Guitar Making | Carnivorous HERBivore | Activity https://guitarmaking.co.uk/members/herb/activity/ Activity feed for Carnivorous HERBivore. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:02:59 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 b4b61fb8b4bbb09257c84b82f841cbb2 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "First acoustic build" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/24530/ Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:11:37 +0000 Kind words, thank you. I’m quietly proud of it – never thought I could accomplish it. It’s a real tribute to Mark’s teaching abilities and patience. It hasn’t capsized yet. I’m lucky to own a Martin and this creation is…   Read more»

]]> 2b6a53131aadf28aa19afca24eb45293 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Masking / demasking a fretboard for a painted neck" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1591/ Sat, 07 Sep 2019 12:25:52 +0100 The continuing story…

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]]> cc7765a93e2b1073a9d31273e4d08069 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Masking / demasking a fretboard for a painted neck" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1507/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 11:50:08 +0100 The story so far…

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]]> 31809a9ef4cc8e8d2ba4c5cfed877775 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Masking / demasking a fretboard for a painted neck" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1341/ Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:14:12 +0100 I would love your opinion on this Mark…Maybe I’ll mask the fingerboard a fraction of a mil short for the primer and peel off the tape before it sets then remask right up to the edge of the ‘board for…   Read more»

]]> f5e9cfdc2caee4e9cb36f9a291a54a66 Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "The Thistle Acoustic Guitar" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1339/ Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:44:49 +0100 c99dcee35767c11e94f9097d4bfd3e43 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Cavity shielding" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1336/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 08:49:16 +0100 Thanks Mark – I’m kinda alergic to Stewmac due to high prices AND import duty – once bitten, twice shy.I notice Crimson sell a product… a teneer for 30ml…

]]> e8fc9d2e9a5c624ad1a261cb943d29d3 Carnivorous HERBivore posted a new topic "Cavity shielding" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1334/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 08:17:02 +0100 Has anyone used shielding paint?Can you recommend a product?  Any tips and recommendations? Thanks…

]]> 86f8cc33d2060188eea50e6eb502f56f Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Masking / demasking a fretboard for a painted neck" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1333/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 08:12:15 +0100 Further to this…It occurs to me that the side of the fingerboard will be masked for the primer coats which will need to harden before several coats of colour.Will I still be able to demask the sides before the colour…   Read more»

]]> 41e117ee1ec37fc95374c0c9f7ede6de Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Tightening bridge posts" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1329/ Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:48:30 +0100 ea8ce2a3250f1555f25c7b4273e8434d Carnivorous HERBivore posted a new topic "Tightening bridge posts" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1314/ Tue, 16 Jul 2019 09:53:18 +0100 I have a nice fit for the posts of a Wilkinson Trem but want to tighten them up a tad to minimise the risk of them rising under string tension.Tips and techniques please…

]]> 933a3122dbe2d8a3363bcb88af4657cb Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Faux scratchplate" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1303/ Sat, 13 Jul 2019 09:07:43 +0100 always a good tip eh… it’ll be Tonetech white primer and Tonetech clear gloss BTWH

]]> 0c07fbf1e357e01a61e2238216dc395c Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Faux scratchplate" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1297/ Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:05:23 +0100 Does anyone foresee any problems spraying clear onto primer?

]]> 38525442f9fb0ed69a1d4551bed5bd20 Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Masking / demasking a fretboard for a painted neck" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1296/ Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:01:13 +0100 b24a4eed9eeee150adb5da59af66affd Carnivorous HERBivore posted a new topic "Masking / demasking a fretboard for a painted neck" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1294/ Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:35:00 +0100 May I pick the brains of you experienced finishers please…My current not-a-Strat build is coming along nicely. I’m currently sanding and final shaping and thinking ahead. (Pictures to follow later.)I intend to finish it (body, neck and headstock) with a…   Read more»

]]> 0760f3cc67889421ab49d0f51b9e9a18 Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Making guitars in Gloucestershire?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1265/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 11:58:28 +0100 6f5d6103d1c50e574386232165ee292c Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Making guitars in Gloucestershire?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1255/ Sun, 30 Jun 2019 10:11:41 +0100 19a908c69314fe315e09b9c35612cd61 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1203/ Sat, 25 May 2019 19:01:51 +0100 Jolly good, thanks Mark. Cut the truss rod slot and angled the headstock this afternoon. Now, we’re away for a week then it’s back to the prototype piece figuring out the pup mounting on a plate from behind whilst anchoring…   Read more»

]]> 73144768a370fef6d3a4aa29286ac3e6 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1201/ Sat, 25 May 2019 12:44:50 +0100 My calculations indicate a drop of about 4mm from the end of the fingerboard to the (Wilkinson trem) bridge. About 2 to 2.5 deg. Does that sound about right?

