Guitar Making | Roland | Mentions https://guitarmaking.co.uk/members/rashdown_online/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Roland. Wed, 06 May 2026 00:46:11 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 a03c396c5064a798afb94ed37a02bdf5 Russ replied to the topic "Well, look what the Bailey-cat dug up (Wally!)" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/114898/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 22:51:07 +0000 @rashdown_online
It was great to watch it unfold Roland and very nice to see the finished article….. Superb.
🙂🎶🙏🎸

]]> e94b34918b5858c0ddd51b9e86f397f7 Bpower replied to the topic "Well, look what the Bailey-cat dug up (Wally!)" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/114890/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 22:12:30 +0000 @rashdown_online oh my that is beautiful. I kinda want one of those now. šŸ™‚

]]> dd639fcd8dc19d850771e4629f609258 Koendb replied to the topic "Well, look what the Bailey-cat dug up (Wally!)" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/114861/ Thu, 16 Dec 2021 21:41:56 +0000 @rashdown_online wooow that looks gorgeous! 😍 🤩 ‘Nice Work’ would be a big understatement.

]]> f36fc6a5dd728263762872bc9079d262 Russ replied to the topic "šŸŽ¶šŸŽø Your Favourite Song In This Moment šŸŽøšŸŽ¶" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/78168/ Sat, 08 May 2021 09:21:04 +0100 Two great choices @rashdown_online & @louis-kerckhove.
🎸🙂🎶🙏

]]> bba624cb437341a009de77653faad881 Deej replied to the topic "Finishing Maple Fretboards" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/44654/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 21:45:38 +0000 Irn-Bru, you see, is the beverage/liquid of Champions. It is in Scotland @rashdown_online loved having some of that sat on a bench in Ayr at my last Bailey workshop with Bones (aka David Young) having fish and chips looking out…   Read more»

]]> cfe831e921d8d0cf5d356cc81a852ce6 Roland replied to the topic "Finishing Maple Fretboards" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/43957/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 12:07:55 +0000 how Lewis sprayed @rashdown_online (Roland’s) guitar neck Not sure if that’ll be on there (likely not professional enough). The reason I say that is that the only way I can think that a mortal completed that job was when Carol…   Read more»

]]> 0ae604e239dacba91af73cad48d1cab8 mikeyrjiom replied to the topic "Finishing Maple Fretboards" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/43951/ Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:46:33 +0000 ThanksĀ  @booĀ 
The video was very useful.
Just need to find the part on the finishing course that talks about how Lewis sprayed @rashdown_online (Roland’s) guitar neck.

]]> ec25520cc4667277238f28d585165237 tv1 replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/41209/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 09:25:21 +0000 What’s not to love!? Is it near enough to Ayr @rashdown_online??? When we moved to Suffolk (where we lived for ~20yrs), *my* criteria included “a pub in the village” (my wife’s didn’t!).Ā  Now, I accept that, in 99% of English…   Read more»

]]> e4280a52ed28d4594dd676329981c7f0 Boo replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40533/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 23:08:15 +0000 Where can I find a picture of the finished body, please? Am sending a “please donate” email to Matt at Monty’s Pickups for any donations 🙂 @rashdown_online Sorry, Iā€™ve only just seen this. Here you go, these are the most…   Read more»

]]> 40384a2611fe1816f1c0c21f4da50202 tv1 replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40185/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:25:25 +0000 I also have a shitty flimsy shed with no solid floor or walls (or power). Seriously @rashdown_online – if you’ve got the space to put up a decent shed, then dunsterhouse do a big range of buildings, many of which…   Read more»

]]> 92c7ba87c06cb39b02eb497ced417904 Roland replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40153/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:13:50 +0000 @rashdown_online Itā€™s the ONLY reason to move house… It’s crap. I have a BNIB Triton router, a bunch of templates and various tools. But I also have a shitty flimsy shed with no solid floor or walls (or power). We…   Read more»

]]> 0846fb16cbe0559eef4b913c04e18dc6 Roland replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40147/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:10:27 +0000

Please make the next question harder @rashdown_online …

OK…
Why did chemical warfare get to the point where there’s a global lock down meaning I can’t get my Walnut guitar finished, collected and played?
😫

]]> 31d24845546263cd8f5f455afc371e90 Deej replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40133/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:07:05 +0000

Is it wrong to move house just to have a garage so I can build a bench and use a router?

@rashdown_online Itā€™s the ONLY reason to move house…

]]> 1f44b84887b8a8e853b736b396107056 tv1 replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40131/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:06:50 +0000

Is it wrong to move house just to have a garage so I can build a bench and use a router?

No.
Ā 
Ā 
Please make the next question harder @rashdown_online …

]]> b35c64cc5e4c474db067ecf66e0619a3 Boo replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40130/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 21:06:45 +0000

Is it wrong to move house just to have a garage so I can build a bench and use a router?

@rashdown_online NO!Ā 

]]> eba0065ac744c9f0afdd2e41a3f9a3a8 mattbeels replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40051/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:39:54 +0000

Tomorrow came, and they’d sold it 1hr before I got there.

@rashdown_online
ahhhhhhhhhh, what a fookinā€˜ kick in the nuts!!!

