Thanks @david-johnson09, I'm totally looking forward to a 335 course too! ?

Hey Mark Is it possible for the site to incorporate a World map with pins showing where all the forum members are? It would be great to watch your membership spread over the surface of the Earth like ...

Only about two hours for me and as long as the parking is motorbike friendly. I agree with @TV1010101 about it being a brilliant experience.. Parking the bike will be fine but carrying home your n...

I’m not sure whether you have covered this but I want to install pickups (humbuckers) into a body with no pickup rings (direct mounted). I know people use wood screws but I don’t like that idea. I hav...

@david-johnson09 will be along again in a minute wanting to make friends ... Cheeky...

Marcel I think that a common theme with professional musicians, they have never got any money and usually manage to get things for free because people feel sorry for them. I've just traded a job for f...

@tv1010101 Ive just been looking at the photos of your instruments which are all wonderful. Don't think you will have any problem making friends with this quality of work, especially if you have more ...

Looks great finished

Six years ago I decided it was time to make a 5-string bass. Again I started with a full scale design. Attachment : image.png And again It's got a swamp ash body and a wenge fretboard. But this...

Our wives will all hate you! That's ok as long as their husbands don't.

Hey Marcel, I’ve got a birthday coming up, need another friend? I've got lots of friends, most of them virtual.

guitarmaking.co.uk convention....... I'll book the NEC because by the time we are allowed to meet there will be enough of us to fill it ?

@marcel Accidents are just an unexpected opportunity to learn something new. Craftsmanship isn’t about making no mistakes, its about learning how to fix them in such a way that nobody would know they ...

I also loved the Beatles Rickenbackers and owned a blue 620 for a while but sold it after our band split. Still regret it. Now that was a guitar with lots of knobs and switches, stereo output and two ...

@marcel Hey Marcel, I’ve got a birthday coming up, need another friend? You are a very generous man and I know how fantastic it feels to give something away that you have made to a person who really a...

Can I be your friend @marcel. You can try.

And to make matters worse, before I started to play guitar and bass I played conga's and timbales in several bands.

And so did my oldest son 26 years ago. Attachment : image.png

Hey Marcel, Basses are fine, just don't go and tell that you also play drums!! I also play drums.

@marcel Some stunning wood there...sorry guys that just sounds wrong!