mark bailey
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RE: Maccaferri Petite Bouche

Amazing work - When we made ours I think we did the same thing (use a radius dish like we do on the back) - it was a few years ago! The soundboard sho...

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RE: The Phoenix

Nummy num! I could eat that! ?

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RE: Quarter Cut Necks

That looks Tasty as! This shows just how difficult it is to process large chunks of timber into ready to work guitar blanks - unless you have rather...

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RE: Have I been around too long to be a newbie ??

Thanks Tony!! It means a lot. ?️

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RE: Spray jobs are not simple 🙁

Yes - The 'Blooming I mentioned earlier is made worse if the coats are thicker - more thinner coats are always better than a few thick ones...THANKS f...

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RE: Spray jobs are not simple 🙁

Glad to Help!! Here is the fix I mentioned before...taken from email: Hey Mike - it looks like 'blooming' - the finish has 'bloomed' i...

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RE: Sunday Special Livestream !!

YES! Where the fretboard joins the line of the body shape on the upper horn is where to join up - I marked it with tracing paper in the vid - V.IMPORT...

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RE: The Phoenix

Yep - 1 up for chamfer...but it's your call!

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RE: Sunday Special Livestream !!

Thanks guys - you make it all worthwhile! ?

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RE: Spray jobs are not simple 🙁

Its cool Mike - I answered this one by email - I will find it later and copy paste it here - easy fix! Panic over 🙂

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RE: New through-neck addition to the family

Sorry Ben - Shenanigans afoot... going to see if I can get this sorted...

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RE: The Phoenix

Did you make an angle on the front of the body? Lay the guitar face down on the clamps so the front of the body lines up as flat as poss - The 'ne...

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RE: The Phoenix

Good catch! Lucky.. At least you know what went wrong - careful now... 🙂

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