My wife just came into the room with a slightly worried look on her face. "It's Wednesday" she said. Pretty good, I thought. Though I remembered not to say so. "You forgot your workshop video t...

What have you got to hide.... Usually when something is renamed it is to hide bad stuff - they do it with failing schools, bad Ofsted and Station Road Secondary School becomes The Rose Academy' - or W...

I was going to amend my username to theguitarbuildformerlyknownastv1010101 but that seemed a little long. So, it was either Susan, or tv101. 😉 So, who's next for a re-christening? I vote markbaile...

In My Humble Opinion........The Sharkfin plectrum is the Greatest Plectrum ever produced. Attachment : Sharkfin-Red.jpg

In My Humble Opinion........The Marshall Stack is The Greatest Amp ever produced. Attachment : 482736000000000-00-1600x1600.jpg

In My Humble Opinion..........The Fender Stratocaster is The Greatest Guitar ever Produced. 😱 Attachment : rl4bszefsho6sgasjuxr.jpg

@markbailey Stressed at all?

Is it Saturday already. Iv'e glued my fretboard this morning and having the rest of the day off. Attachment : 20200926_123656.jpg It's hard work being retired.

Really just another excuse for a live get together Q+A session and site news. Hmmmmm That makes me think. These sessions are great - informative, fun, and a tenuous connection back to reality and the...

This is nothing to do with viruses ... Prompted by a photo & comment in another discussion here, what are people's views on the necessity of shielding a guitar, and to what extent do you (if you d...

I got the wiring done today and got through it without having to take a break to go and smash something up. Everything went well, with no buzzing or humming, I’m happy. I put everything together and a...

Of course Leo Fender is rightly praised for his iconical Precision and Jazz basses. But in my humble opinion the best bass he ever designed was the Music Man Stingray. So I wanted to make one myself. ...

Today in my 37th birthday. I got to meet and work on the collection of guitars of my 1st client. (a paid job). Phil - a British guitar player living near Zurich has a collection of 40 something guitar...

New superfast dedicated host for The Guitar Making Academy Great news Mark!! 🙂 we are advised to start using IMGUR to embed pics Imgur is - IMHO - probably the best of the currently-free web host...

The mother of all basses is the Precision bass. About 3 years ago I made one. Alder body, flamed maple top, maple neck with a pau ferro fretboard. Attachment : image.png The pickup is a Seymour...

The $20 orders are - IIRC - under the threshold for customs/duty. As you say, if you've got free postage, then small value orders make sense - double sense if they also don't attract customs costs!!

That's a good Q @darrenking. I'll have to think about that!! Right, having completely forgotten to think about it ... my sub-conscious has clearly been working on it because an idea has just popped ...

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With ebony now also on the verge of protection what will we do for black fingerboards? We will either have to used a dyed species or, another alternative, is a man-made material called Richlite which ...

How to achieve a “space” for the least amount of essential Tools (both hand and power) including a bench (and what bench to get/build). Unfortunately, people like me don’t have a garage not a proper s...