Guitar Making | USADave | Activity https://guitarmaking.co.uk/members/usadave/activity/ Activity feed for USADave. Thu, 23 Apr 2026 17:59:15 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 27089790589cd575c1d3e5a778f5c0f2 USADave liked forum post "Latest build and need some advice!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/166752/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:33:31 +0000 ec882c43fd798ca1ab60cc1e7a791da2 USADave replied to the topic "Latest build and need some advice!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/166693/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:25:19 +0000 Pictures:

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]]> 40fc7967bf9243afc6628945777ca814 USADave replied to the topic "Latest build and need some advice!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/166682/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:31:42 +0000 @markbailey Thank you Mark! (your lessons are how I am able to do any of this! I must admit I miss seeing you on YouTube) I will mount the bridge on some scrap and put some strings on the bridge…   Read more»

]]> 4ab316f33989542b5125fe170f3092f9 USADave replied to the topic "Latest build and need some advice!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/166681/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:28:30 +0000 Thanks for the advice everyone! 🙂

]]> 767a36a966466978b94434b36e11bbeb USADave liked forum post "Latest build and need some advice!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/166680/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:27:24 +0000 c31560fa13ed1efe3d981e9a91e950f3 USADave liked forum post "Latest build and need some advice!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/166679/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:27:20 +0000 02a2bdb44dc67bd8294f49ac3e3842e3 USADave liked forum post "Latest build and need some advice!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/166678/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:27:10 +0000 b95a02386bf4ec8f169f79a0e09a4a23 USADave liked forum post "Latest build and need some advice!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/166677/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 18:27:06 +0000 222b1834d00d653bc4242a221682e9d0 USADave posted a new topic "Latest build and need some advice!" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/166633/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:40:50 +0000 Hi Everyone, Here is my latest build:

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Could not have done it without this awesome site. (and I even sold it!) lol  Now for the request for advice bit. 🙂 I have a beautiful raw brass PRS…   Read more»

]]> 61936af69c50060692561b9928465fff USADave liked forum post "Second guitar" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/158857/ Wed, 19 Jul 2023 10:30:24 +0100 6ebc3ce63db7442cbedeb6b9d7d74a1e USADave posted a new topic "Second guitar" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/158843/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:47:47 +0100 Hi Everyone,   Just wanted to post my second guitar. Finished it up and gave it to a friend. Could not have done it without Mark’s courses and the advice from the community. On to #3… (Hopefully I’ll be smart…   Read more»

]]> 7c231f420bac8eb6cd3fb4f47caa2624 USADave liked forum post "Back bow on a neck carve" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/153554/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:44:05 +0000 eddc3a9aa654477979a0c301d0b72a86 USADave liked forum post "Back bow on a neck carve" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/153553/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:43:59 +0000 57c19583c9637c5552178353dea9dbcb USADave liked forum post "Back bow on a neck carve" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/153552/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 20:43:54 +0000 cd53454fab26ef2196e863e7784f73d7 USADave replied to the topic "Back bow on a neck carve" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/153447/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:46:35 +0000 @swepri Agreed…

]]> 75650b2828210ce7fa5e69592ef53e16 USADave replied to the topic "Back bow on a neck carve" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/153446/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 19:45:30 +0000 @tv101 Yup… I agree… Not a big deal to scrap it. But definitely am curious to see what the overall consensus is. 🙂

]]> 1c1be237e939bef0b73725fad2e87fcf USADave posted a new topic "Back bow on a neck carve" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/153429/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 14:54:35 +0000 Hi Everyone, I just finished carving (I should say my CNC just finished carving… lol) a neck blank (from what WAS a dead flat piece of maple) and the neck has developed a back bow. (while not entirely unexpected this…   Read more»

]]> 24270a9ddeed74e70512269f4c7cbbde USADave liked forum post "Finished build" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/151213/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:33:25 +0000 c631560a898237f2f3d8d5487c284d93 USADave liked forum post "Finished build" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/151212/ Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:32:10 +0000 8f4b2696ae7b1b2a83531fad4f544e4a USADave replied to the topic "Finished build" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/151152/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 20:55:24 +0000 @russ If you have any questions just let me know. I’ll see if I can grab some pics of it after 4 or so months of playing. (it’s already looking beat up which is also likely due to the fact…   Read more»

]]> a6cd18b32f5f8e668bf2319c3ea67d6e USADave replied to the topic "Finished build" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/151151/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 20:52:22 +0000 @tv101  lol Dinged the heck out of it already… I am not sure this approach is for everyone (I was really trying to do something as non-toxic as possible as almost a proof of concept, and figured there were one…   Read more»

]]> 87c3732d82862eec139d50c850f62ddd USADave replied to the topic "Finished build" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/151148/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 20:45:05 +0000 @russ Thanks Russ!   Here are some pics from the “process”  During the French polishing process I essentially filled the grain with the black dust I saved from the lightly sanding between coats of the milk paint. (which is really…   Read more»

]]> c13036b5a52bb53e48acfbd789e5dad0 USADave posted a new topic "Finished build" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/151124/ Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:22:25 +0000 Hi Everyone, Finally got around to posting my finished build. (couldn’t have done it without Mark’s excellent courses) The finish believe it or not is black milk paint which is totally non-toxic and French polish. (I used Everclear as the…   Read more»

]]> a321a3f94c9913f921e610416b7ea88d USADave replied to the topic "Move a tuning peg hole?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/57151/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:29:48 +0100 The A string. The angle of the photo sort of hides the issue a bit. The tuner needs to move about 2.5 mm to the left so the strings fan out evenly over the headstock. A design mess up on…   Read more»

]]> b5527ac1c46f508fc41b1f515c2ccb45 USADave liked forum post "Move a tuning peg hole?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/57150/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:24:56 +0100 24031a898f032e9434d8b03a837ac41e USADave liked forum post "Move a tuning peg hole?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/57149/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:24:35 +0100 a894633df50280cd5f7ded90c8797474 USADave liked forum post "Move a tuning peg hole?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/57148/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:24:24 +0100 14411eaf23cdb43ca6506ad6fbfbe6b8 USADave liked forum post "Move a tuning peg hole?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/57147/ Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:24:21 +0100 721dec506afc8e2b68fcf6b5502f3d81 USADave replied to the topic "Move a tuning peg hole?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/57096/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:25:25 +0100 That advice is almost too smart!
well said, thanks man!

