Boo
Boo
@boo
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Luthier
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Joined: Nov 7, 2018
Last seen: May 21, 2025
Topics: 75 / Replies: 3799
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RE: First scratch-build done!

@rathius Yeah! 🙌 It’s all come together very well indeed sir. Top marks.

3 years ago
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RE: Guitar #2 (Summer 2022 Project)

So long as the tuner posts don’t get in the way of the next string, from a practical point of view, it will do just fine. The design is definitely dif...

3 years ago
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RE: Guitar Build #3

@bpower She’s a keeper! 😂

3 years ago
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RE: Electric Ukelele Build Preparation Questions

@robin I haven’t said Robin, I’m not going to reveal that on here but I think I’ve still got your email somewhere. I’ll send you an email soon. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣...

3 years ago
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RE: Guitar Build #3

@bpower Superb work sir. 👍

3 years ago
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RE: Electric Ukelele Build Preparation Questions

@darrenking Yes! Nice! I’ll be having a go at that too. Ukes all round. Uke competition. Ukelear war 🤯 I am getting close to completing on my house ...

3 years ago
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3 years ago
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RE: First electric build - finish complete

@rathius Nice paintwork man, I love it. The guitar is looking good.

3 years ago
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RE: Glueing the fretboard

@steveadams Great video Steve and some good work. Yes I did notice your “deliberate mistake” with the fretboard caul. 😂🤣😂🤣😂 I think you will be ok w...

3 years ago
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RE: Question for the masses.

@bpower I’m not sure, I think it’s all a pain in the arse to be honest. I don’t have a guitar with one installed and have never worked on one. I would...

3 years ago
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RE: Electric Ukelele Build Preparation Questions

Looks great @koendb That will be a decent workshop when you have everything in place. Good luck with the ukelele. 👍

3 years ago
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RE: Question for the masses.

I was making a start on clearing my attic out the other day, as I am moving house soon. I found an old acoustic guitar up there, very similar to this ...

3 years ago
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RE: Question for the masses.

@bpower Not sure of the official reason for having a zero fret but I would say that the scale length is measured from the very centre of the zero fret...

3 years ago
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RE: First electric build in progress.

@rathius CW is a cool name. I’m glad your dad taught you those skills, I have them too. It’s all looking good man, keep going. 🤘

3 years ago
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RE: Latest acoustic build. Will try and put some video/audio up as well as pics

@russ Oh right, fair enough. I don’t even click on Facebook links, I don’t want anything to do with them. I’m trying to get back to a time before soci...

3 years ago
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RE: Latest acoustic build. Will try and put some video/audio up as well as pics

@mikeyrjiom Hey man. 👍 The only thing wrong with that is that not everyone uses Facebook, I certainly don’t. I always upload my videos to YouTube and ...

3 years ago
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RE: Which High Gloss Black Polyurethane

@poco7 It just takes practice and learning from mistakes to build your skill level. A good place to start is to repaint an existing guitar, one that y...

3 years ago
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RE: Which High Gloss Black Polyurethane

@poco7 Yes, just use Titebond Original for everything. Don’t get too hung up on types of glue, most of it isn’t needed for guitar building. There is r...

3 years ago
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