]]> 13e65e26fe2c558e35eb9dffa5bbbce4 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1196/ Thu, 23 May 2019 10:04:07 +0100 I’m still thinking about this.I think Fender Strats have no neck angle… Mine doesn’t seem to.Help me understand why I ought to engineer a small angle if I’m using standard fendery parts. Perhaps the height of the fretboard alone isn’t…   Read more»

]]> b0d4efbec4c2aba9d4f1f52587707bad Carnivorous HERBivore posted a new topic "Hogging out material" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1148/ Mon, 13 May 2019 11:08:16 +0100 If there is a large cavity to route out I notice some builders rough it out with Forstner bits and only use a router for the detail.Is this recommended?

]]> 59e9c62789c10e4d53a6f611180af987 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1130/ Fri, 10 May 2019 15:54:22 +0100 Mark… I assume 70mm will be more than adequate at the body end?I have a piece of mahogany I can glue on to give me that depth.Were you going to instruct me on the order of events to make the…   Read more»

]]> 2feb51098430a8d27228e141f64441e1 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Faux scratchplate" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1122/ Thu, 09 May 2019 14:55:39 +0100 Thanks… if I go with magnets I think they will be a reasonable distance from the pickups holding on the backplate rather than the scratchplate… good heads-up though…

]]> 8357c05383350fec63158116aea2beab Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Neck shapes/profiles" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1110/ Wed, 08 May 2019 15:03:05 +0100 c716ecc34daa479ae3ce3f5582bfb71c Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Spalted Telecaster bolt on neck" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1108/ Wed, 08 May 2019 12:32:07 +0100 f6bde4666bb8db47fe4dc50e7336bd24 Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Reading and measuring" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1102/ Wed, 08 May 2019 11:23:25 +0100 46e591333d2094935900b8f40559325a Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Spalted Telecaster bolt on neck" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1101/ Wed, 08 May 2019 11:22:11 +0100 44a7638f23852a09e7b4826fd294ed7f Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Nut width disaster" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1100/ Wed, 08 May 2019 11:21:50 +0100 f9822336042a1970fce08280f82f05b1 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Spalted Telecaster bolt on neck" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1099/ Wed, 08 May 2019 11:20:59 +0100 Mighty Perdy! Nice work again. Hats off as always…What’s next?

]]> 06ba3e2bee472e200f78c05c0dd7ec06 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Faux scratchplate" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1086/ Tue, 07 May 2019 08:48:03 +0100 {The thinking behind this project…I always revert to my Strat. It’s comfortable for me to play and has a rainbow of tone colours that I love. I really don’t play the guitars I make or the others I own even…   Read more»

]]> 85d405ede6cd4459eab4daa64a310a05 Carnivorous HERBivore posted a new topic "Faux scratchplate" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1081/ Mon, 06 May 2019 13:43:45 +0100 I’m planning to build a “stratty” guitar without a scratchplate. Intend to use rattle cans and do a solid colour.At the moment I’m thinking that the scratchplate shape is part of the vibe so, here’s the cunning plan…Several coats of…   Read more»

]]> c961385d3bbdcfbec7e40056c344a3b5 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1040/ Thu, 02 May 2019 09:57:39 +0100 So you did Mark – I couldn’t see through the tears of disappointment 😭This is the way we shall progress… thanks again for your patience.

]]> 97c30c518746f137e77a58487cf5fd56 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1036/ Thu, 02 May 2019 09:41:18 +0100 Thinks… Hey but Mark… as I intend to spray said Stratomonster a Stratty colour I can attach a similar block underneath at the body end to the optimum thickness wot wot wot?

]]> 158df39fa4f9ef1244b79dc46b21c060 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1026/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 19:10:08 +0100 Ah! Not having the hardware yet I hadn’t measured the depth of the trem block. Back to the drawing board! I had also been watching video of people puttiong the angle into the neck rather than the body but it…   Read more»

]]> 464fc44ef4b4379dfdca970654b02946 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1021/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:24:57 +0100 My block is 970x110x42This is a first draft and I will re-draw when I have the actual components. I have used your fingerboard so that sets the length dimensions.

