@clinton Beautiful grain and finish!

Posted by: @boo @petejb Yep, building guitars is one of a few things that keeps me going and semi sane. I’m juggling a lot of things in life right now but it’s all good stuff, it’s just taking a lot…   Read more»

This one blows my mind. Not just the exceptionalism of the guitarist, but the fact that there is not a single weak link in the band. Not one.  <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/RCPfKzIK6Wo” title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media;…   Read…[Read more]

Posted by: @boo Posted by: @petejb No worries mate, I am an engineer who was a young student in the (failed) US pilot program to convert to metric in the early 70’s. I’m fluent in both actually and PREFER metric….   Read more»

Posted by: @markbailey Some important guitar making measurement nomenclature to know: ‘A Gnat’s Nadger’ = A tiny bit – It’s no problem…e.g. ‘It’s a gnat’s nadger longer than expected but that is OK.’ ‘A Midges Cock’ = Like ‘A Gnat’s…   Read more»

@boo  Truth be told and my apologies to fellow Americans here but I am betting they are well aware of this too, but most Americans are egocentric nationally so their knowledge of other nations and histories is vapid.  I find…   Read more»

@boo No worries mate, I am an engineer who was a young student in the (failed) US pilot program to convert to metric in the early 70’s. I’m fluent in both actually and PREFER metric.  1/16th of an inch is…   Read more»

@boo Jigs are being built now. I actually spent a few hours on the humbucker pattern/jig to hone it to precision. First a rough cut on the bandsaw, then an internal smoothing on the drum sander, then to the various…   Read more»

Posted by: @boo Posted by: @petejb Yeah, I figured it out. It is a smaller body guitar but given this is my true first under expert instruction that’s an advantage IMO. Nice craftsmanship by the way! Very impressive.  @petejb Thanks…   Read more»

Posted by: @boo Posted by: @petejb First of all, the wood supplier chalked a Fender Jazz Bass on the blank @petejb Pete, the Bandsman body size is not that big, I just printed the pdf as it is, I think…   Read more»

Posted by: @boo @petejb Yeah I can understand that. At this point I will just be glad that the world isn’t drawn into WW3 because if it is, then nothing will matter, we will all be gone, apart from the…   Read more»

Posted by: @bpower @petejb when I was printing patterns I didn’t think to change the settings on my printer. It printed then in “letter” size and then I measured them and found that was too small. When I printed them…   Read more»

OK, starting off here with a bad first impression. First of all, the wood supplier chalked a Fender Jazz Bass on the blank, not a strat, (I should know better, my first and only self-directed guitar build in the 80’s…   Read more»