Update: Drilled the holes for the strap locks and tuners today. I also drilled a hole on the side of the body for the guitar cable, i made sure that the hole is far enough from my leg so that the cabl...

@boo's little bit of glitter free rosewood arrived this morning. I didn't take any chances, went out to the shed and opened the envelope very carefully, but still got a fright. Attachment : 202104...

Good to see you Mark. Hope everyone is OK, or getting there. Don't forget to look after yourselves too.

Hey Folks Things have stabilised a little and I've been able to get in the workshop catching up with the orders - Lewis helped out yesterday and will be back again next week. Thanks again for your pat...

@markbailey. Great to see you again Mark. Hope all is well with you. Looking forward to you getting back. Take care, Russ 🙏🎸🙂🎶

For what it’s worth I’ve removed the fretboard from an Encore strat copy I was donated. The truss rod adjuster was destroyed and there was some damage around the adjuster access along with a small chi...

**UPDATE** Initial, succinct information about paint, sanding, compound and buffing. The following methods described can be applied to 2K polyurethane, acrylic or nitrocellulose paints and lacquers/c...

maybe you should lay off the imported candy paint, Mirka sanders, glitter sparkles, airbrush kits etc @mattbeels Well, I kind of have to now. 🤣 No regrets though. ✊

What do we think about building FX into a guitar? I'm not thinking Muse midi-controller levels of complexity here. I'm just thinking of the simple FX - a small circuit board with a pot mounted directl...

Ok, here is one perennial problem that can now be put to bed permanently! Sloppy fitting neck joints! Here is the working prototype of the adjustable neck pocket routing jig designed to either be used...

I need to make some better neck & neck pocket templates and there's still room for improvement on the finish but overall I'm really pleased how this turned out (think I just about covered up the r...

My favourite song today, again from a Dutch band. Sadly singer/songwriter Hans Vermeulen passed away three years ago at the age of 70.

Is a guitar making video game a possibility I can just it see now, a long haired guy disappearing in a cloud of sanding dust while an unseen female voice tells him put his mask on 🙂

@tv101 @Rocknroller912 Then drill through the cap into the middle of the p'up cavities - the hole just needs to be big enough for a router bit to fit through. I did my LP'ish body the opposite wa...

You're welcome @rocknroller912 As Mark is fond of saying - it's just a matter of breaking things down into simple steps and then there's usually a way of getting the job done. There are probably other...

@tv101 and @rocknroller912 I still haven’t made a LP type geetar yet. If only we knew someone with a CNC machine that could make us a set of routing templates. 🤔 @darrenking 😉😂

Thanks for the advice @Rocknroller912, I've plenty maple offcuts and it's not really in a conspicuous place so the bigger bit that I cut out will be mostly hidden inside the neck pocket.

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I may not get around to doing everything today Hi @boo, If you get an E06 error on the display when you turn it on its because the 'throttle lever' isn't set to 'off'. Just push it all the way down a...

The saw needs to be quite tight in the rollers or it can go off 90 deg. I’m assuming you have the fretboard stuck with double sided tape to the metal scale. I also use wooded wedges between the wood a...