Hi I’m Richard from Cardiff and I built my first guitar with Mark on the course last June and had a brilliant time! Just finished making my first home build (Telecaster), mainly in the back lane with ...

What a week eh? Going to be short and sweet today folks... Really just another excuse for a live get together Q+A session and site news. I'm sure you all know how to string up your guitar but there is...

Sorry I missed the live session, I had a family crisis. I’ll go and watch it now.

@markbailey Maybe something on the quality of tuners. I bought a cheap set for the bitsocaster that I assembled, the posts rattle about in their housings. The ones supplied in your kit are a world of...

Could you guys head over to youtube and click 'set reminder'? - it would be interesting to see if it affect the number of views...

@markbailey Reminder set!

@markbailey Maybe you could talk about what to use for nut lubrication (if needed), types of nut and tuners. I think some nuts have built in lube (Graphtech?) Locking tuners, vintage tuners and all in...

Could you guys head over to youtube and click 'set reminder'? - it would be interesting to see if it affect the number of views... @markbailey Yep, will do.

What sort of finish did you apply to that, once you'd superglued it? @tv1010101 2k clear. Attachment : F50E7915-F1DE-40B2-BEC6-BC32919E6676.jpeg Attachment : F45F23EA-6009-4154-8240-B4D16...

Selling my first Stingray gave me a good excuse to make another one. It has an alder body, birdseye maple neck, ziricote fretboard and a quite spectacular maple top. It has burl, spalt and many colors...

@johnnierox-boo Thank you, I never could have dreamt that just doing in my little shed what I enjoy doing could ever inspire someone else.

Exquisite work as usual @marcel. My energy is building to plan a bass build, it’s because of you my friend! Rock n Roll!

Ok you lot have convinced me that I should invest in a multimeter. Doesn’t know how to use it but it’s time learn. Thanks.

It is sounding like you have some Spalted Maple, it’s quite spongy and inconsistent. To stabilise it there are different products and methods. One I have used is thin ca (super glue) glue, to do a ca ...

So, who fancies a conker fight at play time ??? Remember to wear your full safety gear.

The 'mended' amp can be your workshop amp - use it for testing new guitars and paly music while you build... I have a Micro Cube in my workshop - it is connected to a Jensen 10" speaker as the stock R...

I recently bought a used but mint copy of the Cumpiano and Natelson book which Mark recommended a few weeks ago during one of the live YouTube events. It’s certainly a great book. The only thing I wis...

@darrenking Thank you, I always try to use nice looking wood. A flamed maple top is not something very special, but you hardly ever see them on the 'standard' models like Jazz basses or Stingrays.

Hi Marcel, your guitars really do have beautiful lines and make exceptional use of some spectacular wood. Gorgeous!

I came across this after a few year after clearing down and old laptop. I’m not sure where it came from to be honest so apologies if it’s from something published...I just thought it might come in han...