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RE: Copper tele

@liebe it'll either be extra quiet or extra noisy lol

1 year ago
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RE: Copper tele

Cut my first ever f hole today and glued the plate on the headstock

1 year ago
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RE: Copper tele

@brie Yeh basically a neck through. Anyway been back at it, F hole next

1 year ago
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RE: Bass number 2

@russ cheers, wait and see my next build lol!

1 year ago
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RE: Hello from Denmark

@bjarni hi and welcome. There's quite a lot on the youtube channel too under the live heading. Mark did a fair bit of streaming when covid was on the ...

1 year ago
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RE: Bass number 2

Well that's my 2nd bass sorted

1 year ago
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RE: Bass number 2

Smoothed off the sharp edges and started the finishing

1 year ago
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RE: Okay, my first big mistake, but I think it's fixable, help! 🙂

@somethingnicer Most of that will be removed when carving the neck too so don't worry to much. I doubt anyone will ever notice once the build is finis...

1 year ago
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RE: Bass number 2

Bit more progress, bridge fitted, pickup and control cavities done, headstock done and control cavity cover.

1 year ago
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RE: Bass number 2

Got the neck pocket sorted, managede to rout a small angle in it too so I can keep the fretboard lower while still having enough height at the bridge....

1 year ago
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RE: Bass number 2

Got the fret markers in, frets and side dots. Only then did I realise I'd put markers on the 25th fret instead of the 24th lol. I knew something was o...

1 year ago
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RE: 4 string short scale bass

I've finally got myself back out to my shed too, also building a bass. Since we've had the heating installed I'm more reluctant to go out to the shed ...

1 year ago
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RE: One More Truss Rod question....

@somethingnicer I think that'll just be for the fatter end part, the main part of the rod will be a 1/4 inch. Personally I use a 1/4 inch for the full...

1 year ago
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RE: Well, that’s that then!!

@brie if you're on a low enough income you can even get most of it done for free. Think it's somewhere about £19500 per year or that. Ours was all fre...

1 year ago
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RE: Floyd rose vs neck style

@rathius sorry buddy, been busy and not on the forum but yes, super easy. Just rout the truss rod like usual but out the other end. Skunk stripe f...

1 year ago
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RE: Floyd rose vs neck style

@rathius I do all the fretwork etc first before gluing a neck in or attching wings with a neck through, so much easier lol. As for recessing, just sor...

1 year ago
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Answer to: Floyd rose vs neck style

@rathius yes, you can do set neck, bolt on or neck through. Makes no odds at all. A lot are bolt on for convenience I expect. Just get your dimensions...

1 year ago
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RE: Well, that’s that then!!

@brie ours is an ancient old stone cottage too, the biggest thing to cost is insulation. An air source pump can heat any building but the better the i...

1 year ago
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