]]> 34b872a99db55a81b65b02d8fca75028 Boo replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40048/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:38:19 +0000 @rashdown_online I like the title of this thread by the way. 😂Ā 
ā€œI donā€™t like to talk about itā€Ā 

]]> 0a04b8e85cb7782a8c61f0d2caa3a83b tv1 replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40040/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:35:26 +0000

But not a 1973 LP custom in Tobacco Sunburst for Ā£250.

At least you soon got over that near-miss @rashdown_online and haven’t been thinking it about, in all the detail, ever since …
🤣 🤣Ā 

]]> 5ddc5796ca23294f639af174fb8c99f6 Deej replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/40000/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:18:52 +0000 @rashdown_online Just stick a UPS sticker on your car and say your working! 😃

]]> 3eeca4a74a549239fc69d281c74ab1be tv1 replied to the topic "Noise Making Box" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/39998/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:18:28 +0000 I’m probably a bit late to this, but solder the resistors first then Caps and diodes. It’s easier in that order. Cheers @rashdown_online – I was thinking along the same lines, just so that I can get all the resistors…   Read more»

]]> 766b2fcb269a34a332e61e1a1ab8b87c Deej replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/39992/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:15:53 +0000 Or I could take them to the Mother Ship when I pick up my guitar (not TV’s guitar – mine ) You’re getting a guitar TOO @rashdown_online? Hold on…are we going to fight over who owns the walnut guitar..

]]> d92b604f6c451c164f2bf91031298532 tv1 replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/39977/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 20:12:23 +0000 Or I could take them to the Mother Ship when I pick up my guitar (not TV’s guitar – mine ) You’re getting a guitar TOO @rashdown_online? To be fair, I admire your patience. Ā I’d have driven up there by…   Read more»

]]> eb955ec86d2afc73dbdf2a8c2ede0f68 Boo replied to the topic "Boo doing a lot of work for "Charidee"..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/39843/ Wed, 03 Mar 2021 16:09:38 +0000 lobby Wudtone for them to donate a bridge assembly, that would be a great addition to your build. That is a great idea and a very generous offer @rashdown_onlineĀ  Ill be talking to Mark and Carol soon as we need…   Read more»

]]> 398b13a5475573048c4cdf2b73d17dd8 Boo replied to the topic "Polishing Compound (Using a hand drill pad! - what could possibly go wrong!)..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/33240/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 22:15:47 +0000 Any suggestions/recommendations on policing compound to use on high gloss lacquer? @rashdown_online Donā€™t use Autosol, thatā€™s for metal. Use something like Farecla G3 compound, itā€™s used for auto body paintwork. It will work well with your pad and drill system,…   Read more»

]]> 15847167b32390d8110cdd6ce9b72e1d matt beels replied to the topic "BYO-399" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/28129/ Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:49:31 +0000 @rashdown_online
Hey Roland, that guitar looks great!
I love the wenge top, great job!

]]> 31aef738ee499582c45349582a417db2 tv1 replied to the topic "What are we plugging into?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/13850/ Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:46:19 +0100 That’s an impressive array of amps @rashdown_online
Now, if only you had a really good guitar to play hrough them all …

]]> 313eec7ecf9becdc8606aada1c134e6c tv1 replied to the topic "Workshop Weds: PINSTRIPES!!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/12679/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 20:23:07 +0100 Another thought @rashdown_online
Ā 
Drill a 5mm hole for 4mm dots.
Or a 6mm hole for 5mm dots
Or (etc).
Place the dot carefully in the middle of the over-sized hole.
Fill the outer ring of the hole with black superglue.
Ā 
Genius, or what?

]]> 9fe09bf17b49849fe21d025a2579e1cf tv1 replied to the topic "Workshop Weds: PINSTRIPES!!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/12677/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 19:38:11 +0100 @rashdown_online Would really like thoughts/opinions from the collective on the dot inlays. Obviously, this guitar is *nothing* to do with me, but as you asked for opinions … What I think would look really cool is … inner dots in…   Read more»

]]> d16f25e008605a1eecd8835e2d0d9e25 John L (Boo) replied to the topic "What would you like to see next?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/7584/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:41:13 +0100 Also, how to build your own – perfectly suitable but nothing fancy-pants – bench for building guitars and general ā€œworkingā€? @rashdown_online This is a great idea, Iā€™m struggling with an old pallet for the main structure and a piece of…   Read more»

]]> 00475fb4ccfe13277ed95c43bcb111e2 tv1010101 replied to the topic "What would you like to see next?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/7537/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 18:01:33 +0100 Also, how to build your own – perfectly suitable but nothing fancy-pants – bench for building guitars and general ā€œworkingā€? Quick comment on that one @rashdown_online … my set-up bench is an old office desk top, bolted to a pair…   Read more»

]]> 83bdaac1bf7b09bd5842198d10263638 darrenking replied to the topic "THAT WALNUT GUITAR..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/7485/ Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:25:42 +0100 @rashdown_online It’s me that the has the secret stash of Rio Rosewood!! My uncle bought two entire logs of the stuff in the 1970’s from a timber yard on the North Circular in London. In the 1980’s he then proceeded…   Read more»

]]> 000579c33d08e96299287df093ad1bec Deej replied to the topic "THAT WALNUT GUITAR..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/7432/ Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:57:18 +0100 @rashdown_online Ā It depends if you are looking to put inlays in and then ebony would be better If your are.. Ā 

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Ā  This is. Walnut cap on one of my builds with ebony and MOP custom inlays.. Ā  its…   Read more»

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