darrenking
darrenking
@darrenking
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Joined: Dec 31, 2018
Last seen: Mar 13, 2025
Topics: 62 / Replies: 893
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Answer to: Shaping the body template

You can run a guide bearing cutter on the edge of MDF as thin as 3mm or 4mm so it can be considerably easier to shape your master template from thin m...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

Ok folks, Here are the final scale length templates. The only other one is going to be a completely universal template for fretless bass models. ...

5 years ago
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RE: Readers Tools.....

They may appear a bit long in the tooth but if you can find one in good condition, and they do come up regularly, then Elu are quite possibly the best...

5 years ago
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RE: I confess

@marcel awesome, but can he pat his head and rub his tummy at the same time?

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

Hi Boo, Thanks for the glowing review and for taking the time to post the video. It was really great and I'm pleased that you found the jig easy to ...

5 years ago
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RE: Hello from Texas

Hi Pete, you'll find a wealth of help and advice on here and if can sign up to Mark's video courses you'll find these incredibly useful too. There are...

5 years ago
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RE: Workshop Weds: PINSTRIPES!!

Hi guys, let me know if you need any natural or coloured veneers, I can probably help you out. Darren

5 years ago
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RE: Hi from Portland, Oregon

Hi Rich, We (most) might be physically distant from you but we are right there by your side in spirit, especially when things go wrong. We love it w...

5 years ago
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RE: Post your music..

Same colour as my old 620. I miss that guitar, but one of them had to go and it just had too many knobs and settings for me to get my head around! I m...

5 years ago
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RE: ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ Your Favourite Song In This Moment ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽถ

Itโ€™s the buttons that makes me think itโ€™s an auto harp.

5 years ago
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RE: Black Tune O Matic ABR bridge

Just be aware that not all multimeters can measure capacitance so double check beforehand

5 years ago
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RE: ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ Your Favourite Song In This Moment ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽถ

PJ's awesome! Here's one love song I'm very happy isn't aimed at me! To say that Jay Leno is a bit flumoxed by both the song and the following ...

5 years ago
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RE: ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ Your Favourite Song In This Moment ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽถ

Another great guitar workshop in the background! So this guy not only plays some amazing 'slap and tickle' guitar but he also sings and has time to ...

5 years ago
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RE: ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ Your Favourite Song In This Moment ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽถ

Go Insane was a great album. I still think of it as being recent but it was out when I was at college as a teenager! Yikes To lighten the mood on a ...

5 years ago
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RE: ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ Your Favourite Song In This Moment ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽถ

He died only 6 months after Jeff Buckley. Not a good year!!

5 years ago
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RE: ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ Your Favourite Song In This Moment ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽถ

@tv101 Hey, I started the Michael Hedges links! Go back a page to hear what a genius in a nazi helmet (or should that be Helmut!), baggy pantaloons an...

5 years ago
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RE: ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ Your Favourite Song In This Moment ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽถ

Yes, that was the first time I had heard it without the massed strings. Definitely a case of less being more IMHO!

5 years ago
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RE: Fret sloting oopsie

@tv101 Modern jazz? - Who'd know?!

5 years ago
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RE: ๐ŸŽถ๐ŸŽธ Your Favourite Song In This Moment ๐ŸŽธ๐ŸŽถ

@frocesterbill Hi Bill, you're right. It's an age thing! It was the Long and Winding Road that Spector added huge string sections to later.

5 years ago
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