NSJ
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RE: Sanding the inside of a hole

I got mine out of aldi years ago, still going strong. Came with the snake attachment too which helps when I drill those ferrules off centre lol ...

12 months ago
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RE: Sanding the inside of a hole

Hey @Boo while I remember, got these from tool station, pretty cheap but can be pretty handy. There's a little dremmel sized one in the kit too.

12 months ago
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RE: Sanding the inside of a hole

I say old bean, get yourself a dremmel, there's a good chap what what 🤣

1 year ago
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RE: Floyd Rose trem on a shorter scale guitar

@boo Welcome. Usually with gibson scale I measure 630mm for scale line which is slightly longer, seems to work great.

1 year ago
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RE: Somehow messed up scale

@somethingnicer Here's what I did on my latest les paul type build. You can also slice off the lower half of the heel and glue a longer piece ...

1 year ago
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RE: Floyd Rose trem on a shorter scale guitar

@boo my ggbo build, the black limba neck through with binding etc. That's a 24.75 scale with floyd, works perfect. A lot of companies have been doing ...

1 year ago
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RE: Anyone know what kind of pickups these are?

Guitarists name is Caleb Nelson apparently, he's on IG and FB, could try dropping him a message maybe. Other than that I got nothing from googly! Lol

1 year ago
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RE: First copy (serial #2) of one of my original designs!!!

I've ruined a couple of bodies, a couple of necks and an almost finished build! But, I've learnt to get over stuff pretty quick these days and just ge...

1 year ago
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RE: Explorer (or maybe LP) with Floyd Rose

@steveh Trussrod fully tight and still bowing forward? You could try adding a bit of physical pressure to pull the neck back and see if the trus...

1 year ago
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RE: les Paul style

@markbailey learnt to carve the top and got inspired to do the heel from one of your lives where you did that carve top with an amber burst.

1 year ago
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RE: les Paul style

@russ I'm all about the superstrat myself but it's nice to build variety.

1 year ago
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RE: les Paul style

@liebe depends on whether it's glued or bolted, I like bolted pretty snug if possible but glue in needs room for the glue and to tight can cause real ...

1 year ago
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1 year ago
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RE: Thicknesser?

@liebe Radian tools sell a planer bit to use with a router sled, it's excellent. Just take small bites. A thickness planer or planer table is a...

1 year ago
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RE: Thicknesser?

@liebe make yourself a cheap router sled, I recently did that with a piece of contiboard and a couple of rails. Great for getting things straight. The...

1 year ago
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RE: Body blank joint

For gluing it's better rough so 80 is good. I think the join disappears more and also glue gets a better hold, gets right into the fibres instead of f...

1 year ago
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Answer to: Body blank joint

Flat, no light showing through. And yeh it can be a pain in the muffler prepping wood but it has to be done. Handplane, sanding, router and straight e...

1 year ago
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RE: Copper tele

Well this turned out nice, sounds great, plays great but I'll probably get a green arm at some point lol Final video will be up in a day or two ...

1 year ago
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RE: Copper tele

And a bit more, tops glued on, edges filed and sanded over and my tele neck pickup ring finally arrived. Also copper on headstock and logo on trussrod...

1 year ago
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RE: Copper tele

As usual it's all on my youtube including the cheek clenching latest episode lol

1 year ago
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