@clinton I agree. But if you’ve got people asking you to build, congratulations! You should jump on that...

The Bandsman, what an awesome design. Quite a number of people have been asking me what kind of guitar is that and if I could build for them. It truly is an appealing guitar.

Did a bit of neck carving today, I’ll finish it tomorrow. Attachment : 88D4F465-72B6-4393-A13D-419FEA198403.jpeg Attachment : A04C410A-41C2-4126-BD83-92A9F98F5D60.jpeg Attachment : ...

Yes, I love stainless steel frets regardless if it’s difficulties and compound radiuses. Attachment : EFD32C7F-D4CC-4195-AAC5-0B9991FAA7FC.jpeg ,l

@boo My pleasure dude. I probably forgot something so feel free to ask if something doesn’t make sense. Ah, one thing I did forgot but applies to any fret material is the use of pre-cut fretwire. They...

@mattbeels Wow man, this is cool. Thanks for taking the time to write all of this. I think I’m ready so I’ll try some on a build this year sometime soon. Love it. Thanks man. 🤘

@boo SS Frets: Summary Are SS frets more difficult to work with? Yes. Are they a total pita and not worth the trouble? Imo, no! I love them. You can polish the living shit out of them and unlike nic...

@boo SS frets: Technique I prefer to buy straight wire, even in nickel. The rolled wire is usually a tighter radius then I need and even though my fret bender has the ability to straighten it, I find ...

@boo SS frets: Tools First thing is that you’ll need a few new tools, cool right? I highly recommend the fret cutter and tang nipper from Summit Tools. You can’t use regular cutters and nippers on SS ...

(similar to when you route the control cavity and then route for the cavity cover (a nice plastic one That reminds me, I haven't routed deep enough for a nice wooden control cavity cover, I must rem...

You're best getting used to set radius and fretwork first. For compound radius (several ways to tackle it) Fretboard; 1) profile entire board to larger radius 2) remark with pencil 3) profile Nut end...

All looking good Boo. 🙂 I hope you enjoyed your haggis, neeps and tatties. I missed my usual Burn's supper the last two years because I wasn't well enough to eat and drink the required quantit...

A Trend router, nice! Why did you put in the dowels? @mattbeels Yeah a Trend router, it’s a smaller one but works well, this was my first router. I now have my big Bosch router that I use for most th...

The reroute went well. Just a bit of superglue and sawdust in places and it’s done. Attachment : 1BEEEB38-E5F8-435F-B7AC-29CBF286EDC4.jpeg Attachment : EF9B4324-9DB8-4134-96C5-8D881FA9FA5E...

OK, here is how my fix is going. It’s gone great. I routed a square shape, cut a piece of the same wood (poplar), drilled some holes and glued it all in, reinforced with some wooden pins. I left it ov...

Will definitely outlive most of us.... I do like and use Mark's idea of a replaceable MDF top - I have just flipped mine over to use the second side.

thanks Clinton maybe it will outlive me!!!! cheers steve

Hey tv1 I looked at loads of plans and fancied trying to do something that will last...The top is screwed on from underneath and so can come off... I think it's a bit like guitars, that once you have ...

Now that’sa workhorse of a bench @steveadams

My favourite song today is from a band that I think was more popular in Holland than in the UK. Saw them play ay the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam 1974.