Bpower
Bpower
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Joined: Nov 21, 2020
Last seen: May 24, 2025
Topics: 10 / Replies: 289
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RE: HELP! soundboard cracked!

@koendb there must have been flaws in this wood from the beginning. Gotta love the unpredictability of wood. 🙂 I think it is still a good call to kee...

3 years ago
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RE: HELP! soundboard cracked!

@koendb Fantastic. Good to hear everything worked out. Can't wait to see it progress. Good job. 🙂

3 years ago
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RE: HELP! soundboard cracked!

I would probably try and glue it with wood glue, put it back in the soundboard clamping jig for pressure, and then just consider that a second glue se...

3 years ago
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RE: Well, look what the Bailey-cat dug up (Wally!)

@rashdown_online oh my that is beautiful. I kinda want one of those now. 🙂

3 years ago
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RE: 💜✨✨🟣Not a Guitar🟣✨✨💜

@boo omg.... you are a wizard. that looks fantastic. 🙂

3 years ago
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RE: Not New Here But Realized I Needed More Help

@robin that's why you bring friends. It's a team sport now. 🙂

3 years ago
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar

@koendb nice grain on the back panel. 🙂

3 years ago
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RE: Not New Here But Realized I Needed More Help

@rocknroller912 yup. Sounds like a dream. 🙂 Plus I think my wife's ancestry is over in Scotland. I think it is on our bucket list anyway so..... two...

3 years ago
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RE: Not New Here But Realized I Needed More Help

@rocknroller912 it is sounding like I need to start saving my change. I would love to see that part of the world. 🙂

3 years ago
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RE: My first steps in building an acoustic guitar

@koendb. I would think that a slight curve to the board would not cause any problems. The board is thin enough that when you glue the thick braces on ...

3 years ago
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RE: Not New Here But Realized I Needed More Help

@jaxty Cool. I love Cape Breton. Me and the guys all gather once a year at a golf course on cape breton island for a fun filled golfing/drinking/guita...

3 years ago
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RE: Guitar Build #3

Took some time and decided to get my drawing done for my next guitar build. My wife said to me, after the drawing was done, I needed to help with the ...

3 years ago
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RE: Not New Here But Realized I Needed More Help

Welcome @jaxty. I'm on the east coast of canada, the border between NS and NB. We need more Canadian content on here. This could be a slow Canadian ta...

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

@jaxty Fantastic song. I absolutely love the Hip. So many great songs. 🙂

3 years ago
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RE: Hi from Wuppertal, Germany

Welcome @steveshandley-plus-com . Have fun along the way. Post progress pictures. We all love to see things coming together. And you couldn't find a b...

4 years ago
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Answer to: Size bolts for the bootlegger

You are welcome @koendb. Mark did use a 6mm bit. I personally just found the bolt I was going to use and then just measured the shank and picked a dri...

4 years ago
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Answer to: Size bolts for the bootlegger

I would think that the length of the bolts would be determined by the thickness of your heel block. Since the heel block is roughly 40mm I would say y...

4 years ago
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RE: Wolf's Descent into Madness

@wolframmalukker. That doesn't look too bad. If it is going to be fully covered with the fretboard anyway I would consider just leaving it.. but.. I k...

4 years ago
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RE: Guitar Build #3

Well. Decided to try out the Bagpress fret slotting jig tonight. Couldn't have been happier with it. Shout out to @darrenking. This jig was super easy...

4 years ago
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