Rocknroller912
Rocknroller912
@rocknroller912
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Joined: Aug 12, 2020
Last seen: Mar 16, 2025
Topics: 6 / Replies: 1152
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RE: ?Luthier Jokes and Funny Stories?

@tv101 Thought of you as soon as I spotted this

4 years ago
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RE: Neck shims

@tej Good luck I’m sure you will get some other opinions

4 years ago
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RE: Neck shims

@tej Are you thinking of raising the whole neck with a flat shim or changing the neck angle with an angle shim. If it’s a flat shim then you could a...

4 years ago
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RE: Thistle Mandola

Very nice work on the logo, it’s good to see work like that being done by hand and not using CNC. Also like the fretboard as it’s the way I started ma...

4 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth

@boo Love the video. You can always rely on a Aussie to tell it like it is. Interesting point you made about paint being too wet and causing problem...

4 years ago
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RE: My Shed

@boo Autocorrect is beating me again it was supposed to read un heated

4 years ago
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RE: My Shed

@russ I think that plastic cases will be fine with silica gel if you’ve got it. I’ve been storing mine like that for years and don’t have any proble...

4 years ago
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RE: BYOEG Black Stealth

@boo I don’t feel so bad now I know that even professional painters get crazy paving sometimes. It happened to me during the summer when I was givin...

4 years ago
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RE: My Shed

@russ Silica gel is good in an enclosed space. I don’t keep original boxes as they are only bits of cardboard and I don’t see the point of being pre...

4 years ago
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RE: There seems to be some strings missing!!

@darrenking Ive never built a bass but I was doing research for a friend who wants to create a replica Fender Music Master bass that was his first o...

4 years ago
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RE: My Shed

@russ I work in my garage and don’t have any heating. Sometimes I plug in a dehumidifier to clear the damp.

4 years ago
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RE: My Shed

@russ Your work space is looking good but you have picked the hardest time of year to start.

4 years ago
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RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

@tej Looks like you’ve had a life time supply of bad luck all in one build. This should mean that your next ones will go with no problems.

4 years ago
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RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

@tej Good job I’m glad that it worked for you. Being able to fix mistakes as they happen gives a lot more confidence when building. I always do a dr...

4 years ago
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RE: Jigs, patterns, and lines on paper

@wayne_f Good video thanks for sharing it with us. I’ve had that fret problem in the past where it goes down on one side. Could it be that the barbe...

4 years ago
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RE: Cheers to Mr Bailey

@tej It looks super. When you listed all the “mistakes” in various posts I was expecting a disaster.

4 years ago
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RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

@tej Yes it makes a nice neat hole that you can plug

4 years ago
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RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

Autocorrect is beating me here but mostly it makes sense

4 years ago
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RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

@tej There is an easy way to get broken screws out, it’s debated a lot LG guitar forums. Fing a small metal tube just the diameter of the screw (h...

4 years ago
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RE: In the beginning we mark the nut...

@tej One thing that’s often forgotten is that some screws get thicker along the shaft where there is no thread so thats the part the hole needs to b...

4 years ago
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