Koendb
@koendb
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Joined: Jan 22, 2021
Last seen: Feb 9, 2026
Topics: 30 / Replies: 755
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RE: CARVING THE NECK

🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤨 😜 😋

3 years ago
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RE: Neck through more detail

Nice work @nsj! I like it

3 years ago
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RE: First Acoustic Build Complete

@norriemac Very nice work! It looks really good!

3 years ago
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RE: Fretboards

I thought that purple turns into brown after a good while? Don't know if that is true or not. Can you explain ? cause I am also interested in using ...

3 years ago
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RE: Feck-Right-Up. Ideas/Suggestions please ...

@clinton Yikes! Luckily it is fixable , but I feel your initial frustration. I've been there too often 🙂

3 years ago
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RE: "Strat" upgrades

@pompei, Electronics will fit, but don't count on the tremolo to fit exactly, nor any pickguard hole to line up exactly. Even the neck pocket and widt...

3 years ago
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RE: Greetings from Grimsby!

Welcome to this awesome community @pompei !

3 years ago
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RE: Tinting shellac french polish

I just realized that for the UK things are a bit different and you would need to pay duties anyway. So not a really good tip 🙂

3 years ago
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RE: Another router bit.

I don't think a router is the best way to shape a neck. It is not a uniform shape. I would use a rasp and/or spokeshave.

3 years ago
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RE: Siddharth Mehta- Your favorite Guitarist at this moment?

I am by far my favourite guitar player. If only I was as good as Jimi or Eddy 🙂

3 years ago
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RE: Tinting shellac french polish

TIP: If you want Stewmac products without the import BS here in Europe, You can also buy from Madinter in Spain, they do carry most of Stewmac product...

3 years ago
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RE: Murtaza Hashwani - Which Type Of Guitar Is Best For Beginner?

I would advice the same. Although my first one was a telecaster too 😀

3 years ago
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RE: Fingerboard radiusing router bits?

@RathiusIf you do decide to buy them, let us know what you think of them. I personally prefer to radius by hand with a combination of radius sanding b...

3 years ago
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RE: Is it normal to fork a project mid-build?

That sounds about right. For my 16" I ended up with G .020 (now wound, but will try plain next string up) C .017 E .011 A .009

3 years ago
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RE: Doing fiddly things

@swepri That is some serious engineering ! I am impressed.

3 years ago
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RE: To embarrass myself into finishing something ...

@tv101 That is looking really good man !

3 years ago
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RE: Acoustic Builds

ugh thats tough

3 years ago
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RE: Acoustic Builds

Awesome 🙂 Gonna make mine out of multiplex as that is what I have available

3 years ago
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RE: Acoustic Builds

Yes you definitely need more clamping :-)Nice looking top! I am going to make a body mold like that for my next acoustic project too.

3 years ago
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RE: Is it normal to fork a project mid-build?

Alright! I used a 16" on mine 🙂 It took me a bit of experimenting to find a good combination of string gauges.

3 years ago
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