@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 ...

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.

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 an...

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 O...

@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 his...

@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. It also didn't hu...

@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 ...

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 w...

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...

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 t...

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. Wh...

OK, starting off here with putting forth 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-dir...

Here's a picture of the pattern on top of a body blank that has a Fender Strat chalked on it. Notice the size difference. Attachment : UndersizedBaileyPattern.jpg

Hi all, I actually JUST asked this question on Udemy.com for Mark to address but I figured that either Mark or someone else might answer it here quicker. I took a day off from work for some rest and r...

Posted by: @petejb Posted by: @bpower @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 ...

Posted by: @bpower @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 e...

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

Posted by: @robin @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 Referendu...

Posted by: @robin @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 @...