@tv101 Is your birthday or your first guitar build birthday? Either way, happy birthday.

@nsj To be honest, I've not got many of my own left, I've got a mouth full of caps, crowns and bridges. I went through the covid shut down with a front tooth snapped off at the gum, then they pulled ...

@boo I couldn't believe how painful it was, but I got a really quick response from NHS24. I phoned them at 10:30 on Easter Monday, 4 hours later the dentist at Lochgilphead hospital had removed tooth...

This part time guitar building just doesn't work. I'm making templates to route my side bending mold and totally forgot that I'd changed the radius of the cutaway. So glued bits back into the template...

@tv101 Good to see another build underway. A nice warm-summer project (when you're not at the caravan!). I'm at the caravan now, but I've not been idle. Started to make the molds for forming the si...

@russ Great piece of ingenuity there @robin. What did you use for the metal struts? The metal struts are from cheap Aldi ratchet clamps that broke, I seldom throw anything in the bin. It was also ...

@russ I was just speaking to a young woman yesterday who is building an acoustic guitar completely out of mahogany, including the sound board. I had thought about making a sound board from mahogan...

@russ What wood will you use for the sound board and sides I've got the same mahogany for the sides and neck. Not got anything for the sound board yet, but I think it will be spruce.

@bpower I don't think I seen Mark do an arm bevel. I do remember him talking about it briefly that's it. When I was looking I watched a few videos but I liked the way driftwood guitars did theirs t...

@bpower very cool. Looks like a nice back. Are you going to be putting the arm bevel in? That was my original plan, but I'm keeping my options open, time will tell. I can't remember if Mark did an...

HHere's the original drawing, I've changed the shape of the cutaway slightly. I've left the cutaway off the back for now, I'm keeping my options open until I see how the side bending goes. Attach...

Back in the good old days of lockdown and live streams I had drawn an acoustic guitar. Two years later I've actually started to build it. Some time ago I cut some slices off a 6 inch square lump of ma...

I've put a proper Bigsby on it now, what a difference from the piece of Chinese junk that I originally had. Attachment : 20230308_174937.jpg

@nsj I love the way I handle mistakes these days rather than freak out. It's from making loads previously Thats a good fix. I'm sure that I learn a lot more from fixing mistakes than I do from gett...

@nsj Looking good.

@tv101 Very nice, I like the natural finish. I don't think that wood of the cavity cover necessarily has to match the body but I do prefer the grain in the same direction.

@nsj Loads more adjustment too, I always fit new strings on a new build. At least it helps rule the problem out if there is a problem. Another lesson learned, my setting up strings are in the bin n...

Good news, the intonation is fine now. I put on a new set of 10's. Had to flatten the E & A at the bridge, the other four didn't need any adjustment. No need to move the bridge post, panic over. ...

@swepri It could be worth checking the A string nut slot to make sure the string leaves crisp right at the end of the slot. Thats a good call, I'll check that when I'm changing the strings.

@brie I’ve often pondered the question of sinking a bridge into the body as an alternative to achieving an accurate neck back angle to give a nice low string action. Seems viable to me but , as I’m ...