Having been to Marks workshop twice to build guitars, I'm always amazed at the quality of the finish he gets on the guitars. I realised since and have had it confirmed, that there is a lot of work to ...

Great work Darren. What's next?

I have played Guitar since I was 14 and started on a battered acoustic one of my dads friends had given up on.Whilst "playing" the guitar outside the back door in those early days, one of our neighbou...

Mark I can't load the video onto the topic so sent via email for now. Let me know what format the website needs Mike

Hi Mark Just put the truss rod into a neck and glued down the fretboard. While checking it over I noticed that there was a rattle when you tap/bump the neck Video attached (I hope) This is also on the...

Thanks Mark ? Only just got back to the forum for your reply. Scrapers sharpened up now. Will have another question for you but will post in a separate topic. Mike

Hi Mark I am sure you recently did a livestream on sharpening scrapers as well as Chisel one. Can you point me in the right direction please? I can find the chisels one but cant find the one on sharpe...

Gents. Having recently completed my acoustic build at home. I am now looking for information on buying and fitting pickups into acoustics for my next build and maybe retro fitting current ones. I have...

Hi Russ Welcome to the forum. I'm sure you will appreciate how much knowledge can be gained from Mark and this forum. There are some very talented people frequenting it. Good luck on your journey thro...

Really beautiful guitar, respect David. Whats next then ?

@frocesterbill Hi Bill. I found this one on eBay it's a 6002 sprayport actually brand new with a gravity feed pro 8 spraygun. 6003 is the latest one but only available in the USA and a lot more ££'s t...

Thanks Bill. I'm leaving the acoustic for a little longer before I buff / polish that. May even do a few more coats of lacquer with the HVLP once I've got the lacquer and thinners from Tonetech.

Hi Mark Thanks for the email reply. Yes panic over. After I tried sanding back and spraying it again I got the same result. When I tried again with the sand back (600 wet/dry) and respray and found t...

Hi Mark I've eventually put this on the forums, completely forgot in my blind panic ? I have been gloss spraying my two Lockdown projects using ToneTech Nitro clear Gloss. I'm really pleased with the...

Thanks Mark I'll give that a go Mike

Hi Mark. I am building an acoustic via the online course and trying to replicate the acoustic I built with your help last year. Not going too bad really, although made some mistakes to learn from ?. A...

Hi Darren Watched your course on the website today and all I can say is wow. Absolutely brilliant way of producing a guitar with sustainable resources that can be really spectacular and it sounds as i...

OK Thanks Mark. Let me know when you release it then. I Have built an O'Briens/LMI Neck angle jig from his plans. Pleased with outcome but not tested it on scrap yet though 🙂 Would like to know your t...

Hi Mark. Will you be posting videos on cutting a dovetail neck joint on the online acoustic course? Mike

Oh Wow excellent John. Favourite colour for an archtop has to be heritage cherry red. Attachment : es-335-2016-hd-4-111129.png