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RE: ?Luthier Jokes and Funny Stories?

@tv101 Thought of you as soon as I spotted this Attachment : 8DD16D9D-F64C-4ECA-B010-817E7D3AD146.jpeg

In forum Pluckers Paradise

4 years ago
RE: Neck shims

@tej Good luck I’m sure you will get some other opinions

In forum Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

4 years ago
RE: Neck shims

@tej Are you thinking of raising the whole neck with a flat shim or changing the neck angle with an angle shim. If it’s a flat shim then you could add it to the pocket and route to the depth you need,...

In forum Guitar ER - When Guitar Builds Go Bad

4 years ago
RE: Thistle Mandola

Very nice work on the logo, it’s good to see work like that being done by hand and not using CNC. Also like the fretboard as it’s the way I started many years ago before it got fret templates and a fa...

In forum Other Instruments

4 years ago
RE: BYOEG Black Stealth

@boo Love the video. You can always rely on a Aussie to tell it like it is. Interesting point you made about paint being too wet and causing problems. Could this happened with a spray can if it’s not ...

In forum Electric

4 years ago
RE: My Shed

@boo Autocorrect is beating me again it was supposed to read un heated

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

4 years ago
RE: My Shed

@russ I think that plastic cases will be fine with silica gel if you’ve got it. I’ve been storing mine like that for years and don’t have any problems. The part most likely to rust is the Chuck, so yo...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

4 years ago
RE: BYOEG Black Stealth

@boo I don’t feel so bad now I know that even professional painters get crazy paving sometimes. It happened to me during the summer when I was giving my lathe a re spray. Had to rub it all down and st...

In forum Electric

4 years ago
RE: My Shed

@russ Silica gel is good in an enclosed space. I don’t keep original boxes as they are only bits of cardboard and I don’t see the point of being precious about stuff like that as it’s never going to b...

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

4 years ago
RE: There seems to be some strings missing!!

@darrenking Ive never built a bass but I was doing research for a friend who wants to create a replica Fender Music Master bass that was his first one in the 70s. I found that they were built from a s...

In forum Bass

4 years ago
RE: My Shed

@russ I work in my garage and don’t have any heating. Sometimes I plug in a dehumidifier to clear the damp.

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

4 years ago
RE: My Shed

@russ Your work space is looking good but you have picked the hardest time of year to start.

In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips

4 years ago
RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

@tej Looks like you’ve had a life time supply of bad luck all in one build. This should mean that your next ones will go with no problems.

In forum Electric

4 years ago
RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

@tej Good job I’m glad that it worked for you. Being able to fix mistakes as they happen gives a lot more confidence when building. I always do a dry run fitting parts before any finishing to avoid th...

In forum Electric

4 years ago
RE: Jigs, patterns, and lines on paper

@wayne_f Good video thanks for sharing it with us. I’ve had that fret problem in the past where it goes down on one side. Could it be that the barbed part it too wide for the slot perhaps. I got round...

In forum Electric

4 years ago
RE: Cheers to Mr Bailey

@tej It looks super. When you listed all the “mistakes” in various posts I was expecting a disaster.

In forum Electric

4 years ago
RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

@tej Yes it makes a nice neat hole that you can plug

In forum Electric

4 years ago
RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

Autocorrect is beating me here but mostly it makes sense

In forum Electric

4 years ago
RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

@tej There is an easy way to get broken screws out, it’s debated a lot LG guitar forums. Fing a small metal tube just the diameter of the screw (hobby shop or Amazon). File some sharp teeth at the end...

In forum Electric

4 years ago
RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

@tej One thing that’s often forgotten is that some screws get thicker along the shaft where there is no thread so thats the part the hole needs to be drilled for. The thread part will find it’s own wa...

In forum Electric

4 years ago
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