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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

I think I will go with the Ebony but there is no harm in looking at other options. This cherry neck blank is from the same batch I bought that I made ...

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

@tv101 I’m using Cherry for the neck and a nice piece of Ebony for the fretboard. I think I’m progressing fairly quick because I’m using all of my jig...

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

Bit of sanding and shaping.

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

After surface routing the front face of the headstock, it was time to get the neck blank back onto the bandsaw for rough cutting.

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

Done some more on the Bandsman today.

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

@tv101 @markbailey Check this out! All copper, including the neck.

6 years ago
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RE: Happy Birthday to ..., Happy Birthday to ....

Happy Birthday @deej , thanks for the pint of cask ale.

6 years ago
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RE: Hi from Portland, Oregon

@pdxguitar Hey Rich, here is the link to my online build (for the second time for me) Others may do the same. And, one of my online guitar teac...

6 years ago
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RE: Hi from Portland, Oregon

@pdxguitar Hey Rich, welcome to the forum, it’s good to have you here. You have joined at a really good time because some of us here are going thro...

6 years ago
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RE: Workshop Weds: PINSTRIPES!!

@darrenking You keep coming up with the goods Darren, top drawer!

6 years ago
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RE: Workshop Weds: PINSTRIPES!!

@markbailey I’ve just watched this video and it’s wonderful. It’s good to see how you put together a laminated blank with pinstripes. Also, I’m really...

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

@tv101 Maybe they come as a set and after 3 strikes one would have to use Mark’s socks to strain the lentils with! Ahhhhhhh.......

6 years ago
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RE: Just saying hello

Hey Phil @rockpile99 welcome to the forum and the guitar building revolution. Things will heat up again soon when Mark and Carol unleash their latest ...

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

@deej @tv101 Or, maybe it’s 3 strikes and you have to eat one of Mark’s socks! @markbailey

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

@robin Yeah I’ve got a plank of mahogany I’m going to do that with, it used to be a window sill.

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

@clinton Good work there with the scarf joint and sawing that cap, which is a beautiful piece of wood. Nice choice of wood for the neck too, Koa. I we...

6 years ago
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RE: Workshop Weds: PINSTRIPES!!

Damn! I couldn’t make it today after all. Sorry @markbailey I’ll make up for it. I’ll now go and watch this video from today.

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

@tv101 Thanks man, I’m going to enjoy this build very much.

6 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

@tv101 You are lucky in that respect, I’ve very little paid income atm. I’m a gardener and my season has been devastated by Covid. I’ve had a few jobs...

6 years ago
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