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: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

@boo Love that classic Dio. Did you know that after recording the track that he hated it and thought it was too commercial? He wanted to take a razo...

5 years ago
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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

@marcel 100% in agreement, JC was a super cool badass!

5 years ago
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RE: BYO-399

@tv101 My previous post was in reference to the bass pickguard. The one on the guitar looks pretty sweet as it enhances the color. What kind of *c...

5 years ago
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RE: BYO-399

@tv101 Niiice pickguard, did you buy it or make it? I can easily make an alu guard and there’s a great youtube vid from Maximum Guitar Works where...

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RE: Neck Angle Jig done.

@tv101 I also do that. Even though on my router it would be quite difficult to hit the switch while changing bits I’ve always unplugged it while doi...

5 years ago
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RE: Neck Angle Jig done.

Although doing a few climb cuts to avoid tear out is a good idea. Mark covers that in the course but this is general woodworking info that can be foun...

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RE: Neck Angle Jig done.

@robin You are correct. Cutting a hole like a control cavity or for a pickup would be done clockwise. Profiling and rounding over a body would be ...

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RE: BYO-399

@robin I don’t think using wooden covers is being cheap, quite the contrary. I think using plastic is cheap, definitely for the factories. Woode...

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RE: Neck Angle Jig done.

@cheesewhisk Practicing on scrap is one of the most important golden rules! I learned that chunk of wisdom from the mighty Dan Erlewine but it took ...

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RE: BYO-399

@boo With bought guitars I simply leave them. I wouldn’t replace them with wood because then you’d have to deepen the cover recess to install a th...

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RE: Neck Angle Jig done.

And I’m gearing up to prove it!

5 years ago
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RE: Table saw?

Rall should easily be the cheapest but as his aren’t in stock you’ll have to either play the waiting game or bite the bullet and get the SM one... wha...

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RE: BYO-399

@eddie6string Here’s my Root Beer Jem. It originally had pink pickups and a black guard. They both had to go 😂 Can you believe they covered up t...

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RE: BYO-399

I’m not entirely against pickguards it’s just that they usually don’t appeal to me and I’m not interested in plastic. Also as a tech I don’t like ha...

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RE: BYO-399

@tv101 Yup, you said it bro. But alas, to each their own... 😂😂🤣

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Answer to: Table saw?

Cheers Adam, no I don’t have that saw blade but plan on ordering one at some point. They also have a 150mm version if that helps. I just looked at t...

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RE: BYO-399

@eddie6string Well, since you asked... neither. Personally I don’t much care for pickguards, pickup frames or gold hardware 😂 so I say mount the...

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RE: The "Where's @Deej" thread ...

@russ Well done, welcome to the 20th century!😂😂😂 Don‘t worry, I‘m not super proficient with tech either 🤷🏼‍♂️🤦‍♂️. PC‘s came out when I was in mi...

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Answer to: Table saw?

You guys are probably not aware of a really good store in Bavaria called Rall Guitars. shop.rall-online.net He’s a really nice guy with a website ...

5 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Online Bandsman 2

@boo That killswitch looks smooooth!

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