Is there any information on what happened? I believe it was cancer. He'd been struggling for a while, but had hoped to see the 3rd edition of his book finished and published. Sadly, he didn't make it...

Is there any information on what happened? I can't find any mention, the last post on his facebook page from 11 days ago about the imminent release of the third edition of his classic book.

That's sad news. I had that book, I never built anything out of it, but maybe one day I'll build an 8 string bass in tribute.

Very sad to hear that - he inspired a generation...

I just read of the passing of Melvyn Hiscock. Very sad. He wrote a great book on Guitar Building Attachment : 544B1830-F76C-4F32-BC0C-33283DCA2143.jpeg

Ive always cut dove tails by hand but after watching the live stream today if think I may be converted to using a router. Looks much easier and cleaner.

A thick flake coating would probably not be a great idea for the top (might work fine for the sides though, Ovation have made theirs out of composites for decades after all), but I wonder if a light c...

Attachment : image.png Being serious - briefly - I'm guessing that the silver sparkly paint, or any paint, on the soundboard of an acoustic would suppress the vibration of the soundboard and so de...

@Boo - there you go, just imagine that explorer with a tasteful flip-flop sparkly paint job ... Preferably, just imagine it. Don't actually do it. 😉

My exchange with boolean universe on the live stream today brought up these two guitars which he asked for links to This is the Phil McKnight sparkly guitar And this is the explorer acoustic (with a...

@tv1 It is a shameI think I'll be buying that third edition, I don't know if he's leaving family behind that it will help, but the original was a part of the journey that brought me here to this forum...

@jonhodgson - you & me both (buying it). I'd registered a few months ago (his website, IIRC) to be informed when it's released. From all that I'd heard, his contributions to the book were done, ...

@markbailey Yeah another top notch video today Mark and Carol, informative and so entertaining. A true life saver. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

Thanks @tv101 and @everyone !! I've been forgetting to ask this for months 🙂

@everyone As the guys said on today's stream, adding comments to YT (which you can only do after the stream has completed) really helps them with the YT algorithm, and getting better rankings for Mark...

We're talking to our TV expert Steve about how to improve the lighting - some of the shots a bit dark but apart from that pretty chuffed! It will be interesting to see if Darren can come up with a sel...

that was one of the most terrifying livestreams so far... I was hiding behind the sofa for part of it. 😉 Tackling a job like that, LIVE, takes some balls. Getting it all perfectly right, in a...

@mattbeels I believe it would be “glittery as feck!” I believe you are correct!!!

@markbailey Thanks guys - that was one of the most terrifying livestreams so far.. That went very well today Mark, you made it look so easy, there was so much that could've gone wrong.

Thanks guys - that was one of the most terrifying livestreams so far...