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Hey Mark, Now that I've become Premium I'm running out of things to suggest in the Live Stream. I really am enjoying the Live Stuff and learning a lot from you......and loving the banter between you a...

My first (and until now last) attempt to put some color on a guitar. Stained it cherry red and spayed it with a spraying can. Attachment : image.png Attachment : image.png Attachmen...

As promised - this is how we make our Guitar Maker's Knife - AKA: Skew Knife, Skew Chisel and 'Violin Maker's Knife' but we try not to talk about that...as usual the delightful Carol will be on hand t...

And this is a video of Billy spraying my bass. He truly was a spray gun wizard!

Here's a video of the building process.

My addiction to (bass)guitar building was incurable, so in 2008 again I returned to the Bailey workshop. This time to make a fretless bass. Swamp ash body with a figured walnut top, maple (scarfed) ne...

When you get to the polishing stage you need to hone the flat side of the blade as well to help remove the little wire edge that forms along the blade edge when sharpening. You must always keep the bl...

Hi John, I haven't watched this video but I don't think you'd need to run through from 80g every time you sharpen something. If so then you have left it far too long between visits to your sharpening ...

@robin To sharpen an 'incannel' gouge (internal bevel): You can use a section broomstick to make a round sharpening stone by sticking wet and dry to it - if it is really bad I use a dremel with round ...

While were on the subject of sharpening iv'e got two ancient gouges that need sharpened. One of them was in a junk box in my dads workshop when I was a kid, I'm fairly sure that it belonged to my gram...

I think between us all here in this forum we can come up with a short list of acceptable products to use. That's along the lines of what I was thinking when I asked the original question. There's a f...

@tv1010101 Thanks for that! ? Yep, I should have watched the video first. No I bet I can get some sharp chisels with these. I’ll make a homemade board with 80, 120 and 240 grits for the worst of the w...

Hi John, If you are buying secondhand tools that need a degree of initial rescuing I guess these grits of paper would work but I think that 80g and 120g are a maybe little ‘agricultural’ for routine s...

The other alternative @TV1010101 I’ve not tried this but I will...

@tv1010101 Yeah I think the Deejy gadget is cool, I think it will be a good investment.

@johnnierox-boo I'm sure you'll still be welcome after independence, although you might have to join the queue. Tarbert is nice wee town, I'm about 30 miles from there just now in my caravan on Loch ...

Posted by: @ I have to hunt around for them really, it’s a job in itself, especially since COVID hit. It’s the reason I increased my buying because I’m making guitars full time now as my gardening b...

A fretboard should be Quartersawn - aside from that if you like it - try it...for those who missed it here is the recommended advice from the course where I answer the basics: and more in depth: Hap...

Try something a bit more exotic like Panga Panga! Standard or highly figured. Attachment : 24E258F1-5D7B-4857-9D22-94369E253BCA.jpeg Attachment : 88606182-33D1-49A4-8581-6736E5F36862.jpeg