Heavy *and* bright. Also expensive if you want a full quilted/flamed body. Better - IMHO - to use a lighter and less expensive wood for the body, and choose a very nice quilted/flamed cap for the WOW ...

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I was told that stain + oil = recipe for disaster I've never had a problem, and I've stained + oiled quite a few guitars now. Although they never get too sweaty. I've not done a proper world tour fo...

Wow! That’s a very kind offer, I hope I am around when you visit. It would be nice to meet you (all of us) one day. @clinton agreed! @johnnierix-boo - feels like we should have some sort of meet-up ...

I admit it. I have put a bass together, and even played it. This was more of an exercise in finishing and adding a couple of tweaks to the standard approach, consistent with my general distaste for ...

Roland GR20 Synth anyone? It was Mr Deej asking a different question on a different topic that reminded me. I've been through a few midi outputting guitars (started with a Brian Moore something, then ...

@deej - just the standard Graphtech system. As you can see, there's a bit of extra wiring to fit into the cavity, but it was a fairly painless process as long as you follow the diagram. Which reminds ...

I am always accepting of new technologies too so I try lots of apps on my iPad. I've got *loads* of apps on my iPad too - though mostly they're synths of one sort or another. Used to be a fun way of...

Please send me the guitar for my birthday in a couple of weeks I’ll drop it off in Lancashire Town @deej next time I’m passing (quickly) through ...

Too many guitar players here already No-one ever said that. Ever. 😋

I think the commentary addition would be a bonus... Perhaps we could all (individually) do a pseudo-interview "to camera" piece to accompany the pictures? We could come up with a set of Qs, about the...

I could probably turn the stills of my Bandsman build into a slide show with commentary That sounds like a neat idea @frocesterbill ... it all adds interesting content for Mark's channel and perhaps ...

You may consider this cheating but trust me when I say that working out the programming for some of this takes a while. The fretboards are easy but the paths for profiling of the backs of the neck are...

Do you like guitar straight into the amp And nothing else Most of my playing is done this way. On the rare occasions that I've played "gigs", that's all I've used too - perhaps with the addition of ...

I guess the answer is "yes, but not materially". The purpose of the neck join angle is to cause the line of the strings to move away from the top of the body, so that there's enough height at the brid...

Just found another amp (it was hiding on a windowsill). Blackstar ID COre 20. It was donated as another not-working amp. But after a bit of soldering, it now works. I might have too many amps.

I also have over 15000 different profiles with 1000’s of amp sounds That’s about 15,000 rabbit holes that I just wouldn’t want to go down! By the time I’d found a profile/sound that I liked, or foun...

You've had a bit of practice then @deej!!!

ive heard the ME-80 is great but I’ve never had the chance to try it The attraction to me @deej is that it is - as I said above - intuitive. Most effects are controlled by knobs that you can see. An...

Do they sound nice? Oh no. They sound nasty ... like a P90 should 😆