darrenking
darrenking
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Topics: 62 / Replies: 893
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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

Astonishing musician and a haunting cover that reveals a completely different song to the Phil Spector produced version. And how often do you see a ...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

@boo Mmmm, I've done it before, admittedly quite a while ago, and it wasn't difficult but now that I look I can't see a way to do it either. Probably ...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

@mikeyrjiom I am currently finalising details of the template sets for Mark and then I will be revising the design of my powered dish sander to allow ...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

@boo Hi Boo, PM me and I'll see what I can sort out for you. I have made a couple of tweaks following feedback from one our esteemed group but I'm mor...

5 years ago
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RE: ☯️🤔In My Humble Opinion 🙏☯️

@russ I guess this thread is a perfect demonstration why there's more than one shape of electric guitar!

5 years ago
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RE: ☯️🤔In My Humble Opinion 🙏☯️

@russ I like any that don't fall into the sound hole of my acoustic and refuse to come out again!!

5 years ago
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RE: ☯️🤔In My Humble Opinion 🙏☯️

@tv101 Come on TV, tell us what you really think!! Despite my first electric guitar being a really crap Strat rip off, I have never really liked th...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

@jonhodgson There is a measurable (just not by me!) difference between the theoretical accuracy and the 'real life' accuracy of any CNC machine. All I...

5 years ago
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RE: What are we plugging into?

When I bought my Tele some 16 or more years ago I got a Line 6 Spider Jam to go with it. Not sure how a purist would rate it next to a vintage valve a...

5 years ago
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RE: First practice build

@tv1010101 Pigeon breast, lightly sautéed in butter and served with an apple and red current purée is really what pigeons are for. (Sorry to all our v...

5 years ago
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RE: Neck grain runout

Hi Seth, I can see a little bit of a grain wobble to left hand side of the photo but there is nothing shown that makes me think that you’ve go a duff ...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

Ok, The saw price has now been confirmed. It is a UK (Sheffield) made saw, 16 TPI, pull cut with a brass back and rosewood (coloured I suspect) hand...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

The CNC router is pretty accurate! The hole positions are specified to three decimal places of 1mm so it should be good enough for rock'n'roll! The on...

5 years ago
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RE: What are we plugging into?

I think that some people (mentioning no names!) are going through every single post that there has ever been and 'liking' them! It's a point or two ea...

5 years ago
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RE: What are we plugging into?

Hey, welcome to the ‘1000 club’ Bill, what took you? 🤣 Darren

5 years ago
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RE: OSMO finish tips

I’m a great fan of Osmo products and also of the Fiddes equivalents. So much better to apply that traditional Danish oil (why couldn’t they stick to p...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

@johnnierox-boo Hi John et al, I have now finished pricing the little fret slotting jig and can confirm the following end user prices: Main jig - ...

5 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

Me too! Good old Nobex!! I bought mine to make some picture frames for an artist in Dunfermline when I was in my late teens. It seemed like a lot of m...

5 years ago
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