and...... barring a couple of mistakes (which I think I've hidden) I have almost proved him right. You certainly proved him right, great guitar! I've made about 20 guitars and basses now, not one ...

Hi everyone. I stumbled across Mark's live 'Lockdown Lucy' streams during lock down in 2019, and I took his challenge when he said anyone who can draw a straight line can build a guitar. and...... ba...

Did a little bit more on this neck today. Drilled the tuner holes and rough cut the headstock. Installed the truss rod and glued the fillet in. Test fitted a couple of tuners and had to put the neck b...

@rocknroller912 can’t see why you’d need to as it’s not going to be pushing on any wood. I can’t find any examples on the internet where anyone’s taken a fillet that far either. Apprécie though I don’...

Today was a good day! Sanded the complete body with 100, 150 and 240.Call me crazy but I actually like sanding a guitarbody .. I enjoyed it so much, that I decided not to do the contour roundovers wit...

@markbailey thanks for that, do you know of any non-spray finishes that work well over them? Given the economy of scale clearly A3 is best “value” which also means I’ll have to make many many guitars ...

A bit more marking up before getting it back into another jig for headstock thicknessing. Attachment : 3BF458B2-92C5-4DB8-A06B-9CC0EB8CB251.jpeg Attachment : 187F0507-1993-4FF5-B51A-8FB9E9...

A bit of routing on this neck today. Attachment : 76B958E8-10DE-4892-BBD9-B921EEF58682.jpeg Attachment : C74C1391-7865-4332-931C-466BF7A48578.jpeg Attachment : A9EB86DD-7E03-4C44-B6...

Thanks everyone...@bpower @koendb @mattbeels @rocknroller912 @russ Really appreciate your comments..I'm afraid to say that I had to sack my assistant, he was making too many demands and becoming very ...

Some of you were asking where I get my custom 'Dry Transfer' logos made - here is the link:

Well done guys - top job! Very enjoyable to watch thanks for sharing!! Don't worry about the small fracture - it will be removed during the 'shaping the back' procedure...

Hi Guys Here is part 8... I have a special guest this time...hope you enjoy... cheers Steve Attachment : PART 8.mp4

@rocknroller912 thank you, so much to learn!

Made the first cuts on the bandsaw. Attachment : 2935868A-8696-4F72-B55B-BDDE146B418E.jpeg Attachment : 3CE9FF43-8196-49D2-BFC0-700067130D0E.jpeg Attachment : CAED0E37-C1A7-48EB-B7D...

Multi guitar building. Well impressed. @russ Thanks man. When the weather is terrible, I can’t get any gardening done and when other builds are hung up waiting for paint to cure and settle, I might a...

Out of the clamps and ready for the bandsaw. I’ll be marking up the angled headstock to get it in a couple of routing jigs (surface routing). Attachment : A5035F76-37A0-4D56-B611-C2805FEC98A9.jpe...

Nice neat routing, keeping it all precise. Attachment : C2B49DB3-C819-4074-AB66-455D5D3A7479.jpeg Attachment : F559E3DC-4D9C-4114-A18B-CFBC4C1D6197.jpeg Attachment : BB6D9D9D-68EA-4...

Good morning fellow builders, how are you all? I’m starting another build, a Bailey Bandsman again. Started with the neck by marking everything out, this one is going to be 24.75” scale length, Gibso...

Cheers @rocknroller912 I just watched someone on YouTube saying that very same thing. The traditionalist in me still wants to use natural wood but maybe it's the way forward. 🤔🤨
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@jonhodgson @rocknroller912 Thanks guys, appreciate the guidance, clearly need to take more care next time I do similar 🙂 It didn’t help only having access to a mini grinder as trying to get t...