The cap is about 7-8mm thick and the bodies supplied by Mark are 44mm. My question is, would the body and cap be too thick, should I (a) try to get a thinner body or (b) should I reduce the thickness ...

This week my good friend Ab will celebrate his 67th birthday. That reminded me of making a guitar for his 60th birthday 7 years ago.

and...... barring a couple of mistakes (which I think I've hidden) I have almost proved him right. You certainly proved him right, great guitar! I've made about 20 guitars and basses now, not one ...

If you look closely at the pictures on the wall behind me you might recognise the greatest castle in all of England, imho. @steadda Looks like the fantastic Bamburgh Castle to me, love it.

Thanks Boo. If you look closely at the pictures on the wall behind me you might recognise the greatest castle in all of England, imho.

looks the same as the one that just arrived, interestingly the bottom looks far from flat ground too, presuming that’s not actually been a problem for you? @tej It’s been fine for me. I’ve never chec...

@tej, Ben Crowe has a couple of live Q&As a week (one is live right now), you could ask him what his suggestion is for flattening a block plane on a budget.

@jonhodgson thanks for that, I’ve not settled on a sharpening method as yet, definitely need to sort it out though as all my chisels are a mess too and in need of TLC. Granite is over the top for me r...

@tej there are quite a few plane restoration videos on youtube, basically you want the flattest surface possible and some sandpaper. I think vintagetoolshop probably flatten any planes that need it be...

@rocknroller912 thanks for the link, couldn’t actually find one from on the site though. That said I’ll be looking at a cheap option right now given the expense of guitar build parts and tools so far.

@boo thanks for that, looks the same as the one that just arrived, interestingly the bottom looks far from flat ground too, presuming that’s not actually been a problem for you?

Just for you @tej This little plane has never let me down. Attachment : 589E68D3-79CD-4DB3-9A31-178115922695.jpeg Attachment : 163A230D-4F33-4F1A-97E9-442AECA55F52.jpeg Attachment : ...

@tej I got an engineers flat surface from this firm. Not cheap but it has a test certificate accurate to 0.001mm. Solid polished granite and very heavy about 50mm thick I think. For soft water stone a...

When I saw the "extension" piece of the headstock, I thought that'd need some veneering. But, of course, it's Boo. "Paint it Black". @tv101 I think I would have a go at veneering it if it wasn’t bein...

does the piece of metal work better than a blade for scraping the surface after? @tej Yeah, it’s a cabinet scraper. A blade is just like a mini version, an alternative. You can get cabinet scrapers i...

I know you’re going to paint it @boo but I was thinking that the mismatch of the grain on the headstock would seep through... but I guess that you know what you’re doing, right? When I saw the "ext...

@boo does the piece of metal work better than a blade for scraping the surface after?

Attachment : image.png That's a sensibly economic use of timber!

Truss rod fillet planed and scraped, ready for the fretboard. Attachment : 50E14A42-8891-4070-A9E4-0C8B0F6F4565.jpeg Attachment : 1E9B6F29-D3E7-4C1F-AA36-A89B5B07468F.jpeg Attachment...

Scarily, @Marcel, that JJ video appeared in my YT feed the other day!!