Edwin
@e-den-hertog
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Joined: Nov 30, -0001
Last seen: Jul 19, 2024
Topics: 9 / Replies: 164
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RE: Roseline build progress

On the subject of fret pressing: There are fret pressing cauls available which you can use with a pillar drill. Does anyone happen to use these and ar...

6 years ago
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RE: Build Your Own Guitar - Final Day

Whoa.... too rich for my blood...... Well.... you did mention it's expensive once or twice.... BTW, are you familiar with Chris Monk from Highline Gui...

6 years ago
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RE: Build Your Own Guitar - Final Day

Mark, you are using UV curing, am I correct? I'm curious... What kind of laquer and lamps are you using? Would it be feasable (i.e. worth the hassle a...

6 years ago
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RE: Build Your Own Guitar - Final Day

Oh man...... That Big Red One..... Wasn't that the nickname of the American 1st Infantry Division? I digress...... Flame maple top, stain, faux bindin...

6 years ago
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RE: Like Groundhog Day but better...

That looks absolutely smashing.......

6 years ago
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RE: Gloucestershire Bandsman

Hollowing out a guitar body is also messy, noisy and time-consuming....... And make sure you've got an extra large router base. But it is worth the tr...

6 years ago
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RE: Gloucestershire Bandsman

Oh.... and be carefull with a belly carve.............

6 years ago
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RE: Gloucestershire Bandsman

I built a Thinline Tele with Mark (and several later at home...) which I routed to about 8-10 mm from the edge, just keep enough meat in the area's wh...

6 years ago
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RE: Making guitars in Gloucestershire?

Hi Bill, that's the way I started! Life has never been the same since............... Good luck with your build and do yourself a favour: Follow Mark's...

6 years ago
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RE: CNC

For myself, working from my shed and garden and making one guitar per year, it seems overkill to invest in a CNC machine. However, if I ran a small bu...

6 years ago
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RE: Finishing without darkening the wood

? ? Glad to see there are still people who know their classics.......

6 years ago
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RE: Nut width disaster

Better not use 80 grit....................

6 years ago
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RE: Nut width disaster

Making your own nut is a nice job, and therapeutic! Sand, fit, sand, fit, sand etc...... Like Darren said, a piece of mdf and sandpaper.... And if you...

6 years ago
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RE: Finishing without darkening the wood

I'm checking the community daily, but my activities are at a low point at this moment....... So, nothing much to share..... Sorry..... I will be spray...

6 years ago
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RE: Finishing without darkening the wood

Just nod if you can hear meIs there anyone at home?

6 years ago
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RE: Life Changing!

Congrats with your newest offspring! Really great and that bridge is really something else..... Appropriate glass of bubbly, you deserved it!!

6 years ago
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RE: Life Changing!

? ? I suspected it wasn't lacquer thinner, but Armagnac? I wouldn't have guessed.............. You'd better take a trip to the wine cellar, because th...

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RE: Life Changing!

Looks fantastic! I have used Aquacoat and it works a treat... Sands easy and is absolutely transparent. But I'm curious.... what's with the brandy sn...

6 years ago
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RE: Workshop Humidity

Yesssssssssss!!! Finally! I win something ?

6 years ago
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RE: Workshop Humidity

I am from t'Netherlands.... Nuff said................

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