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RE: Not only do I suck at routing, I suck at gluing too.

Whilst I concur with your rationale for being upset - I'd also suggest that Gibson's QC is renowned for never getting anything done to that degree of ...

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

Mad @marcel - but in a strangely enjoyable way!!

5 years ago
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RE: 335

It might @Deej, but then again, there are other factors that might account for any difference (if there is an audible difference). Even if you made ...

5 years ago
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RE: 335

And I agree with that too @deej - my comment was a little (though not entirely) facetious. But, I question where the line is drawn in terms of how m...

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RE: First neck carve

I'd really watch how Mark does it. I've never managed to carve one as good as the ones I did in his workshop. 👍

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

Way too much fun for a Sunday lunchtime ...

5 years ago
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RE: Bridge/trem route repair

Just watched the video @Boo - all looks good to me. Padding the bottom of the pickup cavities should be fine. Just wondering ... don't suppose the ...

5 years ago
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RE: Bridge/trem route repair

PS - that makes it sound like I've got lots of friends who are into guitar building. Obviously, I don't ... just you lot. 😆

5 years ago
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RE: Bridge/trem route repair

Unfortunately @mattbeels, I can take no credit for the inlays! I was given this as a rescue project. A friend had commissioned another friend to ma...

5 years ago
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RE: Bridge/trem route repair

I think it worked out OK ...

5 years ago
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RE: Bridge/trem route repair

Make a nice big template And rout out a nice big cavity There's a long backstory to this one, which explains why you can see the remains of a...

5 years ago
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RE: Bridge/trem route repair

I had to do something vaguely similar when some idiot routed the bridge pickup cavity in the wrong place. Wrong as in, 1" out, and just where the br...

5 years ago
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RE: First neck carve

Isn’t that a great feeling? Making something so tactile and comfortable feeling?

5 years ago
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RE: Bridge/trem route repair

Just how many mistakes do you think we make @darrenking? You could sell loads! 😆

5 years ago
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RE: Part 1 is in place

He’d probably find that depressing! It was a bit of a pita, because my main machine and the CNC laptop aren’t even networked. So it was a job for U...

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

This. Because it’s what’s playing, loud, on my hifi, right now. Restful Sunday afternoon ...

5 years ago
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RE: Part 1 is in place

Cheers @darrenking Ive got 3mm, 4mm, 6mm and 1/4” collets. Any idea whether 3mm is close enough to 1/8” to be interchangeable?? My first proje...

5 years ago
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RE: Bridge/trem route repair

Wow! That's some investment the person has made.

5 years ago
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RE: PART 6 - THROUGH THE ROUND WINDOW

I think you've done this before @rocknroller912 ...

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RE: Bridge/trem route repair

To be brutally honest, having just watched the video, is it worth saving that body? It doesn't look to be the best mix of woods, and with the combin...

5 years ago
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