🙁 @robin

”lost” @marcel??? That wasn’t the interpretation I’d made of your post! though that’s explain why you’re a virtual Marcel! Assuming it was a deliberate loss - congratulations!!

Well, I'm happy to have lost those 30 kilograms.

Have you put the pick-up holes in the back???

@tv101 Ah yes... the other minor hiccups.

That's a clever little carve - not seen that before @nsj. My mad plan, as far as it's got, is to use my old-favourite surfacing bit to take the top off (by turning it into sawdust), and a few mm off...

@tv101 here's a free les paul template, very easy to print off. Just select the body then you can check it against yours for size. I think the carve I did on this one is only 5 or 6mm, nothing dr...

Nice idea, and it’d certainly be simpler than what I have in mind. But the current cap is quite thin (6mm ish), so not a lot of thickness for carving, and I’d have to sand it back quite a bit to get...

I always start my builds by getting all the bits and pieces together, and putting them in a handy little box. I have a standard build list, and tick things off as I put each bit, or piece, into the bo...

ugh good luck finding that little block :-/ Maybe a good idea to see if you can find spare parts for this?

Carve through the top and let the body wood show? Could almost make it look a bit like a binding maybe. But yeh, I was going over my early builds, it's great. Taking the experience and what I'd lear...

Was reassebling this fella with it's lovely new neck Attachment : 20230206_001254.jpg Then I noticed this! Attachment : 20230206_001248.jpg I know it's in my little room somewher...

I've never really bonded with the guitar. It's not that old - the last 2-3 years probably - but it didn't turn out as well as I'd envisaged, so it's been left in a corner pretty much. The specs shoul...

I'm going to make an admission here ... I'm watching this with great interest, not just because its Mr @jamesbisset, but also because I fancy having a go at something along these lines myself in the n...

😆 😆 😆 Clever @Robin!!

First hiccup. It’s useful to think of a mould for a vacuum press more like a wrap, which is why my extensive copy routing for the sides fell at the last hurdle. Your lamination will wrap round everyth...

@tv101 But weirdly, much less forgiving. If you cut out the various layers assuming that you’re going to be shaving them back, you cut them oversized. You can also cut them out quickly and roughly, be...

I found this video in the depths of my computer. Our second public appearance ever. I play the bass that I made in the spring of 2005 in the Bailey workshop. Not only about 18 years ago, but in my cas...

I am more concerned about glue joint area than I am side wall strength. My bridge and fretwire showed up today, so I got to ogle the guitar jewelry a bit this morning. (Schaller 3D-6 in gold) Now, I k...

Today I got on with the neck carve and headsatock refining and of course the volute. Followed Marks method this time, soooo much easier. I've always used a facet method but one that involved a fair bi...