Russ
Russ
@russ
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Joined: Jun 13, 2020
Last seen: Aug 8, 2025
Topics: 25 / Replies: 2542
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Cheers @boo. 🎸🙏🎶🙂

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Cheers @robin. 🙂🎶🙏🎸

2 years ago
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RE: 4 string short scale bass

Coming along nicely @marcel. 🎸🙂🙏🎶

2 years ago
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RE: My first laminated semi-hollowbody

@jamesbisset It's all looking great James. 🙏🎶🙂🎸

2 years ago
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RE: My first laminated semi-hollowbody

@jamesbisset Where can we hear it James? 🎸🙂🎶🙏

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

All strung up........not a bad wee job......a great learning experience. .....and it does play nicely. 😁 🙏🎶🙂🎸

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Almost forgot to do the dot markers. 😬 .... only put side dots in...... 🎸🙂🎶🙏

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Cheers @boo. I'll post pictures of it all strung up soon. 🙂🎶🎸🙏

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Then I made a wee truss rod cover.... shaped the same as the headstock. 🎸🎶🙏🙂

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Then preparing the bridge pin holes for the strings using a reamer. Then file a wee groove into the front of each hole 🙂🙏🎶🎸

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Nice fit 🎸🎶🙏🙂

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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Next, the saddle. Again squaring up the blank Then keep sanding and refining until it fits the saddle slot. 🙂🙏🎶🎸

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Take it back out and mark out and carve out the grooves for the strings 🎸🎶🙏🙂

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Next getting it to the right height and curving over the top..... 🙂🙏🎶🎸

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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Almost there.... just making a nut and saddle..... first get the blank to roughly the size and squared... Then start getting into shape ...

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Then a bit of final sanding. ....and adding some finishing oil. 🙂🙏🎶🎸

2 years ago
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RE: 📐Russ' Parlour N°2📏

Not a bit of fret leveling and crowning Then a wee bit of polishing up. 🎸🎶🙏🙂

2 years ago
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RE: BACK IN THE ROOM !! .... and LOOK who is here for our first open workshop session 🙂

@markbailey @tv101 @jamesbisset What's it like having the two of them in the same room? 🤣.....A lot of shenanigans I imagine.....🤣 Good to see yo...

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