Well it is complete at last (apart from a headstock logo). This is my "First Practice Build", made from scrap wood that was lying under my caravan. When I started, I never intended it to be a complete...

@robin Glad to hear that you're feeling better Robin. Onwards and Upwards. 🙏🎶🙂🎸

Hi Robin, great to hear you’re on the mend and getting back to your guitars Cheers Darren

Thats two weeks now since my hiatus hernia surgery and I'm healing up nicely. Over the years most of my stomach had moved up into my chest and had apparently attached itself to one of my lungs. Everyt...

@markbailey 27/10/2020 10:12 am @robin The earth can go to either post tailpiece or bridge - no difference - do what is easiest. I sometimes use a little epoxy in the hole if a little loose ...

@robin The earth can go to either post tailpiece or bridge - no difference - do what is easiest. I sometimes use a little epoxy in the hole if a little loose - superglue would also work but a bit more...

Attachment : 20201026_171114.jpg My trial assembly went well, everything fitted and worked, once I'd got my head around the electrics and added a missing earth wire between the pots. I've strippe...

@markbailey Fingers crossed for ya! Looks the BIZ. Thanks Mark, a quick question, do I put my earth wire into the end stop post or the bridge post? And also my drill was a bit wobbly and the end ...

Fingers crossed for ya! Looks the BIZ. 👍

Iv'e sanded up to 240 grit now and glued on the neck. Maybe have a trial assembly tomorrow. Attachment : 20201023_194017.jpg Attachment : 20201023_194103.jpg

Nice @robin. I knew it would come in handy one day!!

The piece of veneer that TV101 kindly sent me is now glued to my headstock, what a transformation. Attachment : 20201018_173811.jpg Now you see it. Attachment : 20201020_125656.jpg Now...

@boo @robin These videos are great. Thats spooky, I watched that last night.

Thats spooky, I watched that last night. @robin Hahaha..... I watched them ages ago because I had the same concerns. When you asked the question, I remembered about them but couldn’t remember who had...

I'm needing a bit of advice on bridge position. @robin These videos are great.

@markbailey I'm not nearly ready for finishing yet, but I'm trying to think ahead. I saw some cheap lacquer in Aldi's a couple of weeks ago so I bought their last three tins to give it a try. It say...

@markbailey @tv101 Deja vu...I was going to cover this today also! Spooky Spooky indeed With a bridge like that, I’d make sure that the slope of the saddle is towards the tailpiece Looking at m...

With a bridge like that, I’d make sure that the slope of the saddle is towards the tailpiece, but that the adjustment screws are accessible. That normally means that the screw heads are towards the p...

@markbailey I'm needing a bit of advice on bridge position. Attachment : 20201016_125210.jpg Iv'e marked a line at the 25" scale length. Where do I fit this type of bridge relative to the 25" ...

I'm home from the caravan now, summer is over. Iv'e got my lock up garage to work in now and no mains electricity in there. So now iv'e got LED lights around my workbench, powered from a 12v battery a...