@tv1010101 My friend bought all the individual components for the amp and designed the circuit himself. The base is flat aluminium folded on a machi...

Love all the drummer jokes. I used to have a boss at work whose favourite story was to boast about the time he sat in with John Mayalls Blues Breakers...

Don't like to be a wet blanket but it would have to be careful how closely people's locations were identified. The web is full of scammers trying to f...

@tv1010101 Looks like a challenging project even with a kit which should have all the parts. Anything connected to the mains 240v has the potential ...

@tv1010101 Thanks for starting attached 2 pics of my part made amp which a friend did for me a few years ago. Looking for someone with valve experie...

@tv1010101 Thanks it's always good to get an opinion from someone who has been there. I'm planning a bike trip along that way in the next few days b...

@tv1010101 Ayr has always been a good place for live music. When I lived there in the 70s every weekend was solid music sessions from end of work on...

@tv1010101 Ive just been looking at the photos of your instruments which are all wonderful. Don't think you will have any problem making friends wit...

I'm hoping to do a course sometime if they ever start again. Only about two hours for me and as long as the parking is motorbike friendly.

Looks great finished

Marcel I think that a common theme with professional musicians, they have never got any money and usually manage to get things for free because peop...

@jonhodgson In my experience it's not what type of finish you apply that makes the difference between good and bad results, it's the wood preparatio...

What are you finishing acoustic or electric guitar

@robin I think it's a bit like greenheart which is used in sea water piers because it doesn't rot.

@tv1010101 There are quite a few UK suppliers, just need to have the patience to search for them. Some only have limited supplies and it's often re...

@tv1010101 The owner had varnished the back of the neck with ordinary polyurethane several years ago and he wanted it back to bare wood and re-spray...

I would say it's a bad idea because the zero fret is under string pressure all the time and is bound to wear faster than the other frets. Ive repaired...

Keruing is a species of tropical type hard wood which is impervious to rot because of its oily content. It's used in outdoor applications where there ...

Someone asked the question how thick should a fretboard be. The photo attached is remains of a FB I've recently removed from a 1978 Fender Stratocaste...

@tv1010101 i think that's the difference between professional builders and amateurs. If you are making lots of the same model then setting up for po...