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RE: Suitable UK/European timber for building @brie Very handy, thanks Brian! |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
RE: Suitable UK/European timber for building @nsj you utter hero, this is music (no pun intended) to my ears! For some reason I thought both walnut and cherry would be heavier. Knowing the kind of weight bracket they're in I'll definitely give ... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
RE: Suitable UK/European timber for building @liebe walnut is nice, not to heavy, same with cherry. Made a full start entirely from cherry. Both lighter than limba or at least black limba, posibbly similar to the likes of brazillian mahogany. Yo... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
RE: Suitable UK/European timber for building Nice one, Cheers @nsj How do walnut and cherry work out weight wise in comparison to say khaya mahogany or limba? I get that it can depend on the blank, but interested in your thoughts. I've kinda a... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
RE: Suitable UK/European timber for building I've used beech, ash, oak, cherry and walnut so far. All been really good. Only tricky one is oak because I did a carve top and it's very hard lol |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
Ukelele! So a friend asked about me building him an electic ukelele, I think you can tell by the pics I like super strats lol Sapele body and neck, ebony fretboard, yew and resin top. Went with a 17 inch sca... |
In forum Other Instruments |
7 months ago |
RE: Renaissance Lute In the meantime, I finished the rosette, turned the tuning pegs and fitted them to the pegbox. I also carved the lower inside of the pegbox for better string access Attachment : 5A018EEA-CAED-4218... |
In forum Other Instruments |
7 months ago |
Ran pickup wires through mounting holes. Why must ye mock me so, Lord? Attachment : IMG_6893.jpeg Purple Mustang is finally dry, so I’ve been assembling and finally got down to electronics and I realized I ran my pickup wires through the mounting holes… so now I need... |
7 months ago | |
Suitable UK/European timber for building Hey folks, I've made a few electrics with the usual mahogany, limba, rosewood & ebony materials, but I'll now thinking about what woods are available in the UK or Europe that are suitable for bui... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
RE: Veneer issues @brie thanks dude, much appreciated. However, I’ve decided to not use veneers anymore after I use up the remaining veneer (6 I think) or sell them. Instead I’m moving to drop tops and carve tops. Much... |
7 months ago | |
RE: Ambrosia Maple.... Tearout city... @liebe Thanks for that drawing, it's very helpful! |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
RE: Ambrosia Maple.... Tearout city... @brie That makes sense, Thanks! |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
RE: Ambrosia Maple.... Tearout city... 🤣 @brie I think you're right! I was looking online for the diagram I'd seen before and thought this was it without checking. Glad I only made an ass out of me with that assumption! This is why... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
RE: Ambrosia Maple.... Tearout city... @brie 🤣 🤣 Bloody auto correct😅 |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
Ambrosia Maple.... Tearout city... Hey all, working on a new guitar body and I'm using ambrosia maple for the first time. This wood seems very hard and has some fun figuring to it. So I just profiled the body with my router and I got a... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
8 months ago |
A mahognay neck through redo Built this one a while agao, first carve top. Had a few things i wasm't happy with, floyd sat above the body, recess wasn't nicely lined up and the finish was kinda sticky. I thought lets improive it.... |
In forum Electric |
8 months ago |
RE: Build #2 finally finished. @brie couldn't agree more. Well just have to struggle through it! |
In forum Electric |
8 months ago |
RE: Build #2 finally finished. Nice guitar. Like the wood. Great bild |
In forum Electric |
8 months ago |
RE: Build #2 finally finished. @brie Nice work Brian. 🙏🙂🎸🎵 |
In forum Electric |
8 months ago |
RE: Triumvirate It feels like these three builds are taking forever, but the end is in sight. I've put the finishing touches to the limba build, with just the two mahogany ones to go. After days of mirk we actually ... |
In forum Electric |
8 months ago |