Absolutely @johnnierox-boo! I think I now get as much satisfaction from fixing the problems that invariably arise as I do from completing a build! Every build, every piece of wood, is different. As...

@robin I'm never quite sure what day of the week it is The joys of retirement?

@marcel Now, if there is one thing you don't need at all on a fretless bass it's a trem. If there is one thing you don't need at all on a fretless bass with a trem, it's strings. 😆

@johnnierox-boo maybe it was just easier and more comfortable for him to play then. Yup - he wasn't the tallest bassist ever!

HI @Seth I'd echo what the guys above have said. That looks like a really nicely patterned piece of timber. Should look really good when carved and finished. The strong grain pattern on this piece h...

@robin I've had some mishaps with the router already We've all been there, done that! It's a great tool and incredibly versatile, but it's also very easy to do something that you didn't quite intend...

Mark did one of his live sessions on making a drop top ... I don't recall there being a lot of special tools required. But if it's still not possible, how about just veneering the top after you've car...

Fantastic! The best bit of wildlife we’ve had in our garden in a sparrow hawk, it took a pigeon out and feasted on it in the bottom corner. Ahhhhh - that's what pigeons are for!!

@johnnierox-boo Great photos, great that they are in your own garden. I was sat in the kitchen one lunchtime, and "Dad" appeared around the end of reeds around the pond. Don't often see him so clos...

This same question can be applied to multi scale guitars? I've got one of those ... but that's for another discussion, another day!! IIRC, Alan Lancaster - Quo's original bassist back in the early...

I still got a twinge at 12:45ish.... Take it easy Bill ... you don't want to do too much twingeing in a Motorhome.

Two years ago i was asked by someone I knew So, not a friend this time?? 😉 Serious Question (I know, unusual). What's the benefit of having a short-scale bass? Apart from the headstock not being q...

My wife just came into the room with a slightly worried look on her face. "It's Wednesday" she said. Pretty good, I thought. Though I remembered not to say so. "You forgot your workshop video t...

There are red dear Can't match that ... but we've got some of these guys living in the garden ... Attachment : P1190278.JPG Attachment : P1190331.JPG ... we leave chunks of it "untamed"...

@robin Can you view it okay, if try to play it on here it's very stop/start. It's very stop-start for me too. I'd presumed that was due to my (poor) internet connection. You'll be causing Mark to u...

@frocesterbill I can relate to your post Russ - I make noise.... Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or, in our case, the ear of the player ... 😉

There was also a golden eagle high up above us 5 minutes ago That must have been a sight @robin - congratulations on seeing that! We've got a family of buzzards, nesting in the adjoining field/copse,...

@robin I'm a bit limited to what I can have on the caravan site That's a very blue sky for Scotland ... Photoshop??? 😆

@johnnierox-boo Yeah the “hero” points used to be displayed but they have recently disappeared. I stumbled across them once, at the end of a dark forum alley and thought that they were hidden away a...

I think that some people (mentioning no names!) are going through every single post that there has ever been and 'liking' them! It's a point or two each time I believe! @darrenking @johnnierox-boo Ma...