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RE: ROCKLITE I just happen to be next to it at the moment so here’s what it’s like. You can see how clean the holes drill for dots It looks so smooth @rocknroller912. I guess it has no grain running through it. &... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
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RE: ROCKLITE @russ No grain |
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RE: ROCKLITE @russ I don't know about Ebano, but I have a Rocklite Sundari (fake rosewood) blank here and it has grain. If I didn't know it was engineered I'd assume it was real wood, maybe not rosewood (I don't h... |
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RE: ROCKLITE This stuff is also interesting, though they don't post prices. They produce fake rosewood etc by compressing other woods (such as maple). It seems they compress a sollid piece, so the original grain i... |
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RE: ROCKLITE @jonhodgson. Cheers Jonathan. It's all interesting stuff. 👍 🙏🎸🙂🎶 |
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RE: ROCKLITE I've looked into this a bit more. They seem to be more expensive than natural wood and I'm not quite sure that they are any more ecologically sound...... just another alternative I guess. 🎶... |
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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶 Classic guitar making music! "It takes much longer to build a guitar.....the slow way"! |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
5 years ago |
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RE: Inlays/marquetry Hmmm, now there's a thought.. some metal flake in the bottom of the hole, then gluboost tinted yellow. Bit expensive for a one off though. |
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RE: Inlays/marquetry @boo aren't they a bit subtle for you? they don't glitter! |
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth My hanging rack is filling up. It certainly is @boo. You're own little guitar factory. Have Fun. 👍😁 🙏🎸🙂🎶 |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth You're a busy man @boo. Multi guitar building. Well impressed. 🎶🙂🎸🙏 |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: Inlays/marquetry @booMaybe the gentleman at Small Wonder Music that Mark talks about in the video could supply some in Honey Jasper? That looks pretty yellow on the website. |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶 This is My Favourite Song For This Moment........it says it all. 🎶🙂🎸🙏 |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶 My favourite song today: |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
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Inlays/marquetry Evening you lovely people! My dream build that I’ll eventually make will need to have much more excitement on the fret board than some dots. I’ve a few ideas that I want to try but wanted to understan... |
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5 years ago |
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RE: Inlays/marquetry @tej Marquetry is different to fretboard inlays, it’s contrasting pieces of cross grained wood traditionally fixed in with hot hide glue. Tracing paper can be used for both to draw the shape, so for ... |
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RE: Inlays/marquetry @tej Here is the video |
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RE: Inlays/marquetry @rocknroller912 thank you, so much to learn! |
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RE: Inlays/marquetry @rocknroller912 I’ve seen the super glue accelerator used by various people along with liberal use of superglue for inlays and frets. I’m presuming the accelerator evaporates and leaves nothing on the... |
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too. @cheesewhisk so from one of your images I can see you’ve used pins to locate the board as Mark suggests, what I don’t get is how that’s meant you didn’t get it located where you wanted it. Consensus s... |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |