This is the best I can do right now. An old mahogany (I think) window sill, 18mm thick. Attachment : 524777B5-3085-4C8E-8147-576421A8D50D.jpeg

Yeah, for simplicity’s sake, let’s say I’m just down the road from Cnocbaileidh.

@darrenking I think that quilted stuff is unbelievably beautiful and I agree, I would only ever buy it for caps. It’s just ridiculous to consider having a full thickness blank.

This quilted maple veneer is priced at £100+VAT pm2! @darrenking That is why I can’t consider using expensive wood like that for the foreseeable future, the cost is out of my price range now, too muc...

Thanks Darren, that second one is really useful. - necks tenons are finessed by hand with a chisel - Gibson Memphis have their pre-slotted fingerboards supplied by a third party. I’m amazed Mark find...

I know Bailey World is Global but just curious to know where people are..... Partly out of curiosity and partly as a way to possibly bring folk together in a 'guitar builders in sheds' kind of way &#x...

Oh yeah... I'm in Cornwall, England

Cornwall, England Blackpool, England.

Since when @tv101 Well, it’s easier to say than, a little place just down the road from Blackpool. People know where Blackpool is. Blackpool is certainly, unique! It’s not for me. 🤣

Hi all, if anyone is after a LARGE quality vice, Axminstertoolsoutlet on Ebay are selling "Axminster Trade Vices Quick Release Carpenter's Vices - 225mm (9") " for £54.96 rather than £99.88 free P&...

And another one

Very interesting little video on ES335 construction.

If you have ever wondered why really pretty solid wood is so expensive, here is part of the answer. This quilted maple veneer is priced at £100+VAT pm2! Attachment : MQU (Log 2408715) (3).jpg ...

My favourite song today:

*One of my favourite workhorse guitars is the Yamaha RGX A2. It is has an LED in the pickup switch. You would not believe the response this gets from other guitar players, from confusion to speechless...

Darren, I reckon you probably know as much about the strength of laminates as anyone. And a 335 is glorified solid guitar with an ornamental shell for mounting pots, switch and scratch plate. However,...

I’m not sure, but this could just be a single internal dialogue! Has anybody actually seen TV10101 and Boo in the same room?? @darrenking “Well me, it's nice talking to myselfA credit to dementiaSom...

Nice work Bagpress! My very first guitar build was based on a Les Paul arch top double cut semi hollowbody. Same type of neck tenon. I completely eyeballed it and actually turned out surprisingly ok ...

I have a shelf on the mezzanine in my factory where I kept a notched tally of the number of rats that I trapped/shot during a couple of particularly enthusiastic infestations. One even got into the of...

I’m not sure, but this could just be a single internal dialogue! Has anybody actually seen TV10101 and Boo in the same room?? I think an investigation might be in order! 🤣🤣🤣