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RE: Drilled the bridge hole right through the back of my guitar Ha ha that’s a belter. If I’m honest the duel symmetrical plates will actually be easier as I already have the templates and the left over neck scrap I was planning on using isn’t quite wide enough to... |
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RE: Drilled the bridge hole right through the back of my guitar Thanks Mark, Boo. Lots of deep breaths. I’m thinking of doing a second cover plate and aligning it with the first one. thanks for the help and ideas I think they’ve help the imminent meltdown. Also th... |
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Drilled the bridge hole right through the back of my guitar Attachment : C5FC6FC9-82AE-4B69-BE27-1D718123DF4B.jpeg On the fourth the flag on my drill but must have moved up with each of the other three hole. I practised on scrap but now I just want to cry |
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RE: Facets Looking good @frank1985 the neck carve was probably the most satisfying parts of the whole build, when you get to the end and you look at what you've created from a block of wood. It really is inspiri... |
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Answer to: Neck Blank Issue I had the same issue with my blank body blank as I bought it before finding Mark and the course. I surface routed after building a very basic jig and managed to get it looking good with pretty much no... |
In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar |
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RE: Glue the neck Cheers guys it really does mean a lot and spurs me on more than I can tell you. I'm determined to finish before the early nights set in and the Scottish weather is upon us, winter is coming. |
In forum Electric |
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Answer to: Drill the Bridge Holes Thanks for the confirmation @markbailey it means a lot. I actually went back and watched the section on the design course too so this is definitely me checking twice. I did wonder about rotation so th... |
In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar |
4 years ago |
RE: BYOEG Black Stealth Look at that velute, mighty fine work there @boo that is some great looking flat black |
In forum Electric |
4 years ago |
Glue the neck Huge thank you to all those that voted to get a Mirka sander, what a difference that made. So this is it, sanded and a finally took the plunge and glued the neck in. Obviously I was terrified and obvi... |
In forum Electric |
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Drill the Bridge Holes Hi, I'm at the stage of drilling the bridge holes (yes I finally sanded and glued the neck in) it's 25 inch scale length, I've measured 1.5mm back from the scale length at the treble end and 4.5mm b... |
In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar |
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RE: Implausibly difficult side bend - Done! Looking great @markbailey I miss that workshop view, the live streams were lockdown therapy. I hope you're doing ok, best to Carol. |
In forum Acoustic |
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RE: Handmade jigs and tools That is really awesome |
In forum Acoustic |
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RE: **PINK FLAKE STRAT** What an amazing thing to be part of, it looks really awesome @boo definitely one to be proud of. |
In forum Electric |
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RE: Designing my own neck tru guitar @koendb that looks incredible, I really need to pull my finger out and glue my neck in. Every time @markbailey says 'be careful not to...' that's always where I end up 🤣 🤣 Genuinely... |
In forum Electric |
4 years ago |
Answer to: Decisions, Decisions Hi @c-cap welcome to guitar making. I'm still making my first electric, I went a little off script by building an explorer. Every question I ever asked @markbailey about going off the beaten path of t... |
In forum Design Your Own Guitar |
4 years ago |
RE: Maccaferri Petite Bouche That looks bloody amazing @darrenking |
In forum Acoustic |
4 years ago |
RE: Explorer body progress More work this weekend. Not sure about the valute, something to pay more attention to next time I think. Attachment : EA749CDD-FDFF-4335-9D16-8D2AAD2AAE05.jpeg Attachment : AB5CC0F6-973C-4... |
In forum Electric |
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RE: Mirka Deros it's the 5mm |
In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar |
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RE: Mirka Deros Attachment : 2ED925FD-EBDD-4D7E-9903-ED118275F883.jpeg And there you go, it’s here. Thanks again for the advice. |
In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar |
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RE: Loose neck pocket help And that, my friend, is why I hit the buy button. There's always going to be a next time right? |
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