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That has always been my favorite bass!!
I can't wait ti see the finished project!

Then you have to build an Ampeg stack!

Han anyone tried any products like "Bondic"?

these are the UV light curing glues that are being advertised right now.

I could think of a million places it could be handy, but I was raised with a dis-trust of the "As Advertised on TV" stuff.

Chris

OOPS!!! I had finished spraying all of the coats of a nice Fiesta red strat when something in the shop fell on the face of the guitar and made a nice DIG in the front. I hadn't begun clear coats yet, which may make it easier to fix. The dig goes all of the way into the wood and I don't want to go re...

Thanks for the replies! I am working on pictures, but I did want to add that the guitar was repaired many years ago by a tech.in st. Louis. His name was Chris. He worked at a north St Louis music store and had a British accent. I wish I knew more! He added a wedge that went behind the nut to about t...

I have an Alvarez Dreadnaught with a broken headstock that is precious to me. The cost of the repair by a pro will outweigh the worth of the guitar by a long-shot, except for the sentimental worth and the fact that it has VERY low playing time on it. I am going to do the repair myself and am plannin...

It is beautifully simple, simply beautiful!

Who's plans did you work from?

Hello all! I just found a very large stash of Alder 2x2 planks at a great price. I don't want to pass on a great deàl if it could be useful. I know it it useful for solid body guitars, it haven't heard of it being used on mandolins or acoustic guitars. Does anyone use alder for internal parts on aco...

I worked in a music store in St. Louis in the mid 1980's and sold a lot of Alvarez guitars. There was one model that I remember being all walnut with a brass saddle, nut and bridge pins.

I remember thinking the sound was very exciting and had great defenition.

I would love one of those now.

Best

I have been bending with a pipe for quite a while. I have sawn a nice fat softball bat in pieces and use the butt end an handle with a torch to bend.

I was hoping to not invest the blanket yet, seems inevitable though....

Hello all, Here I go! I am going to build a mandolin this summer. I would like to build a flat top with the outer shape of a Martin or the Crystal Forrest design. Not very extreme on the bends. I am looking to build a bender, but would rather not buy the blanket. I plan on building more than one. If...

I finished a tele with honey amber transtint in tru oil. This was a klieer combination for me .I plan on using it again. I didn't count drops. I probably just ended up making each coat slightly darker until I was satisfied.

I am going to need to make kerfed linings for some projects this summer. I have access to a lot of Doug fir that would be easy to cut down to size.

Is this wood a good choice?

Thanks Joe,
I Understand "season". It is 40 degrees in my guitar shop right now.

Look forward to it if you think of it when you get there!

Good luck...

Chris

Hey Joe!!!
I just bought 2 of those bodies. 1 that is a full thickness arch top and 1 thinline.

Could you post pics of yours when you have the back off?

I would love to see what is inside!!

Chris

I just spent 18 years in Eugene, Oregon. I found the Alder to be nice, Walnut to be great. I played around with some redwood, but never got it to a guitar. I might offer that Oregon Myrtle is very beautiful. There are small shops around the state that make furniture and bowls out of the stuff. They ...

That is really pretty!!
If this is number 1, I can't wait to see #15......

Ok, so here goes, I am planning on using an optical sensor hooked up to an up/down counter with a relay. My goal is to end up with a variale speed AC motor (courtesy of an old Duracraft bandsaw)that will shut itself off at a preset amount of winds. I have been lusting after the counter that Clint Se...

Hello all, I am either making this too complicated, or don't realize how much I don't know. I am designing a pickup winder and am stuck at adding a way to count windings. will it work if If I add one of the counters in the link below? Is it really that simple? Chris http://www.ebay.com/itm/Punch-Cou...

Hello all, I have been reading the library and comparing the fret crowning files from Luthiers Mercantile, Stew Mac and Grizzly. I have the budget for 1 file for crowing medium frets. I am a medium fret kind of guy with a garage shop, but can see how the Gurian could be really versatile. the but the...

So that settles it!
I have an appointment at a machine shop Tuesday to have a 1x1 steel tube machine leveled for a few bucks so that I know I have a good level.
THANKS ALL!