My new workshop in Hove is now fully up and running, and I’ll be working there Wednesday-Friday afternoons and Saturday mornings. It’s a great space, and good to finally have somewhere on the ground floor where clients can walk in (some of you will remember my old place at King’s Mews – no navigating all… Continue reading My New Workshop is Now OPEN!
Category: Guitar Building
On Partscasters…
I’ve come across several videos on partscasters recently, so I thought I’d share one of my own builds. This is an alder body with a pale maple neck, both sourced from eBay. They’re not licensed/authentic Fender parts, but are perfectly good for a build like this. A word of caution, though: it helps to know… Continue reading On Partscasters…
The Great Tonewood Debate
If you regularly frequent the dark corners of guitar related channels on YouTube, or participate in the myriad guitar forums, you’ll no doubt have come across some kind of discussion on tonewood. EVERYONE has an opinion on it. Alder sounds like this. Mahogany resonates like that. Cheap basswood bodies are nice and light, but don’t… Continue reading The Great Tonewood Debate