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: Starting the process, guitar number 1

@peebee Your drawing looks great, which bridge do you plan on using?

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RE: Quantity vs Quality - FIGHT!!

I voted for livestreams, pretty much for the same reasons already listed. They’re a lot of fun to watch even if it’s after the fact. However edited...

5 years ago
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RE: Starting the process, guitar number 1

@peebee Nice one! Plus you have a bobbin sander, sweet! Is it one of those combo jobs with a belt or a proper “up-n-downer?”

5 years ago
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RE: Who's the biggest Bailey Fanboy?

@tv101 ahh, gotcha! What’s it called then?

5 years ago
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RE: Starting the process, guitar number 1

@peebee Sounds awesome, have fun!

5 years ago
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RE: New Member

@azad No problem at all!!!

5 years ago
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RE: New Member

@azad Yes, that’s what I meant with base plate. The body of the bridge, the piece that broke. I re-read your post and realized that you don’t yet ...

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RE: Who's the biggest Bailey Fanboy?

@tv101 Hey, you’ve probably never been asked this before but how do you change pu’s on your Bandsman? Is it a blender or rotary switch with splits?

5 years ago
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RE: Who's the biggest Bailey Fanboy?

@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 Well it’s not me. I did just order two shirts and a beanie though. But I was just going through a junk drawer and I fou...

5 years ago
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RE: New Member

@azad Sounds like you did a lot of hard work on that, props! So I guess your sister supplied the base plate?

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RE: New Member

@boo I also love reverse headstocks, thanks to George Lynch 😆 I like what you did to your Bandsman stock, I was also thinking of doing something si...

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RE: New Member

@boo Looks like you did a great job on that! IIRC there were at least 3 FR guitars from Kramer. I worked at the Guitar Center in San Francisco be...

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RE: New Member

@azad I don’t know too much about Friedenau, it’s a small neighborhood over by the old Tempelhof Airport (I think), in the west. I lived on the east...

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RE: Ambitious first build - one piece flame maple custom 22

@94dodgedude Hey dude, jumping in at the deep end, eh? Don’t feel too bad, we‘ve all done it in one way or another... Cutting out your truss rod s...

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RE: New Member

@robin Thanks Robin! Haha, good one! I guess I‘ll have to choose my words more carefully from now on (yeah, that‘ll happen). Cheers!

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RE: New Member

@james-chacewatergmail-com-2 Thanks James! Yes actually, guitarmakingness is indeed a word. Er, at least it is now... Yeah that finishing course...

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RE: New Member

@boo Thanks boo! Yeah, rock was everywhere back then! I like a lot of different music and even some current stuff 😆 but man, those were the days! ...

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RE: New Member

@azad Welcome Azad! Not having access to the materials needed to build/mod must be quite frustrating, sorry to hear that. However that bridge looks ...

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RE: New Member

@tv101 thanks dude, glad to be here! Yeah the lockdowns suck for sure but the livestreams are the silver lining, aren’t they? I’ve noticed the con...

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