Hello, i am Benjamin from belgium. Like all things from the guitar from playing to (and hope) building.

What I want to know is how many points the member at position 11 has! In fear of my top 10 membership! Darren

Happy new year to You both, Mark and Carol, and I hope that 2025 is your best year for quite some time. Hope to hear from you soon Darren

Osmo poly x is superb for a wipe on finish, that's my goto these days. I'll often used thinned down polyurathane though on mahogany etc, sanded in to help fill grain and also add a nice tint.

Hello Peeps, I've been watching this over again recently and I thought it would be nice to have a dedicated wee space for it here on the forum for you all to watch it...... Fantastic! 🙌Ἷ...

The soundboard board is routed now and maple binding glued in. Definitely out of my comfort zone doing that. We'll see what tomorrow brings when I take the tape off and clean it up, maybe I'll do the ...

Although I happy with the good close glue join that I've got between the sides and soundboard/back, it just doesn't look finished without binding. Having said that, I'm reluctant to set about it with ...

Fretboard levelled and dots added now. I went to get my dots out of my bag of bits for this build, and realised that I hadn't bought any. So I cut some 6mm plugs from a piece of maple an used that. Al...

Thats the neck/body joint done, fretboard glued, the neck carved and dry fitted. Doesn't sound much when you say it quickly, but its certainly a challenge getting the neck/body joint without gaps, on...

The back kerf lining is on now. Merry xmas to you all. Attachment : 20231224_175645.jpg

Attachment : 20231223_164645.jpg Sides now glued to the front, and the back edges shaped ready for the kerf lining. Attachment : 20231223_153045.jpg Attachment : 20231223_153013.jpg ...

Made my kerf linings now, I think the the flat sawn strips are more flexible than the quarter sawn I used when making my jig. Dry clamped the trickier side of the front, looking okay. Attachment : ...

@Rocknroller912 Thanks for your 3explanation. You describe what happens, I was attempting to describe why - so I gues we complemented each other in thid conversation 😀

@rocknroller912 @peter-c-f I've just watched Mark's "Black Art" video of the acoustic course where he talks about tap testing. He also goes on to say that making and carving the braces to the dimensio...

@cafebrouge What problems are you having with soldering? - maybe we can help make it FUN! top tip: Keep your tip clean and shiny and tip top. top tip 2: Use quality '60/40 solder' not the usual modern...

Hi GM community! I’m about to embark on a Tele build - my third build (pics below of first two) - and decided I should join a forum because I’ll definitely need some help. I’m looking to do an HH Te...

I’ve finally got design #4 in the works. Originally it was design #3 but I had some incredibly bad luck getting the neck made for it and finally set it aside and started on the next original design. S...

Made my butterflies in inlay along the joint. Attachment : IMG_20231119_142651_resized_20231120_103550803.jpeg Attachment : IMG_20231118_155506_resized_20231120_103551820.jpeg Attach...

@rathius It’s got loads of graphite in it, very thick stuff and messy to work with. Make sure the body around the cavity you’re painting is well masked, it’s a real pain to clean any splashes or erran...

@rocknroller912 Glad to see you are doing an acoustic Robin, it’s looking good so far. Its been a long term project but I've managed to spend some time on it lately. Its a whole different game fro...