What can I say, didn't last long before I got hit with an idea and I'm back in my shed! Same frined that gave me the last pieces of scabby looking oak gave me yet another piece. After feeding throug...

this week I worked a bit on the back of the bridge (pear wood ) Attachment : 14DDC44D-FF56-4FF3-A0B8-7D94F54BB6CD.jpeg Attachment : E835A4DF-7BFA-4C32-B4D4-F4E5FEF12AC8.jpeg Attachme...

@russ Great piece of ingenuity there @robin. What did you use for the metal struts? The metal struts are from cheap Aldi ratchet clamps that broke, I seldom throw anything in the bin. It was also ...

Thanks guys

@russ I was just speaking to a young woman yesterday who is building an acoustic guitar completely out of mahogany, including the sound board. I had thought about making a sound board from mahogan...

@nsj That is a stunning guitar, very well made. Not much more I can say really, beautiful. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

All sorted, Brazillian mahogany with ash strip neck and body. Oak top, oak plate on headstock. Gotoh hardware and warman pickups, hot lil devil set. Piece of elm burl for the trussrod cover. Plays n...

@nsj Lick it? I’m trying to wring it out and bottle it. 🤣

@boo well lick it lad 🤣

Thanks

Just waiting on strings now, hopefully turn up tomorrow Attachment : 20230323_142158-01.jpeg

I couldn’t resist, I just had to see what these staves would come up like. 😁 Attachment : 2A877A0F-4FEC-4B2A-9C8E-8E65F2AEF985.jpeg Attachment : B4286B96-2D78-4801-9F8B-B5D51E552E2D...

@clinton Maybe Clinton, maybe. 🤘😁🎸

@nsj No you didn’t have to at all. 😂 It will be a “rum” do , whatever I make from it. Im not sure what was in it to be honest. It’s definitely alcoholic though, I can smell it, it’s like vin...

Looks like a Tele in the making with a B bender. Woohaaa!! Hint hint!

@boo making guitars from that will be a "barrel" of fun! I had to 🤣

great

No doubt...my strumming hand is the post-surgery hand, but carpel-tunnel in fretting hand. Actually, now that you mentioned it... I just bought a small slide MUCH LIGHTER...by Taylor - Crelicam Ebony ...

@poco7 Congrats on getting a workshop. Certainly makes things more easy and fun. If your fretting hand is the problematic one, you can always play a little slide. 🙂

@bpower I don't think I seen Mark do an arm bevel. I do remember him talking about it briefly that's it. When I was looking I watched a few videos but I liked the way driftwood guitars did theirs t...