@frocesterbill Pics pics pics! (and video!)

Alan popped round today bringing two lovely guitars with him - the Bandsman he built in Ayr and a stunning Les Paul build. Good to have a chat and plot more visits to Bailey’s. Hope we can get togethe...

Welcome neighbour!

Decision has been made to build a Bandsman with stock hardware to reduce the FUF..............

Workshop is just about ready - bandsaw, oscillating spindle sander, pillar drill, routers and a shop vac - all of the tools and materials on the list in the tools PDF - jigs and most of the patterns m...

Just seen your Bandsman Nantucket....... That makes it easy!

@frocesterbill It's a great question! I think the only way would be to make it thru neck...or bolt on....or just leave it visible.

If I follow the BYOG online course but use a Les Paul Junior single cut body shape with a single pickup how do I cope with ‘hiding’ the neck joint as there wouldn’t be a neck pickup - could do a scrat...

A bandsaw with 80mm Depth of cut is great for a starter - I made my first 60 guitars with a similar one as seen here: Looking foward to making a start in September........ Looking forward to hearin...

I have been offered a small bandsaw - only 80mm cut depth - I do have access to one with 150mm cut depth at work so the little one would get me started making patterns and will with a bit of care do m...

Hi Bill, that's the way I started! Life has never been the same since............... Good luck with your build and do yourself a favour: Follow Mark's online course! Step-by-step instructions on how t...

I have just built my second guitar up in sunny Ayrshire with Mark and Carol. I built my first in September 2017 and was back in the workshop for 7 days at the start of June this year - both builds w...

Shinto's are brilliant.... An angle grinder is even more brilliant.... ?

Carving the neck is taking time! Almost done the first three facets. I'm using a Japanese saw rasp (Shinto). Attachment : Half carved.JPG

Brilliant... Many thanks for that. I am reminded of the classic Billy Connolly story. Yes, I know it's not about guitar making per se, however, there are many ancillary activities pertinent to H&S...

Getting a bit ‘off piste’ (pun intended!) but aren’t these always the best conversations? Essential topical listening, as is pretty much everything by David Sedaris!

@frocesterbill That's a tricky one. There's the coefficient of apparent contraction due to extreme cold, various variable thresholds (pressure, pain and efficacy) and the perceived political pantomime...

You can never have too many clamps...or cups of tea...I have one handy now sitting 1/3 full luke warm...(my bladder - not the cup) ?

Do the clamps influence bladder retention?

I have to agree with all that's been said about appropriate 'pacing', comestible sampling and beverage top-ups. I was going to mention something about the inverse ratio of bladder retention against ag...