Hi Mark, Just caught up on today's session. Another good one. You even managed to throw in my favourite proverb...."Better to ask for forgiveness than permission". I've always tried to live my life fo...

For the older folk:

And another ......I’ll not punish you with any more...for a while!

Another band....

Ok guys I’ll start this off with some old rubbish from one band when we managed to sneak into Paul McCarney auditorium and play a few songs.... I’m the bald git on the left....no comments about the sh...

I have several routers but the one I use most is my (second hand) Dewalt DW621 - same model Mark uses - that claims to be 2hp so 1875 Watts - so somewhere between - I have my extended base on a cheapl...

Posted by: @mickcarr Been hobby building for about twenty years, nothing special, mainly teles, strats and the odd bass. Basses are quite often “odd”. Think it’s something to do with the people tha...

Chisel and rasp arrived - Post Office had been looking after them for a few days. Chisel is brilliant - thanks!! Rasp is also an answer to a problem - I bought another one but couldn't get it to work ...

Hot thing arrives from Baileys.... Attachment : 3A658DC2-498E-4F3D-A590-5A2D66D45CB8.jpeg Also one box of bits for my acoustic - box of long bits tomorrow as DHL seems to have split them up in ...

Hey there @tv1010100 and thanks for stopping by. The matched grain was a bit of a fluke, but one I shall use again. What was left of the body blank once I'd cut it out had just enough wood from that...

Always interesting to see something different ? The recessed jack socket is a nice touch, as is the matched grain on the cavity cover. How did you do that?

@tv1010101 hey mate, yeah multi-scale a bit tricky, especially marking out the frets. I made the bridge plate from 2mm aluminium, and sourced the individual bridge units through Aliexpress, they are t...

@david-johnson09 Surprisingly it was not tough carving Purpleheart. I found saw cutting and drilling was a little bit more challenging than normal.

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Watching, watching, watching ... I’ve had to go back to work, but 1pm on Wednesdays is booked out in my work calendar. Some people book “dentist appt” or “kid’s party” or “take car to garage”. I boo...

Show off! I got a 1.8m long 48W number from Toolstation. I Cost 28 quid and lights up my single garage, er.... guitar workshop beautifully. And bonus is that it comes on at the flick of a switch inst...

Posted by: @markbailey @tv1010101 Ahahaha!! Comment not held for moderation 🙂 I think it's fixed...sorry for the previous overly suspicious spam filter...THANKS for your patience ? Excellent - than...

@markbailey It is Purple Heart top and neck, Koa Fretboard and back, Mahogany chambered rim/body. Did not realize how dense and hard Purpleheart is. It dulls your blades quick.

Awesome! Nails that vintage , just slightly eccentric, unique design character.

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