@darrenking that was one of the arguments I kept having myself. The other was the work still required would damage the finish and I’d have to redo it anyway. I ended up deciding to move on without staining. Plus I…   Read more»

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Where did you get it from?

@darrenking I can’t remember that either. 😆

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Thanks for the mention.

@darrenking It’s totally justified. 
 

I am, of course, using the “Bagpress Fret Slotting Jig” from @darrenking to slot my fretboard blank (I still don’t know what wood this is). This jig really is super simple and easy to use, consistent, reliable and inexpensive in…   Read more»

Posted by: @darrenking Get yourself an HP35s calculator. Not only can you enter and multiply vulgar fractions, convert them to decimal and then to metric, you can also display the result in fraction form, although why anyone would want to…   Read more»

Posted by: @darrenking Posted by: @boo Britain (Great Britain or Britain or GB or United Kingdom or UK ) = The 4 nations that are in the union. Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Northern Ireland , and England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 PEDANT ALERT!!!!…   Read…[Read more]

@darrenking …haha am hoping it wont be too long before i can give you all one of those “looks” haha 🙂

Posted by: @darrenking I would like to point out that I DIDN’T vote for it and Brexit has been a complete catastrophe for export business so far as I am concerned. And then Covid and now Putin!! @darrenking you don’t…   Read more»

It has arrived @darrenking. Price almost doubled thanks to freakin VAT and  greedy  parcel services ( UPS  charge another whopping 15 Euros to ‘handle and fullfill customs payments on my behalf’ ) But I am happy and I am going…   Read more»

Posted by: @darrenking Posted by: @swepri while testing if it is sharp enough To be a bit more positive, if you didn’t feel the cut, then you must have done a good job of sharpening it! Of course, the traditional…   Read more»

@darrenking lol. My wife calls it hand tool woodworking induced pattern baldness. My left arm is always missing hair. 🙂

@Darrenking, I just ordered one via Ebay

Posted by: @darrenking As a drunk, teenage student, I once put my hand through the guard of my two bar electric fire (the only heating in my room) to check whether or not the element was getting hot! I got…   Read more»

@darrenking i am only able to find tesa 4288 which is the black tape.  the only difference is it has stronger tensile strength.  i found it off ebay where someone was selling it as an alternative to tubeless bicycle tire…   Read more»

@darrenking thanks.  i have a bunch of those tape dispensers.  and i know how they can jump up and bite you 🙂

@darrenking thanks for your help

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thanks guys, I’m feeling the love!

Which reminds me.. I Still need to order one of those neck pocket routing jigs of yours.

@darrenking for years I have struggled making my own jigs and templates per scale length. Not to say they were bad, but quite good and effective. Your jig however, by far is the most brilliant invention in the planet. It…   Read more»

@darrenking Highly amusing sir! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@darrenking Wow! This is all truly amazing. I am stunned beyond belief, this is proper guitar building, not that crap I do. This is on a whole new level. 
One day. ✊