Hallloooo one and all. I do hope everyone's well and healthy! Well, where do I begin? Firstly, if you do get to the end of this LONG note - Thank you. If you don’t that's fine. Just to say: drop me a ...

Mahogany neck and body, ash top and headstock plate, ebont board, jumbo frets. Gotoh hardware and seymour dunscan JB4 SH2N pickup combo. It's one my favourites I've done so far.       ...

Wanted to try something different, yew and resin for top, fretboard and headstock plate. Mahogany neck, limba body. CF rods added in the neck. Running the iron gear dirty torque blues engine set. I wa...

Made to be a birthday gift for a family member. On one level just another bandsman and on another a build with so many first time tasks. Safe to say I learned a lot. The design considerations when c...

@justinw Welcome Justin. There are a good few guitar builders in Scotland but I don't know of any particular gatherings in person. Doing one of Mark's in person workshops would be a good start. If y...

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Lucky enough to be in Ayr with Mark and Carol building a Moonshiner 🙂 with the rosette made out of scrap wood from two previous builds... Attachment : P1410475.JPG Attachment : P141...

Hi, my name is Scott and I live near Edinburgh. I've been a maker of things for years but recently started my first electric guitar project. I'm sorry to say that I didn't know this forum existed unt...

Hi Guys and Gals, I am having a massive clear out of my factory (more on that later) and have a stash of Rio rosewood that I am happy to give away to anyone who can come to Letchworth to pick it up. T...

1ste guitar build. Here he is Mr. Bailey(s) bandsman. -Mahony neck and body(stage 1 carved)-Ebony fretboard 25inch scale radius 12-kluson tuners-Wilkinson Wrapearound Bridge-tonerider pickups A few mo...

Great build, like the color

@peter-c-f Nice work Peter. Looking forward to the next one. 🙂🎸🎵🙏

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Finally popped my 7 string cherry. Based on the black machine b7, went with their alternative headstock. One piece Brazilian mahogany body with yew and resin top. One piece Brazilian mahogany ne...

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Here’s my #2. It’s a mustang style with 3 jaguar pickups. Has a 5 way rotary encoder instead of a blade switch. 25.5” scale, and I think I’m gonna keep building at that scale. Pickups were hand wound ...

@liebe walnut is nice, not to heavy, same with cherry. Made a full start entirely from cherry. Both lighter than limba or at least black limba, posibbly similar to the likes of brazillian mahogany. Yo...

In the meantime, I finished the rosette, turned the tuning pegs and fitted them to the pegbox. I also carved the lower inside of the pegbox for better string access Attachment : 5A018EEA-CAED-4218...

One piece Brazillian mahogany body, one piece Brazillian mahogany neck. Yew and resin top, ebony board, stainless frets. Gotoh hardware and some kick ass warman pickups. Added a little touch to the ...

It feels like these three builds are taking forever, but the end is in sight. I've put the finishing touches to the limba build, with just the two mahogany ones to go. After days of mirk we actually ...