darrenking
darrenking
@darrenking
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Joined: Dec 31, 2018
Last seen: Mar 13, 2025
Topics: 62 / Replies: 893
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RE: Lapsed subscription...

My first ‘deeply in love with’ girlfriend, at the age of 14, was named Lucy. She is also an amazing guitarist. Serendipity? Maybe this time she will b...

4 years ago
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RE: Satin coat for Ziricote ?

BTW using finishes with different levels of porosity/evaporation rates on different parts of the guitar is a bad idea I think as this will contribut...

4 years ago
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RE: Satin coat for Ziricote ?

Hi Robin, any finish that soaks in to the wood is going to darken it but you should always find that this enhances all of the grain rather than detr...

4 years ago
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RE: Meet Pinky Swear

Thanks TV10101! The next time I'm looking for a PA I'll make sure to ask you for a CV! Of course, if PJ had been featured that would probably have b...

4 years ago
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RE: Do we need to ask Mark to open pub?

OOC what’s the advantage of Ju Jitsu Meat over Zoom?

4 years ago
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RE: Meet Pinky Swear

@frocesterbill Wasn't meant to be sexist at all, I have a Tele that I love myself, it was just notable that almost every act that was featured had a b...

4 years ago
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RE: Meet Pinky Swear

@frocesterbill There was a ‘Female rock at the BBC’ program on last week and probably 80% of all the ladies were playing Teles. Why does this guitar a...

4 years ago
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RE: Bailey P90 template radius

@jamesbisset The SE30! I was working at an AppleCentre in London when that machine was launched. We thought computing had reached its pinnacle! I mean...

4 years ago
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RE: Bailey P90 template radius

The internal radius on all corners is 5mm

4 years ago
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RE: Guitar shipping boxes/packaging?

Mr Hiscox was/is a guitar maker himself so he may well have a bit of a soft spot for independent makers. I wrote to him as a teenager and this is one ...

4 years ago
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RE: Guitar shipping boxes/packaging?

Well they gave me reseller pricing when buying a single case. They are very keen to sell to guitar makers and don’t expect you to be buying 10 or 20 a...

4 years ago
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RE: Guitar shipping boxes/packaging?

Why not just set up a reseller account with Hiscox and sell all your guitars with a case? Solves the packaging issue, you will make an extra few quid ...

4 years ago
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RE: Guitar shipping boxes/packaging?

This is going to sound bloody obvious but can't you send it up in a guitar case (if you have one that it fits that is) and then simply pay to have the...

4 years ago
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RE: Do we need to ask Mark to open pub?

What about: The Pick Up Joint (might need to recruit more female members for that to be a vote winner!) The Tremolo Bar

4 years ago
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RE: Safe T Planer and neck blanks

@tv101 Shit TV!, was this a recent learning experience?!!

4 years ago
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RE: Safe T Planer and neck blanks

Hi James, It's more about where your hands are in relation to the dangerous thing and where they may end up if something goes wrong. The chuck cou...

5 years ago
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RE: Safe T Planer and neck blanks

Nor me! I think it was the winning finalist in a 'Design an Accident Waiting to Happen' competition. There are just so many things that could go hor...

5 years ago
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RE: wrong hole size for bridge

@robin just a quick mention that even router cutters described as being ‘plunge cut’ really don’t like being used as drills ie a completely vertical p...

5 years ago
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RE: wrong hole size for bridge

Good point Mark, What brand of 12mm drill have you got Steve, not all tooling is created equal! Those TCT lip and spur drills are also available i...

5 years ago
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RE: wrong hole size for bridge

More money, but in the UK and in stock!

5 years ago
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