The neck is quite chunky - probably a couple of mm thicker than my Bandsman build - thought it might be a problem but it feels good to play. The pic...

I have managed to heat my workshop - it is only 9’ x 7’ x 7’ - I have a 1500W oil filled radiator - the room stays above 55°F as long a the door stays...

Will Moley be co-starring with Mark?

We got flooded in 2007 - two weeks before the big floods round here - lost carpets and furniture but it was covered by insurance - we had ditches dug ...

Better pics - no covers on cavities still - just need another polish...

The Dusenberg is really well made - the action is good but the guitar wouldn't stay in tune with it on - the bridge is a cheap one but the roller sadd...

Yes - it was a Dusenberg - I was having tuning issues so normal tailpiece installed at present.

I am very happy with it - still working on playing it well enough though!

The tuners are from Riot - Firebirds originally had Banjo type tuners - Steinberger produced some for a while. These work well - there are pics earli...

A quick picture - will get a better one in daylight tomorrow...

I was having issues with tuning stability - occasionally after waggling the trem strings would have drifted..... I couldn’t find the right screws fo...

I have a Bailey acoustic kit waiting to be built. My workbench is in a small room in the garage - I needed to rearrange the room to get the build bo...

I bought some from Cat Music on eBay - seems to work - once applied and burnished it has a metallic sheen - conducts well - it was quite expensive for...

Option d for me - think the maple fretboard would look good.

I was a late starter - first gig was when I was when I got to Uni at 18 in 1975 - Steve Marriott, followed by Fairport Convention and Curved Air in th...

Also bought the Benedetto book - a lot to read + lots of pictures....

From a bit of research a while back the effective capacitance of pickups is quite small compared to that of typical guitar cables. Resonant peaks of...

My thoughts on pickup winding are that I can just try some of the variables and see what they sound like - vary number of winds, wire thickness and ma...

Will dive in and enjoy over the next days! Thanks Mark!