Attachment : IMG_0632.jpeg Attachment : IMG_0628.jpeg Attachment : IMG_0627.jpeg Attachment : IMG_0631.jpeg Attachment : IMG_0629.jpeg Last Monday, September 18th, 2023...

I have been pulling together bits and pieces and some tools (I have some hand me downs from various places) to build a 7 string 27" scale guitar (I can hear the groans of 'Djent' from here) to go alon...

Some weeks ago I was in Ayr where Carol took me to an afternoon jam with Mick and Dee. I got the privilege to play Mick’s short scale bass, made by Mark. It was an eye opener for me. Never played a sh...

Hello friends. I just signed up for mark's course on building electric guitars. Looking forward to it

The method Mark uses for carving the neck is so quick using mahogany, took me less than an hour to crave the neck, heel and do the volute. Got the frets in earlier before carving. Attachment : 2...

Finally getting down to the actual building of this guitar! Unlike solid sides, these laminations have rough, uneven edges and are not yet cut to size. So one edge was sanded flat on a sanding board, ...

I started this project over two years ago (I know) here: I didn’t even know a laminated semi-hollowbody wasn’t an archtop. After all this time building the workshop, accumulating tools, buying parts,...

Meant to say too that my new file arrived, I have a couple of iwasaki, shinto etc but liked the look of the Mark Bailey special! I'll be trying it out on the neck carve. Attachment : 20230130_13...

Yeah it seems that way. It really does. In the months since I introduced my original guitar design, and more specifically the last couple of months, people have begun to find me and asking if I can fi...

I think I have sorted the headstock now. Olive wood thicknessed to 2mm and I have also thicknessed a piece of walnut which matches the neck. With both together I think it will work out when I get to t...

@markbailey. Thank you for having moved the wee thumbs up 👍 to the bottom of the posts Mark. It does make it much easier for my small brain. 🤣 Cheers, Russ 🙏🎸🙂&...

@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...

Thanks Mark...much appreciated... moving along...like a herd 'a turtles This project is helping me adjust to retirement, so even the small frustration is good,,, <>< Poco7

Posted by: @russ wondering if you have any plans to do any more Live YouTube Workshop Wednesdays again. They were very helpful wee sessions and extremely entertaining. Missing the Banter. Yeah same...

@russ Agreed. I don't think I would have found this community if not for the live streams so I'm kinda bias. I loved them and I loved the "real" feeling that came with them.

Posted by: @koendb Posted by: @russ wondering if you have any plans to do any more Live YouTube Workshop Wednesdays again. They were very helpful wee sessions and extremely entertaining. Missing t...

couple of things I'd love to see are a classical guitar project and also a neck through build going through the entire process from the initial drawing to the finished guitar being a big fan of supers...

@seanwhcraig Hi Sean, I have an 8’ x 4’ CNC router with a 360 m3 per hour vacuum pump hooked up to the hold down table. However, when machining such relatively small components as guitar necks or head...

Hi Sean, I run a business called Bagpress and we specialise in vacuum pressing and associated technology. If you can give me a bit more information about what you are trying to achieve, I’m happy to o...

@markbailey @cazdaz Hi Mark and Carol. Hope all is well with you. I've been sitting here wondering if you have any plans to do any more Live YouTube Workshop Wednesdays again. They were very helpful w...