Clinton
Clinton
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RE: Kalimar's First Guitar Build from Scratch

Are the gouges deep? Be mindful that when you carve the neck that it does not poke through. You pretty much have 1/8-3/16 of an inch thickness left af...

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RE: Tru-oil finish over stain

You are good on track

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RE: How much harder am I making this in myself

That’s great. Yes start with a TOM. Get that under your belt first.

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Answer to: How much harder am I making this in myself

Nominal routing depth for neck pockets for fender style bridges with 21-22mm thick neck blanks, 5-6mm fretboards. Start off at 16mm neck pocket route ...

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Answer to: How much harder am I making this in myself

Here is a tip. When in doubt we are here for you. Correction In the video I said 22mm thickness on my neck blank but it is actually 24.5mm.

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RE: Is a 1.5" neck blank thick enough?

@kalimar If the piece is long enough, you can cut off a piece to glue to thicken headstock or do a scarf joint. It is done all the time.

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RE: How much harder am I making this in myself

@kalimar surely can. With P-90s you are gonna need a smaller diameter flush trim bit and with fender style bridge, no neck break angle but completely ...

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RE: My first laminated semi-hollowbody

@jamesbisset The cutaway is not quite cut yet. Major but Minor adjustment it seems like and it is your only recourse with a slight adjusting of the hu...

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RE: A pair of SS Stangs

Laminated Koa Bodies

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RE: A pair of SS Stangs

Neck pocket templates

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RE: Hello from Virginia, USA

Welcome to the builds. It does not disappoint. It is very gratifying!

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