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RE: Soft Maple Top

What sort of finish did you apply to that, once you'd superglued it?

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RE: Every Boy's Dream ...

Remember to wear your full safety gear. Good point @robin I'm guessing the conker fights are banned in schools nowadays. Apart from the obviou...

6 years ago
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RE: The Ten Steps of Guitar Design..

As I read down that list, I was getting more and more worried that it missed a critical - no, *the* critical - aspect of guitar design. But it was l...

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RE: Anyone else finniting?

Interestingly, when I type "finniting", auto-correct intervenes and assumes that i mean finessing. I think my next project might involve some fairly...

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RE: Black Tune O Matic ABR bridge

I bought one for guitar-assembly use, long before I understood all of its other potential uses. It encouraged me to learn a bit more about electronic...

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RE: Soft Maple Top

Final thought (it's a pain not being able to edit previous posts!) Oil is never going to give as hard and protective a finish as some other products...

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RE: Soft Maple Top

15????? That is way more - 3x or even 5x more - than I've ever needed to apply. It depends on the environment in which the guitar is left after ...

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RE: Soft Maple Top

That's the first interesting comment. Maple, being a light coloured wood, is perhaps more prone to picking up visible marks in a workshop, but it's ...

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RE: Stewmac Dremel Router Base

What was a Gibson master craftsman doing at Tonetech's shop???

6 years ago
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RE: Happy birthday to me!

Wow - what a great opportunity, and excellent news PEter. Congratulations!!

6 years ago
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RE: Fret Cutting Jig

You & me both @johnnierox-boo!

6 years ago
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RE: Black Tune O Matic ABR bridge

Never! I've used a variety of bridges, and never experienced that problem. If it's any consolation, it would probably have taken me longer to diagn...

6 years ago
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RE: First practice build

You need better ventilation @deej ...

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RE: New Section - Pickups & Parts

I've got a set of similar looking Gibson PAFs. Not sure (no clue) re the age, but they sound pretty good. Too good really, because I put them into ...

6 years ago
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RE: Book Recommendations?

I'm not sure that there is one book that covers all styles. The usual "bible" for electrics is Melvyn Hiscox's book. That looks very old by today's...

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RE: Anyone else finniting?

Pics / attachments should all be working now. There was a bit of an interruption during the upgrade, but seems to be OK. 🙂

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RE: Some Amp Building Qs

Yeah, but I've already got my Marshall stack out in the workshop ... 😆 (Actually, the workshop amp is a 1980's vintage 30w tranny combo - "Ohm...

6 years ago
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RE: Some Amp Building Qs

Cheers guys! I just looked at it really. There were no obviously blown Capacitors. No obviously dodgy solder joints. Nothing obviously missing or...

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