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- Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:58 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Mistakes made while building early guitars
- Replies: 59
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Re: Mistakes made while building early guitars
It's great to read about everybody's what not to do and here's a few of the more memorable slip ups I've made. The very first guitar I tried to build wound up becoming a short scale bass because I shaved the profile of the neck too narrow. I later tried to use soft maple for neck laminations; someth...
- Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:29 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Jim Bonnell's most recent build
- Replies: 9
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Re: Jim Bonnell's most recent build
Nice work, Jim. I'm an old rick lover from way back. I had a 58' 450 solid body neck through that had a pewter truss rod cover embossed with the rick logo. I had to give it up in the early 70's becuase my hands got so big working as a carpenter that I couldn't play it's particularly small neck width...