Attachment : sides1.jpg After a lot of cutting of more bits of the log to get the right grain direction, I cut 3 slices about 6mm thick x 70mm wide to be the sides. I then planed them down to abou...

Attachment : plates.jpg Progress has been slow. I now have the back and front plates planed and bookmatched as best as I can given the fairly open grain. Attachment : neck.jpg Also the neck...

Guitar build on one side of the bench... acoustic bliss on the other. Perfect music for a perfect hobby. 🙂 Attachment : 20210805_193021.jpg

@rocknroller912 yeah very displeased with my Frankenfinish! I took to it with the random orbital in the end and took it right back finishing by hand with the grain. First coat of deep colour went on w...

Welcome @riccardo. I've been a part of this community for 8 months now and I am currently in the middle of my second acoustic guitar build. The entire build process seems very daunting but Mark has th...

Hi there @riccardo , welcome to the group. I don't think you need to be particularly talented with carpentry, just follow Mark's instructions and before you know it, you'll be playing your own hand bu...

Thanks @Rocknroller912 I am apprehensive but keen to get started. Thanks for the links to the vids, I will watch those. On the course intro it mentions drawings/plans that you can download from this...

Welcome @riccardo. Enjoy the learning. I've been signed up here for nearly a year now and still haven't started building.....but I'm learning a lot from Mark's online courses and everyone here on the ...

Welcome @riccardo you will find all the help you need to build your own guitar here. I don’t know about Udemy codes but following Mark’s courses and talking to people here in the forum will soon get y...

I've been signed up here for nearly a year now and still haven't started building.... @russ Pull your finger out and get on with it man. 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

@Rocknroller912 "The Lurker" would've been a good name, but I've already made the decals for it. I've really stretched my imagination with this one and called it #002.

Just for pure fun!!! 🤘😁🤘✨✨✨✨✨✨✨🎸 Attachment : DFF86E1D-3635-48FB-ABE6-F6B597C52F64.jpeg Attachment : F21B3D1...

Even more blue and clear. Attachment : DA2EC972-7755-49A8-95F4-DDC5D476E4E0.jpeg

Feeling a little blue? Attachment : 39446897-4504-49BA-895C-5ECA8FA9551D.jpeg Attachment : 15AFC292-17AB-46D5-BE5C-1136EB66C6A7.jpeg Attachment : B2C25386-9CFE-4F3C-B8F0-315A33678344...

Well this question was a dud! Soldier my arse...... the answer is clearly 'C' Bradley! Attachment : 20210802_220739.jpg

Fretboard markers done, radiussed to 16" radius.Only thing to do is check and saw the slot to depth, install the side dots and glue the fretboard on. Attachment : IMG_20210728_162722581.jpg Glu...

Interesting I’ve never seen a string break at the bridge on any instrument I guess on acoustic instruments it is indeed not a common issue. So yeah I can definitely see where you are coming from.On e...

I just went out to the pub thinking it’s Thursday when they are open till midnight. Got half way there and realised it’s only Wednesday 11 pm closing. @rocknroller912 - this morning, I have a similar...

Hey Boo, Just wait until you move to Scotland and the midge season arrives!!🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟🦟 Or clefs, they’re also really lovely!! The...

Drum roll…………. Hey, it’s got strings on!! After a huge delay in my extracting the necessary digit I have actually finished my Maccaferri Petite Bouche! No excuses, I just kept finding reasons not to s...