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RE: Well, that’s that then!!

@swepri get a brush on an extending pole lol

In forum Electric

3 years ago
RE: Well, that’s that then!!

@boo first time in my life I've lived in a warm house, it's very weird. A lot cheaper though, was about £6 on leccy and £12 a day on coal and wood! Now I can have toasty house for anything from £4 to ...

In forum Electric

3 years ago
RE: Well, that’s that then!!

@brie I've not managed to start another yet, just had all the air source heat pump, solar and insulation done so it's been mental! Now it's making shelving and stuff to move things around and get some...

In forum Electric

3 years ago
RE: Well, that’s that then!!

What are you doing on here? Get back in the shed and start number 2! 🤣 Guitar looks good, weights fine. Anything lighter than a les paul is fine lol I started at the beginning of the whol...

In forum Electric

3 years ago
RE: A future build

And done, seperate bridge and neck volume with master tone, coil split and a para series on the bridge pickup. All gotoh hardware, warman pickups Attachment : 20240109_130301.jpg Attachmen...

In forum Electric

3 years ago
RE: Making routing guides with a laser engraver

@musicjohnmcculloch-net I should be able to do it in 4 passes seeing as my module is 12 watt I believe lol Are using air assist?

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

3 years ago
RE: Making routing guides with a laser engraver

@swerpi, what wattage is your laser? It seems birch ply is a preferred material for cutting too, mdf is apparently to dense. A bit of air assist and multiple passes should work. My thinking is to mayb...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

3 years ago
RE: A future build

Well that's the body all sprayed, just got to finish the finish on the neck Attachment : 20231224_021949.jpg Attachment : 20231224_002440.jpg Attachment : 20231224_002449.jpg ...

In forum Electric

3 years ago
RE: Looking for a fret spacing ruler

I think your thinking way to much about this lol. Guitars are crude in terms of accuracy hence why some crazy people make them with weird wavy microtonal frets. It's free too, the idea is you print ...

In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar

3 years ago
Answer to: Looking for a fret spacing ruler

Just thought I'd pop this in here for anyine looking, this place you can sort your layout then print it as a pdf template. Friend uses it for multiscale Other thing he uses is fretcalc android ap...

In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar

3 years ago
RE: A future build

Finally got the first coat of finish on the body, and added my mates logo to the back of the headstock. Chris Mckean Music Attachment : 20231218_015537 (1).jpg Attachment : 20231212_151430....

In forum Electric

3 years ago
RE: Second build

@liebe I went to deep once, measured from the lip for the cover rather than the back of the guitar lol. I used the template to draw the shape on a piece of wood, cut it etc then glued it in and the...

In forum Electric

3 years ago
RE: New member - third build - still a novice

@rathius yeh I've been using those, I do a shallow recess in the top for them to push into so the nob can still sit flush at body height. But I wire all that point to point then just hook up the pi...

In forum New Members

3 years ago
RE: first scratch build : a neck through 12 string semi hollow telecaster style guitar

@tyreman what category did you do? I did the community but finished about 3 guitars ago lol Good job on the build, is there a sound demo coming up?

In forum Electric

3 years ago
RE: Build #4 (formerly build #3 😂)

@markbailey I got the neje 3 plus myself, makes a lovely logo. Can do more but I've not put the effort in yet lol Attachment : 20230703_161428-01.jpeg I run mine at lower power then do multip...

In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar

3 years ago
RE: New member - third build - still a novice

@rathius for joining wires but you're connecting wires to tabs, back of pots, side of switches etc. I'd use them to fix a car though lol

In forum New Members

3 years ago
RE: Latest build and need some advice!

@usadave Mark has loads of vids under the live tab, not quite the same but tons of brilliant info in them. I use his neck carving method which takes a fraction of the time and also learnt how to do a ...

In forum Showcase

3 years ago
RE: Latest build and need some advice!

@USADave show us the bridge and also what scale you're planning. For instance using a T.O.M type bridge with a 24.75 scale I find 630mm to be the sweet spot for the initial scale line then add 3mm f...

In forum Showcase

3 years ago
Answer to: Workshop Temperature?

I keep my wood etc in the house, I take whatever I'm working on out to the shed, do what's what then it comes back in the house. I glue up in the shed then into the house it goes. Shed door is general...

In forum Build Your Own Electric Guitar

3 years ago
RE: New member - third build - still a novice

@rocknroller912 The solder flows lovely on the pots I've used so far and you'd have to file it off to remove it! 🤣 The only thing I can struggle with is the spring claw using a trem, they n...

In forum New Members

3 years ago
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