Right, thanks for all that Mark and I’m not going to ask how you know. ? I think what I will do is string it up and see what happens when I put it through some rough playing. If it doesn’t affect the...

I've sent a couple of messages to Mark via his email as the content would be of no interest to other users. I suppose if I really wanted to contact someone privately I would seek out an email address ...

Hi Jonathan - welcome! Beware... this is adictive... hope it goes well and you have a blast! cheers, Herb

Hi Herb thanks for the welcome, and the warning. It's Saturday and time for a bacon sarnie soon. Does life get any better than that? J

Welcome Jonathan, I really hope you enjoy building your first guitar here with Mark. Are you building an electric or acoustic? Herb is right with his warning, it is addictive. Haha...... Take your ti...

Excellent! I’ve still not got around to building an acoustic, just electrics so far. Old tools are great if you spend some time cleaning, sharpening and perhaps replacing handles. A lot are made from...

Hi John Thanks for the welcome. I'm building one of Mark's acoustic kits. However, I have been watching the lessons and inwardly digesting Marks expertise in case I jump in the deep end and do the who...

Hi I'm a newbie to this new site and I'm also new to the making of guitars. This course was a birthday gift from my wife and it's been a brilliant present. Mark says you need a bandsaw, so I now have ...

Thanks, John! I hadn't either.... Bit of a palaber, but I had excellent instructions!

This guitar was built during a second BYO course in Mark's shop Attachment : 20181128_065316_resized.jpg Attachment : 20181128_065220_resized.jpg Attachment : 20181128_065210_resized.j...

That’s a great feature to have. I know what you mean though, I don’t use the tone control either, I’m not that good a player. I spend most of my time remembering where to put my fingers. Try my best ...

Oh, the pots are push/pull... one splits the coils, the other completely switches out the tone circuit. I NEVER use tone controls. It's surprising the difference removing the tone circuit completely m...

? there will be little running with my legs chopped off..... No PITA though, you are perfectly correct. What I do at home is my concern. Your workshop is another matter entirely (as is your forum for ...

Some sawing on the neck Attachment : 20170204_115333_resized.jpg Cleaning up the back of the headstock Attachment : 20170204_123752_resized.jpg

Cleaning up the sides with my up-and-downer Attachment : 20170127_132536_resized.jpg Routing the truss rod channel into the purpleheart blank Attachment : 20170128_125713_resized.jpg Hea...

A few more pics taken during building. Alas, not a complete story, at a certain point I was far too busy with timber, glue, tools and stuff to take anymore pictures. At the beginning... Attachmen...

Oh yeah.... specs...... Mahogany body Purpleheart neck (I absotively love purpleheart....) Wilkinson tuners and bridge Tonerider AC2 pickups with coil-split Crimson Guitar Finishing Oil finish I will ...

Again with the up-and-downer Attachment : 20170204_132031_resized.jpg Routing a humbucker hole Attachment : 20170204_133639_resized.jpg And the neck pocket (which gave me some grief....)...

But for your enjoyment, a few pictures of the final result Attachment : 20170315_201252_resized.jpg Attachment : 20170315_201240_resized.jpg Attachment : 20170315_201223_resized.jpg

I had such a great time back then.... So great I entered a second time in 2008!!