. He is a left handed player so...

In forum Electric

8 months ago
Build #6 - Design #1

Attachment : IMG_1991.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2003.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2002.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2011.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2013.jpeg So I’m finally building the guita...

In forum Electric

8 months ago
Painting order

hey all, I’m almost ready to paint my guitar and I went through the finishing course but so far there’s only 2 examples and I want to make sure I’m understanding this. ill be painting a setneck guit...

In forum Finishing

8 months ago
RE: Fixed scale by altering body. Now have toggle issue

@liebe hey Dan, thanks a lot. I ended up plugging the hole and just going down to one pickup… this was my original plan to begin with so not worrie. I’ll just cover the pickup hole with a pick guard

In forum Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

8 months ago
RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

This Is My Favourite Song For This Moment..... Beautiful. 🥰 🎶🙂🙏🎸

In forum Pluckers Paradise

9 months ago
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