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the controls are roughly where they are on a standard Strat,…[Read more]

]]> 75d48938aed54ca603d0b0c0ae06745b Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1018/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:20:30 +0100 Hah – the plan is to have no pup surrounds but to load from the rear. No screws on the front at all. Mad (probably) – but I think I have a plan. I may not have enough neck depth…   Read more»

]]> e46f937a4559ef842211d6cf99422e82 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1017/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 13:15:12 +0100 Now I have your lovely piece of rosewood I have begun the drawing and more detailed planning… I can now see that a conventional Strat not only has the fb thickness but also up to 5mm of neck wood when…   Read more»

]]> 2b4d608aa711177da80d537dbecbd2b2 Carnivorous HERBivore posted a new topic "Neck angle question" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/1012/ Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:22:03 +0100 Hi “Chaps”,I’m planning a through-neck (“mahogany”) Strat in lots of ways just because…Using standard Strat hardware (tremulated) I’d be interested to know whether anyone can think of a reason why I need to engineer an angle on the neck?(No scratchplate,…   Read more»

]]> 7cd89997834f94835c7604f24bc6abd7 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Finishing without darkening the wood" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/934/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 10:22:02 +0100 I will experiment sometime I think… you get a lotta CA glue from Poundland for er… £1… seems to work fine.thanks for great input again…(it echoes a bit in this sparsely populated space doesn’t it….)H 

]]> 436cfb61e009549dc16ad7d683dec1c5 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Finishing without darkening the wood" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/932/ Tue, 16 Apr 2019 09:01:08 +0100 back to the original subject…I wonder whether using cyanoacrylate as a wood finish would have done the job?Anybody had any experience of using superglue in this way?H

]]> 32b607fdc4402b366b6468bf74a7c733 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Finishing without darkening the wood" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/927/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 10:07:29 +0100 More good input – thanks.Ben at Crimson is a vintage tool nut and runs a shop specialising in those in parallel to Crimson Guitars. Perhaps he thought that the tools were more relevant to the Maker Show. I’m impressed you…   Read more»

]]> c6be5d5f40e87b059bc3b673e0e2edde Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Finishing without darkening the wood" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/925/ Wed, 10 Apr 2019 07:18:56 +0100 Oooooo – nice cabinet!Actually all your work looks amazing!If you look carefully at the back of my build you should discern the sweep of a cover plate along with its 4 screws – kinda influenced by stuff Crimson is doing….   Read more»

]]> 780e32674da0143b7fe2beeefa264567 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Finishing without darkening the wood" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/919/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 15:49:16 +0100 Well – I finally got round to this and here are the photos requested by Mark.I removed the frets and sanded a mm or so off the fingerboard. I re-fretted and quite heavily “rolled” the edges of the ‘board (I…   Read more»

]]> 7c5a8d8eafc1c68575bdfa353af3a0d0 Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Life Changing!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/876/ Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:41:40 +0000 cdf9f62653f8aba85620a8bb48747b24 Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Travel Guitar?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/836/ Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:28:30 +0000 f689a7e29f453b1bb3043272965ca0c0 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Travel Guitar?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/831/ Mon, 04 Mar 2019 23:06:04 +0000 Well, I got round to this and I learnt a lot BUT… it’s a fail.The neck, from a nylon string beginner’s guitar found in the woods, just can’t take even 2 steel strings. Project abandoned. I may re-visit and make…   Read more»

]]> 0d89b98131ae3422c5e0f5a604000f27 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Finishing without darkening the wood" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/611/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:58:42 +0000 Unless I get alarms from you guys I think I’m going to fine sand and rub in a few coats of Renaissance Wax. That seems to retain a lighter colour in the wood, maximising the contrast of the grain and…   Read more»

]]> 7c5c0adf3bc6580f82d61252f70990e6 Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Finishing without darkening the wood" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/610/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 10:54:31 +0000 5c319812f1c8e6e3c0184068f1ba6fd9 Carnivorous HERBivore liked forum post "Finishing without darkening the wood" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/607/ Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:47:09 +0000 b318223ab7dda819ff1ad7d9eaeb1d97 Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Finishing without darkening the wood" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/606/ Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:46:59 +0000 I used an oil-based poly varnish from Toolstation and mixed it 50/50 with white spirit. Unfortunately wenge seems to darken considerably at the slightest sniff of solvent. Even the wax darkened it initially.

]]> 01480913c2a1ffa242f36b437db8ee5e Carnivorous HERBivore replied to the topic "Finishing without darkening the wood" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/601/ Sat, 19 Jan 2019 10:54:59 +0000 OK – I’ve tried a 50/50 poly/white spirit rub. Nice finish but still darkens the “Wenge” considerably.But…I think I may have found the answer…Sanding to > 320 grit and then Renaissance Wax. At first it darkened the wood and I…   Read more»

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