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- Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Bear guitars
- Replies: 2
- Views: 162
Re: Bear guitars
I'm always willing to give a fellow Bear a sane opinion; I'm just not sure what the question is.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Steel & vinegar ebonizing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1071
Re: Steel & vinegar ebonizing
I'm guessing that by resistance, you mean resonance. I wouldn't think it would have much effect on resonance but I don't know for sure. Years ago I did some tests on scrap as I was looking to make an all black guitar. turns our that spruce really doesn't have much in the way of tannins and that is w...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 3:23 pm
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: RIP Frank Ford
- Replies: 4
- Views: 13226
Re: RIP Frank Ford
This is sad. Frets.com was a wonderful resource when I started getting interested in this stuff. So much information. RIP!
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:06 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: ...I found this under the house...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9914
Re: ...I found this under the house...
I can't help much other than to say I have a back and side set of figured Anigre in my stash but haven't used it yet. I have seen several figured anigre guitars over the years so it is certainly a thing, I just have no first hand experience to share.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 1:13 pm
- Forum: Introduce yourself here!
- Topic: Hello from Shutesbury MA
- Replies: 2
- Views: 22338
Re: Hello from Shutesbury MA
Welcome!
- Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:25 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Leaving a smidgeon of fingerboard to meet string span
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20260
Re: Leaving a smidgeon of fingerboard to meet string span
I agree with above. You won't do a perfect fret job on your first. But. . . you will never do great fretjobs until you start doing them. Sounds like you have a safety net, so you should probably go for it. This is probably not what you want to hear but I'll say it anyway. Setting out to make your dr...
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 12:53 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Gluing up the neck/fingerboard this weekend - final considerations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11361
Re: Gluing up the neck/fingerboard this weekend - final considerations
I glue my fretboards to the neck blank on the surface of my workbench top (fretboard face down) so it clamps nice and flat. Barry's advice to let it stay clamped longer is good advice. You want it clamped flat long enough for the water from the glue to fully move out. I usually plan the fretboard gl...
- Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:15 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Nashville Telecaster
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18826
Re: Nashville Telecaster
Nice! You got the color just right!
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 2:56 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Leaving a smidgeon of fingerboard to meet string span
- Replies: 13
- Views: 20260
Re: Leaving a smidgeon of fingerboard to meet string span
I'm with Barry in that I would not want to make a neck with the fretboard anything but flush. Peter's suggestion isn't a bad one IF you can make the "Flare" of the fretboard width match the neck profile enough that it wouldn't feel strange to everyone who picks it up. If you were going tha...
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 12:56 pm
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Building instruments, while having young kids
- Replies: 28
- Views: 45434
Re: Building instruments, while having young kids
Great post Lincoln!!!!!
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 10:21 am
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Building instruments, while having young kids
- Replies: 28
- Views: 45434
Re: Building instruments, while having young kids
Congratulations! And, cut yourself some slack. Absolutely no one understands the extent of how your life and soul change until they experience it. I'm very happy for the three of you!
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 4:37 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Make a tight radius bending iron
- Replies: 7
- Views: 15487
Re: Make a tight radius bending iron
This has been on my to do list for a long time and I have thought of how I might approach this problem. The plan in my head was to wrap aluminum foil as tightly around the cartridge as I could and jamb it in there aiming for as tight a fit as I could achieve. I figured aluminum conducts heat pretty ...
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 9:08 am
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Neck Laminations / Deep Penetrating Stain
- Replies: 9
- Views: 14983
Re: Neck Laminations / Deep Penetrating Stain
I managed to turn some red oak veneer black all the way through by soaking it in iron acetate for a few days. Then it had to be dried and flattened. . . probably would have been easier to buy dyed veneer though.
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:51 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Dedicated Glue Squeeze Out Chisel.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13090
Re: Dedicated Glue Squeeze Out Chisel.
I just use a junker 1/4" chisel but I would love to see the other options people are using. My biggest problem is that I am bad about remembering to clean it off when I'm done and end up having to spend time getting dried glue off of it.
- Wed Jul 05, 2023 3:07 pm
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Happy 26th Birthday, MIMF!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10150
Re: Happy 26th Birthday, MIMF!
Happy birthday and THANK YOU to all the staff and volunteers. I wouldn't be doing this at all had I not found MIMF back in the day. Reading the entire library was a huge help but the help I got from members along the way is something I will eternally be grateful for!
- Wed Jun 14, 2023 2:20 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Guitar repair vise
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10269
Re: Guitar repair vise
Nice!
- Mon Jun 12, 2023 9:57 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Side Port For Real
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8286
Re: Side Port For Real
Great job!
- Fri Jun 09, 2023 12:09 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: First Guitar as done as it's going to be.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 50280
Re: First Guitar as done as it's going to be.
Looks great; nice work. Hearing the first one is always something special!
I really like the vibe of the walnut and cedar together. It is nice and understated looking but not at all in a boring way.
I really like the vibe of the walnut and cedar together. It is nice and understated looking but not at all in a boring way.
- Wed May 31, 2023 3:19 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: My Side Port Binding Process (LONG)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 22723
Re: My Side Port Binding Process (LONG)
Great tutorial thanks! Nice clean work too!
- Fri May 12, 2023 3:26 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Binding Side Ports
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9802
Re: Binding Side Ports
I hope these pictures post okay. This first picture shows how I glue up the scarf joint in the dummy hole. Squeezing the scarf across itself, forces it tight into the hole along the perimiter. port binding 1.jpg The next shot just shows the binding plug squared up after gluing the layers. The outsid...