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- Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:50 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Neck Block Buttress, but How?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20555
Re: Neck Block Buttress, but How?
Randolph, I believe Barry is saying that he drills through the support block at the waist towards the neck block, not through the side itself--the support block being glued to the inside of the side, a hole directed from the support block towards the neck block would not penetrate the side, and the ...
- Fri Jan 19, 2018 8:07 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Giveaway- LMI Richlite and Rocklite fingerboards (classical)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 223286
Re: Giveaway- LMI Richlite and Rocklite fingerboards (classical)
Put my name in. Thanks.
- Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:41 am
- Forum: Ukuleles
- Topic: Resonator Ukes
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13631
Re: Resonator Ukes
Conventional wisdom may dictate otherwise, but a lightweight soundwell can be successful. The Brazilian Del Vecchio Dinamico uses a 1/8 inch thick bent plywood ring that sits on a longitudinal bar running from headblock to tailblock, with a ledge which supports the cone. These guitars have a beautif...
- Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:31 am
- Forum: Glues and Finishes
- Topic: Clear Finish on Rosewood?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 26187
Re: Clear Finish on Rosewood?
Santos Rosewood is not Brazilian Rosewood; it's another name for Pau Ferro which is not a true Rosewood (Dalbergia genus) and would not be listed under CITES.
- Fri Nov 10, 2017 6:12 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Whammy bar question and a little showing off
- Replies: 9
- Views: 12184
Re: Whammy bar question and a little showing off
I question whether or not aluminum would be desirable; it may be too easy to bend out of shape. I would go with plain steel rod. I prefer a fixed arm vibrato and made a fixed arm for my Bigsby from stainless rod, but it was a real fight to bend. With a fixed position arm, you can have the end right ...
- Wed Nov 01, 2017 1:42 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Reject wood guitar? Prototype?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 35008
Re: Reject wood guitar? Prototype?
Can't say I've done it, but I don't see any reason not to recycle where it may be appropriate. It really does depend on what went wrong with your #2 and the use of any wood you can salvage from it.
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 3:57 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: bigsby on 335 style with modified centerblock
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9142
Re: bigsby on 335 style with modified centerblock
Molly bolts? Wallboard anchors?--no, jusr kidding!n my humble opinion those need to go into solid wood. I've built two 335 clones, one with a short internal block and a stop bar, one with a full length block and a B7.
- Mon Oct 23, 2017 12:42 am
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Vacuum system
- Replies: 13
- Views: 14436
Re: Vacuum system
I bought a diaphragm vacuum pump from American Science and Surplus a number of years ago (they don't have them anymore) and made my own bag from heavy duty plastic sheet that can be bought at WalMart or a fabric store, glued the seams with vinyl cement and used a piece of threaded steel tubing (out ...
- Tue Oct 17, 2017 12:18 am
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: How do you view installing a pickup?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15916
Re: How do you view installing a pickup?
Chet's D'Angelico was not made as an electric, but was made to be electified. It had soundposts, not a block beneath the bridge and Chet mounted a Bigsby pickup near the fretboard and a P-90 near the bridge himself. One of the Gretsches he had made featured a fully carved (outside) maple top that wa...
- Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:37 pm
- Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
- Topic: PRS nut compensation measurements - 25.5" scale
- Replies: 19
- Views: 30243
Re: PRS nut compensation measurements - 25.5" scale
All you can do with a zero fret is set it a fraction closer to the 1st fret. Chet Atkins had put a small peg just forward of the zero fret on his favorite '59 Country Gentleman for the G string to make it intonate a bit better, but I've not seen anything more elaborate to compensate each string with...
- Sat Oct 07, 2017 1:24 pm
- Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
- Topic: PRS nut compensation measurements - 25.5" scale
- Replies: 19
- Views: 30243
Re: PRS nut compensation measurements - 25.5" scale
On the MIMF links page (accessible from the Home page) there is a link to Stephen Delft's article on compensated nuts: http://www.mimf.com/nutcomp/
- Fri Oct 06, 2017 12:33 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: L-00 from Grellier's plans
- Replies: 19
- Views: 31580
Re: L-00 from Grellier's plans
I believe you mean "tentallones".
- Tue Oct 03, 2017 12:29 am
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: You know how it is...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31226
Re: You know how it is...
Congratulations Karl! I see I came in second place--probably the closest I've ever come or will come to winning.
- Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:06 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: handy tool for a novice luthier
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5925
Re: handy tool for a novice luthier
Your picture posted, but I can't, for the life of me. figure out what it is you want us to see in it.
- Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:13 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: 1954 Gretsch Truss Rod & Neck
- Replies: 26
- Views: 34574
Re: 1954 Gretsch Truss Rod & Neck
Humpblock fret markers would be normal in a pre-1957 model. The neck would have been fastened with a wood screw through the heel and it looks like someone removed the screw and replaced it with a bolt and nut through the head block. I think David is correct in his analysis of the truss rod problem.
- Fri Sep 08, 2017 4:37 pm
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: You know how it is...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31226
Re: You know how it is...
I'm in.
- Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:17 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Radius Dish Help
- Replies: 38
- Views: 41730
Re: Radius Dish Help
Nothing wrong with building with a radius dish, but one is not absolutely necessary. One can trim braces to the correct radius of dome, and simply glue the top to uncontoured sides. Many guitars have been successfully made that way. The sides where the back is glued can be either contoured by trimmi...
- Sun Aug 27, 2017 5:46 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Spanish solera question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27214
Re: Spanish solera question
The guitars I've made using a solera needed only a piece of wood across the soundhole to hold the top in place, narrow upright strips screwed on at the waist and a flat block at the butt; the solera was the same shape as the guitar. Screws partially driven into the periphery of the solera were used ...
- Fri Aug 25, 2017 6:49 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Spanish solera question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 27214
Re: Spanish solera question
Yes, that makes the most sense.
- Thu Aug 24, 2017 8:27 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: 1st build and misunderstood bridge location measurement
- Replies: 24
- Views: 28081
Re: 1st build and misunderstood bridge location measurement
Nothing quite as annoying as a dissident saddle.