Bill Flude
Bill Flude
@frocesterbill
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Luthier
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Joined: Jun 27, 2019
Last seen: Jan 24, 2025
Topics: 24 / Replies: 632
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RE: It's 2008 ...

Billy was totally brilliant on my first course build - he must have worked most of the night to take my build and my mate Dave’s guitars at the end of...

5 years ago
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RE: It's 2008 ...

Yes - only need 6 clamps...... Rutlands changed the colour of their 4” clamps from blue to black - to clear they were doing 10 for £29.......

5 years ago
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RE: It's 2008 ...

Keeping a record of progress on courses is a good idea - on both of mine I sat down with my iPad at the end of a day and typed up what had happened - ...

5 years ago
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RE: tell us about how you started building guitars.

Mike was finishing the acoustic when I was on my course in 2019 - looked really good then. A year ago i would have said that an acoustic wasn't poss...

5 years ago
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RE: Website issues log...

Edit button not working for me on iPad and PC (Win10 and Chrome).

5 years ago
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RE: Quantity vs Quality - FIGHT!!

I guess that doing only one livestream a week would then release time for Mark to grow more concise edited content to add to the existing courses that...

5 years ago
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RE: Freeway Switches

Having wired guitars with a selector switch and a push/pull switch or two it’s quite nice to have all the options on on control and they can be fitted...

5 years ago
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RE: Tidying Up

I bought loads of magnetic strips to store loads of hand tools, cup hooks for things with hanging holes and in pairs for hammers and long biggish scre...

5 years ago
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RE: tell us about how you started building guitars.

I only started to try to play guitar about 12 years ago just after my 50th birthday - an impulse buy on eBay of a second hand cheap Encore Strat copy...

5 years ago
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RE: Quantity vs Quality - FIGHT!!

I think a balance - the edited video content is brilliant to guide when actually preparing to do a process and to follow step by step - the live-strea...

5 years ago
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RE: What would you like to see next?

Carrying on the bridge theme - what about something about different trem systems...........

5 years ago
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RE: Problems Attaching Photos

Sorry - picture wasn't supposed to be there.... Past 600 now!

5 years ago
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RE: Problems Attaching Photos

I hope to start doing prep for my acoustic build early in September so will be posting freely - any prizes for first to 1000 Mark?  IMG_023...

5 years ago
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RE: Problems Attaching Photos

Better get a move on Darren!

5 years ago
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RE: Reader's wood

They hide - sometimes to avoid being used by anyone apart from Mark...... Also if a live stream is running smoothly....... ?

5 years ago
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RE: Reader's wood

@rocknroller912 The problem is that Mark has magic pencils - he draws a line and it looks brilliant, the curves work and his lines are smooth, mine ...

5 years ago
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RE: Recheduled Livestream 1pm next Sat...

Mine made ‘helpful’ suggestions as to how I could use my time while she was out.......... Will watch a few lessons from the Acoustic Course.....

5 years ago
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