Hi @archie and welcome to the most amazing guitar making forum in the world! There is quite a lot to cover in your post and it may take a couple of replies to get though it all as I am at work today f...

@archie I agree with the others @darrenking is the person to chat with for vacuum machines and veneer sheets.

Welcome @archie. You might usefully have a chat with @darrenking ...

Welcome @archie. Let the journey begin. I'm not enough of an expert to be giving you any advice other than start off with Mark's Acoustic Build course to develop your skills first before you attempt a...

Hi Everyone. I've been a guitar player attempting jazz for some time. I've been a collector and dealer of Jazz Guitars for some time and I now want to put that skill and knowledge into making my ow...

@mario Repairs are difficult as no two are the same. You can demonstrate basic principles but in instrument making schools repairs are an extra after two years of new builds.

I suggest a course about typical repairs on a guitar. The other side of a luthier job when he is not constructing guitars. Thanks.

@tej It must be bad if you don’t want to show it. Scraping is sometimes better than sanding to remove a failed finish as sanding can just rub it further into the grain. I’ve been there so learned the ...

@tej Its difficult to comment without seeing a photo but not all instrument finishes are designed to be even all the way over, and stain often looks bad until the final finish coat. Sounds like you h...

Welcome @riccardo. I've been a part of this community for 8 months now and I am currently in the middle of my second acoustic guitar build. The entire build process seems very daunting but Mark has th...

@russ Pull your finger out and get on with it man. 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍 The planets are almost aligned @boo........I hope. 🤔🤣 🙂🎸🎶
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I've been signed up here for nearly a year now and still haven't started building.... @russ Pull your finger out and get on with it man. 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

Welcome @riccardo you will find all the help you need to build your own guitar here. I don’t know about Udemy codes but following Mark’s courses and talking to people here in the forum will soon get y...

Welcome @riccardo. Enjoy the learning. I've been signed up here for nearly a year now and still haven't started building.....but I'm learning a lot from Mark's online courses and everyone here on the ...

Thanks @Robin. I'm really looking forward to it. I'm holding back starting though until I really understand what I'm going to be doing.

Thanks @Rocknroller912 I am apprehensive but keen to get started. Thanks for the links to the vids, I will watch those. On the course intro it mentions drawings/plans that you can download from this...

Hi there @riccardo , welcome to the group. I don't think you need to be particularly talented with carpentry, just follow Mark's instructions and before you know it, you'll be playing your own hand bu...

@riccardo Welcome the the forum. Guitar building looks daunting but Mark Bailey explains it very well in simple steps so you are in the best place to learn. I suggest watching his free utube videos fi...

Hi. I'm Riccardo, based in Northampton and looking to build my first guitar. Played guitar and bass for years and keen to learn something new. Ventured into this territory when I changed the pots, ...

, while sanding down the filler I caught the edges too much and took all the colour off them. Couldn’t get it back the same as the rest so literally need to sand everything back now I feel your pain ...