@mattbeels I always wonder why electric players even bother with volume controls they always go full blast - after the sound check and setting the levels of course. Controls just add circuit noise any...

@boo Nothing complicated inside it’s just a carbon track connected to the rotating centre terminal. Either of the outside lugs can be connected to ground depending on which way you want it to turn. So...

@boo Ive got some pots lying around from when I used to be interested in electronics. Was going to have a clear out one day so if you know the value, probably 250 or 500k ohms logarithmic or linear, ...

@mattbeels @boo Electronics buffs in the UK use the term “ground” it’s recognised fairly world wide. Professional stage sound equipment has a ground lift switch to counter the effect of so many bits o...

@boo Thanks for the tips on Aquacoat. I bought some but haven’t tried it yet, so I’ve got a clue about how to work with it now. If you bought it from Tonetech you could ask them for a trade account an...

@jonhodgson Good research i didn’t know there are so many different types of classical bracing

@deej Sounds like you were sitting on the sea front in Ayr, ok in the summer but it’s a bleak place in the winter. I’m thinking of trying to get a place on a course and wondering which part of Ayr you...

@robin My theory on bracing is that the standard X pattern and bracing sizes have been developed over a number of year by big manufacturers to give the best strength and flexibility, however using a d...

@jonhodgson Fair point about the use of the word “thesis” and in a sense the term is academic (pun intended). Obviously if someone has made 1000 guitars then he’s worth listening to but I think he cou...

@jonhodgson Yes I think the video you mentioned is the one. It was about a year ago.

@jonhodgson Thanks for making the point, always thought of a thesis as something presented for formal qualifications although I didn’t check the dictionary definition. I was just thinking back to my s...

@russ I was thinking the same as you that other posts are getting lost because of it but didn’t want to appear negative. After years of trawling through web sites and log ons at work I try to limit my...

@jonhodgson Interesting article and I can’t disagree with any of the theories, in particular the point that more arching of the top leads to a decrease in flexibility and loss of sound. It’s a point ...

@tv101 I feel your pain with big country houses. Lived in a big three storey house for years, it took 26 rolls of wall paper to decorate the stairways.

@koendb Top marks for changing a Mosfet

Best Wishes Mark thinking of you

@boo I feel your pain with the bowed body blank, I’ve been there a few times in the early days. I always check now by putting one half in a vice with the glue edge facing up. Sit the second half on to...

@mattbeels Great looking space make sure you get the coffee machine sorted first can’t do serious work without it

@johhodgson Thanks for the video. Wish I still lived in London, my town doesn’t have any shared facilities and local joiners hardly do wood work any more due to upvc doors and windows. It’s all house ...

Great demonstration today of how hard it is to prepare wood using hand tools. I’d love a drum sander but don’t have the space, so if your limited like me or don’t even have power this is what I use. F...