@darrenking I think that quilted stuff is unbelievably beautiful and I agree, I would only ever buy it for caps. It’s just ridiculous to consider having a full thickness blank.

This quilted maple veneer is priced at £100+VAT pm2! @darrenking That is why I can’t consider using expensive wood like that for the foreseeable future, the cost is out of my price range now, too muc...

Never mind the cost, is it wide enough for a guitar body?

If you have ever wondered why really pretty solid wood is so expensive, here is part of the answer. This quilted maple veneer is priced at £100+VAT pm2! Attachment : MQU (Log 2408715) (3).jpg ...

Somebody I know (from my local hackspace) has been setting up a workshop in a shipping container. He's renting a patch of land on a farm I believe quite cheaply and he bought the container. He's fitte...

Anybody considered or done this before? @darrenking I watched the same TV programme @tv101 saw about using them for building a home. I remember thinking at the time that if I had the space, one or tw...

@darrenking Brilliant idea, containers can be used for anything if you can cut through the wall to put in services and find a big enough place to site one.

Magic mushrooms....? 🙃 🤩

I saw a Grand Designs episode a while back in which someone made their house out of (used) shipping containers. And it didn't turn out at all badly. If you can make a home from one, you can certainly ...

Hi Darren, I'm trying to convince my son to buy a container rather than a flimsy tin foil shed, you know the type. Like Bill said they can be made nice secure too.

They are pretty secure as well - we have a couple of 20’ ones at work as stores - they need insulation adding and heating/cooling, both of ours get very warm in bright sunshine - I guess 3”x4” frame b...

I went to a mushroom growers convention in Belgium a few years ago (long story, previous hobby, still got an ex military medical autoclave, and laminar flow cabinet in my factory!) and one of the big ...

Great feedback guys, so we’ll go with what we have available and I am sure that it will result in some fantastic guitars. Darrin, Mr Fabitrabbit, has already provided some slightly modified files for ...

I agree. I just want to try the process. 40 years ago I had an epiphone casino guitar that had major feedback problems but was great to play. If I could make something approaching that I would be happ...

I've never even held a 335 so would have nothing to compare it with. Having watched the Gibson videos now, I like the idea of building a hollow body archtop. I think it would be a huge challenge to me...

I agree with Les (Otters). I want to build an arch top, not a 335. But the 335 construction, and in particular the neck join, really interests me. It looks like more like a set-neck than a traditional...

Doesn’t has to be an exact copy in my opinion. It’s more about the proces. I am in anyway. good work Darren!

I like the way this poll is going! I think I might just close it now whilst I’m ahead! My new best friend, the 3D cad man in the US, is going to modify the files slightly by extending the border and f...

I think we're looking to learn the techniques of guitar building, and, in this case, the techniques of building a guitar in the style of a 335, not an exact replica. @darrenking Darren, I’m happy wit...

I'd say ... Use the body plans that best match the moulds you've already built. I think we're looking to learn the techniques of guitar building, and, in this case, the techniques of building a guitar...