Bill Flude
Bill Flude
@frocesterbill
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Luthier
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Joined: Jun 27, 2019
Last seen: Jan 24, 2025
Topics: 24 / Replies: 632
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

Think it needs a darker body to contrast - perhaps a play with Photoshop or something like to try ideas out?

4 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

Looks brilliant - think you want to keep the wavy border all the way up and a bit of the plain pale edge from one end to the other - looking forward t...

4 years ago
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RE: Starting the process, guitar number 1

Go for it an post loads of pics!

4 years ago
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RE: Ants in my Pants!

My first workshop course build has BK Mules in it - fine P’ups - the guitar is SG shaped.

4 years ago
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RE: Post your music..

Excellent machine the Tascam 244 - used one a few times back in the 1980s.

4 years ago
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RE: A new start - LIVE 1pm

Excellent timing - my (Baileys) acoustic kit is waiting to be built - this will get me energised to get on with it!

4 years ago
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RE: Routers

Got to agree with Darren about sanders - I've got a Mirka - obscene price at around £400 but totally brilliant - Mark uses one as well!

4 years ago
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RE: Neck thickness dimensions?

My Firebird neck is about 2.5mm thicker than normal - it feels fine - I worked on the basis that with a through neck if you make it too thin you are r...

4 years ago
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RE: My first guitar design

Sounds good - Mahogany oiled with Gold sounds good!

4 years ago
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RE: My first guitar design

Well done - looks good - looking forward to watching the build. What woods are you going to use and what sort of finish?

4 years ago
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RE: Routers

The depth gauge is good as well.

4 years ago
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RE: Routers

The good thing about my DeWalt is that the on/off switch is on one of the grab handles and it latches but is easy to switch on and off - the other han...

4 years ago
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RE: Routers

I have standardised on 1/4” router bits so that they fit all of my routers and I don’t need to swap collets on routers - just another thing to slow yo...

4 years ago
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RE: Routers

I have a Von Haus router (lots of other names) with my wide Perspex base attached - it was an open box example and it was only £40 as the new ones wer...

4 years ago
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RE: Routers

I picked up a second hand DeWalt DW621 just like Mark’s for about £80 on eBay - full working order and there is good spare part availability.

4 years ago
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RE: 1pm Today Guitar Making LIVE - Your Q's Answered!

For my style of playing a permanently on kill switch would help! 🤣 🤣 🤣

4 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

Yes - agree with choice of B - option A leaves you in the same situation as an amp with a guitar lead plugged in - buzzzzzzzeeeee!

4 years ago
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RE: Glues

It is worth getting disposable applicator tips - makes getting CA into the right places easier and controlling how much you put into the right places....

4 years ago
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RE: Glues

He has pics of Titebond CA and Activator in the Essential Tools PDF....

4 years ago
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RE: Glues

Avoid big bottles because CA does go off once opened....

4 years ago
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