With ebony now also on the verge of protection what will we do for black fingerboards? We will either have to used a dyed species or, another alternative, is a man-made material called Richlite which ...

@tv1010101 @darrenking I envisage a pub-meet where some beers are bought (maybe Knobies Nuts, too) and @darrenking accidentally leaves some Rio behind after several drinks (and an untouched bank bal...

Commercially, the rosewood is now of absolutely no value at all as I can't legally sell it, barter it, swap it for 'favours' or anything else. Oh no! That's terrible @darrenking. I'll have a think - ...

@rashdown_online It's me that the has the secret stash of Rio Rosewood!! My uncle bought two entire logs of the stuff in the 1970's from a timber yard on the North Circular in London. In the 1980's he...

This (last) one *is* Brazilian ... Attachment : IMG_0311.JPG Attachment : IMG_0322.JPG Attachment : IMG_0324.JPG Attachment : IMG_0328.JPG

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@tv1010101 That be lovely!!! Thanks for sharing.

I'll post some pics tomorrow of some RW necks that I've got on some guitars as an illustration. Here you go ... some Rosewood necks. As said above, there are plenty of variations of Rosewood, and ple...

@david-johnson09 That’s a tasty looking machine! But I’m keeping to the SatinWood fretboard plan so need to look into an alternative to some lovely GreenHeart which isn’t suitable. Maybe in a decade...

@tv1010101: I like the sound of RW. I wonder if Mark has a secret stash of Brazilian out back??? I don’t think I’d have enough cash for that anyway 🙂 Great idea though. Have seen some bootiful S-Typ...

Oh yeah...when’s the raffle for the guitar anyway ?

@rashdown_online It depends if you are looking to put inlays in and then ebony would be better If your are.. Attachment : FEA5939F-2266-4F13-A34A-9DB88E7B15BC.jpeg This is. Walnut cap on o...

To be fair, it's not just me that quite fancies it, as david-johnson09 has already challenged me to a duel to work out who gets to take it home. ?

So. That Walnut guitar Mark’s been building on TheTube that TV wants!!! Oh .... *that* Walnut guitar ? To be fair, it's not just me that quite fancies it, as david-johnson09 has already challenged m...

Hi all. So. That Walnut guitar Mark’s been building on TheTube that TV wants!!! Turns out that the piece of GreenHeart (Stage right on the bench behind Mark) is not going to work for the neck. S...

Missed this one live and forgot to watch the playback fully ...great live stream as usual and very informative..cheers @markbailey

I tend hit this to get all the recent posts... @david-johnson09 Ahhhhhh ... *that's* how you do it! ?

Is it possible to convert this to a scrolling window @darrenking I think Mark's pretty limited in what he can do re functionality of the site. The "forum" functionality is an add-in that's bolted (or...