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At 9:58am on June 6, 2016, Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear said…: Hi Mark.

Really happy to be your CBN buddy. Thanks for the request my friend and hope to see you around here :)

At 11:10am on May 27, 2016, Lazylefteye said…: Hi Mark

Cheers for the friend request.
All the best.

Steve

At 8:31am on October 20, 2013, Elmar Zeilhofer said…: Hi Mark,

sorry to answer a bit late to your question dated Sep 23; I've just noticed it. I'm sorry I can't say why the tone doesn't change with your standard tone pot and cap setup. The only thing which I would suggest is to change two parameters:

Regarding the pot, I would try it with a linear taper, in case it's now loagarithmic. And regarding the cap, I'd try 47nF.

The linear impedance of an FP4 is around 1.5kOhm.

At 8:58am on March 23, 2012, Dom Kelly said…: Hi Mark. Thanks for taking the time to reply in such detail regarding my left handed bridge problem. You're right with your last comment about the philosophy of this CBG malarky but being a design engineer by trade I'm finding it difficult compromise in areas of build, function and aesthetics. Having said that, this is only my second build and no doubt my attitude will change.

As for the build, I'm just gonna reverse the bridge in the saddle and angle the whole arrangement on the soundboard accordingly for a left hander irrespective if it looks a bit odd. Thanks again for your friendship and advice . It's much appreciated.

Dom

At 4:04am on March 8, 2012, Paul Balmer said…: Hi Mark,

Thanks for the freind request

Paul

At 2:03am on February 20, 2012, bouydog 8-9-8 said…: Thanks for your friendship Mark love your builds.

At 2:42pm on November 9, 2011, Vinylhed said…: Thanks for your comment on the video I posted. It led me to check out your photos, and I was over the moon to see your M & S biscuit tin guitar. It was seeing photos documenting its construction on your web-page that persuaded me to attempt to build my own.

I've now seen pictures of thousands of wonderful hand built guitars on this site, but that biscuit tin of yours remains my favourite.

Cheers for the inspiration.

At 10:16am on November 9, 2011, Dave Cochran said…: Mark,

Thanks very much for the kind words. You've got some really nice work and it looks like you're handy with a camera too.

Dave.

At 9:28pm on October 17, 2011, Stu Crane AKA aboynamedstu said…: Cheers for the friendship and those are some great looking builds in your photos

At 4:34am on July 18, 2011, richard Woolrich said…: thanks for the comments on the vid mark . btw nice cbg they look good . wish i had could make one but to be honest i am a bit rubbish at stuff like that .

At 9:02am on June 6, 2011, Boxy Music said…: Thanks for the friend invite! I saw your M&S tin guitar online before I made my first instrument or discovered this site, I had the same tin on top of a cupboard. I made my first instrument from a tin a few months later. But I also agree with Mark's comment below...how do you guys get that finish?

At 8:09pm on April 17, 2011, Phill Hill Charlie said…: I'm looking at your photos again... very useful for members' new projects...many thanks... °<[:-) [---]==={

At 6:56am on April 16, 2011, jabes said…: i've just been looking at your w.site,thanks for the biccy tin photo tutorial,i've a scotty dog shaped tin(sainsburys) i keep looking at.... mm

At 10:06am on April 14, 2011, jabes said…: thanks for adding me mark, your stuff is very tidy, i'm of the rough 'n ready- cheap 'n' cheerfull school myself,-how do you guys get that finish.anyway, i'll carry on with #02 in a bumbly way,i keep changing my mind all the time i'm building,but i'm having fun and that's the point eh?

At 3:20pm on March 15, 2011, Johno said…: Hey mate, the stuff your doing is light years ahead of me,which makes your comment really special to me, thanks so much, honestly you really made my day :)