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 : ...

Last time I wanted to route a trussrod channel, I used the guiding rail from the router itself. While this did a perfect job on my first neck, but on the last one, I had some spots where the router bi...

I consider myself fairly handy. I’ve stripped down and rebuilt bicycles, ripped out and installed kitchens, bodged innumerable guitars… but I’ve never, ever had an oily rag. And yet every set of DIY i...

@jamesbisset Im rubbing down a hickory axe handle with Danish oil today so if you like I can send you a selection of free ones in various stages of oil.

Posted by: @ Not sure if that steam generator would be hot enough, I have one but unless there is something wrong with it ,just doesn't produce enough heat to enable a easier bend .

@tej I think using water in the rubbing down process is essential or there will be particles collecting on the abrasive that will tear the sealer out. It’s important to check the abrasive paper as you...

@tej Not yet I’m planning to try it this afternoon if the monsoon rain stays away.

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment...... great new stuff. 🎶🙂🎸🙏

Great choice @marcel To play a bass guitar like that is one tremendous skill but to sing at the same time and dance around enjoying himself is truly remarkable. It’s never been my kind of music but ...

My favourite song today:

@Boo that looks amazing man!

@tej This Tele is Ash and as you know it has an open grain. The grain needs to be filled and sanded flat if you want to achieve a gloss mirror finish or a smooth, flat matt effect. You may have to go ...

What’s your go to approach for ensuring you’re rid of all dust traces? @tej Well, my argument for compressed air comes into play again. Every workshop, no matter what you make, should have a compress...

As I understand it’ll be very small flecks of metal, supposedly giving a metallic effect. Northern bit that interested me was when the idea of “gilting” the curves of the guitar was mentioned so as to...

Thanks @boo!

I was challenged by a friend to do a metallica demo on my Flying V.So I just made my first facebook video ever 😀 Don't judge my playing too much, My sloppy playing is not getting any better wi...

Oh man that's amazing, that tone is so good thanks @cheesewhisk!

@tej I’m presuming you’d mix it with the later coats of dye once you have the colour pretty much deep enough for your tastes, I think that once you're happy with the colour then there no need to add...

Have a wee look at these @tej. Now we're out of Europe the taxes might make it too expensive though. 🙏🎶🎸🙂

I don’t actually have the highlights to hand yet so I’ve no idea what I’ll even get as it was a bit of a whim. Could be great big flakes or more like dust! @tej At the moment, I have no frame of refe...