@rathius The sides of the ES335 and ES175 are laminates, not part of a routed solid body. Full details in this video: Would I be right in...

@tv101 Well, James Bisset Volume 1 didn’t get onto the longlist for Scottish Album of the Year Award, but it did get onto TV’s gizmo. I know which ...

Or... A pedalboard! Mwahaha!

@robin I had thought that position 5 would be a good combination of 1 and 2, but now I don’t know...

@tv101 No preamp, no battery. Life is complicated enough.

Position 1 Position 2 Position 3 Position 4 Position 5

And that’s why I’ve got a K&K Big Twin to fit inside the guitar body. Two pickups - where should they go? I’ve run a few tests just to see. ...

Oh yes. The Cunning Plan. Another reason for building this guitar is the attempt to smuggle an electric guitar into all those Acoustic Bliss / Folk ...

Meanwhile, the frets can go in. I opted for an ebony fingerboard because archtops/jazz guitars always have ebony fingerboards. Obvs.. I also opted f...

I have to say, working in the Bailey Workshop is both a privilege and a joy. I’m beginning to see a possible route out of the world of Bodge across th...

Another minor complication: Once the back is glued in place, there’s no way inside other than through the pickup routs or the ƒ holes. so my graceful ...

Sshhhh... 🤫🤥

All the usual places, Russ. From Bandcamp to Youtube via Spotify, Apple Music, SoundCloud, etc.. Embedded Bandcamp player and other links listed on ...

Meanwhile, on the inside... The internal bridge block is now glued into place. The pickup routs and the pickup flange screw holes are a weak point...

Next, the ƒ holes. Traditionally, the little points in the middle of the ƒ hole line up with the bridge. In a perfect world, I’d also have the top o...

Next came the pickup holes. I’m installing mini-humbuckers, which I envisage being mounted straight into the top. So again, I create an MDF template f...

The next step was to start cutting holes in the top. Two pickup routs, two ƒ holes and, critically, a neck pocket. From the start, I assumed three p...

Well, it’s been a while but the album is out, the website has been updated and I’ve entered the Scottish Album of the Year Award. This is a Cunning Pl...

Apologies for the brief hiatus as I try to finish the album of tunes I performed for Acoustic Bliss last year. I’ve given myself until the end of the ...

I reckon ‘gradually’ is the secret ingredient here. Question though: if it has never been done before, why not?