If anyone's interested ... Ash - who is Oil City Pickups - is planning on running some Build Your Own PickUp courses when Covid19 permits. He's...

Another interesting session - thanks for taking the time to set these up and run them Mark (& Carol). One question though ... Am I using the w...

I'm still getting by with my hand-powered Mirka sanding block. It's the one with the dust extraction holes, so I just stick the pipe from that into t...

The fronts have now had their coats of oil, and it's hardened sufficiently to flip over and start on the backs ... The necks will ...

That's pretty much how I do it Bill - checking the alignment of the neck first to make sure that the bridge will be in the right position side-to-side...

Neck pocket cut, and checking alignment to mark out the position of the bridge and pickup cavities ... /p> Not planning anything too fancy fo...

Into the finishing room. My workshop is full of sawdust and other assorted muck. It's not the best environment for finishing guitars. So I negotia...

Hi @giraffepencils ... If you think you're hooked after watching some of the YT vids, just wait until you've built - and played - your first gui...

It's going to have a P90 in the neck ... which is going to leave a bit of unsightly neck join visible between the end of the fretboard and the pickup ...

That top is thick enough for a bit of carving ... so let's get routering ... And then some carving ... And then a whole load of sand...

Here's the bandsaw with its neighbours - the drill press and bobbin sander ... and you can also see the (blue) water pipe in the rear corner! ...

I'm jealous Bill - my workshop is definitely lacking a decent drum sander .. 🙁

That'd be a lot easier to use @deej if it was upright ... ? Here's mine 'twas a gift from someone who didn't have room to store it. ...

I'm quietly watching from the back ... waiting patiently (ish) for more progress updates!

Love the thru-neck. I love most thru-necks to be honest!

Thanks for that Mark - another part of guitar building that seems so simple once you’ve broken it down to the step-by-step process. Maybe I’ll g...

That’ll be good to see. Make sure you put some pics up (here and there!) when you get started. Bass designs seem to often be more adventurous than 6...