If anyone’s interested …   Ash – who is Oil City Pickups – is planning on running some Build Your Own PickUp courses when Covid19 permits.  He’s based in East London, and is a great guy who really knows his…   Read more»

Neck pocket cut, and checking alignment to mark out the position of the bridge and pickup cavities …  https://i.imgur.com/UEYRRWO.jpg    Not planning anything too fancy for this – standard couple of HBs with a 5-way superswitch from StewMac (which gives…   Read more»

Posted by: @frocesterbill I need to drill to position the tune-a-magic bridge and tail piece. From the design course – mark scale line then go a further 3mm on bass side – join those and mark for holes? How much…   Read more»

The fronts have now had their coats of oil, and it’s hardened sufficiently to flip over and start on the backs …
 

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The necks will just be oiled, no stain.  Might even get them put together this weekend …

Into the finishing room. My workshop is full of sawdust and other assorted muck.  It’s not the best environment for finishing guitars.  So I negotiate for a bit of spare space in the house and get the finishing work done…   Read more»

Posted by: @giraffepencils Hello everyone! Found the youtube page and 8hrs of watching later I’m hooked! Would love to do a workshop course, but would want my bud there and there’s no way I can afford both of us haha.So…   Read more»

That top is thick enough for a bit of carving … so let’s get routering …

 
And then some carving …

 
And then a whole load of sanding …

It’s going to have a P90 in the neck … which is going to leave a bit of unsightly neck join visible between the end of the fretboard and the pickup (spot the NEC carpet tape!)

😕   Unless…   Read more»

Posted by: @frocesterbill 21 year old ‘Sandy’ – in all her glory……

Essential – probably – best bit is that after 6 months looking on eBay she was 5 miles away……. I’m jealous Bill – my workshop is definitely…   Read more»

Here’s the bandsaw with its neighbours – the drill press and bobbin sander … and you can also see the (blue) water pipe in the rear corner!  

  I’m in the middle of a few projects, hence the…   Read more»

That’d be a lot easier to use @deej if it was upright … 😆   Here’s mine

  ’twas a gift from someone who didn’t have room to store it.  Now gets used for all sorts, not just guitar-making….   Read more»

Posted by: @david-johnson09
I made a tribute build to the Bailey exotica at The Bailey workshop. 

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Love the thru-neck.  I love most thru-necks to be honest!

I’m quietly watching from the back … waiting patiently (ish) for more progress updates! 

Posted by: @johnbarr2004 Just starting the design for a 5 string neck thru bass for me.  Looking forward to cutting wood! That’ll be good to see.  Make sure you put some pics up (here and there!) when you get started….   Read more»