@tv101 Yeah tv. I've never been able to make out any of the lyrics. Just love the hypnotic music. There is also a side project called Moon Duo which I love too. 🎸🎶🙏🙂

Glad to have you here! What problems did you have with your early builds?

Posted by: @ Welcome jaxty. Have you got any pictures of your guitars? 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Hey builders! New to the community here... not new to building, though. I've assembled some kits in the past, and have completed two scratch builds so far, both "not so successful". I've learned a ...

Hi Jaxty, you will find a wealth of support, advice and opinion here along with some awful jokes and a pretty subversive sense of humour. It’s great, and it means that we can be all learn from everyon...

That's the symbol for a diode so this is for checking whether current flows through a component in a particular direction. I guess you could use it as a means of checking continuity but it's not ideal...

It is an expensive hobby for sure but there are advantages 😀 I have guitars that I would never buy in a million years but I can make for myself at a fraction of the cost. Like I always say - ...

Hi Mentosik, Leave the black probe where it is but plug (There's a bingo card shout!) the red probe into the bottom socket on the multimeter and turn the dial around to '200' on the ohms Ω scale at al...

@jamesbisset I like eating teacakes! Where do I fit in?

If you want more of a shine to the finish then I am not sure that mechanical buffing of the oil finish is going to achieve that. An oil finish will alway have a sheen rather than a shine but if you wa...

@mentosik That is an absolutely amazing guitar for a first build all credit to you for carrying on even when you thought all was lost. It’s about finding ways out of dead ends, not just avoiding them ...

Yup, going ‘professional’ can be a really efficient way to f*ck up a perfectly lovely hobby!! Cheers Darren

Forgive the cynic in me, but I know so many people who like to make things, from tea cakes to dresses to guitars to arts n’ crafts and think they can build a business out of it. But the only people wh...

@robin I'll keep you all updated on my misadventures 😀

@mickcarr I've always been a "I bet i can make one of those" kinda guys. I like your ethos Mick, I've always been a bit like that too, I guess that's why I had to build a guitar. My first one is alm...

Hi Mick, The 100w bulb might theoretically get the pipe hot enough to bend wood but the problem will be how quickly it cools down once you put a full width 2mm-2.5mm thick guitar side against it. You ...

@darrenking I'll take some pics when I've built a stand for it in a few days. I know what you mean and you're right, it isn't always about the money. I've always been a "I bet i can make one of those"...

Hi Mick, I’m also a mug for making my own tools and machines. Can’t help it, maybe I can seek treatment on the NHS! I have a list of bits on a previous post about making a Maccaferri pliage press that...

So I'm flicking through the axminster catalogue and thinking to myself, I could really do with a thickness sander...then I saw the price! 1500 quid!! After picking myself up off the floor I got to thi...

This is My Favourite Song For This Moment. One of my favourite bands. 🎸🙂🎶🙏