Personally I don’t much care for pickguards, pickup frames or gold hardware I’m 100% with you on all of those @mattbeels. You get a beautiful piece of timber with some wonderful grain pattern, get it finished perfectly, and then stick…   Read more»

The short answer is “thereabouts” because you have some fine adjustment available by moving the saddles back/forwards on the Tele bridge. I would set my saddles in the middle (ish) of their adjustment range, and then use that middle position…   Read more»

I’ve heard back from Deej.
He’s OK, but has had to minimise screen time for a while, hence very little online time.  Expect to see him back here in a week or three.
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I have tracked him down, and emailed him.
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I know the neck is now firewood but does anyone have any tips to get he fretboard off without distroying it?  I did do that once – really just as an experiment to find out whether I could or not….   Read more»

You really can’t beat a bit of Swamp Ash for a body. I’ve heard it said that, once you’ve played a Swamp Ash body, no other guitar can ever come close.  You might get seduced by other shiny guitar-shaped things,…   Read more»

Really interested to see what you do with this @Boo. What’s the total damage for the compressor, guns, paints, extractor, etc?  And – daft Q #1 – how do you clean the spray gun once you’ve used it?  I’ve always…   Read more»