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Truss rod location

I'm not sure when or how this happened but I just now noticed it (after applying 3 coats of finish). The truss rod somehow slipped about a half-inch toward the headstock. Obviously now it's going to b...

In forum Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

5 years ago
Neck wood

Hi people, is there a reason not to use ash for a neck either it it’s entirety or and part of a laminated neck? Currently making a new ash blank for a body and someone’s offered up some ash for the ne...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

5 years ago
RE: ✨✨NEW **Metal Flake** project ✨✨

Crazy how that guy removes his respirator immediately after spraying, their extraction must be state of the art and then some!

In forum Finishing

5 years ago
RE: My first design

As others have suggested - always check the string path from the nut to tuner. Mark out where you plan on putting the tuners, and then draw lines to show the position of the strings from the nut to th...

In forum Electric

5 years ago
RE: My first design

@rathius Welcome to the community! I agree with @boo and @robin regarding the headstock. I think it could already help if you stretch the headstock a little.

In forum Electric

5 years ago
RE: My first design

Welcome @rathius. What an adventurous design. As Elvis once said it's "The Devil In Disguise" 🤘 🙏🎸🙂🎶

In forum Electric

5 years ago
RE: My first design

Hi @rathius That's looking good, I like what you're doing there matching the headstock to the body. Just as an example of what @boo is saying, the headstock on my second build is a lot less radical th...

In forum Electric

5 years ago
My first design

Attachment : DDC4CF0A-4EC2-4059-95F0-35897A5E8250.jpeg Hi all! Ive taken the design and build your own electric guitar and I am now have first full-size drawing complete. I have it hanging in my s...

In forum Electric

5 years ago
RE: ✨✨NEW **Metal Flake** project ✨✨

In forum Finishing

5 years ago
RE: ✨✨NEW **Metal Flake** project ✨✨

Clever @boo. Clever!

In forum Finishing

5 years ago
RE: ✨✨NEW **Metal Flake** project ✨✨

Could you do a glossy black finish, with some sort of subtle gold flake in it (on a guitar body)? *subtle*

In forum Finishing

5 years ago
RE: ✨✨NEW **Metal Flake** project ✨✨

If I hadn’t seen you putting your box room workshop together, I’d have a mental image of you as a mad inventor tucked away behind thick steel doors, deep in a basement somewhere, conducting mad experi...

In forum Finishing

5 years ago
RE: ✨✨NEW **Metal Flake** project ✨✨

That must be the greenest green that I've ever seen.

In forum Finishing

5 years ago
RE: ✨✨NEW **Metal Flake** project ✨✨

I do like that green @boo. With and without sparkle. 👍😁 🎸🎶🙏🙂

In forum Finishing

5 years ago
RE: ✨✨NEW **Metal Flake** project ✨✨

@boo It sure does sparkle

In forum Finishing

5 years ago
RE: FITTING THE NECK PT1

Fine on Mac here too !

In forum Acoustic

5 years ago
RE: What would you like to see next?

Posted by: @boo What I do instead at 1pm every Saturday is cry for a couple of hours Well, I guess that's still something to look forward to.

In forum Announcements from GuitarMaking.co.uk

5 years ago
RE: What would you like to see next?

I use this dirt cheap 'fritz Ruler' as a string spacing ruler.. I cant even remember how I got it. (It probably came in a cheap Ali kit ) Attachment : IMG_20211113_172511703-COLLAGE.jpg

In forum Announcements from GuitarMaking.co.uk

5 years ago
RE: FITTING THE NECK PT1

Posted by: @boo @mattbeels Yeah it’s dead for me too (on my iPad) but it works just fine on my PC. Exactly that for me too. PC - fine.

In forum Acoustic

5 years ago
RE: FITTING THE BACK PART 1

Just catching up ... Nice work - good to have an expert on hand though @steveadams to help you with the tricky bits! Not AA. I'm going with BB.

In forum Acoustic

5 years ago
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