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RE: ROCKLITE @russ Ive got a fingerboard included in a Martin D28 kit I’m half way through building it looks ok and not as liable to split as Ebony. |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
5 years ago |
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ROCKLITE Has anyone ever used this stuff?....... what did you think of it? 🙂🎸🎶🙏 |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
5 years ago |
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RE: In the beginning we mark the nut... @mattbeels Probably the best explanation of various truss rod types I've come across, from a friend of the channel. |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: Inlays/marquetry @boo When I learned bow making we had to cut our own dots from flat sheet. You could try google for model shops, there’s loads. They have all sorts of plastic sheet and some do custom work. Circle pun... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
5 years ago |
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RE: Inlays/marquetry @tej I don’t use superglue for inlays or anything else if I can avoid it. Always stick my fingers together and there are so many different varieties, so if your not in a hurry use ordinary white glue ... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
5 years ago |
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth Anything else out of the norm on this one? @mattbeels It’s another one pickup special with no pick guard and a hidden tenon joint. It’s going to be finished in matt black paint (neck included), Gotoh... |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: Hello from York UK. @mattbeels with the price of quality forstner bits I'm not sure that's a saving. I'm thinking of trying one of these for bulk removal. |
In forum New Members |
5 years ago |
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RE: In the beginning we mark the nut... Stalled at the start line, so after deciding to go with the longer fretboard I needed a new longer truss rod, it arrived this morning but was the wrong one. I’d assumed “double action” what the same a... |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: Inlays/marquetry It's a boo guitar, I think you need to sneak a little shimmer in there! @jonhodgson Fair enough. 🤣 |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
5 years ago |
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RE: Hello from York UK. Hi Koendb and Jonathan, great to meet you both. I finally managed to find a Record Power bandsaw, the BS350S so have ordred that. Stocks of the machines seem to be trickling into the country now. I've... |
In forum New Members |
5 years ago |
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RE: Hello from York UK. Then when routing, you have to work away quite a bit more material, so I take my time and use several passes before my routerbitss' bearing touches the template. Only then I go a few mm deeper and rep... |
In forum New Members |
5 years ago |
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RE: Fret Position Placement I know of the others, just thought it was interesting |
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RE: Fret Position Placement There's also a calculator on the stewmac site. Fanned frets are where things get fun, and rather harder to build a jig for. GMC have a number of fixed ones (basically a bent over sheet of metal with t... |
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth Made the first cuts on the bandsaw. Attachment : 2935868A-8696-4F72-B55B-BDDE146B418E.jpeg Attachment : 3CE9FF43-8196-49D2-BFC0-700067130D0E.jpeg Attachment : CAED0E37-C1A7-48EB-B7D... |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth My hanging rack is filling up. It certainly is @boo. You're own little guitar factory. Have Fun. 👍😁 🙏🎸🙂🎶 |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth Multi guitar building. Well impressed. @russ Thanks man. When the weather is terrible, I can’t get any gardening done and when other builds are hung up waiting for paint to cure and settle, I might a... |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth You're a busy man @boo. Multi guitar building. Well impressed. 🎶🙂🎸🙏 |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth Out of the clamps and ready for the bandsaw. I’ll be marking up the angled headstock to get it in a couple of routing jigs (surface routing). Attachment : A5035F76-37A0-4D56-B611-C2805FEC98A9.jpe... |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth Cut the excess off and made the stacks, glued and clamped. Did this yesterday. Attachment : 3D42B3A7-138C-4F53-BF54-FE458B8121AE.jpeg Attachment : 17B44461-2F10-416A-B39C-52BA4DB36C51.jpeg |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth Nice neat routing, keeping it all precise. Attachment : C2B49DB3-C819-4074-AB66-455D5D3A7479.jpeg Attachment : F559E3DC-4D9C-4114-A18B-CFBC4C1D6197.jpeg Attachment : BB6D9D9D-68EA-4... |
In forum Electric |
5 years ago |