Will sort some details tonight!

I watched 4 or 5 YouTube videos about building pickup winders - basically a motor with speed control driving a shaft that the bobbin is attached to an...

Interesting video - good looking and sounding guitar!

Any video coming from the workshop courses Mark?

The blank as it stands is 70mm wide once the profile has been cut two bits of Walnut will be glued on to the body bit to make that bit 100mm wide - my...

I have bought some bits of wood over the last couple of months to use in this build. The blank needs to be 1150mm long and 80mm deep to fit in the he...

Absolutely gorgeous!

Thanks Darren - what a useful graphic!

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Welcome MD54! As Jonathan said this is a friendly place and the videos are really good - my first home build went really well. And apologies for c...

Think the Gibson 335/345/355s have a centre block - the top and back are carved - side laminated....

Butting in on this thread - apologies MD - how long would building a body like this or a Gibson 335/345/355 take on a workshop course if the neck was ...

Thanks Mark! I will draw it out tonight.

Break angle question - my Firebird plans have a headstock angle of 14° - I am adding a trem. The Duesenberg Trem 2 replaces the tailpiece and will d...

My Firebird plans arrived a couple of days back. It is a long guitar but the body is quite thin. The headstock angle is 14 degrees - does this caus...

I have already learned about cheap tools - some of my tools will get very light use - the planer (second working that is) has given a good flat, smoot...

Enjoyed the Livestream but had to watch on Sunday as I was out on Saturday. Are you going to do bits from your BYO workshops again - enjoyed watching ...

And before anyone comments I won’t be burning it in a ‘Crimson’ moment.......

Been playing Arthur - might do some tidying and apply some more oil to the neck also have a little bit of fret sprout to sort. Getting some good sound...