Thanks for the comment... What you didn't see was the pauses for cups of tea and thinking time.. ha ha cheers Steve

Tosin Abasi is incredible in his ability to play these 8 string monsters instruments. In this video he must play nearly every fret on the fretboard. Check out his picking thumb, it’s insane. I’m sure ...

@darrenking in that diagram the ground wires are green and the hot wires are black. The black stranded is I assume a shield, so it goes to ground. It's a pretty fair bet that black solid goes to groun...

Thanks for the diagram @jonhodgson and it would be great if my wires were the same colours 🤣 🤣 From the single coil PUP I have red, white and a shield (the box says white and shield to...

Is it the same setup as Mark's Bandsman? I hadn't thought of that. I'll check. Sorry if this is a really basic question but this is my first electric build and I was a bit thrown by this being the o...

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@mattbeels for the most part (and I'll admit to limited exposure to it), it doesn't do it for me. But there's no denying that there are some monster players and some monster guitars associated with th...

when I see some of those 8+ string monstrosities the djent types like, often with no fretmarkers, I wonder how the hell they find their way around, I'd need GPS! @jonhodgson I’m not a big djent fan (...

@jonhodgson Thanks Jonathan. It appears that Spain is the centre of the universe when it comes to tonewoods. In my searching I also found out about Maderas Barber from Valencia who I think may have so...

@russ @darrenking Taylor's partner in the Cameroon sawmill project is Madinter, who you can buy from. I just recently found out about this because of an interview with Ben Crowe on sustainability, app...

@darrenking. I've just finished reading it over Darren. Sounds like a good plan for sustainability. As with all these things, everyone involved has to feel they are benefiting or there will always be...

yeah but it’d look awesome until manhandled though 🙂 @tej It would look stunning, I must admit. It would be torture knowing I couldn’t play it though.

I think the hundreds of thousands you have to pay to get a license to use Vanta Black (not to mention that it has some very special application method) probably makes how hard wearing it is rather moo...

@boo I think the hundreds of thousands you have to pay to get a license to use Vanta Black (not to mention that it has some very special application method) probably makes how hard wearing it is rathe...

Now you just need a license to paint it in Vantablack @jonhodgson I don’t think Vantablack is robust enough to use on a guitar from what I’ve read. It’s ok for household object, lamps etc that aren’t...

but I guess that you know what you’re doing, right? 🤷🏼‍♂️ @mattbeels Well, I don’t know about that. 🤣

Now you just need a license to paint it in Vantablack

I know you’re going to paint it @boo but I was thinking that the mismatch of the grain on the headstock would seep through... but I guess that you know what you’re doing, right? 🤷🏼...

Coming along nicely there @boo. 👍 🙏🎶🎸🙂

Are you gonna use a headplate? @mattbeels What, like a cap, a veneer? Do you think I should? I was thinking of just painting it.