Guitar Making | mario | Mentions https://guitarmaking.co.uk/members/mario/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning mario. Sun, 03 May 2026 17:53:33 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 f4498772409721ea549a60c1e141b7b2 Russ replied to the topic "Thicknessing Indian rosewood by hand" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/170793/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 14:56:12 +0100 @mario Hi Mario, Sounds like you are doing all the right things. It is just very hard work doing it by hand with a plane. Rosewood is renowned for being difficult to plane because of the high risk of tear…   Read more»

]]> dfeaff20b5943da78653a0644c08c3d4 SomethingNicer replied to the topic "A bit about my pickup winding journey" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/168283/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 22:26:23 +0000 @mario heeeey Mario. I hadn’t thought about making a tutorial, but maybe it would be helpful… in the meantime, this is chases video on it: https://youtu.be/MxVLF-maqb4?si=0kwV3EvmCJInC033 There are tons of information out there about tonal quality of different copper and…   Read more»

]]> 2697c2554121d8b559b8fe9d00b5ad8c tv1 replied to the topic "Reduce weight of electric guitar" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/140122/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 13:38:05 +0100 Posted by: @mario I have estimated a total of 3.70 Kg for the complete guitar (I don’t know how the finishing can increase this weight). That’s *not* super heavy.  For me, “heavy” starts at around 4kg, and “light” is anything…   Read more»

]]> ab2dcba7d56f5c874240c74424d3337f Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Reduce weight of electric guitar" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/138639/ Thu, 11 Aug 2022 20:00:38 +0100 @mario 
Good luck with your build

]]> 8718997012ba4fae86ad8650869e5e07 Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Reduce weight of electric guitar" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/138287/ Tue, 09 Aug 2022 15:50:20 +0100 @mario One problem I think you might have with creating a hollow body is creating an acoustic chamber which will cause vibration around the body. Pick ups are slightly microphonic so the vibration will cause feedback. Gibson do it on…   Read more»

]]> 7c5b6d7b4d54273748f2a22b7144dc11 Russ replied to the topic "Reduce weight of electric guitar" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/138217/ Mon, 08 Aug 2022 20:42:01 +0100 @mario Hi Mario, Ash is commonly used wood for Stratocasters so it shouldn’t feel too heavy once you have cut it out and finished the carving. If you follow the steps that Mark demonstrates in his course for body carving…   Read more»

]]> 3d6815dff62184abd861cb3f45edb710 darrenking replied to the topic "Fretting or not before to glue fretboard to the neck ?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/121466/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 22:58:48 +0000 Hi @mario, if you put the frets in first the fret board will bend….a lot! Whilst not impossible, it would make positioning the fretboard accurately and then clamping it in position an absolute nightmare. Seriously, banging the frets in is…   Read more»

]]> 11e163e435395fa464e147496a879089 Boo replied to the topic "Fretting or not before to glue fretboard to the neck ?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/121449/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 21:45:28 +0000 @mario Hi Mario, it is normal procedure to glue the fretboard to the neck before putting the frets in. It is possible to put frets in before gluing the fretboard to the neck but it’s not advisable, it can create…   Read more»

]]> ec4ab597532a5f71d4606f31ee6374a4 darrenking replied to the topic "Repair fret slot cutted in wrong position" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/117601/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 09:06:38 +0000 Posted by: @mario Do you recommend me a way to “recycle” the first fretboard. When something similar happened to me I used the damaged fretboard to repair the mistakes I made in the next one! 🤣 🤣 🤣  Seriously though,…   Read more»

]]> abc173a2bfd94921486826b6e71018b4 Boo replied to the topic "Repair fret slot cutted in wrong position" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/117579/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:34:11 +0000 Posted by: @mario In the case I buy a new fretboard. Do you recommend me a way to “recycle” the first fretboard. Can I use it for another purpose ? @mario So you are buying a new fretboard, that’s fine….   Read more»

]]> 13e5962b3f008b3ef59fd6a2404dcbcb Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Repair fret slot cutted in wrong position" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/117563/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 20:33:55 +0000 @mario Wlll the fretboard have edge binding. If so and you have spare material in the length then you could cut it through at the 15th fret and make the fretboard in two pieces discarding the mistake. It’s not ideal…   Read more»

]]> c4bc7087de3d7a6ee4ffb51cfde3382b Robin replied to the topic "Repair fret slot cutted in wrong position" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/117541/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:51:22 +0000 @mario  I like this piece of ebony, and would like to repair it, so I appreciate your comments, where can I find a suitable veener? Do you have any offcuts from your ebony that you can sand a pile of…   Read more»

]]> b99b26d8b47127262a1211f634012e3a darrenking replied to the topic "Repair fret slot cutted in wrong position" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/117539/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:15:01 +0000 Hi @mario, If it were me, and I had only just started working on the fretboard, I think I would decide to start again. It will be almost impossible to repair this without it being visible and there is an…   Read more»

]]> eac15a3fae9435489b8f131719787b4b Boo replied to the topic "Repair fret slot cutted in wrong position" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/117532/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:41:06 +0000 @mario Where are you in the world? 
If you are in the UK, maybe @darrenking could suggest a suitable veneer maybe. 👍

]]> 3b314759896437b5f5a17d858d41b0ee Boo replied to the topic "Repair fret slot cutted in wrong position" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/117531/ Wed, 19 Jan 2022 17:38:57 +0000 @mario Hey Mario, hope you are well.  It’s ok, don’t panic, you can fix this mistake. You can fill the slot or slots with some thin veneer, glue them in. You could also fill the slot with wood filler or…   Read more»

]]> 724889aa41a28b23dee915825476a5c2 mattbeels replied to the topic "Safety: ground the bridge or not ?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/99767/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:06:52 +0100 @rocknroller912 I think what @mario meant about using active pickups is that you don’t need to connect the bridge to ground as they are so quiet, therefore eliminating that connection. Using active and passive pickups in the same guitar is…   Read more»

]]> 8565c70a6cb78232966c863a02403d5e Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "Safety: ground the bridge or not ?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/99695/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 00:09:58 +0100 @mario The possibility of electrocution from defective amplifiers was a real thing when using older ones from 60s or 70s which had poor safety features, but with modern equipment it’s difficult to see how it would happen. Old valve amps…   Read more»

]]> 0110461bb6c81a2588e0ee8a392d9a3a Koendb replied to the topic "Safety: ground the bridge or not ?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/99693/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 21:04:23 +0100 @mario grounding the bridge and covering cavities with shielding copper/aluminium foil or conductive paint is done to avoid hum. It has nothing to do with safety. In theory it will indeed pass the current through you, if you are touching…   Read more»

]]> a647d30875e5402f8f7751101ad820b2 Rocknroller912 replied to the topic "What would you like to see next?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/98914/ Sat, 24 Jul 2021 00:51:08 +0100 @mario
Repairs are difficult as no two are the same. You can demonstrate basic principles but in instrument making schools repairs are an extra after two years of new builds.

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