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Advice on block inlays I'm working on a difficult fretboard inlay and am struggling to find the best method, maybe someone here has some advice..... I'm working on a maple fretboard (separate from neck), and it needs block ... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
1 week ago |
Advice on block inlays I'm working on a difficult fretboard inlay and am struggling to find the best method, maybe someone here has some advice..... I'm working on a maple fretboard (separate from neck), and it needs block ... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
1 week ago |
RE: Does this adapter exist? @nsj oh I see…. Hmm I haven’t noticed that myself. |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
3 months ago |
RE: Does this adapter exist? @nsj well that’s kind of my point I think. The extension isn’t stable in the base because the nose threads don’t fit. |
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3 months ago |
Does this adapter exist? Is there a nose thread adapter for the dremel 225 and the precision router base from stewmac/elmer? I have the Elmer precision router base (). As far as i can tell it's identical to the stewmac vers... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
3 months ago |
#2 done! Here’s my #2. It’s a mustang style with 3 jaguar pickups. Has a 5 way rotary encoder instead of a blade switch. 25.5” scale, and I think I’m gonna keep building at that scale. Pickups were hand wound ... |
In forum Electric |
4 months ago |
Ran pickup wires through mounting holes. Why must ye mock me so, Lord? Attachment : IMG_6893.jpeg Purple Mustang is finally dry, so I’ve been assembling and finally got down to electronics and I realized I ran my pickup wires through the mounting holes… so now I need... |
4 months ago | |
RE: Ambrosia Maple.... Tearout city... @liebe Thanks for that drawing, it's very helpful! |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
5 months ago |
RE: Ambrosia Maple.... Tearout city... @brie That makes sense, Thanks! |
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5 months ago |
Ambrosia Maple.... Tearout city... Hey all, working on a new guitar body and I'm using ambrosia maple for the first time. This wood seems very hard and has some fun figuring to it. So I just profiled the body with my router and I got a... |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
5 months ago |
RE: What would you call this tool? @benjaminschwillens82gmail-com Thanks! That’s what I was looking at online, but looks different than his. Then I noticed he mentioned a “microplane”. But microplanes are for zesting lemons and turnin... |
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5 months ago |
What would you call this tool? Hey all, I'm looking around for this round rasp that mark uses in this video, but I'm unsure what to look for, would this just be considered a curved surform or something? Attachment : Screensho... |
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5 months ago |
RE: My first! What a milestone! @koendb oh you know it..... #2 going to paint tomorrow. #3 starting this week |
In forum Electric |
5 months ago |
Can someone recommend me a sander? Hey all, I realized after some trial and error that the compressor I have is not big enough for a pneumatic sander, so I’m wondering about electrics. This would be for body sanding and like knocking d... |
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6 months ago |
RE: What would you like to see next? Drop tops and arch tops would be awesome |
6 months ago | |
My first! What a milestone! Attachment : C1ED0671-316D-4599-99D2-D632DD22A51D.jpeg Today I finished my first build from scratch. I took a long time because I wanted to do this the right way, with the right tools and techniq... |
In forum Electric |
6 months ago |
RE: 12 inch nut for bolt on @russ thanks! Is it just because fender doesn’t make any 12” radius guitars? Cuz I can find tons of other sizes |
In forum Guitar Building Tricks and Tips |
7 months ago |
12 inch nut for bolt on Hey all, I'm almost done with my first bolt on neck and I'm at the part where mark installs the nut. I'm realizing I bought the wrong type of nut and I really need a "fender style" nut with a radius..... |
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7 months ago |
RE: Bolt on neck and premade fretboard @russ I am! so you're saying this "double notch" is for the embedded nut? Attachment : IMG_5504.jpg If so, that's incredibly convenient! |
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8 months ago |
RE: Bolt on neck and premade fretboard @russ got it…. So if I was to make a fretboard for a strat style guitar, would I just cut my slots and then just leave extra material at the top of the first fret? like for example, just start cutti... |
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8 months ago |