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RE: Triumvirate

Thanks @brie!More luck than judgement! 🤣

In forum Electric

12 months ago
RE: Triumvirate

Hey @mikeyrjiom, thank you and appreciate the comments! I have to say, it's been a leaning curve and only now am I happy with the finishing. It's still not 100%, if you look very carefully the surface...

In forum Electric

1 year ago
RE: Carved heel thickness on solid body

Cheers @russ, appreciate you thoughts!

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

1 year ago
RE: Carved heel thickness on solid body

@rathius thanks. I'll check it out!

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

1 year ago
RE: Carved heel thickness on solid body

@russ thanks, ok so with a glued neck there's a bit more strength, that makes sense. To your knowledge is there a minimum measurement of meat to leave at the heel? This is closer, albeit at the more e...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

1 year ago
RE: Triumvirate

I've had to continue these builds in my spare time and, unsurprisingly, learning a new (to me) you're of finishing process want entirely smooth sailing. Anyway, thought I'd share some photos now I've...

In forum Electric

1 year ago
RE: The Mark Bailey Bug Topic

Great to here this and beautiful guitars!

In forum Showcase

1 year ago
Carved heel thickness on solid body

Hey folks, Still not finished my current builds and already thinking about my next...🤦🏻 I've seen a few builds with a carved heel on the body to improve access and reduce thickness o...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

1 year ago
RE: Painting order

Hi @somethingnicer, That looks about right, but I'm no expert. Nitro is a nice thin finish, but is very easy to sand through! I think @boo is the expert in finishing here. I'm sure he can give a few ...

In forum Finishing

1 year ago
RE: Surf Green custom Tele type

Looks great @boo! I really like the heel carve. Very classy, top work!

In forum Electric

1 year ago
RE: Build #6 - Design #1

That's a really fun design, interested to see this one turns out!

In forum Electric

1 year ago
RE: Fixed scale by altering body. Now have toggle issue!

@somethingnicer ah good news! You could stay with 2 pickups and use a push pull as a pickup selector. But as you've gone back to your original plan, all good!

In forum Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

1 year ago
RE: Fixed scale by altering body. Now have toggle issue!

Hi @somethingnicer, I'm presuming you've drilled the hole for the switch, but not routed out the cavity for the switch and that's what you're wanting to do next? You are pretty close to the edge. It'...

In forum Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

1 year ago
RE: Floyd Rose trem on a shorter scale guitar

Hi @boo, I've not built one myself, but there's certainly PRS guitars factory made with FR bridges at 25" scale. I don't know if Gibson factory make them, but certainly seen LPs etc fitted with FR. I'...

In forum Pluckers Paradise

1 year ago
RE: Triumvirate

Attachment : PXL_20240701_163211973.MP.jpg I thought I'd give a bit of an update as there seemed to be some interest in my finishing schedule of z-poxy as grain filler with brush on melamine lacqu...

In forum Electric

1 year ago
RE: Build#2 Progress

@brie all three photos look in good order. I really like the poplar and the London plane cap! Looking forward to updates

In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar

1 year ago
RE: Emmanuel Katto Uganda : How can I begin learning to play the guitar from scratch?

Hi Emmanuel, I'm not very good at taking my own advice, but the trick is practice, practice, some more practice and then a little more practice. The best advice is to get a guitar teacher. If you can...

In forum New Members

1 year ago
RE: Japanese Sycamore

@clinton looks great, fella! Good work on the binding. Where did you get the timber? Cheers Dan

In forum Electric

1 year ago
RE: les Paul style

Thanks @nsj I'll take a look. I'd go for glue in, I think. I'm often finding with guitar building (but can be asked to life in general) is that I often don't know what I don't know. So when looking a...

In forum Electric

1 year ago
RE: les Paul style

@nsj I saw your post on Instagram and hoped you'd share more photos here. It's a great job! I've only made double cutaways up to now, but fancy a pop at a single cut. In your experience is there anyt...

In forum Electric

1 year ago
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