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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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RE: Hi from Scotland @scotty Glenisla direction, about 20 miles from Dungdee heading into the hills |
In forum New Members |
8 months ago |
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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 |
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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 |