mattbeels
mattbeels
@mattbeels
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Joined: Oct 22, 2020
Last seen: Apr 22, 2025
Topics: 4 / Replies: 1035
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

I’m also intrigued @boo. I know that you’re ditching your original plan (if that’s what you could call it 😂) and you can’t do what @tv101 did as you’r...

4 years ago
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too.

I agree with you @jonhodgson, well except for that part about the hanging, jeez... a tad extreme don’t you think? 😄 But I also like 22 frets, it dep...

4 years ago
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too.

Judging from your photos @cheesewhisk it doesn’t look like squeeze out for days. But It does sound like you figured the problem out by missing the nai...

4 years ago
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RE: Hello!!

Yeah @boo The New York Doilies

4 years ago
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RE: Hello!!

That’s very good advice @tv101! 😂😂😂 But seriously I don’t mind if people want to comment on my cushions and curtains. But if I catch anyone talkin’ ...

4 years ago
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RE: Hello!!

@jonhodgson I have an Ibanez Jem from ‘88 or so and it has an extension but maybe they’re different now. I’ve played/worked on all the brands you me...

4 years ago
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too.

Or maybe you clamped the living shit out of it? If so then don’t do that either as you’ll squeeze out too much glue causing a starved joint. Not good.

4 years ago
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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too.

That means you used too much glue @cheesewhisk and that’s possibly why your fretboard got off center, it was too slippery. Practice glueing up some sc...

4 years ago
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RE: Nearly there Boo

Points are points, amirite?!? Now where in the hell are my fookin’ Hero Points? Seriously?

4 years ago
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RE: Build report of my take on an Ikea kitchen countertop 🙂

They also have them in thicker MDF but... The clear ones have the advantage of placing them on the body blank to pick out the best spot regarding th...

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RE: Nearly there Boo

@tv101 😂😂😂

4 years ago
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RE: Nearly there Boo

Yeah @boo, but that wasn’t meant to be ‘the next one’, however you are definitely correct. I just like to put them in where they apply and not just ...

4 years ago
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RE: Part 1 is in place

Haha @tv101 I like ya buddy, but I don’t think of you that way...

4 years ago
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RE: Nearly there Boo

BOOOOOOM @deej! I’d buy that for a dollar!

4 years ago
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RE: Build report of my take on an Ikea kitchen countertop 🙂

That’s cool @koendb. They look pretty good and they’re quite reasonably priced, a tad on the thin side though, be careful! Besides you should make cop...

4 years ago
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RE: Nearly there Boo

Alright @deej! Welcome to the club, Bob... (I’m waiting for someone to pick up on these movie quotes that I keep using here and there, ahh well......

4 years ago
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RE: Build report of my take on an Ikea kitchen countertop 🙂

Looks great @koendb, congrats! Looking forward to seeing what you do with the V, those are pretty much my favorite guitars. Did you get your templa...

4 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

Excellent @boo, I like that guide coat action. It looks halfway cool, kind of like a poor man’s crackle finish 😆

4 years ago
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RE: Part 1 is in place

Well, well, well @tv101... I knew it was either this or a Bagpress yet I’m sure this is only part one of your idea... Quick question: can it do cush...

4 years ago
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