Tej
Tej
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RE: What would you like to see next?

@rocknroller912 It’s a tricky one as generally people only experience glueing by practice/experimenting, rarely have I met someone who was taught what...

4 years ago
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RE: What would you like to see next?

@rocknroller912 makes sense, the guitar I worked was given to me to play with ultimately so it didn’t matter if I happened to ruin it entirely it wasn...

4 years ago
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RE: What would you like to see next?

@rocknroller912 that’s true but I think they’re an invaluable learning resource. My first significant effort at fixing a guitar was when I was given o...

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

@rocknroller912 yeah very displeased with my Frankenfinish! I took to it with the random orbital in the end and took it right back finishing by hand w...

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

Sadly what I created was a mess @rocknroller912 I know what you’re getting at but that’s really not what it’d have come out like and is about as far a...

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

@robin I had done, it just looked a mess, really uneven texture and colour. Just need to suck it up and start again.

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

Well this is al getting rather infuriating, finish was going well until I added grain filler, it’s now a total mess, while sanding down the filler I c...

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

Apologies to all for radio silence, not a lot to post about while I’m applying coat after coat of finishy coloury gloop, it’s all just more green than...

4 years ago
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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

@darrenking that would be excellent to hear! Amazing guitarist and loved Roxy’s vocals too, there’s something very special about singers who really pu...

4 years ago
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RE: Custom Logos!

@rocknroller the headstock I’ve made is with two woods, neck is mahogany and the headstock is laminated both sides with rosewood. Or did you mean some...

4 years ago
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RE: Custom Logos!

I’ll have a look, maybe there are different brands I could try. Home crafted dry rub didn’t work well as it’s ultimately a big sticker. In the past, w...

4 years ago
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RE: Custom Logos!

…turns out I calculated the price wrong, A5 sheet in two colours was quoted to me at just under 170, now I really can’t justify that. Think I’ll just ...

4 years ago
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RE: Drilling bridge holes

@tv101 thanks for the feedback, that’s pretty much what I did in the end apart from moving the bass side back but the adjustment for. The test set up ...

4 years ago
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RE: Custom Logos!

Has anyone had success with DIY transfers, pricing up an A4 2 colour transfer sheet from approved is coming in at just under 100 which I just cant jus...

4 years ago
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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

@tv101 sorry to hear things are tough at the moment, truly hope recovery for her is on the horizon, take care.

4 years ago
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RE: Silver highlights

@tv101 I have some stain from there, decided against it for this build as it, well, just didn’t look right on the mahogany. It’s certainly a lot easie...

4 years ago
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RE: Silver highlights

@tv101 what did you change to? The main reason I went with this is as I don’t need spray equipment. Have to say the results I had previously were exce...

4 years ago
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RE: Explorer body progress

Lovely work 🙂🙂🙂

4 years ago
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RE: Silver highlights

@tv101 so far the inconsistency is only down to the wood prep and colour. I sanded too finely which hasn’t helped the dye take. The fresh scrap test I...

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