When I got double glazed windows and doors a few years ago I saved the mahogany door steps and pine frames. All good quality close grained imported timber with a solid tap tone. During the summer I bo...

@boo I managed to give myself four stitches in the head with a shovel last year. A chain saw doesn’t bear thinking about.

Minor complication though, I’m not allowed a chain saw. @jamesbisset Nice! Why are you not allowed a chainsaw? Says who?

Horse Chestnut anyone? Attachment : F52B32A2-36F1-46E0-8D24-DB514A5B3F3B.jpeg We bought the house 18 months ago with an acre of abandoned garden on a steep slope at the back. It’s full of larch...

Nothing wrong with this as a self-build project! @darrenking That is amazing, I’ll have to have a go at that. It sounds really good too. Tonewood my *rse! 😁🤘

@boo Here's some inspiration. Nothing wrong with this as a self-build project!

unless you're breaking into the house next door to steal their mahogany doors @rockpile99 That thought had actually occurred to me! 🤣

From what I've seen around the internet you can build a guitar body out of anything you can fasten a neck, pickups, and bridge to (circular saw blades, concrete, lego, pencils, and shovels are all on ...

Hey Boo, A man after your own heart 🤣

I always remember “The Kodak Effect” Kodak shot themselves in the foot when they failed to listen to the science about digital photography. Instead they buried their heads in the sand and denied this ...

You forgot the day of the week and the phases of the moon! And that's why I'll never be a *proper* luthier @darrenking ... 😆

@tv101 You forgot the day of the week and the phases of the moon!

@darrenking No I don’t have the equipment to resaw that mahogany window sill, my bandsaw isn’t big enough. I’ll sort something out.

I know there are people around who claim that they can hear the difference between the different glues used for neck/body joins (it just has to be proper hide glue, but only the '57 recipe, nothing la...

So Boo, do you (or anyone else) want to beta test a birch ply guitar build or prototype program if supply the material? @darrenking Thank you very much for this information, I really appreciate it. A...

So Boo, do you (or anyone else) want to beta test a birch ply guitar build or prototype program if supply the material? Great idea @darrenking I completely understand/agree that the quality of materi...

Hi Boo, Do have the ability to slice the 18mm sapele down the middle to provide 2 caps? You could then bond a 6-7mm cap on either side of the body core. Less chance of distortion if the lamination is ...

I've got a Bailey kit for my next build, but I'm thinking about searching the charity furniture shops for real old solid wood for my third, once it's safe to go out. @robin Yeah I’ve got a mate who f...

@boo so am having to use whatever I have or get my hands on I've got a Bailey kit for my next build, but I'm thinking about searching the charity furniture shops for real old solid wood for my third...

I'm very happy with my pine body with mahogany cap, so why not? @robin Of course, I forgot about the woods you used. I’ll definitely have a go. I’m just wondering whether to plain down the sapele (@d...