hello everyone, just want to introduce myself and say I am a new guitar builder, currently expanding my knowledge and this place is great, I have plans to make several guitars and find the guitar desi...

Hi All, I’ve been binge watching Marks videos on YouTube and think that they’re great. I’m hoping to start a project later in the year and I’m slowly accumulating tools and knowledge. The register lin...

Happened upon your site while looking for a decent brace chisel with sufficient length. Looking forward to learning and sharing.

Hi, Just finished both of Mark's classes on Udemy and ordered all of my materials straight away. Woodworker and engineer here. Built an electric guitar when I was young but it was garbage. After watch...

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Decided to build close to a classic 62 design minus the skunk stripe truss rod method. I had a full scale plans of this for years and never attempted til now. Glad I did. It is for a friend who is alw...

@boo Hi thanks, will try. Makes sense and I think I understand it a bit more. Just need more patience I suppose to get it level flat.

Posted by: @clinton No I am not because I dye it. If you apply sanding sealer, doesn’t it seal it to where you could not stain thereafter? @clinton I would fill the grain, sand it back, raise the g...

Attachment : IMG_1729.MOV FINISHED Thanks for all your support and advice over the last few months. Very much appreciated. Thanks Mark and Carol for all the help. For a first acoustic build it’s r...

Posted by: @swepri Yes, several times 🙂 Right now a hair over 21mm and 23mm @swepri Good, I just wanted to make sure. 👍 Like @koendb said, have a think about what profile shape you ...

@swepri, wow those facets looks clean! Man you should see mine 🤣 You can now decide where you want to go with this. If you mark your next lines nearer to the centre line, the more C shape you...

Posted by: @swepri Finally started to carve the neck, but is a bit stuck at "refining facets". @swepri have you measured the thickness (with your callipers) of the neck at the third fret ish and aga...

Finally the point of no return. Neck is now attached to the body with all the finish done to the best of my ability. Bridge on tomorrow. Attachment : 8B574AED-8761-4573-9376-733F432458B6.jpeg ...

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This morning I glued one side in, during lunchbreak the other.. Attachment : IMG_20220124_142956061.jpg Attachment : IMG_20220124_162323003.jpg Perhaps I should buy a lottery ticket.. 2...

Posted by: @swepri since it is easy to press it flat Think of it like this: The fret board will exert a similar force on the neck to that which you are exerting to press it flat. If you can do this ...

bridge position checked and double checked twice and all marked up now ready for spraying. Cheers Attachment : A0393205-F840-4C30-922C-1BA276EB6274.jpeg Attachment : AE4CB953-61DB-4878-A68...

A couple of days ago, I started to bend one of the sides, which was still a bit too thick. ( 2.4 ~ 2.5 mm ) It took me quite a while, especially from the waist into the upper bout. Since it took so lo...

Hi @bpower, Firstly, you really want to have the stripes up the middle, it is so much prettier that way. Secondly, if you are going to have a go at fixing this I suggest that you used an adhesive that...

Dot markers and side dots in followed by frets today. All ready now for the final sanding process tomorrow. Cheers. Attachment : 200956BB-54B5-4A88-AE05-39127D45ED92.jpeg Attachment : ACEB...