Eddie6string
Eddie6string
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too.

Not cheap, but a very stable even pressure applied with these Axminster clamps

4 years ago
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RE: Finishes on mahogany

Not a typical finish, but I wanted to maintain the patena on this Honduran Mahogany Driftwood top - so three coats of Danish Oil was all it needed. ...

4 years ago
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RE: 1st set Neck/Carve Top solid body underway

@tv1 These blue dots are clear acrylic rods (cheaper than chips!) With blue acrylic paint in hole (needed to hide brad point depression) and on ...

4 years ago
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RE: 1st set Neck/Carve Top solid body underway

@tv1 Probably acrylic - you can use clear and paint the underside any colour you like prior to gluing and it comes out fine. Bought some ebony fo...

4 years ago
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RE: 1st set Neck/Carve Top solid body underway

Provisional fret marker design front & sides

4 years ago
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RE: 1st set Neck/Carve Top solid body underway

External routing guides finished Do you guys use pre-made guide for Neck pocket or use straight edges and stops?

4 years ago
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RE: 1st set Neck/Carve Top solid body underway

RE Set Neck build: Waiting for Ebony fretboard blanks and advice on using 1" Neck blank. Meanwhile - I'm chuffed with progress on semi-hollow Tele...

4 years ago
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RE: What clear coat finishes are people in the UK using?

For anything showing wood grain I use acrylic clear supplied by the Paint Centre Newton Abbott - the rattle cans have amazing quality adjustable nozz...

4 years ago
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RE: I did it......loose neck pocket!

@darrenking I'm going to be needing some of your funky looking ply soon. Do you do 6mm sheets for applied tops?

4 years ago
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RE: 1st set Neck/Carve Top solid body underway

Meanwhile -: A Seaside theme for the semi-hollow Telecaster. The less porous wood gets sanded back to natural, then colours re- applied Hop...

4 years ago
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RE: Update

Do what you need to do @markbailey People first! Warmth & respect

4 years ago
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RE: 60's Telecaster build - Which pickups?

I'm waiting for someone to make minature bearing cutter for dremel as the issue is the same. Multiple sessions applying pressure with rotating shaft...

4 years ago
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RE: 60's Telecaster build - Which pickups?

@mattbeels Smallest bearing cutter is too large & I'm not comfortable with letting the shaft of the cutter run on template edge.

4 years ago
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RE: 60's Telecaster build - Which pickups?

Someone mentioned Telecaster at the top of this thread I've spent decades training woodworm What's your preferred method of making F h...

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Jet double cutaway. Standard Jet pattern will work - just flip template for top horn. Some are made semi-hollow, others slab with profiled top. It...

4 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

Can I butt in on this supremely tasteful post and ask if anyone knows of a set of router templates for a Gretsh Malcolm Young Jet guitar? Really str...

4 years ago
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RE: 1st set Neck/Carve Top solid body underway

I placed some Cobola next to the body and it looks too busy to my eye - I'm thinking ebony fretboard would let the body shine? Meanwhile the Bookmat...

4 years ago
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RE: Thanks to Marks' finishing course

Some-awe!!! You have to do the three neck! Body access/Neck pockets to mimic three legs

4 years ago
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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

When Ronnie Wood was good and Live takes in the studio allowed things to be rough around the edges, but very real. More nostalgia than merit

4 years ago
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