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RE: Bosch Colt palm Router, anyone using this?

@nsj I'll check that one out, thankyou. Greatly appreciate you coming back to me to share your experience. Bit of a mind field out there especially you tube reviews

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

2 weeks ago
RE: Bosch Colt palm Router, anyone using this?

@andyorton2gmail-com It's a fine router, smooth etc. I mainly use it for the truss rod channel. I find the palm routers much easier to handle for everything else. Stick a bigger base on them to mak...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

2 weeks ago
RE: Bosch Colt palm Router, anyone using this?

I haven't used this one myself, Andrew but I know a couple of people who have and they're more than happy with it. 🙏🎵🎸🙂

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

2 weeks ago
RE: Bosch Colt palm Router, anyone using this?

@russ thanks Russ In your opinion what's your take on the bosch POF 1200 ?

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

2 weeks ago
RE: Bosch Colt palm Router, anyone using this?

@andyorton2gmail-com Hi Andrew, In the UK the Bosch GKF600 is the same as the Colt. It is a great wee router but there are cheaper alternatives out there. One of the advantages of this router and the...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

3 weeks ago
Bosch Colt palm Router, anyone using this?

Hi everyone, subjective as it might be, I was wondering if anyone in the forum jas had any experience using this colt router for guitar builds. Looking at my first router and I'm seeing that this plu...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

3 weeks ago
RE: Latest build

@brie Here's a couple, basically mounted like a regular 2 point trem, then I added a recess and then cut the back end away so there was no restriction. Nice brass block to finish off the look. A...

In forum Electric

2 weeks ago
RE: Hello everyone, newbie member - Andy

@andyorton2gmail-com Welcome to the playground Andrew. Hope you have Fun. There are people out there that would sell you a 24" premade fretboard. If you are planning to make one yourself you can mark ...

In forum New Members

3 weeks ago
RE: Hello everyone, newbie member - Andy

@liebe awesome thankyou, I quite like shorter more compact feel guitars, I'm guessing the lighter and slightly shorter length guitars are appealing more to me now, been toying with 24.75 gibson scale ...

In forum New Members

3 weeks ago
RE: Hello everyone, newbie member - Andy

Hey Andy, if you have a fretboard or neck in the scale that you want and/or that you're going to use in your build you certainly can use that in your drawing to map out the position of the frets. I wo...

In forum New Members

3 weeks ago
RE: Hello everyone, newbie member - Andy

@liebe thankyou for the warm welcome I'm watching marks video on using an existing neck to measure out the scale length, if I was to create a 25 inch scale, can I use a neck from a standard strat sca...

In forum New Members

3 weeks ago
RE: Hello everyone, newbie member - Andy

Welcome Andy! The online electric build course is set around building a 25" scale, but if you've got some experience you might well be able to adapt the plan. I'm sure there are other members who've ...

In forum New Members

3 weeks ago
RE: Hello everyone, newbie member - Andy

Sorry forgot to mention, I'm based in Wolverhampton. Tele build with 24 inch scale inspired by shorter scale similar to suregold

In forum New Members

3 weeks ago
Latest build

Friend asked me to build him a guitar, he sent the wood. Pale moon ebony and mahogany. Originally a prs, then a superstrat and finally he sent me a pic and said this please lol. Anyway stranberg boden...

In forum Electric

3 weeks ago
RE: Rattly truss rod

@nsj Thanks, I thought it was probably either not an issue or recoverable, but needed a bit of assurance before I started removing more wood. As for the hairline glues lines at the fingerboard edge I'...

In forum Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

3 weeks ago
RE: Rattly truss rod

It'll be fine, if it still rattles after set up just drill out a marker near the middle, take all tension off the rod and glue in a dowel clamping till the glue dries. Then fit a new marker. I used t...

In forum Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

3 weeks ago
Rattly truss rod

So I finally got to glue the fingerboard on to my neck, and when I took the clamps off I found two problems (well three if you count the amount a glue I need to clean up, unfortunately I had to catch ...

In forum Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

4 weeks ago
Maltese cross guitar

Attachment : 20250628_123749.jpg Attachment : 20250628_123735.jpg Attachment : 20250628_123743.jpg This Maltese cross shaped guitar (a nod to Ian Hunter's of Mott the Hoople) was a b...

In forum Electric

4 weeks ago
RE: Single Cut Makeover

Nice work!

In forum Electric

1 month ago
Tele type thing completed!

If you think you have seen it or something like it before you probably have. Built similar guitar for a friend last year that worked out so well I just had to do one for myself. It took a while due to...

In forum Electric

1 month ago
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