@jamesbisset So, the back went into the vacuum press, this time glued with a slow cure urea resin, and you heard me say on the video there were a couple of creaks. Sure enough, the next morning reve...

Congratulations! This has proved to be a more troublesome task than I’d anticipated. Watching Darren’s videos, it all seemed fairly straightforward and error-proof. But I guess experts make things l...

Come on Jim, this is serious, not one of your songs … 🤣 🤣

@rocknroller912 Yeah, I bought a set off of Ebay...about $65 for the entire set...probably included shipping, i looked online and i think the seller actually was; GuitarmusicUK. advertises "1 Sets Do...

@poco7 Thanks I was concerned about how much the cone will drop and I’ve read there are variations in quality. Did you buy your cone in America ? I’m looking for a high action for lap steel and don’t...

@rocknroller912 Well, I'm sure you'll agree probably the most critical aspect is creating the radius point for the large circle cut-out [for the cone] at the Scale length...for my existing top, i hea...

@robin Ive found that it’s hard to get moisture into wood unless you soak it totally for a while, and even then some oily woods are impervious to moisture. Wood turners use Poly Ethylene Glycol PEG t...

@rocknroller912 My main concern would be the inside drying out causing cracking. For electric I don’t think sealing the inside will affect the sound. I sealed the inside of this before I glued it ...

@tv101 My thinking is that, as you cut out the body, you've cut across the fibres of the wood, so there are lots of shorter lengths rather than long, bent, lengths, so the sides need to be thicker to ...

@jamesbisset Pleased you are getting somewhere at last, however you still need a foolproof method that works for teaching beginners.Ive thought about this since we chatted last week. I would be incli...

With some anxiety, I tackled the front lamination. I was so concerned about the way the back had split that I cut apart the book-matched front face veneer and planed the edges again before joining (ag...

Never mind. Let’s get on with the easy stuff. The neck! Attachment : IMG_8927.JPG Attachment : IMG_8928.JPG Attachment : IMG_8930.JPG

By now, I had made two new moulds for back and front with 4 layers of 3mm MDF: i.e. an arch of around 12mm rather than 15mm as previously. And with gentler curves. So, the back went into the vacuum p...

@tv101 I’m making this up as I go along. It just seemed like a simple way to persuade the joined veneers not to split along my dodgy glue line. As usual, I was wrong.

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I'm sure I've seen that exact guitar somewhere before .... .... ..... ...... ahhhh, yes, it's in that case 10ft behind my shoulder 😆 😆 (Mark built it for me, probably 12+ years ag...

Not being one to rush things ... here's a bit of an update on the re-fin Attachment : 20230227_122651sml.jpg Attachment : 20230227_122640sml.jpg *Much* happier with the way that this i...

@nsj Staining often doesn’t always look good on the first coat. Sometimes you have to rub down and apply more. Repeat until you get an even stain. One trick is to make a solution of gelatine and warm...

First coating of hard wax oil is now on, got to leave it till tomorrow to add more. It's a satin clear. I'm going to be using wax over the top to create more sheen. I suspect I might not have used eno...

@tv101 yeh it's an awkward shade of wood to stain but I think I'm getting there lol