Last seen: Mar 3, 2025
@mattbeels Do you mean like an oblique style where the stems lean right about 10-12deg, or just tilt it all to match the angle of the headstock top ed...
@rocknroller912 The dot works. 🙂 I was considering getting the logotype cut by smallwondermusic.co.uk but that kinda depends how much it’s going to...
@boo I now know what Mark means when he says that the 335 is a completely different beast from either a solid or an archtop, despite being a hybrid of...
No surprises here:
Amen. It’s difficult to keep up, but the recent thinking was that the random windings of a manually wired pickup were always superior to a factory/com...
Phase 2 of The Workshop now sports not one but two benches, both with a Bailey Corner Cut. (it also sports a lot Mrs B’s craft stuff because she ne...
RIP King of Tone Leslie West. He had this incredible sound out of a Les Paul Junior with a P90, made famous by the track Mississippi Queen when he was...
I shaved the plug with a freshly sharpened chisel (courtesy of the honing guide as recommended by the Bailey). Then I made some dowel sawdust with 1...
Vintage wiring Vintage or 50s wiring on the tone pot will keep your rhythm sound clear as you wind down the volume. I hate when a guitar begins to so...
That’s gorgeous!
*whistles nonchalantly*
OK. 1/4" is 6.35mm. So that’s gonna be too tight. 3/16" is 4.76mm (and a bee’s bollock). So 5mm sounds pretty much perfect for that ‘sharper’ P90 prof...
I worked in a signs and exhibitions workshop for years. I was the guy in the wee room in the back who worked the AppleMac (as everyone called it at th...
Bugger off - it’s mine!
Basically, all P90s are not equal. Some P90s have a bigger corner radius than others.
My own fault. I dug out an old bit and didn’t test it first on a piece of scrap. Check twice and cut once!
Oooo... Shhhh - it’s cheaper too! (although you can sharpen a guitar maker’s knife - a tool for life)
I glued in the 6mm dowel, drilled a pilot hole and then drilled out a 10mm hole with an old brad point bit. I only needed to go in about 20mm because ...