^^^ First photo of my first build, completed, sitting on a chair in M&C's living room. I probably had a smile on my face at the time. And for a few days afterwards. Few more pics, with some bet...

My body is looking good ... And now my body AND my neck are looking good. (Apart from the headstock, obvs). (Got photo-bombed on this shot. Some guy with long hair and clothes covered in saw...

Can't really see what it's going to be yet ... I found this one of the most satisfying parts of the whole course. Taking a lump of wood and carving it into something really comfortable to hold. ...

This is where it all started ... in a workshop in Ayr. In 2007. I really did draw that headstock! It's seen been re-shaped ... ... it did at least reinforce that not every idea I have in th...

Welcome @mezy Make sure you tune in to the YT live sessions on Wednesdays and Saturdays (both lunchtimes). Watch Mark doing various guitar buildingery bits live, Q&As, etc.

Then comes the paint, had some Ferrari burgundy pearl metallic lying around Brave man! I usually get my Ferraris resprayed at a specialist body shop.

In the sunlight the sparkle in the paint stands out That old front door looks pretty good! The old fence in the background is looking a bit nervous .... 😉

Posted by: @ Inspired by the Telecoustic ?? Like the design, and who needs old doors anyway? ?

Now, who's thinking ... "that's an unusual shape for the cavity cut-out" ??? ?

But the main purpose of this update was to share the slot-cutting technique (following a Q on one of Mark's workshop broadcast sessions). I'm using a StewMac Superswitch (or might be called Megaswitch...

Seem to have neglected this thread a bit ... I had a bit of an "event" when carving the top - admitted to in the "whoopsie" thread in the things-gone-wrong section of the forum here - which caused a b...

I'm going to sit here watching an old one. Otherwise my good lady will be "suggesting" all sorts of other things I could be doing ... See y'all next week.

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🙁 Refreshing the YT tab just to check ... but so far, no sign of "the return of the BaileyMan" ...

Is today's livestream abandoned ??

The one on the left looks Bandsman-esque and the one on the right reminds me of the Gordon Smith body shape, but with more sensible control placement. Both comparisons are intended to be complimentary...

next target 500,000 5,001 ? Big congrats to the M&C double act that makes all the YT wonderfulness possible. I’ve really enjoyed the Wednesday Workshops and the Saturday Sessions and the Thu...

@jamesalexandermcmillan Like the outline of the guitars-from-a-100-year-old-door - photo is a bit small to see much of it though 🙁

@rocknroller912 thats a huge amount more ambitious than my build #1. and it certainly looks good from here. Nice work!

@jamesbisset Hamer DuoTone It's a fairly unusual thing. A very handy guitar to have around - previous owner swapped the neck HB for a P90 (BKP MQ), the bridge is a tapped SD, plus it's got an under ...