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It’s an expensive course now so I want to finish in less than three years. Nine semesters would cost lots more than a new Martin now...
Yes - I think London Met got into a bit of financial problems around the time I left and they ramped the cost up a lot.
Have you started on the neck yet? If not you can ask David Dyke to throw it through a planer / thicknesser for a couple of quid which will save a lot of time. He's done electric body blanks for me, so might be able to do the same on similarly sized top and sides. You'll miss a bit by not planing those flat, but maybe you could just do one of them yourself.
I'm sure you're aware of all this and know what you want to do already - apologies if I'm talking at you.I'm long term trying to persuade Mrs Spaceman on a move outside London eventually, with space for a proper sized workshop being a major factor in it.
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The course starts with the neck now. We had one session on planing a waste block square, then the next week we had pre-squared and thicknessed neck blanks to start on. Went straight to making a scarf joint for the neck angle.
I definitely think that doing some practice at home is going to be key because at this speed I'll get to the end and have a guitar but still not feel confident to make one on my own subsequently. Have ordered a clamp-on vice and will see if I can get away with using the coffee table to make another guitar at home in parallel. Currently at work with a bit of mahogany for a neck from Touchstone in the post room.
Tempted to make a Les Paul Junior neck with it - not the same as the course but would still give me practice with tools etc. Similar construction?
How many people were on the course when you did it? Let's see your guitar!
Sparky
I’m in a flat. If it was just me here I’d just whack a workbench in the living room, but Mrs Sparky already puts up with all my bikes.
It’s an expensive course now so I want to finish in less than three years. Nine semesters would cost lots more than a new Martin now...
Between this and finding Paul Sellers on YouTube I’m itching to do some projects at home.