Boo
Boo
@boo
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Joined: Nov 7, 2018
Last seen: May 21, 2025
Topics: 75 / Replies: 3799
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RE: Just Sign up for the Guitar Courses For 12 Months Looking forward to my Subscription

@dusttilldawn Welcome to the forum. I hope you enjoy the courses. 👍

2 years ago
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RE: Hello from Nampa Idaho USA

@nsj Yeah sure, I know about that. I’ll try some. 👍

2 years ago
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RE: Hello from Nampa Idaho USA

@nsj See, I know that little about electronics and soldering, I didn’t know there was leaded and unleaded solder. Is the leaded stuff not dangerous to...

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

@nsj Very nice. I love your little helper too! 😺

2 years ago
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RE: Hello from Nampa Idaho USA

@tv101 Oh wow! That looks like a nightmare for me. Good job though, very neat work T, I’m impressed.

2 years ago
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RE: A future build

Very nice indeed. What is the wood again? Looks stunning with the blue epoxy.

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

@nsj Looks great! I’ve used resin a lot, especially blue and green, it always looks good against the contrasting wood colour.

2 years ago
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RE: Hello from Surrey

@nickKUK Sounds good. Welcome to the forum and good luck with your build. We are here to help if we can and we may learn stuff from you too. I like th...

2 years ago
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RE: Hello from Nampa Idaho USA

Howdy! Welcome and I agree with everyone else about the size of bandsaw blade, I think most of us do. Nice soldering station by the way, think I’ll ma...

2 years ago
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RE: Bolt-on necks and trussrods

Not sure what happened with that last post, it didn’t put the images in. I’ve just updated it.

2 years ago
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Answer to: Bolt-on necks and trussrods

@swepri If you have a bobbin sander, clamp a straight piece of wood to it so you can rest the neck against it. This will be to remove that lump of woo...

2 years ago
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RE: Bolt-on necks and trussrods

That’s right, it isn’t that different really. Although there is one more thing I’ll show you about the headstock.

2 years ago
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Answer to: Bolt-on necks and trussrods

@swepri After that I drill the truss rod access hole, using a very long drill bit, it’s easier this way as it’s almost like lining up a shot in a game...

2 years ago
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Answer to: Bolt-on necks and trussrods

@swepri I then attach the routing template to the neck blank, cut off the excess on the bandsaw and route the remaining waste off.

2 years ago
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Answer to: Bolt-on necks and trussrods

@swepri If you are thinking of doing a parallel headstock, Fender style, then you can do the truss rod either end. I’ve always done it at the headstoc...

2 years ago
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RE: Scottish Air Ambulance

@robin Well done! I’m glad you landed on the ground at a safe pace that you could walk away from it. 😆 You got more than your target. The air ambul...

2 years ago
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RE: Scottish Air Ambulance

@robin No problem, maybe I’ll need it someday, best to pay things forward. No problem with flooding here.

2 years ago
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RE: Scottish Air Ambulance

@robin There is your target money, just land on something soft. 😉

2 years ago
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RE: Had an amazing thing happen

@rathius Good for you man, sounds like you had a great day. Can you tell us if you enjoyed the whole episode or not, it didn’t quite come across in yo...

2 years ago
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