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RE: Cavity cover thickness advice?

@drewbag Living for the challenge! Lol

In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar

4 weeks ago
RE: Order of Operations question

With osmo I finish the neck first then oil, that's what I did on the copper tele with oak board. Worked great.

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

1 month ago
RE: Cavity cover thickness advice?

@drewbag Not magnets but I generally do about 5 or 6mm with wood covers. I just screw them down though which helps if they curve a bit. You could try gluing a veneer of wood to say 2mm aluminium. That...

In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar

1 month ago
last one before Xmas

Mahogany neck and body, ash top and headstock plate, ebont board, jumbo frets. Gotoh hardware and seymour dunscan JB4 SH2N pickup combo. It's one my favourites I've done so far.       ...

In forum Electric

1 month ago
RE: Hot off the bench, latest build.

Looks great! I'm currently having my first go a faux binding, pain in the rear lol   I like to wipe down with thinned down polyurethane first, shows all the scratches I missed. Then I'll coat wit...

In forum Electric

2 months ago
RE: My most recent build

@brie Router sled and a laser, it was actually pretty easy. The lightburn software for the laser is brilliant too

In forum Electric

2 months ago
RE: My most recent build

@brie lasered them, had to drill where the resin is though because it's blue and my laser is a diode type, but I made templates when practicing with ash. Started with paper till it was spot on, then a...

In forum Electric

2 months ago
My most recent build

Wanted to try something different, yew and resin for top, fretboard and headstock plate. Mahogany neck, limba body. CF rods added in the neck. Running the iron gear dirty torque blues engine set. I wa...

In forum Electric

2 months ago
RE: Hi from another newbie in Scotland - Justin

Hey up, I'm north east and gather in my shed with tools and wood lol

In forum New Members

3 months ago
Answer to: Advice on body cap carve top with cavity.

Can't you turn it over, make that side the top then all that will get carved out anyway? If not binding is about 6mm and it looks like you should hide most if not all of it, could also skim the bac...

In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar

6 months ago
RE: Hello everyone, newbie member - Andy

Hi Andy, you can try whatever scale you like but just remember to read the trem routing cavity instructions properly to get the posts in the correct place. Also worth finding out if there's a sweet sp...

In forum New Members

6 months ago
RE: Bosch Colt palm Router, anyone using this?

@andyorton2gmail-com It's a fine router, smooth etc. I mainly use it for the truss rod channel. I find the palm routers much easier to handle for everything else. Stick a bigger base on them to mak...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

6 months ago
RE: Latest build

@brie Here's a couple, basically mounted like a regular 2 point trem, then I added a recess and then cut the back end away so there was no restriction. Nice brass block to finish off the look. A...

In forum Electric

6 months ago
Latest build

Friend asked me to build him a guitar, he sent the wood. Pale moon ebony and mahogany. Originally a prs, then a superstrat and finally he sent me a pic and said this please lol. Anyway stranberg boden...

In forum Electric

7 months ago
RE: Rattly truss rod

It'll be fine, if it still rattles after set up just drill out a marker near the middle, take all tension off the rod and glue in a dowel clamping till the glue dries. Then fit a new marker. I used t...

In forum Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

7 months ago
RE: How to treat this maple fretboard

@somethingnicer I used that on an oak fretboard, seems fine but it's also super easy to re apply later if need be.

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

8 months ago
RE: How to treat this maple fretboard

@russ I did and do, well, until it ran out lol.

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

8 months ago
RE: Hi from Scotland

@scotty Glenisla direction, about 20 miles from Dungdee heading into the hills

In forum New Members

8 months ago
RE: Prs body Neck Break Angles on a body

What I do is to make the front of the heel about 1mm or so lower than the back. Then I clamp the neck to the body and run a straight edge over the frets. Measure at the scale line and measure my heel ...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

10 months ago
RE: Hi from Scotland

Hey up Scott, I'm about 60 miles or so further north of Edinburger. Welcome to your new life of being poor but surrounded with guitars lol

In forum New Members

10 months ago
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