.....How many Luthiers does it take to change a lightbulb?…..…..…......... Only one Luthier - but it will take at least two days by the time he has built the jigs and made the patterns to do the job.....

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Hello Peeps, As you all know Mark describes himself as a Guitar Maker and NOT a Luthier so I thought it was safe enough to tell my Luthier Joke...... .....How many Luthiers does it take to change a li...

Thats funny coz its true! Those folks who want to keep everything secret probably aren't worth listening to anyway as they often don't know what they are talking about...In my experience the best ones...

Most of my friends are coming back to me over the last few weeks mainly to get free setups and string changes... ? it’s nice to see old builds though

I'm hoping to do a course sometime if they ever start again. Only about two hours for me and as long as the parking is motorbike friendly. It really is an excellent experience @rocknroller912 - I re...

bliss was good last night I can't work out whether Ayr is a particular hotspot for talented musicians, or whether people travel from far and wide across Scotland to attend. Standard is pretty impress...

"nice rack" @david-johnson09 ? ?

Naturally, I got it home, and started with the mods ... I replaced the black plastic p'up rings with some metal ones, but that pushed the p'up a bit further down into the cavity, where there were a *l...

And here are my Bailey-build-babes ( ? ) Attachment : DSC_3328.JPG Attachment : DSC_3320.JPG Attachment : DSC_3310.JPG There's a bit of guitar design and building evolution goin...

Someone went and tipped some paint all over it ... Attachment : IMG_0882.JPG Attachment : IMG_0886.JPG Now the fun bit Attachment : IMG_0893.JPG Attachment : IMG_0899.JPG ...

The photo attached is remains of a FB I've recently removed from a 1978 Fender Stratocaster I've seen paint thicker than that!!

Another great session today - thanks again @markbailey. As well as always learning bits, I also finish the sessions re-enthused to get back out to my workshop to do some more bits (more on that in up...

The Maccaferri necks that I have made all have zero frets. I would definitely recommend a slightly higher fret (one size up) for the zero but also remove most or all of the tang and either glue it in ...

And a preview, with the neck template and bridge sitting in place, of what it might look like. Attachment : 20200903_170516.jpg

The clamps are off and the cap routed to the body profile, I'm really pleased with the nice clean joint line. The remaing stained nail holes wiil disappear with the humbucker cavity. Attachment : ...

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I've seen a video of someone making these - must have been one of the YT woodworking channels that I wander into (very) occasionally. Looked simple enough to make, though it was a US channel (IIRC), a...

And them being used in anger.... Attachment : 2BDFB7E8-2EE7-4372-993A-9177D16F3CB6.jpeg

I made mine out of off cut ps from different builds.. Attachment : CDA564E8-7C4A-487C-80C8-F82CBF3578DD.jpeg