NSJ
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RE: Bass time

Got the comfort carves done today. I had a go with the grinder and sanding disc on the arm carve but gave that up and went back to good old hand tools...

2 years ago
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RE: Explorer (or maybe LP) with Floyd Rose

@steveh well I can blame it on age at least lol

2 years ago
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RE: Explorer (or maybe LP) with Floyd Rose

@steveh I place the claw against the back of the spring cavity and move it about until I'm happy it's centred then go round in the holes with a pencil...

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

Today was a little tidy here and there and then onto bridge fitting, pickup routing, control cavity and wire holes. I set the depth stop on my drill p...

2 years ago
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Today I smoothed out the back and front and did the neck heel transition area.

2 years ago
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RE: Hi from tropical Leeds!

You say studio apartment, I say shed, you live in a shed lol

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

Got the top glued on then today I rough cut out the shape, still a bit of refining to do though then it's onto routing and carving

2 years ago
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RE: Fret slot depth

@nortski I've used wood glue in the past, just squeeze a small bead in the slot then bang in the fret but my preferred method is to run medium supergl...

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

Got the frets levelled, crowned and polished today then glued on the wings. Hopefully tomorrow I can get the top glued on at some point. This was one ...

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

@brie St Cyrus! That was it. Gourdon is past johnshaven. I was trying to remember them in order going from Montrose lol. Bought my first electric from...

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

Got a little bit more done today, top cut out and been cutting down the centre block to allow room for the top. Added a bit of angle for more bridge c...

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

@swepri A40640 module, do fancy doing other stuff but that means making the effort to learn and I'm not always good at that lol I've seen guys o...

2 years ago
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@brie Maybe Gourdon, Johnshaven or Bervie. Got cousins up that way.

2 years ago
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@brie I glue up in my shed but then bring it in because it's slightly warmer and at some point there will be heating on, so which ever room is warm is...

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

@brie About 20 miles from Dundee heading towards Glenisla

2 years ago
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@swepri neje 3 plus, got it off ebay. I seen a friend using it on his youtube and asked what he was using, he had the 2 plus but it wasn't available s...

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

Got the headstock sorted out today, stuck the body template on to get an idea how it will look. And of course I did my logo

2 years ago
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RE: Bass time

@robin it's been mental but fortunately I'm to high up to be affected, people over Brechin way had to get evacuated and all sorts. Water up about 6ft ...

2 years ago
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@brie I bring whatever wood I'm using in the house when it starts getting cold and damp, half built guitar or whatever. Just take it out the to the sh...

2 years ago
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Had a bit of flooding in the shed but I lifted everything off the floor and took my wood in the house before hand so all was good. The ground next to ...

2 years ago
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