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RE: Essential Tools and Precision Tools. StewMac is the best but for us in the UK and anywhere else in the world, we have to pay all of those extra charges. There are some good specialist luthier/guitar builders shops in the UK, which I’ll g... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
5 years ago |
RE: BYOEG Black Stealth A bit of fancy back-masking and it’s nearly ready for primer. I’ll just mask off the rest of the guitar properly first before a put paint in my gun. Attachment : 2882835C-95FF-43D1-8FFD-C1E82469E... |
In forum Electric |
4 years ago |
RE: Ibanez has 15.75 radius - which fret radius insert caul ? There's a college near me in Glasgow which offers 8 week guitar maintanance courses (beginner and advanced), so I may look at that for next year - this year's has already started. Anyway, thank you ve... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
4 years ago |
RE: Ibanez has 15.75 radius - which fret radius insert caul ? Welcome @warmvalves! 15.75”? What a weird radius! I wonder what the point was?!? However a 16” radius fret caul will work fine. That 0.25” difference is nothing! A lot of Ibanez necks have a 17” radi... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
4 years ago |
RE: Robin's build #002 @robin Very nice work Robin, it looks great. I like its offset appearance and the colour blending is wonderful. I like your attention to detail with the truss rod cover and headstock decal, as well as... |
In forum Electric |
4 years ago |
RE: Robin's build #002 That's my build #002 almost finished now, just needs a wee tweek of the truss rod and the string heights set. This one was a kit from @markbailey and built following his course and lots of advice on t... |
In forum Electric |
4 years ago |
RE: Bass Building Attachment : 50146F75-EEA7-4D58-8C27-8C4203D98740.jpeg Attachment : 8C16475A-468A-4F53-B78D-696E04A3C397.jpeg Attachment : CDB2876E-ADFB-451B-B29C-D7B8F3F2EB84.jpeg |
In forum Bass |
4 years ago |
RE: Bass Building Frets and Wings Attachment : IMG_4381.MOV |
In forum Bass |
4 years ago |
RE: Robin's build #002 Indeed Yes. Run with what @rocknroller912 said 🙄👆 |
In forum Electric |
4 years ago |
RE: Drilled the bridge hole right through the back of my guitar @cheesewhisk Dude, that sucks!!! So sorry to see this but maybe my story will make you feel a bit better… The other day I was working on a customer's Partscaster and realized that the hole for the out... |
4 years ago | |
RE: Drilled the bridge hole right through the back of my guitar Feeling like I don't know what all the fuss was about 🤣 🤣 Actually feeling surprised no one mentioned this near miss. Hardware and pickups are all gold on this one, can't wait to ... |
4 years ago | |
RE: Acoustic Bliss so if anyone is complaining about using an electric guitar @rocknroller912 nah, I just like to tease. What’s the first thing you do with an acoustic guitar these days? Plug it in! |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
4 years ago |
RE: Acoustic Bliss Editing that it then a job for iMovie on my MacBook. My ‘main’ camera is a Panasonic Lumix, which I bought when my previous Panasonic Lumix died. I only discovered last month that it was only resting... |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
4 years ago |
RE: Acoustic Bliss @rocknroller912 - to be fair, I only use the iPad for the base video. Editing that it then a job for iMovie on my MacBook. The audio is a whole different ballgame though. The mic (Rode NT1A) is way ... |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
4 years ago |
RE: Acoustic Bliss That was a bit clever @jamesbisset - just a bit! At last, having not one but two Yamaha RGX A2s paid off! Although so much electric seems to have caused a little disquiet. I reckon your return to the... |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
4 years ago |
RE: ?Luthier Jokes and Funny Stories? Attachment : 241640635_1052809292221979_6019019818507677839_n.jpg |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
4 years ago |
RE: BYOEG Black Stealth Another top job. I noticed you have a heady 14.3 deg temperature, hope you’re not expecting it to be as warm as that when you move North. @rocknroller912 Thanks very much. I am totally ready for col... |
In forum Electric |
4 years ago |
RE: Facets Just need to tidy up that heel transition with the surform and use progressively finer grits all over. One thing about the neck is that the transition up to the headstock sort of begins between the 1s... |
4 years ago | |
RE: BYOEG Black Stealth Final sanding was with P600g paper (dry). Then I got some paint on there, I couldn’t resist. The conditions were not ideal but I managed. This is the first coat of black (second actually, the first is... |
In forum Electric |
4 years ago |
RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶 Today 51 years ago the IMHO greatest guitar player ever passed away. Therefore this is my favourite song today (he didn't always play a strat): |
In forum Pluckers Paradise |
4 years ago |