Been working on my Cherry Cola guitar. It already felt great to touch and play and hear it sing beautifully without any feedback at all (big improvement in my soldering skills).

However, there were some other touches that I needed to make, specifically making room for the 5 way effects knob to use during performance (No effects, Hot Fuzz, Rock tone, heavy metal).

It fits, but that knob still needs to be soldered together to the rest, plus make room for the 5v battery with easy access.

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from @Zachrabiroff writing for @flaminghydra i learn, peripherally, of Nailsworth Community Workshop and Pi Guitars

https://pdbowman.studio/briefs/6-jul-2025-billy-bragg-nailsworth-community-workshop-pi-guitars/

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Tonight on #StraturdayNight! 🎸🔧 We’re building another guitar kit—huge thanks to Bay Area Rich for making it happen! Plus, we’re diving into the latest music news and, of course, all things guitars. If you love gear, riffs, and killer guitar talk, this is the place to be!

📺 Live at 10 PM ET / 7 PM PT on Johnny Beane YouTube—don’t miss it! Hit that follow!

https://www.youtube.com/live/5sKIqMVYuKg?si=0XdLPxgvoTZnIUWG

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Baked some bread today and started building a lapsteel guitar. I'm approaching the guitar build like I did my sourdough: make a minimal viable thing first. Find out how lazy I can be and still make something ok.

All the best luthiers buy their hardware at toolstation right?

#guitarbuild #guitar #diy #sourdough

Sat down to work on the dissertation tonight laser-focused on making headway. I’m PhD-ing like a champ!

Then David texted asking if I wanted to bend guitar sides, and well….😁

Osage orange bends beautifully as it turns out. This is the start of guitar number three. I’m very excited about this one already. #guitarbuild

Q: When do you have too many spool clamps?

A: It is not possible to have too many spool clamps.

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Last night's #guitarbuild update - it's alive! Swapped in a set of Lollar P90 pickups for the no-name oem part & finished grounding all the shielding I'd added. A fair bit of patient futzing got it all tucked in; I put on a set of strings and tuned it up. I had set all the saddles at neutral.

I had been nervous about the bridge placement, and worried setting the intonation would suck, but huzzah! When I checked, I'd already gotten very close right off the bench! And the action's AOK too. 😁