Boo
Boo
@boo
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Joined: Nov 7, 2018
Last seen: Feb 26, 2026
Topics: 75 / Replies: 3804
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RE: Bass Building

@clinton Be careful when sanding with a radius block. It’s easy to sand more off one side than the other or even sand a twist into the fretboard. In y...

5 years ago
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Answer to: Headstock slope

Leave it as it is and carve it, it’s in the right place. 👍

5 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth

@russ Thanks, that’s what she said. 😜

5 years ago
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RE: dissapointing finish

@rocknroller912 Thanks for that, I appreciate it. That’s why I continue to post a lot of pictures, even of any mistakes and/or repairs during the fini...

5 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth

A bit more refining and it’s starting to look good.

5 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth

I used a variety of carving tools and got to work.

5 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth

I marked up the neck for carving to give me some guidance.

5 years ago
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RE: dissapointing finish

@rocknroller912 Yeah, that is crazy, very risky. I can’t stand nitro if I’m honest, people only use it on guitars because they think they should and t...

5 years ago
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RE: Hello from NI

@stephen Yep, I’ve done that a few times. Start with the neck and take the measurements from it and get the body blank to accept it, in alignment. So ...

5 years ago
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RE: dissapointing finish

@alancoffey Yeah I live in the NW, near Blackpool so I know what you mean about it being wet a lot of the time. There are other finishing products you...

5 years ago
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RE: Hello from NI

@stephen Sorry Stephen, that was terribly dimwitted of me, I apologise.

5 years ago
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RE: Hello from NI

@robin Doh! Of course it’s Northern Ireland, I was thinking it was an American state for some reason. 🤣

5 years ago
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Answer to: dissapointing finish

Alan, can you upload some pictures so I can have a look? 👍

5 years ago
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Answer to: dissapointing finish

Alan, here is my humidity gauge and thermometer that I leave in my working area, it just helps me make decisions about spraying and other things such ...

5 years ago
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Answer to: dissapointing finish

Alan, first of all, don’t panic, this is very common and fixable. The milky appearance is called “blooming”. It’s when moisture from the atmosphere...

5 years ago
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RE: Hello from NI

@stephen Hey Stephen, welcome to our guitar making community, glad you could make it. Yep, it’s a very typical story, I played in bands and then...

5 years ago
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RE: Barncaster kills cancer

@tv101 The HT pallets haven’t had any chemical preservatives added, just heat treated. The ones that are painted blue are used in transporting chemica...

5 years ago
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RE: Barncaster kills cancer

@koendb Thanks very much, I’m still building up the coats of oil. 👍

5 years ago
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RE: Designing my own neck tru guitar

@koendb That looks amazing, great work. 👍 It would look even better with zebra pickups. 🤘😁🤘🎸

5 years ago
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RE: Been planning rather than building ...

@tv101 Nice one TV, it good to see you keeping your eye in. 👍

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