That gives me a better working height

I’ve been using a Blacker and Decker workbench since 1982 and bought a second one a few years ago in a sale but I do find I get back pain now so I tend to work standing up using a T board held in a be...

@boo Thanks for the great suggestion, I have one of those, but didn't even think about getting another one and making a table out of it, that will certainly be much more of a quicker start up for the ...

Posted by: @boo but the trestle table is adequate to start with. I can confirm. I still use mine , as I dont have anything else at the moment. I only use our heavy garden table ( heavy stone surface...

@seanf Welcome to you Sean. Whatever you decide to do first, you will find help here. As far as a bench goes, I used two trestle type things and a big sheet of MDF for my first work bench (see pictur...

@rocknroller912 brilliant! I certainly will if I find any more issues with it 🙂

@seanf If you have any repairs to your old guitar other than fretting, which is covered in Marks course, post them on the forum first and you can get a few opinions on the best way to proceed.

@rocknroller912 I bought some fret wire a few months ago just off amazon before I had done much research into the subject, I have Dunlop accu-fret jumbo size. I am unsure whether I will still use thos...

@markbailey I am quickly weighing on the side of just starting one from scratch, I might give the fretting a go and see how I get on until I have the rest of the tools!

@seanf Welcome to the forum. Repairs are much harder than building from new, especially on cheap factory instruments. Often they use glue that can’t be taken apart so te whole thing breaks. Where are ...

Welcome Sean! £20 guitars are great for starting on but I highly recommend building from scratch - in some ways it is easier than repairing...and you'll learn so much. I am biased obviously ...

Hello All Just wanted to say hello from Surrey in the UK, I'm a newly inspired person from the content of this website / forum / Youtube channel (I have just finished watching the playlist 'Build Your...

@russ yeah, even better ‘in the flesh’. It’s one of Mark’s new tonewood laminates. Keeps the cost down, increases stability, but still allows for a really heavily figured finish.

After four electric builds (2 at Bailey’s), it was time to take a shot at an acoustic. Split over 2 weeks separated by 6 months…. Man it was hard to walk away from the workshop and leave things like ...

@powerful awesome! that is looking pretty good to me. Cant wait to see the next stages 🙂

Posted by: @wayne_f I tried both corded and cordless drills and also my drill press but none of them could drive either bit through anything I use a forstner bit , but I never try to go through in o...

I've hit another speed bump. Yesterday I bought a small set of auger bits. I did a test on some scrap and the bit jammed up almost immediately. Today I went back to the store and bought a 7/8" spade b...

@powerful Well done for taking this on, I look forward to watching your progress. Good luck man. 👍

Thats a cool design. Nice job.

I don't think you need any additional strength in the neck just a longer scale length.