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darrenking replied to the topic "More expensive firewood and why I probably should have chwcked in here first…." – 4 years, 5 months ago
@tv101 I thought you had a lot of work on! 🤣 🤣
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darrenking replied to the topic "More expensive firewood and why I probably should have chwcked in here first…." – 4 years, 5 months ago
@tv101 I did say that they were for practicing on so no, I’m not giving away beautiful, perfectly quarter cut maple neck blanks. I’m nice, but I’m not that nice!!
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darrenking replied to the topic "Bagpress – Fret Cutting Jig – a review" – 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi Jonathan, yes they are now available to order.
cheers
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darrenking replied to the topic "More expensive firewood and why I probably should have chwcked in here first…." – 4 years, 5 months ago
@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 Catatonic, but warm!
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darrenking replied to the topic "More expensive firewood and why I probably should have chwcked in here first…." – 4 years, 5 months ago
@tv101 eg Think thrice, measure twice, sleep on it, repeat steps 1&2, cut once? I can see a new T-Shirt in the GMUK online shop just in time for Christmas!
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darrenking replied to the topic "More expensive firewood and why I probably should have chwcked in here first…." – 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi James Trust me, after this year, you really don’t want to be poorer than me !!! Where are you based? If you are in the South East then pop in and I’ll give you some (not perfectly quarter cut)… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "ES335" – 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi James,In all seriousness, some of this is above my pay grade but I’ll have a go!. Whilst I may have 32 years of Adobe Illustrator experience, 20+ years of vacuum laminating and 15 years of CNC routing behind me,… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "ES335" – 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi James,
I’ll keep this brief. Shit! I don’t know!
Regards
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darrenking replied to the topic "?Luthier Jokes and Funny Stories?" – 4 years, 5 months ago
@peter-johnson Don’t go Peter! It’ll be bassists’ turn soon!! 🤣 🤣 🤣
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darrenking replied to the topic "ES335" – 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi James, I haven’t been through everything yet and I need to spend a bit of time sitting looking at the 3D models with the paper plans in front of me to fully understand what I can do with them…. Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "ES335" – 4 years, 5 months ago
@boo Yup!
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darrenking posted a new topic "ES335" – 4 years, 5 months ago
Exciting news guys! Look what I’ve found! Yup, finally, a really good, oven ready (not like Brexit!), CNC friendly 3D model of an ES335 (and I got the 59 LP as well whilst I was at it) http://fabitrabbit.com/ Bought it,… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Short scale advice" – 4 years, 5 months ago
Are kill switches becoming ‘a thing’ ? I may be able to corner the martket!
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darrenking replied to the topic "Short scale advice" – 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi Boo,
If you email me your address I’ll send you a couple of little stainless kill switches. I’ve got hundreds of them!
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darrenking replied to the topic "Where to buy neck blank timber in the UK (inexpensively)" – 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi Cigarboxguy, Middle men always profit from being in the middle and by doing something that adds value to whatever it is that they buy and sell. In this case converting bloody great big lumps of tree into lovely little… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Maccaferri Petite Bouche" – 4 years, 5 months ago
@tv101 Very droll! It’s not so much the banging, its the driving all those little wedges in with no way of countering the force they collectively apply. I might try squishing the tang a little with a pair of parallel… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Maccaferri Petite Bouche" – 4 years, 5 months ago
Here’s a problem that I’ve been fretting over (boom, boom, see what I did there?) Has anyone ever resorted to simply gluing in frets? I ask because the neck of my Petite Bouche doesn’t have a truss rod, only three… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Guitar building workspace" – 4 years, 5 months ago
Dr who has got the perfect guitar makers workshop! Unfortunately in real life, the physics tends to work the opposite way around!
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darrenking replied to the topic "Hello everyone." – 4 years, 5 months ago
Hi Pete (et al), I would just like to put in a word for the acoustic guitar here as I feel it is being somewhat maligned as a possible home build project. I came to all this from completely the… Read more»
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darrenking replied to the topic "Routing a truss rod channel in a laminated neck" – 4 years, 6 months ago
You will be having a lot of other problems if this ends up being an issue. I’d work on the assumption that the fretboard will never have to come off, but just send a quick forum post if it does!
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