@mattbeels
Thanks it sucks they think it’s septic arthritis. Can destroy the joint.

@tv101 Thanks I think I posted photos of some of my builds before but here’s a Strat in bubinga from about 2000 and my fiddle started at the Cambridge Violin School,

finished mostly at work. Interested that you’ve…   Read mor…

Looks like a good test run

@bonnywood
I have the LP plans and am going to make paper templates for peebee, so I can make a second set if you like. It’s a hard build I think.

@boo I wouldn’t call myself a Scot even though I’ve live here since I was at school. Still a posh cockney from West London at heart. In fact the longer I live here the less I like it. Thank goodness…   Read more»

@bonnywood Ive been building and repairing for nearly 40 years but mostly do repairs to violins and bows, with some long breaks for different reasons. I’m hoping to build a Stratocaster type, for which Mark has supplied some parts, and…   Read more»

@bonnywood
Hi have you done any builds yet

@bpower
Looks great I think any experienced builder would be happy with it.
 

@usadave
I can’t see anything wrong, which tuner is it.

@boo I had lots of different hats to wear. I did purchasing with a company credit card, sourcing parts for the workshop, occupational health & safety, writing computer scripts using commercial software, trade union rep. I even made my fiddle…   Read more»

@boo
Ive also got a clever friend who is an industrial chemist, 3 degrees I think he’s forming a band soon.

@boo  Not exactly I worked in a place where explosive hazards were present so you had to know all the stuff that was dangerous. What is liable to cause a hazard and what can set it off. Work could be…   Read more»