About 5 years ago I made a guitar with a spalted maple top. I love spalted maple! @marco That is a very nice guitar indeed, love the shape and the spalt.

@tv1010101 I think Marcel has blocked me! It's only his posts I can't comment on. Maybe he's allergic to snails!!

I've got a bit of time off so I'll catch you Live today. ????✌️

I'll be sat here, with my knife, watching. ? Jeezo! That is a bit scary... ?

Did some more carving on the scarf joint neck. Attachment : 3E97CAB7-8F3D-4439-A90A-E1C4E5055309.jpeg Attachment : 49537594-36C0-46D9-A883-71A1D0B1304C.jpeg

Yes, yes, yes, I need to carve some more necks. it’s the best part of the build IMHO ??

About 5 years ago I made a guitar with a spalted maple top. I love spalted maple! Another guitar with swamp ash body, wenge fretboard, Seymour Duncan humbuckers and Grover tuners. Attachment : ima...

I hadn't even intended to make a guitar, making new friends is a bonus.

Anyone know where they are? @TV1010101 Nope, no idea! Move along, nothing to see here! ?

Sorry that was meant to say sh1t...can’t edit and I’m not doing the @darrenking trick of deleting and reposting as the original is factually correct...!

@tv1010101 Why cut down on soldering? You can’t beat the smell of hot flux!! My father worked at HP in the printed circuit shop for many years and we undertook numerous home electronics projects when ...

@TV1010101 work mid week shopping weekend... ?

Hi Bil, yeah, I had one of them until some bugger nicked it because it worked so well!!

Not essential by any means - and I rarely use the "both at once" option on my guitars @TV1010101 it’s the only option when you put in humbuckers that are out of phase ala Peter Green/Gary Moore. I ...

@tv1010101 Gorgeous guitar! Very minimalist! I am coming over all zen!! These are the little switches I mentioned and I've got four more boxes of them!! Attachment : IMG_1560.JPG Attachment ...

Yikes John, a whole 2mm? Whoa! Firstly, I think you need to reconsider your use of the word disaster! Lol! What you have here is a slightly sub-optimal tolerance occurance! I define this as something ...

@robin I think it's a bit like greenheart which is used in sea water piers because it doesn't rot.

@tv1010101 Yes, your wood database link sums it up and agrees with my own findings on the keruing. So not suitable for musical instruments. I'm not going to use it on the boat either with it's stick...

I'll be sat here, with my knife, watching. It will be like live knife porn! ?

It's the 'Gnat's Knackers'