Hi @tej I got some of their Trade G clamps a few weeks ago in their sale and they are excellent quality. I would imagine that these parallel clamps will be fairly decent quality too. They are still hi...

Welcome @powerful. Enjoy the ride. There are a lot of experienced folks here who will happily help answer your questions. Watch Mark's course all the way through first. Then go back and follow it thr...

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The vision We want the forums to become THE place to discuss guitar building. Discussing topics from the courses and other topics relating to guitar making. There is a multitude of practises and techn...

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Thanks Tej

24.75" scale length is indeed easier for bending. Same strings feel less stiff then a 25.5" scale length. I guess 25" is a good compromise and probably the shortest scale length to allow for 24 frets...

Hi everyone. New member here from Ilkley, West Yorkshire. I intend to take out a premium membership in the next few weeks and take advantage of the Dreadnaught build course. Never built an accoustic b...

Though not a stranger to the world of building custom musical instruments "from scratch," I am relatively new to the custom guitar building realm. I grew up building high-end hammered dulcimer (of all...

@clinton I like the idea of hand sawing, but I don't think my lung capacity is up to the job anymore, I will be making a router sled though. This morning I visited the factory I used to work in, they...

@Robin. Good old hand saw and make a router sled to plane and flatten. I do at all the time.

@steveadams Great rescue job Steve. It's been a great learning experience for you and for us. Thanks for sharing it again. 🎸🙏🎶🙂

Hey Guys many thanks for all your replies and thoughts... I'll take a close up photo and send it over... The initial plan was for the guitar to be just for me, however, the possibility came up that so...

@steveadams Great work Steve. Really enjoying following your exploits. 👍😁 🎶🙏🎸🙂

Interesting you talk about scale length and which to choose. I am in the process of starting another build and also changing the scale length. My previous build was a 24.75 scale (Gibson Les Paul ...e...

A couple of months ago , I started drawing a body shape that I liked on a piece of scrap paper. Attachment : IMG_20210321_170221071.jpg I quite liked the idea and decided to start working out s...

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@steveadams I think that rescue looks really good! I agree with @bpower and @rocknroller912.