@texicano-g Welcome to the group Gabriel, this is definitely the place to be to learn to build guitars, it's worked for me. Mark's online courses are brilliant laying every part of the process out ste...

Howdy y'all, Gabriel here aka Texicano G. I am starting my own work-from-home business doing basic set-ups and minor repairs. I eventually want to progress to building my own guitars and being able to...

@seanwhcraig. I would say that you should still be fine. 1.5mm is thin but you didn't go through it so I think it is ok. On the course Mark says he thins the cutaways down to .080" so that is around 2...

@robin Hi Robin, pleasure to meet you. I am going the "learn to walk before you run" route and that is to reproduce a guitar nearly identical to the one that Mark designs and builds at Udemy.com in h...

I think I am getting closer and closer to where I need to be.12 coats of shellac ( max 3 coats a day ), sanding back, shellac, sanding back.. etc..Especially yesterday, after starting to wet-sand ( Th...

I am going to call this back done. Went over it with 1000, 1200 and 2000 grit, then rubbed menzerna rough cut twice, again 1200 and 2000 grit to get almost every speckle out, then again Menzerna 400 ...

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Posted by: @clinton No I am not because I dye it. If you apply sanding sealer, doesn’t it seal it to where you could not stain thereafter? @clinton I would fill the grain, sand it back, raise the g...

Attachment : IMG_1729.MOV FINISHED Thanks for all your support and advice over the last few months. Very much appreciated. Thanks Mark and Carol for all the help. For a first acoustic build it’s r...

My favourite song of the day. ✊

I’ve just found something online that I find interesting. Some older guitars/stringed instruments don’t have truss rods installed in the necks. So, how could you adjust a bow in said necks if needed? ...

This morning I glued one side in, during lunchbreak the other.. Attachment : IMG_20220124_142956061.jpg Attachment : IMG_20220124_162323003.jpg Perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket.. 2...

Hi mark. All looks pretty good to me. I’ve taken some pics to show where I am with it. The neck is secured with one bolt for the sake of the photo setup. Thanks Attachment : 9A6503C9-0616-49B7-936...

Back of neck carved and sanded. Volute and heel carved and sanded also. Starting to look nice but further sanding required. Cheers Attachment : 62741728-82AF-4375-950C-90A49CF238BE.jpeg Atta...

Tidied up the headstock on sanded all around again and now it’s much better. Still needs final sanding etc but fitted to body it’s looking ok. I think the next job is fretboard kennelling and dot mark...

Dot markers and side dots in followed by frets today. All ready now for the final sanding process tomorrow. Cheers. Attachment : 200956BB-54B5-4A88-AE05-39127D45ED92.jpeg Attachment : ACEB...

Sardines anyone?

Posted by: @wolframmalukker Am I OK to seal this crack up with some superglue, re cut the fret slot to clear any glue, and re-sand to 600 grit? @wolframmalukker Yes, it’s fine to fill it with super ...

A straight longitudinal crack in a dark, stripy wood is going to be VERY difficult to spot afterwards if you follow the advice already given, and it will have very little, if any, effect on the overal...

@wolframmalukker THEN I see this crack opening up! I think I would fill the crack with superglue and sand it again before the glue sets to work the sanding dust into the crack. The downside is th...