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RE: Finishing Maple Fretboards

I've used Tru-Oil on guitar woods - it's not *just* for gun stocks, though it is very popular for those too. A maple fretboard won't absorb much oil...

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RE: Metal Flake (Large Silver Flake)

Agreed @Boo "You're not paying me for the couple of hours I'll spend painting that thing. You're paying me for years of experience I've earned, so ...

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RE: 🎶🎸 Your Favourite Song In This Moment 🎸🎶

Our music libraries must have a lot of overlap @Russ!!

5 years ago
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RE: Noise Making Box

[PS] ^^^ @mattbeels!

5 years ago
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RE: Noise Making Box

I also put this circuit together this afternoon That does "what it says on the tin" too - I've just plugged it in front of my little 5w valvey ...

5 years ago
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RE: Noise Making Box

It's a real lo-fi, low-wattage, basic amp! The controls are Grit, Gain, Tone and Volume. Tone doesn't do a lot, it's mainly about how dirty you want...

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RE: 🎺🎸🥁 This Is The Best Song by ????? I've Heard........in this moment. 🥁🎸🎺

OK, Pink Floyd, and referring back to my earlier comment about Floyd & albums ... my favourite Floyd album is .... Pulse. This YT v...

5 years ago
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RE: The Guitar Building Journey

IIRC @clinton you did that blue, semi-hollow, Bandsman? Now, that is a guitar to admire!!!

5 years ago
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RE: New Electric BUild

I'm not sure that epoxy counts as a "tone glue". Why wouldn't you use good old favourite Titebond? If it's good enough for the boss ... A...

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RE: Metal Flake (Large Silver Flake)

So, @Boo, next question is how many guitars would you be able to spray with that expensive tin of paint, once thinned appropriately? And my follow-o...

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RE: Noise Making Box

Next job is to make a pretty little box for the amp. For the last one, I had some off cuts of thin mahogany lying around which was *almost* wide eno...

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RE: Noise Making Box

Well, it didn't work. 😣 😡 😥 😪 So, time to rip it to pieces, and start again. Except ... I'll just poke around a bit, wiggle a few thing...

5 years ago
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RE: Noise Making Box

WD-40 - The smell of a real man!! That's the one that you "splash it on all over", right ????

5 years ago
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RE: Noise Making Box

Thanks @darrenking - the main challenge I have is deciphering the actual colours that are supposedly denoted by the coloured bands on the resistor. ...

5 years ago
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RE: The Guitar Building Journey

That's interesting @clinton. I've always thought of set necks as being more "difficult", but - in reality - I think they're just slightly more risky...

5 years ago
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RE: New Workshop

Whooops - don't ask for pics @clinton!! (I sort of asked, in a roundabout and subtle way, but it didn't go down well 🤣 )

5 years ago
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RE: 🎺🎸🥁 This Is The Best Song by ????? I've Heard........in this moment. 🥁🎸🎺

*This* is my job @Boo. 😆 😆 No "proper" work though. I declined the offer of an extension to my last contract last Dec (partly because they kept ...

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RE: 🎺🎸🥁 This Is The Best Song by ????? I've Heard........in this moment. 🥁🎸🎺

^^^ [edit] I might miss one or three tracks from the playlist / postlist, because I *don't* like them. Prizes for spotting those. ...

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RE: 🎺🎸🥁 This Is The Best Song by ????? I've Heard........in this moment. 🥁🎸🎺

Well spotted @mattbeels. Right then, if them's the rules, I'm going to start with track1, side1 of LZ1 tomorrow, and just post them all as they p...

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