@tv101 Yes, an incredible feeling of purpose. Sharing your builds of functional art. My nieces are so happy and messaged me that their guitars have turned heads of interest. Especially the bandsman.

Yeah @clinton. That is what it's all about. 🎸🙏🙂🎶

@clinton And that's what it's all about. That smile, the OMGs, that makes it all worthwhile. Nice work sir.

Very happy niece Attachment : IMG_3791.MOV

I'll be careful @boo. 😁 😂 🎸🙏🙂🎶

Are we talking baby bath hot or cup of tea hot @russ Somewhere in between. The can will cool the water so it needs to be fairly warm but if it’s too hot the can might blow up. 🥵🤯 Gold...

Placing a rattle can in a tub of hot water about 10 mins before you paint can really help the paint flow when it’s released, Are we talking baby bath hot or cup of tea hot @boo? 😁 🎶&...

I thought I might try to develop some skills with a rattle can before I thought about splashing out on the good gear. @russ Yeah it’s always good to just have a go and using rattle cans is good if f...

Cheers @boo. I thought I might try to develop some skills with a rattle can before I thought about splashing out on the good gear. 🎶🙂🙏🎸

It certainly is a very skillful art @boo. Your knowledge of the subject is very good and maybe the best on this forum. Hopefully we can all keep picking your brain when we come to try and have a go. ...

Can I ask what you think of northwest guitar's rattle cans? @russ the only rattle can I’ve used from Northwest Guitars is sanding sealer and it did the job. I’m really not a big fan of rattle cans an...

@russ Also used are “spray out cards”. We test spray coloured paint onto them to test certain things about different paints, not all paints are made equal. You can have the same paint, made by the sam...

Cool channel @peebee I’m gonna get stuck into that, lot of watching time needed.

@mattbeels Getting volume from an acoustic arch top is tricky it’s all in the arching and tone bars, as Marks says it’s a totally different construction method to flat tops. I like gypsy jazz but not ...

See ya at the workshop I'll be there @Deej. Archtop .... 335 .... acoustic .... *all* the courses ....

See ya at the workshop @TV101

Hey @boo. Can I ask what you think of northwest guitar's rattle cans? 🤔 🎶🙂🙏🎸

I love the style - shape, curves, etc - from an art/design perspective. But I'm not so sure that I'd ever play one, ie whether the sounds and feel would work for me. Still tempted to build something l...

@peebee There’s the weekend taken up...!

After thought - Mark’s design course would be great for adapting a design to give wider string spacing.