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RE: Carved heel thickness on solid body Mark did a video showing how to do the neck joint like you’re referring to. It’s on the guitar making YouTube channel. |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
1 year ago |
The Mark Bailey Bug Topic Hello people of the guitar world. I haven't posted for quite some time now but thought I would update you on my journey since being bitten by the guitar makers bug and hitting a milestone in guitar bu... |
In forum Showcase |
1 year ago |
Bass builders I call this one The Hulk Attachment : IMG_4786.mov |
In forum Bass |
1 year ago |
RE: Build #6 - Design #1 @liebe I like creating my own designs instead of making copies of all the generic guitars on the market. It’s a lot more fun and keeps things way more interesting. Plus when someone wants you to make ... |
In forum Electric |
1 year ago |
RE: Wide neck Tele? @julioherrera That is great feedback Julio, thanks so much. I’ll have a word with my client and so just how wide he thinks wide is for him. I think you are right also about the radius, I was thinking... |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
1 year ago |
RE: Wide neck Tele? Hello, my name is Julio Herrera. I will suggest you a 1.75" nut width is a good starting point for a Tele with a wide neck. For a Telecaster-style guitar with a wider neck, the width of the nut and th... |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
1 year ago |
RE: Thicknessing Indian rosewood by hand I'm in a learning curve again...in properly sharpening chisels and Plane[s] blades...i used to work with them as a young man but sent the blades out for sharpening, because time was $$$ and i lacked t... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
1 year ago |
Mark Bailey Documentary by Gordon Doherty Hello Peeps, I've been watching this over again recently and I thought it would be nice to have a dedicated wee space for it here on the forum for you all to watch it...... Fantastic! 🙌Ἷ... |
1 year ago | |
Surf Green custom Tele type OK, I've just finished making yet another custom Tele type, so here is my latest creation. Its for an old friend of mine that I used to be in a band with many moons ago. He is a left handed player so... |
In forum Electric |
1 year ago |
Build #6 - Design #1 Attachment : IMG_1991.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2003.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2002.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2011.jpeg Attachment : IMG_2013.jpeg So I’m finally building the guita... |
In forum Electric |
1 year ago |
Painting order hey all, I’m almost ready to paint my guitar and I went through the finishing course but so far there’s only 2 examples and I want to make sure I’m understanding this. ill be painting a setneck guit... |
In forum Finishing |
1 year ago |
RE: Fixed scale by altering body. Now have toggle issue @liebe hey Dan, thanks a lot. I ended up plugging the hole and just going down to one pickup… this was my original plan to begin with so not worrie. I’ll just cover the pickup hole with a pick guard |
1 year ago | |
RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶 This Is My Favourite Song For This Moment..... Beautiful. 🥰 🎶🙂🙏🎸 |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
1 year ago |
RE: ?Luthier Jokes and Funny Stories? Attachment : music-store.jpg 🎸🙏🙂🎶 |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
1 year ago |
Fixed scale by altering body. Now have toggle issue! So if you remember my post about messing up my scale, I fixed that by altering the design of the body and cutting the top part (closest to the neck) off and making it look smooth. And it came out supe... |
1 year ago | |
RE: My first laminated semi-hollowbody Thanks Bill. 🙂 I used the guitar for a full gig at PrestFest 2024 on Sunday (where Bill saw me) and then up to Glasgow for Sammy’s Open Mic at the Glad Cafe. It certainly does a lot of the stuff I pla... |
In forum Electric |
1 year ago |
Membership Cancellation Hi,I cancelled my subscription. I just checked to make sure the cancellation had gone through but found I can still log in my old account I could even view a video lesson. I assume my account is still... |
In forum New Members |
1 year ago |
RE: Order of fitment and finishing @somethingnicer Yeah exactly that, don’t take the neck out. 😆 Yeah, take the bridge and all the other hardware off and prep the hell out of anything you want paint to stick to. Definitely mask... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
1 year ago |
RE: Order of fitment and finishing When you say glue in, then strip it down and paint. You mean leave the neck in cuz we just glued it, right? so I would just remove hardware and the mask the hell out of the fretboard and other thing... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
1 year ago |
RE: Order of fitment and finishing I have done it both ways. It’s certainly easier to paint the neck and body apart, before gluing them together. However, you must mask off the neck heal very accurately and the same with the neck pocke... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
1 year ago |