@markbailey Maybe something on the quality of tuners. I bought a cheap set for the bitsocaster that I assembled, the posts rattle about in their housings. The ones supplied in your kit are a world of...

it's a bit addictive ! I don't remember seeing any warning on the videos. I'm only part way through my fisrt build and now iv'e been and gone and got a kit for my for my next one. Just couldn't stop ...

I'm guessing the conker fights are banned in schools nowadays @tv1010101 Yes it seems to be wrong in so many ways, I don't think that kids are allowed have fun nowadays.

So, who fancies a conker fight at play time ??? Remember to wear your full safety gear.

Part of the fun iv'e been having is doing things for myself, ie making templates. I try to take the same approach with jigs as and when I need them. I might be able to adapt this mitre saw into a fret...

Now that our photos are back, here's my latest one. I tried a bit of fretboard oil where the neck cutout will be, looks like the colour will come up nicely. Attachment : received_660858171224648.j...

Thats a nice piece of work. I also like the self assembly idea, easier to package and less likely to be damaged in transit. Just a thought on the taper on the holes if they were to be laser cut, a ta...

@johnnierox-boo Thanks for that good explanation of the shielding. Another question though, does the shielding in each cavity then need an earth wire?

@johnnierox-boo Have you lined the humbucker cavities with copper foil, or is that the colour of the wood. I haven't reached that stage, but I thought I'd only be lining the control cavity.

I didn't know you could get a Carol kit? I think my wife would draw the line at me building my own Carol out in my hut.

That's been interesting reading all your stories, so here's mine. I grew up watching my dad making things. My pal's dads would buy things that they needed, my dad would make what he needed if he could...

@rocknroller912 thanks for the pointers on thread sizes. They're 8mm diameter and a very fine thread, finer than the standard metric fine. I'm counting 8 pitches over a 6mm length, so I'm thinking it...

@tv1010101 They're all marked 500, A's and B's, so thats not a problem. The theaded parts all measure 8mm, I'm assuming that they're metric. I'll pop into my old workplace when I'm home and borrow th...

I bought some used pots from ebay, I got into a message discussion with the guy and told him what I was doing, I think he has sent me his entire spares box. So now I've got 20 pots, but no nuts and wa...

@johnnierox-boo Are you buying these locally in Falkirk. I'm going home to Falkirk tomorrow for a few days, provided landslips and floods allow me to.

@deej The neck build was the first of Mark's live streams that I watched, I think I was hooked there and then. I only stumbled on it by chance, I was googling to find out how a truss rod works.

@eddie6string I like your "CR8" that looks good. I quite like the idea of a whisky barrel top body and trying to keep the original print.

I'm so looking forward to making my first neck, I should be starting that next week.

My maybe-mahogany cover plate photo has appeared in the "My Media" section. Attachment : 20200911_221647.jpg

Iv'e seen others using wood to make a rear cavity cover. Iv'e not got any plastic, so I thought I'd have go using an offcut from my maybe-mahogany cap. It turned out well and is a nice contrast to the...