]]> dd50118ab0d6affbf1a16ef188b649e4 USADave liked forum post "Move a tuning peg hole?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/57095/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:23:43 +0100 6f37ae0c817e45ddfab749af2df123c2 USADave posted a new topic "Move a tuning peg hole?" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/57066/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 22:38:14 +0100 Hi everyone, so my project continues however one of my machine head holes is driving my ocd batty so I’m considering moving it. How would one go about doing that? Dowel and redrill? Fill it with black epoxy? Don’t bother?…   Read more»

]]> dc4323dde9728aa78c8c40c931746861 USADave posted a new topic "More progress" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/36876/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 22:09:08 +0000 Hi Everyone  Added the ebony veneer to tone down my over zealous truss rod access route…  Also made progress on the body. Cutting the neck pocket was a tough as it was hard to make sure the whole thing was in…   Read more»

]]> dd45acc02a1976dec0bad27dd0a81897 USADave replied to the topic "Fretting over fret job" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/33588/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:09:36 +0000 Lol
 
thanks again everyone! I’m thinking I’m going to have a lot of leveling to do!
Much appreciated advice and I hope all is well in the UK!

]]> 0bd81e61bd92ef1cd0173e6ab0c2bc65 USADave liked forum post "Fretting over fret job" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/33587/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:07:48 +0000 79df0bb613e45758d3d29ceb0c9a719c USADave liked forum post "Fretting over fret job" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/33586/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:07:40 +0000 e3ff4d0218dc32b3efaac0029413ec1b USADave replied to the topic "Fretting over fret job" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/33137/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 01:04:08 +0000 Cheers!
Much appreciated confidence booster!
Thanks again!
-D

]]> aa682eec3ef042d20429f1da8550f801 USADave liked forum post "Fretting over fret job" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/33136/ Mon, 15 Feb 2021 01:02:04 +0000 362804d76971327aa456408f37538ce8 USADave replied to the topic "Fretting over fret job" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/33121/ Sun, 14 Feb 2021 22:54:42 +0000 Lol I am a total amateur but thanks man! I had some light weight paper laying around so I put my dial caliper on it so truth be told it’s a little bit of a guess. Could be .003? I’ll carry on…   Read more»

]]> 631d1bcadb158bac9163fc99abd837c4 USADave liked forum post "Fretting over fret job" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/33120/ Sun, 14 Feb 2021 22:51:26 +0000 31115d62c8caec10b5cb303d0c44c169 USADave posted a new topic "Fretting over fret job" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/33097/ Sun, 14 Feb 2021 21:36:55 +0000 hi Everyone! So putting frets in even following the advice of Mark’s excellent tutorials is quite stressful! 

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Here’s my question… Despite my best efforts and triple checking all the parameters some of my frets did not seat enti…[Read more]

]]> 8c2bbc2ac8f17f6743ecde37b2013e66 USADave replied to the topic "Hello from the USA" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/30888/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:13:26 +0000 Thanks everyone for the good advice! Fingers crossed that I don’t waste this neck!
One last shot of the neck with fret marker locations marked.
-D

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]]> d10ab0a2e4dec410e88d322db95f0c8c USADave liked forum post "Hello from the USA" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/30879/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:07:32 +0000 cfb27f3b9b4f9ebac36d9668fb4552f6 USADave liked forum post "Hello from the USA" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/30878/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 23:07:06 +0000 f017a99d0f50c2c9a2038a3c79d5b26a USADave replied to the topic "Hello from the USA" - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/30724/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 18:17:11 +0000 Neck build current state of play… Hardly perfect but coming along OK. Mark was not kidding putting a radius on ebony is a nightmare, triple so for the inexperienced in that I had a beast of a time making it…   Read more»

]]> 83099703bd42d5c5268755ab370f98ad USADave liked forum post "When the truss rod went in deeper than you remembered ..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/28341/ Wed, 27 Jan 2021 01:54:42 +0000 af4405a493c9b80e8be92c39c197c87a USADave liked forum post "When the truss rod went in deeper than you remembered ..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/28332/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:49:50 +0000 6b332108e428194aecf02b7470e679a4 USADave liked forum post "When the truss rod went in deeper than you remembered ..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/28331/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 23:49:43 +0000 0eaa1d2b30bd4037c4503dea35228c1c USADave liked forum post "When the truss rod went in deeper than you remembered ..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/28301/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 19:27:37 +0000 90d37b42584add5e39abd7d2b45c14f7 USADave liked forum post "When the truss rod went in deeper than you remembered ..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/28265/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:49:43 +0000 6a5c6fbf49f65166973473baaab406e8 USADave replied to the topic "When the truss rod went in deeper than you remembered ..." - https://guitarmaking.co.uk/activity/p/28264/ Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:46:02 +0000 Lol yeah…. Definitely a little too far! The plan is to compensate with a nice cover… 🙂 I definitely worked to marks dimensions but the stew mac hot rod truss rods seem a bit tall! That plus the fillet has…   Read more»

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