Went back to the Electric Course - 1.5mm on treble and 4.5m on bass side - holes now drilled and holes for tailpiece. I invested in Famag brad point drill bits after the cheapy i bought ripped a bit o...

A day late but happy 2021 to you all. Lets hope it’s a good one! Let’s face it, this year has very little to beat! Cheers Darren

Happy New Year! Best wishes to all of you and lots of happy guitar building! Cheers!

Happy New Year Everyone. 🎉🥂🎶🎸🙂

Happy New Year to Scotland, Europe and the rest of the world.

Happy new year to you all from a quiet locked down Scotland.

Have a Happy Guitar Building New Year!

I managed to pull myself away from Christmas and New Year food and drink for long enough to get some time in the workshop today. I was routing a pickup cavity and slipped with the router when lifting ...

I'm surprised to read that you are moving to Scotland. I live in the SW between Dumfries and Carlisle, will you be anywhere near me ? Blending in with the locals by buying a Scotland shirt is a good p...

Attachment : image.jpeg\ @boo I'm surprised to read that you are moving to Scotland. I live in the SW between Dumfries and Carlisle, will you be anywhere near me ? Blending in with the locals by b...

it looks interesting @boo I now know what Mark means when he says that the 335 is a completely different beast from either a solid or an archtop, despite being a hybrid of both. I think I might be in...

I got one of these. Beautifully packaged and can't wait to use it 😃 Attachment : 20201227_120038.jpg

Slight alteration, I have changed the pick ups to Humbuckers as these came in the Bailey kit. Trial fit of components on the drawing....all seems to fit. 2nd build will be P90s. Attachment : 604E5...

Thanks, no more progress to report, although I did get a Bailey kit and a Bagpress fret slotting jig from Santa, no excuses now. Bandsaw is a Record BS300

@Peebee Are you actually going to turn this into a guitar? Get it done, there's nothing wrong with an old bit of pine. The huge knot in mine is now a feature.

Nothing wrong with that. As far as the knot is concerned, you could reinforce it with epoxy. Could do, I’ll get stuck into the Bailey kit after Christmas and poss make this into guitar number 2. It ...

It’s about 4 pieces of scrap pine dug out of the shed glued together. @peebee Nothing wrong with that. As far as the knot is concerned, you could reinforce it with epoxy.

Thanks Boo, it came out ok. I’m not sure it’ll work as a real body as there is a whacking great knot in the neck pocket, but I might give it a go. It’s about 4 pieces of scrap pine dug out of the shed...

The practice belly carve, came out ok, thanks to Mark for showing the method. @peebee Yeah, nice work, very neat. Are you actually going to turn this into a guitar? I think you should.

The practice belly carve, came out ok, thanks to Mark for showing the method. Attachment : 20201217_102140.jpg Attachment : 20201217_103344.jpg Attachment : 20201217_111717.jpg