@tej Cheap screws and bolts made of soft metal are a common problem. If you’re getting into building a lot it’s worth buying bags of spare machine h...

@tej Are the pick ups a matched set or did you buy them separate from different brands. It might be that the impedance on both is different.

@tej Wise move, good work can’t be rushed.

@tej Dont leave it anywhere it can fall over

@tej It looks good in the photos I hope it plays well

@koendb Thats the one make sure you have the blade securely held

@koendb You have the same block plane as me with adjustable mouth which is great for avoiding tear out. A sharpening roller guide for holding the bl...

@koendb You need good quality to start with. It’s impossible to get an edge on soft metal. Do you have any particular brand names or a collection o...

@koendb You won’t be surprised if I say that Mark has a video on it

@darrenking Oops you can tell I didn’t do metalwork at school. I should know the difference though and you were correct. Learning the correct way to...

@koendb This is a photo of the scraper plane I use. It’s an expensive model as I chose an all brass construction to avoid rust problems due to not h...

@koendb I hope your build goes well. Planing by hand is tricky as one deep tear out can ruin a piece. I mostly use a scraper plane for thicknessing ...

Took a minute for this to sink in when I spotted it

@robin That gouge looks like it was used by an Egyptian brain surgeon

@warmvalves Welcome to the forum. There have been instrument making courses in Glasgow for many years but the college names change all the time. Thi...

@robin Some factory instruments from 30 years or longer ago have this type of swirl from circular sanding or polishing that can be seen by moving ar...

@whyte Welcome to the group. I’m a London exile living in Scotland

@jamesbissett Very true there are not many places that will allow acoustic music these days, it’s all got to be amplified or plugged in. I can’t wai...

@cheesewhisk Acoustic Bliss seems to have been one of those guitar secrets, you know the ones that don’t exist cause we all share everything.

tv101 I remember those days of recording on cassette players. About 40 years ago, gosh was it that long ago, I played in a Bluegrass band and we re...