@boo Halfords do a car body filler called chemical metal which is good for template repairs. It's harder than the basic stuff and stands up to repea...

@robin I don't have a bandsaw either and made my solid body shapes by drilling all round the outline with an ordinary drill and pointed bit - Spade,...

@mattbeels I live in SW Scotland about two hours from the Bailey workshop. It's been below zero degrees since before Xmas so I've shifted small repa...

There isn't much room on the headstock to do an inlay, also it's a bit ambitious for a first build. I think it would look good if you signed your name...

I'm struggling with the cold weather as I don't have my heating in my work area, but not much else. Last year I anticipated supply problems that Brexi...

@tv101 That puts guitar making into perspective. Sandbags can be classed as hazardous waste after a flood as they may be contaminated with sewage, s...

@tv101 I'm hoping to record some quantities as I go along, weight of powder and paint but not sure if my scales are good enough for small sizes. Map...

@marcel Very sad time thanks to petty minded nationalism. Sadly we have same thing in Scotland where I live

Cant beat a bit of Cajun

What's a rock concert ? Don't think I've ever been to one

Hi Louis Your build is looking good I hope it plays as good as it looks

@mattbeels @eddie6string Melvyn was advertising the latest edition of his book earlier this year so it must be finished. He was also advertising h...

@mattbeels Mackintosh is a particular style of 19th Century Scottish art and architecture, difficult to put into a guitar style. It's character is s...

@jamesbisset I like the Mackintosh style font it's very distinctive and needs to be vertical and not slanted to fit in with the Mackintosh theme. I...

@boo Yes flame maple is quite hard to work with but I'm up for the challenge. I don't use many power tools and have some good violin gouges with a w...

@jamesbisset I would just change the square dot to a round one and use an ordinary drill bit. If you are cutting the inlay from MoP a ready made dot...

@boo I'm surprised to read that you are moving to Scotland. I live in the SW between Dumfries and Carlisle, will you be anywhere near me ? Blending ...

@frocesterbill Sounds like good fun. It will be interesting if you record the results as you go along with different wire types, capacitance, impeda...

@darrenking Can't disagree with you it's not an absolute requirement to do complicated calculations but anyone who works to a high standard as you o...