@tv101 We are all fired up for Carol having fibre broadband.

Should be there tomorrow Bill @rocknroller912 (was away last week).

@markbailey That was one of my big life-changing experiences, for which I will forever be grateful to you, for your confidence that - really - I could and would build a guitar, you patience, your incr...

@tv101 Happy birthday and that’s a nice looking guitar by the way. Hope to see you on the video chat tomorrow night.

Attachment : TV 01.JPG *update* it is 16 years old - 2007 vintage ! This beauty was the result of @tv101 's first visit to the Bailey Workshop ... seems like yesterday (and a hundred years ago)...

@boo You could hollow it out a bit then add some sort of top. Between gym sessions of course lol

@robin I put mine in for crunchy stuff and take them out for chocolate, ice cream etc 🤣

@nsj Who do you think I am, Arnold Schwarzenegger? 😂 I’ll have to do a bit of weight training before I attempt to carve that? I may use the oak barrel when I get it dry and flat enough. It wil...

Perfect to stick oak on and carve! 🤣

@robin That’s pretty good service, I’m glad you got it sorted out that quickly. Can’t get in at Tarbert, Lochgilphead is the nearest practice we can get treated at right now. The whole dental service...

@robin should've got him to take them all out! I had endless grief from mine since I was 5 or so lol

@robin Dental abscesses are terrible, I don’t know how you even made it into your workshop. I’ve got an appointment in Lochgilphead next month, think I might need root canal work, again.

I just couldn’t resist. I got a few off-cuts of wooden, laminated worktop off my brother-in-law and I just had to make a body blank (I just needed a fix 😬). It’s thin stuff for a worktop (abou...

I was passing by, having not been here for a while, and just had to check out all the builds (especially acoustics). I must admit that I was gobsmacked (really impressed) by your guitar. You've done a...

@nsj Yeah, it’s always a bit of a nerve wracking moment. Looking good. 👍

Always a relief when it all lines up Attachment : 20230412_022841.jpg

Bunch of thin coats of thinned down oil based polyurethane with sanding between various coats then onto microcystalline wax. I use a foam pad on the drill to buff. Attachment : 20230411_154046.j...

@jamesbisset if a replacement fretboard isn't a problem then yeh, I'd go with getting it off even if it got ruined. With factory fretboards I've managed to remove a couple but titebond seems proper ...

Well, you can’t complain at that for a tenner can you really. These are the types of bargains that everyone should look out for and use for practicing repainting. Get the paint cans out and spray some...

You sound a little disappointed there. Remember, that's not any old plywood. That's special Chinese plywood.