Guess what, both methods do work.
The problem I was having with the sanding techniques was not that I wasnt using a straight edge, rather the sanding stick was too short i.e. shorter than the length of the plates. This made it difficult to keep even pressure across the sanding stick which I believe to be the cause of the tiny gaps in the seam.
After watching the DVD again I picked up that he was using a level approx. 4ft/1m long. So another visit to my local hardware shop to pickup a 1m level. With the extra length of the level, allowing more even spread of pressure I was able to get straight edge to joint the backplates using this very straightforward sanding method.
Whilst the back plates were gluing I moved onto jointing the soundboard.
During the week I had been searching the Net for methods of jointing and discovered that there is actually a specific plane for jointing - extra long base to track long the surface (im a novice woodworker so forgive my ignorance). I didnt have a jointing plane but I did have a fairly long plane (technical term ...hahaha) which looked similar that might just do the job.
Given my confidence had just been given a huge boost I decided to give the "Shooting" method another go this time using my "jointing" plane. Within a few minutes of careful planing as per the instructions in the book I had another acceptable joint!!!
A big lesson has been learned - I need to make sure I use the correct tools for the job or I will get unacceptable results.
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