

Last seen: Aug 4, 2025
@swepri Thanks for that, guitar body and neck are now sleeping in the spare bedroom, which has at least a fairly stable temperature. Just hope we don’...
@nsj Yesterday, after doing some final shaping of the heel, volute and headstock, I’ve moved the body and neck indoors. They’re in the spare bedroom w...
@nsj Glad to hear that your mini flood didn’t cause you too many problems, my shed wasn’t flooded but the wooden walls were well soaked by the persist...
Great news!! Onwards and upwards👍😃🎸🎸🎸🎸......
Hi and welcome to the forum, Mark’s workshops would be great for you, with you being so close and that, I can’t remember the cost but, if you don’t ...
@liebe I’ve not used the Liberon oil yet but will probably finish my current build with it, I imagine the Crimson oils and Liberon are pretty similar,...
Have a look at crimsonguitars.com, they do a range of stains (both spirit and water based) and finishing oils. I used the penetrating guitar finishing...
@rathius Great that you’re getting orders from people. Any idea yet how much the raffle has raised? 😃👍🎸
@robin 👍😃
Well done Robin, really didn’t think you’d get it done last weekend, we had horrible weather on the Sunday, though I know it was much better in Edinbu...
@robin You’re welcome Robin, every little helps. Hope the weather improves tomorrow for your abseiling, it’s absolutely persisting down here at the mo...
What an amazing thing to have happened and a great validation of the quality of your work!!👍😃 We all need a pat on the back now and again but that o...
Hi and welcome to the forum, I take it that you have full membership and access to all the course material to help you with the build, if not then ple...
Hi Sanjeev, Take a look at the Shop on the web site, there’s details of the membership fees on there. You can pay either monthly or yearly, whicheve...
Here’s where I’m at with the tear out problem. Decided to trim the piece down a bit glue it back in, rough trim with chisels then sand it flush. Must ...
Thanks for the replies guys. Been having trouble getting logged on, hence the delay in replying. Next passes with the router much shallower, then a p...
@liebe Just a couple of passes with the router left to do, top bearing bit will pass above the damage and the bottom bearing bit will pass below, so a...
@nsj It may end up being the solution, but I’m going to try other ways (see my reply to Dan). Everything is a learning experience. The beer definitel...
@liebe Thanks Dan, the beer has definitely helped🤣 Your experiences are encouraging, didn’t want to end up with a repair I would see every time I pi...