Boo
Boo
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Joined: Nov 7, 2018
Last seen: Jan 6, 2026
Topics: 75 / Replies: 3802
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

It’s a pretty big hole to drill into a guitar body though.

5 years ago
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RE: Glues

@russ This stuff Russ. 👍

5 years ago
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RE: Glues

@russ I use whatever I can get really. In times of normal I always picked it up from Aldi and/or Lidl, although I’ve run out of that now. At the momen...

5 years ago
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RE: Glues

@russ Hey Russ, I haven’t used this brand but I do like having several viscosities of CA for different applications. I like the thin stuff (low viscos...

5 years ago
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RE: Hello evryone.

@lizard From one Iron Maiden fan to another, welcome to the forum and the guitar making revolution. I use all kinds of wood, sourced from many differe...

5 years ago
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RE: Hello from the USA

@USADave Welcome to the forum and the guitar making revolution Dave. Come to this sanctuary from this crazy world we all live in whenever you want to ...

5 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

Made some different control cavity templates today and routed it into the body. I also cut the body shape out on the bandsaw, I’ll route the shape tom...

5 years ago
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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

@russ Yeah this is a great song and I always tap more than my foot to this one. Copious amounts of air drumming. 🤘😜🤘

5 years ago
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RE: Todays Livestream cancelled - sorry! See you Sat 1pm

No worries Mark. Does anyone know the reason for the power cuts, is it weather conditions having an effect?

5 years ago
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RE: Robin's build #002

@robin My workshop isn’t heated either so at this very cold time of year, I do jobs like fretting (as well as many others, indoors. It doesn’t really ...

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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

@marcel That’s a great story Marcel. It’s funny some of the regrets we share sometimes.

5 years ago
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RE: Ants in my Pants!

@mattbeels Rebel Yell. (I shouldn’t shout about that too much, people may think I’m an insurrectionist 😳)

5 years ago
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RE: Template damage

@rocknroller912 @markbailey Oh yeah, I keep forgetting about a bit of bog! Cheers.

5 years ago
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RE: Template damage

@russ I normally have a sacrificial piece of wood underneath the one I’m cutting/routing. Clamp both pieces down, stick (with NEC tape) your template ...

5 years ago
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RE: Ants in my Pants!

@mattbeels I’ve made a start, I’ve got a few shortbread/chocolate tins from Christmas that are candidates for CBG bodies. 😁

5 years ago
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RE: Ants in my Pants!

@robin I might be able to help you out Robin. I’ll get back to you soon. If you could email me so we can talk further. Thanks. Email - riffraff2...

5 years ago
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RE: Ants in my Pants!

@mattbeels I’m struggling with the waiting game. I have a load of stuff on order and there are one or two things that I need before I can move forward...

5 years ago
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RE: Pickup covers

@mattbeels Thanks man. I never ended up correcting it, it labelled it as character. 🤣 The guy loved it that way too, thank goodness. My idea was to...

5 years ago
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RE: 1st Livestream of the Year - SAT 9th Jan!

Happy new year Mark and Carol, I’ll go and set the reminder for this live stream.

5 years ago
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RE: Starting the process, guitar number 1

Ah the dreaded neck taper jig. Let us know how you get on with it. That’s some fancy measuring equipment you have there @peebee What you designing, a ...

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