NSJ
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RE: Ran pickup wires through mounting holes. Why must ye mock me so, Lord?

As Harry Enfild once said, "You don't wanna do it like that" 🤣

7 months ago
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RE: Suitable UK/European timber for building

I've used beech, ash, oak, cherry and walnut so far. All been really good. Only tricky one is oak because I did a carve top and it's very hard l...

7 months ago
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RE: A mahognay neck through redo

@russ thanks bud, it's so much nicer, the whole fit and finish is vastly improved and now I could happily put it up for sale

8 months ago
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RE: A mahognay neck through redo

@benjaminschwillens82gmail-com Cheers

8 months ago
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RE: A mahognay neck through redo

@liebe the finish was kinda tacky, floyd sat fairly high above the recess and the recess rout wasn't very good. That one was my first carve top too I ...

8 months ago
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RE: A mahognay neck through redo

@liebe surfacing bit from radian tools, use it then give it a quick sand and it's ready to go. I use 80 grit on a hard piece of wood.

8 months ago
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RE: A mahognay neck through redo

Meant to include a before pic of how the guitar used to look Full build can be found on my youtube channel too

8 months ago
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RE: Build #2 finally finished.

@brie Looks really nice bud, the neck wood looks a bit mahogany ish but not sure.

9 months ago
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RE: Super tele build

@koendb zero issues, I did 3 but when pulling the trem up it was pushing against the springs so I tried 2 and it works perfect.

9 months ago
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9 months ago
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RE: Built my first 5 string

@boo be sure to insist on a 4 string because a 5 string is a pain in the hoop! 🤣

11 months ago
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RE: Built my first 5 string

@liebe friend had really old massive slabs of it, sold me one. Also sawed it up for me with his massive machinery so I could get the maximum use.

11 months ago
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RE: Robin's Build #005

1 year per inch thick for drying is what I understand

11 months ago
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RE: Order of fitment and finishing

I tried doing them seperately once but it was such a farce, so awkward. I'd mask off the neck to do the body seperate and vice versa if doing it again...

12 months ago
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RE: Neck wood

@tv101 well seeing as this thread has popped up again I'll just say here and now, none of my ash necks have suffered a single issue. All still perfect...

12 months ago
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RE: First Tele Style Build

Osmo poly x is superb for a wipe on finish, that's my goto these days. I'll often used thinned down polyurathane though on mahogany etc, sanded in to ...

12 months ago
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RE: Sanding the inside of a hole

@boo if it haqppens again just glue the neck in and glue the ferrules in then glue screw heads in 🤣 🤣

12 months ago
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