Attachment : 60356835-1EA0-40A3-89DF-430F4B399F15.jpeg @boo It freakin worked! Did your advice on grain filling, opening the grain and sanding sealer step by step. Thank you thank you thank you. F...

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. It...

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' = Li...

@petejb Is Scotland sticking with the EU? I'm not really very political, but here's a brief summary on Scotland's membership of the EU. During the Scottish Independence Referendum (Indyref) campaig...

@petejb well.... I think I can recommend a fantastic fret slotting jig. The bagpress one that you can order from this site is phemonenal. I am in Canada and ordered it in. It is extremely easy to use...

Posted by: @boo Britain (Great Britain or Britain or GB or United Kingdom or UK ) = The 4 nations that are in the union. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Wale...

@petejb Britain (Great Britain or Britain or GB or United Kingdom or UK) = The 4 nations that are in the union. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England The only bit that @boo missed out is t...

Posted by: @petejb Yes, I am aware of the structure of the UK but thanks for the details! Just watched an interesting documentary the other day on Northern Ireland in fact. @petejb Good on ya!
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Posted by: @petejb BTW guys, I have worked with dozens of engineers from the UK and pretty much around the world in my 3 decade career so I'm used to the lingo, particularly British/Irish/Scottish. ...

@petejb Apart from the essential beer fridge, I would say the fret slotting jig with inserts. It means you can buy your own fretboard blanks and make your own fret slotted boards. Obviously we can all...

@petejb Beer fridge. I know you have them in the States, I’ve seen them in Home Depot.

Posted by: @petejb Here's an open question for the forum: Of all of the unique tools that Mark sells on his site which ones do you most recommend as "must haves"? For me it is the curved chisel. Dur...

@petejb I am going the "learn to walk before you run" route and that is to reproduce a guitar nearly identical to the one that Mark designs and builds You can't go far wrong following Mark's course....

@petejb Wecome to the builds!

Welcome! I'm relatively new to this forum too, but have already got great answers to my newbie questions (building my first guitar right now). Mark's clear and logical process for building, paired wit...

@petejb Welcome Pete. Enjoy your time here. Hopefully you'll be able to give us some tips. Looking forward to seeing what you're going to build. Cheers, Russ 🎶🙂🎸🙏

@petejb Hey man, welcome to the forum and to the guitar making revolution. Mark’s courses are indeed amazing and really set you up for making guitars in the comfort of your own workshop. I suspect you...

Hi @petejb, welcome to the group. What are you planning on building?

Welcome to the community @petejb! lot's of good advice and positive vibes here

Posted by: @petejb Unfortunately my sweet wife seems to think it's a good place to put Christmas hams and holiday turkeys. I should have put a padlock on it. Less room for beer. You really should m...