PS - I like the sound of a low cost fretting jig too!

Gibson: 24.75 PRS: 25.00 Fender: 25.50 🙂

Hi peeps, Just a quick question regarding the most popular scale lengths for acoustic, electric and bass guitars. What are the most popular scale lengths for acoustic, electric and bass guitars? The r...

@tv1010101 yes all drummer jokes are true stories

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Love all the drummer jokes I didn't realise they were jokes. I thought they were true life observations ...

Love all the drummer jokes. I used to have a boss at work whose favourite story was to boast about the time he sat in with John Mayalls Blues Breakers at a gig in Carlisle as the regular drummer took ...

Thank you John. Don't know why it took me so long to start making this one.

The mother of all basses is the Precision bass. About 3 years ago I made one. Alder body, flamed maple top, maple neck with a pau ferro fretboard. Attachment : image.png The pickup is a Seymour...

@tv1010101 If you'd routing the channels *after* you've carved the top, then the challenge will be keeping the router base perpendicular to the channel. The top will be carved, so you can't just run...

@jamesbisset Simple Dremel router base. It's not precision engineered like the StewMac one (appears to be), but it's done the job that I've needed it to. Attachment : 20200914_124852.jpg ...

The $20 orders are - IIRC - under the threshold for customs/duty. As you say, if you've got free postage, then small value orders make sense - double sense if they also don't attract customs costs!!

@frocesterbill You could still get a bill in the post for the import duties etc...You might be lucky? Since I been using them I think they might have forgot once...let us know!!

Yes - by DHL - maybe I was just lucky - but 8 orders in a year - some only $10-20 others were $100. Wouldn't have ordered the $10-20 ones as shipping would probably double that.

I have been using them quite a bit and haven't got done or customs charges yet. Now that's interesting @frocesterbill!!! I wonder if there's a link between their membership & free shipping arrang...

Also look at Axminster Tools - they have router bits and different bearing sizes - might be able to find a combo there that works. It could also be worth paying the StewMac membership (about $30) as y...

I have to preface this by saying that I've never routed binding channels ... If you'd routing the channels *after* you've carved the top, then the challenge will be keeping the router base perpendic...

My planned archtop is going to require lots of binding, which requires lots of Precision Routing. My lovely partner (for it is she) has a Dremel MultiPro she says I can borrow. And StewMac (sigh) have...

How old is the amp? Electrolytic capacitors age and fail - they are the largish tubular things - the tops bulge at first and then may burst open. Bad soldered joints can cause problems - if the amp h...

Hmmmmm. PlanA is looking good @frocesterbill !! Apparently (ie according to the previous owner) the amp had started hissing/buzzing when switched on, but then it'd settle down and work OK, for a while...