mark bailey
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RE: Life Changing!

Yes I suspect those figures are to impress us...Truthfully - for our purposes the amount of pressure does not matter much - as long as the pieces are ...

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RE: Life Changing!

Hey Darren - That is genius! Thanks for sharing that one...Hope the bolts come out OK for you - A little wax on the threads, in the area around the gl...

6 years ago
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RE: Life Changing!

Glad to have helped! It's wonderful to be a part of this and see your instruments take shape... Thanks for sharing!!

6 years ago
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RE: Return of the Thistle

It's great to have you here John There are 'hero points' for the taking - upload some pics of the Thistle here in the acoustic showcase I'm sure some ...

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RE: Deleted course

Hey Darren - I'll PM you about this ?

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RE: Travel Guitar?

Thanks for sharing your 'fail' shame to waste it... What about nylon strings with a piezo pickup? (on the brighter side it looks like it will burn ver...

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RE: Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position

Hey Darren - No worries! Yep - Looks Smashing ? Fingers crossed for ya...

6 years ago
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Answer to: Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position

It's cool - sorry for any confusion... trust me it gets easier after the first one... Yes the angle is offset by 1/8" over 3" - its in this video if y...

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RE: Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position

Its understandable - sorry if I appear to be lecturing...I think we all go through a similar process...quite a lot of variation if you look around onl...

6 years ago
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Answer to: Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position

Darren - I believe you may be overthinking this... My method advises to add .10" to the scale length along the top e simple as that - the other string...

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Answer to: Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position

I wonder if this might shine some light on this one... The correct way to measure the scale length: measure from the front (string take off side) of t...

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RE: Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position

Measure to the (string take off side) front of the saddle along the top E. It would be very interesting to hear an explanation from Georgia Luthier S...

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RE: Headstock veneers and logo

?Brilliant! There's no rush...

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RE: Bridge Machining

I have also added drilling for an under saddle pick up. Here’s a question. The fitting instructions say to drill a hole at both ends of the saddle eve...

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Answer to: Fret Dressing

That's right Darren It is probably easier than you think - The higher action on Acoustic guitars makes them a bit more forgiving than electrics - just...

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Answer to: Scale length and Bridge/Saddle position

YES...You are right - Unless the laws of physics have changed recently (?) ? Seriously though - my method always works for me and nobody has had a pro...

6 years ago
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RE: Scale length

On the rear of the guitar I’ve noticed that the low E string ferrule is offset quite considerably and I don’t know why. Can someone enlighten me as to...

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Answer to: Necks and fretboards

Hey Darren - great work! this should really be in the 'showcase' section rather than the Q's:

6 years ago
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RE: Binding Module

This is awesome - top post! Can't wait to see how they come out with the binding.

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