@robin interesting! I'll look out for your thoughts. I've got the crimson water based wipe on finish to experiment with, but not tried it yet.

@liebe Thanks Dan, I feel like I'm on the home straight now. I've ordered a tin of water based top coat from Northwest guitars, never used this before so we'll see how it goes. Attachment : ecb16...

@robin looking good! What finish are you going for?

The frets are installed now and all sanded and masked ready for finishing. First coat of sanding sealer on and decals put on the headstock. Attachment : 20240204_142035.jpg Attachment : 202...

@swepri Yes there’s a special feeling to playing something you’ve made. There’s also that strange mixture of feelings when I finish a project, part pride and satisfaction and part disappointment that ...

@nsj I’m getting used to the weight of it, maybe I’m building up my muscles!!🤣🤣 Not sure that my good lady would be too chuffed with me building 19 guitars, future projects may need to...

@brie Good work! Nothing beats playing your own instruments for the first time.

@sanjeevmansotra You’re welcome Sanjeev, I hope you enjoy practicing and once you get the hang of some of those patterns, you can try some of your own 👍😃🎸

@brie I have already started practicing. Thank you for the suggestions!

What are you doing on here? Get back in the shed and start number 2! 🤣 Guitar looks good, weights fine. Anything lighter than a les paul is fine lol I started at the beginning of the whol...

@markbailey Thanks for your kind words Mark, I would have been very reluctant to start on such an endeavour without your fantastic videos and the end result would not have been of the same quality. I ...

@liebe Thanks Dan, having a rest for a while, at least until the weather is a bit warmer, then get going on the next one👍😃🎸

Thats the back binding done and a wee maple cap on the neck heel. Attachment : 20240203_171757.jpg

Great job Brian 👍 - Thanks for sharing the pics...and for your kind words...makes it all worthwhile!

@brie good work! I often look at the acoustic course, but find myself building 'just one more' electric!

@russ Thanks Russ, bit on the heavy side but otherwise I’m well pleased with it. Going to have a look at the acoustic course but I think I’ll probably do another electric come the spring time.👍...

I cleaned up, planed, scraped and sanded the soundboard binding, and I have to say that I'm delighted with the results. To be on the safe side, I had made my binding strips a bit to thick and had a a...

@robin Thanks Robin, it’s been a blast and I really only want to have look at the Acoustic course, honest!!🤣🤣 Thing is, you know how you always have bits left over when you finish a jo...

@brie Well done Brian, thats looking good, and yes it is addictive. Be careful with that acoustic course, I started off just drawing one, I never dreamt that I'd actually build it.

Hi Everyone, Must say I’m as proud as punch today having finished my first attempt at building an electric guitar from scratch. Thanks to Mark’s fantastic course, I’m now the proud owner of a guitar t...