Well this has opened up a whole can of lentils! I think you half-opened quite a few different cans 😉   I think the last couple of posts from tv ten ten and Ihab hit the nail on the head. …   Read more»

 @darrenking Two things then happened which have steered my life ever since. I discovered guitarmaking.co.uk and I ordered a bending iron from another supplier  I’ve already posted a photo-thread of my first build here; https://guitarmaking.co.uk/community/showcase-electric/my-life-changed-in-2007/ And the title “my life…   Read more»

Posted by: @jamesbisset
So ebony is going to sound just as bad as all my other guitars then 

Topic for the next workshop session … how to make guitar-players’ fingers
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Posted by: @jamesbisset In a nutshell, what’s closest to a varnished maple Tele ’board, a Bailey Rosewood or a Bailey Ebony Maple is hard and closed grain.  Of the two, Ebony will be closest in terms of feel. Can you…   Read more»

Great one today ….keep em coming!

Nice to see that you managed to make one @david-johnson09
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But Mark needs the views/viewers on YouTube, 5000 subscriber for the amazing Mark & Carol doesn’t make me happy at all. 100,000 maybe I can partially smile then. I think you have to keep in mind the number of guitar…   Read more»

When my new website goes live (4 weeks?) there will be a section devoted to instrument making and offering services for custom making internal/external moulds and templates etc to customers own designs will all be a big part of it…   Read more»

I love how forgiving walnut is to work with. I love the colours and grain patterns that you can find.  I’ve seen almost pink through to dark brown. I’ve got a few bits of walnut in the workshop … just…   Read more»

 
https://www.guitarbuilding.solutions/product-page/guitar-fretsaw

I don’t think I’d come across that site before.  Thanks @david-johnson09

I guess the old saying of “you get what you pay for” tends to be right. With StewMac, as well as what you get, you’re also paying for shipping, VAT, import duty and the courier’s handling charge (though I don’t…   Read more»