As some people will recall, I'm a big (as in *BIG*) fan of the Build-Your-Own-Guitar (BYOG) courses run by Mark Bailey.
There are just 2 drawbacks to the courses. Firstly, they're held in Scotland. Ayr. It's not the easiest of places to get to. And secondly, you'll need to budget around £2k for all but the basic course. (That's actually good VFM when you consider what you get, but it's still £2k).
Actually, there are 3 drawbacks - they don't run that often.
And I know those drawbacks have stopped a lot of people - who'd love to do the course - from doing them.
When I did my first course, Mark was talking about doing a book version of the course. Sort of an update to the classic
@melvynhiscock book that many of us have read at least lots of times. I like books, but the YouTube generation find them a bit static. And a lot of guitar building techniques make a lot more sense a lot more quickly when you can actually watch what's being done in real time. And be talked through what's being done and why.
So, rather than one of those 20th century "books", Mark's done his BYOG course as a series of videos.
That's each of the 3 drawbacks sorted. Watch them wherever you want. Costs a fraction of the course cost. And watch them whenever you want.
There's actually 2 courses - a design-your-own-guitar course, followed by the build-your-own-guitar course, but if you sign-up for the second one, you'll get the first one for free. Both are on "Udemy".
The BYOG course is a series of 65 (65!!) videos that talk you through the process of building a guitar, step by step, nothing missed out (not even the H&S briefing), with details of all the tools, the jigs, the templates and the techniques that you'll need.
All narrated by Mr B in his best used-to-be Brummie accent with some excellent camera work too.
Interested?
Form an orderly queue ... I'm just guinea-pigging the final drafts of the BYOG course for Mark before he releases it very very soon.
Bookmark this thread and I'll let you know when it all goes live and where to sign up.
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I have the tools raring to go, but will they be the same ones as in the vid?
For me part of the skill of being a craftsman comes from figuring out how to do things with the tools you have. This is why I normally learn a few different ways to get the same result.
I still think it will be a brilliant resource and I trust mark has considered the tool issue carefully
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From the book its clear they did a hell of a lot of planning
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