Last seen: Apr 17, 2025
Surely can do. Steam, a radius dish and go bar clamping would make your life so much easier.
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Looks like a Tele in the making with a B bender. Woohaaa!! Hint hint!
@rocknroller912 best solution I feel would be a vacuum press for sure. In the past and I did it only once and came out satisfactory. With more thou...
@rocknroller912 Maple carve top
@timc I shortened my neck screws before and for some reason decided to cut it on a slight angle as opposed just straight flat. In fear that it will ...
I coat all my MDF templates with lacquer or sanding sealer. Prevents damage from double sided tape.
30 inch scale length
The worse thing about bass building being a guitar player is that you finish the build and come to find out you got no bass strings. The least and mos...
@tv101 thank goodness I am not the only one.
@koendb wow! Thought I hade a lot at 9.
@russ Yeah, I shelved it but decided to go with it. The neck join is not perfect. There is a very small gap about a mil. Shimmed it but still visible....
@tv101 Yes the CnC is so cool. I use it now to make templates. Huge time saver and super accurate especially if you have the proper router bits which ...
After a year on the shelf, I kniw pronounce you body and neck.
@koendb No, only use the frame saw for cutting bookmatching tops and bottoms. Primarily for acoustics but with several kerfing plane sizes that I buil...
8 coats of Poly after and 3 weeks of stagnation, I think it is finally ready for buffing.
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