There’s nothing quite like it. So Mark Bailey I thank you, for putting together this course and community who have been so amazingly helpful and kind spirited during my ‘learning experiences’. @chees...

Today I played a guitar I built with my own hands. She’s far from finished, no cover plates and the nut isn’t even glued in yet, but I plugged her in and she played like nothing I’ve ever experienced....

How do you make a Canadian hobby guitar builder happy you ask? He goes home for lunch and gets a package from the bailey workshop delivered. 🙂 Attachment : 20210705_132849.jpg Attachment : ...

The neck is roughed out. Now on to the body. 🙂 Attachment : 20210621_202849.jpg Attachment : 20210622_194350.jpg Attachment : 20210622_204740.jpg Attachment : 20210622_203924....

Storing the back - TIP! After gluing the braces on to the back you should not carve them until you are ready for assembly - If you are leaving it for some time there is a danger of it changing shape.....

@Tej I think the general rule for s/h kit is "older is better". More modern tools are made down to a price (apart from those brands that can charge the price for maintaining quality) because so many ...

Attachment : B07537CD-165D-4E72-BAB8-41EF6A942C0D.jpeg Good enough for Rock n Roll. A little rough but fits good.

Baritone? But where are you going to get a fret slotting template for one of those though?!!! 🤣 🤣

@koendb Where abouts in the world do you reside? I’m just wondering what products will be available to you compared to me here in Blighty (the UK).

@koendb Sometimes if I want to do something much faster, I will use a two part filler, this dries by chemical reaction instead of air drying, you can sand it after a few minutes. Obviously I get that ...

The instructions on the can says : leave overnight to harden @koendb Then leave to harden you must.

@koendb Just so you know, this is quite normal to be refilling, it’s all part of the process. Just to shift the topic to car bodywork for a minute, using car body filler is done in multiple stages. Wh...

then sanding it back after I get some more 320 grid, clean with naphta, followed by a few coats of sanding sealer. Reapply a few coats of primer. Does that sound right? @koendb It looks like you have...

Right, so I've now also learned that this is a job better suited for during daytime, as now i can see more little nicks and dents.My guitar seems to have measles now 😉 Should this dry overnight? or sh...

@Boo Thanks for so much detailed explanation, seriously appreciated! So I started by sanding it down with 400, as I did not have any 320 left, in some spots I went through the primer, but that s ok. ...

@koendb Your guitar is looking great by the way. Sanding and finitting is tedious and more difficult than expected sometimes. At least when a guitar is being painted, we can use fillers, primers etc t...

I also had some runouts, when I had the spray can too close to the body, I sanded those away this evening. But I wonder, what my options are to remove this little imperfections. Do I need to get rid o...

@koendb If you want to get rid of the imperfections you’ll have to do that before proceeding. If you leave them they’ll still be visible no matter how much lacquer you apply. I’m no finishing expert (...

Looking great @koendb I think you need our resident finish guru @boo to comment.

Today finally the weather conditions where good enough to start on finishing my latest built.There seems to be some sort of a consensus that humidity is more important then temperature to decide if t...