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- Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:00 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
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Okay today I had a deluge of bridge pins......5 sets from Hancock and co and then Kims pins arrived abut an hour later. Anyway I got all the strings on and tuned her up to pitch and even without the saddle setup she sounds great. Big Dreadie sound and balanced tonally. Even the wife was impressed..a...
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:47 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Picture of Bob connor
- Replies: 9
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- Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:20 am
- Forum: Anything Goes
- Topic: Friday funny
- Replies: 4
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Watching George's plea to the nation speech yesterday on TV I got the impression the guy couldnt even handle working a till in a deli let alone manage the finances of a nation. The guy seems inebt and way out of his depth. The warning signs of a mortgage crisis were there for some time before the fi...
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:17 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Live from the Zoot Cave
- Replies: 22
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Re: Live from the Zoot Cave
I just want to know one thing...how much does Bob want for his business???bob wrote:
We're away for the weekend but we'll be back next Monday so if you want to know anything fire away
- Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:48 pm
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: Dressing Frets, another method especially for hard fretwire.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 19036
- Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:34 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 60384
- Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:24 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 60384
- Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:44 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Beginning router questions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9214
- Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:06 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Picture of Bob connor
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8998
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 9:29 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 60384
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:36 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: new to the forums~ Cole Clark
- Replies: 74
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The guitar turned out fine...the person I loaned it to 4 years ago hasnt yet given it back. oh ok, thats a bit of relief that it has been done before. we have block planes at school, and i guess im going to have to improvise the rest coz i cant really afford to buy the specialty tools. how did the g...
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:41 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
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Okay I pulled out the saddle and infilled the slot. Ive worked out position for new slot with more angle and closer to front of bridge on treble side. Tomorrow Ill re-route the slot and hopefully all the bldi bridge pins I need will turn up and I can do a full string up and continue with setup. Neck...
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:37 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 60384
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:01 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: How Do I Drill A Hole...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6741
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 11:00 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Beginning router questions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9214
Just remember to drill the holes for the tuner posts before cutting the slot and cut the slot with the head a little over thickness as it is likely that there will be some tearout on the back of the head when drilling the holes to roughly cut the slot cheers graham Important advice. To minimise tea...
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 6:30 am
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: Beginning router questions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9214
You could do it with either guide bushing and a straight cutter and suitable jig or with a bearing/bit set. With the guide bushing you just have to make allowance for the bushing when positioning the jig. I bought a full set of different sized bushings for my router. Each bushing has an internal and...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:12 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 60384
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:08 pm
- Forum: Tutorials
- Topic: Accurate measurement of Zpoxy Grain Filler
- Replies: 8
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- Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:47 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
- Views: 60384
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 10:12 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: New Luthiers
- Replies: 2
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Youre preaching to the converted here mate. Tim is tops in terms of product and service. Hes even been known to pick up customers from Perth Airport in a stretched limo with girls and champers in the back. Well ok there wasnt a limo and there werent any girls and champers. But he did pick up the cus...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:59 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
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Oh Shit! Must stop and apologise here and now. My sets came from ALLIED luthiers $10 per set deal around 3 years ago. Kim Youre not the only one having a bad day mate. After f****ng up he saddle on my 12 string this morning I went to the bldi dentist with at least three gaping holes in my pearly wh...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:31 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: new to the forums~ Cole Clark
- Replies: 74
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I did a guitar building course a few years ago and the venue was actually a high school woodworking room at a New Zealand high school. Most of the hand tools we used were straight off the racks in the woodwork room, we just had to make sure they got a good sharpen before we used them. The machines w...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 9:10 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
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I pretty much went through the same process....sanded back and washed with Shellite. Didnt help at all. Thought it was the shellac so changed that out but still same result. Surface was breaking up after a day or two.....I wouldnt call them fish eyes....looked like hairline cracks at a distance. Fun...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 8:44 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
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I dont know if Im very patient...some of my problems probably have lack of patience as a root cause. You and me to :( Martin do tell, could the "contaminated" back set you replaced have been an opportunity grade set of EIR from Luthiers Mercantile by any chance??? I would be VERY interested to know...
- Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:39 pm
- Forum: Instrument Builders Forum
- Topic: 12 string update pics
- Replies: 86
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Yeah the Hauser classical has had 3 backs.....french polish problems due to wood contamination and then back lost its arch. I then merrily scraped through the bindings on one side so had to redo same. I dont know if Im very patient...some of my problems probably have lack of patience as a root cause...