@boo Another beauty

@boo Wow! That is an immaculately finished bandsman.

@boo I’d suggest doing a full size drawing – it will likely work itself out during the process…then you can take a pic so we can see how it looks.

@boo Hi never made a baritone before. I made a 32 inch scale lenght bandsman and used a 23 11/16 inch truss rod that just made it spot on for a 24 fret with a standard neck heel for the…   Read more»

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Yep it definitely looks like you all had a good time. Your bass playing sounds great.

Thank you. We always have a good time when we’re playing. We are a band without ego’s.

@boo That looks awesome. 🙂

@boo Beautiful guitar. And that is the right kind of case candy!
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@boo lol that I am 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can’t help it. I see things and, “oh that would look good with strings on it.” 😂😂😂 It is a lot of fun I must admit. This one and the other design I…   Read more»

Posted by: @boo I always struggle with the imperial measurement system and have to do conversions whenever they appear Hi Boo, Get yourself an HP35s calculator. Not only can you enter and multiply vulgar fractions, convert them to decimal and…   Read more»

Posted by: @boo but it’s not as much fun as painting it on.  Are you sure about that?!? I think that would be a bitch to paint and have it come out nice without tons of experience…

@boo Jigs are being built now. I actually spent a few hours on the humbucker pattern/jig to hone it to precision. First a rough cut on the bandsaw, then an internal smoothing on the drum sander, then to the various…   Read more»

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@russ You can buy layered stencils as well. Try this one.

Cheers @boo. I’ll check it out.
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@boo.
I’ve always loved PopArt so I thought I’d like to try it on a guitar. 
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Thanks @boo. Much appreciated. Still in the planning stage. Needing to learn how to do one colour first. 
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Posted by: @boo Posted by: @petejb Yeah, I figured it out. It is a smaller body guitar but given this is my true first under expert instruction that’s an advantage IMO. Nice craftsmanship by the way! Very impressive.  @petejb Thanks…   Read more»

Posted by: @boo Posted by: @petejb First of all, the wood supplier chalked a Fender Jazz Bass on the blank @petejb Pete, the Bandsman body size is not that big, I just printed the pdf as it is, I think…   Read more»

Posted by: @boo @petejb Yeah I can understand that. At this point I will just be glad that the world isn’t drawn into WW3 because if it is, then nothing will matter, we will all be gone, apart from the…   Read more»

Hi Guys,   Thank you for your advice… I ended up going for a 2nd hand Bosch POF1400ACE much the same as the one you suggested @Boo but with a micro adjust and a slightly higher powered motor. I’m still…   Read more»

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