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- Tue Feb 21, 2017 3:09 am
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Effect of plate thickness on archtop guitar power
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11527
Re: Effect of plate thickness on archtop guitar power
Sorry, typo. FFT, not FFF.
- Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:33 pm
- Forum: Archtop Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Effect of plate thickness on archtop guitar power
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11527
Re: Effect of plate thickness on archtop guitar power
.... In real life if the lowest back mode is tuned close in pitch to the lowest top mode the two will tend to be moving as a 'bellows' over a fairly broad range of frequencies. The lowest modes being the monopole modes? What constitutes "close"? Gore & Gilet talk about the back couple monopole bein...
- Fri Feb 03, 2017 2:28 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Making keystone style rosette pieces
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11329
Re: Making keystone style rosette pieces
Well, it worked out well, thanks for all your help! Drew the rosette in CAD, printed a couple copies full scale Cut out paper tiles, glued them to bits of shell and ebony. Cut the angles, left them long as Randy suggested Glued the tiles to the paper pattern, glued with CA. Glued paper with rosette ...
- Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:28 pm
- Forum: Tools and Jigs
- Topic: Small bandsaw or small table saw
- Replies: 40
- Views: 26532
Re: Small bandsaw or small table saw
I have a bigger better band saw in my machinery shed, but bought a Wen 3962 10" Bandsaw for $260 on Amazon a couple months ago for my dedicated guitar making shed and have been very happy with it. You get what you pay for and this one is not an industrial tool, but seems well designed and executed f...
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 1:24 pm
- Forum: Glues and Finishes
- Topic: colour coats first or second?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8982
Re: colour coats first or second?
I think there a lots of people who apply the dye straight to the wood, but that never worked for me. Maybe some who does it that way can illuminate.
- Thu Jan 12, 2017 11:58 am
- Forum: Glues and Finishes
- Topic: colour coats first or second?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8982
Re: colour coats first or second?
Same here, seal before color to prevent splotches. Then color, then clear coats to allow for wet sand and polish without getting into the color coat.
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 3:05 pm
- Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
- Topic: long distance cleating
- Replies: 19
- Views: 17020
Re: long distance cleating
The downside of the wire through a hole technique, obviously is having to deal with small holes. The string usually stains the sides of the hole so you have to fill and cover the dark stain with a bit of enamel or some other touch up. True, but the holes can be very small. I have not had a staining...
- Wed Dec 21, 2016 12:25 pm
- Forum: String Instrument Repair: Practical and Political Issues
- Topic: long distance cleating
- Replies: 19
- Views: 17020
Re: long distance cleating
All good suggestions. Only think I can add is working with a bright light inside the body to silhouette the crack, braces, linings etc. through the top can be more helpful than mirrors and inspection camera, both of which complicate hand/eye coordination. The mirror because the image is reversed and...
- Tue Dec 20, 2016 10:10 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Making keystone style rosette pieces
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11329
Re: Making keystone style rosette pieces
Randy, thanks again! Yes, this sound hole is round. My comment was to plead ignorance of round sound holes, heretofore, all of mine are oval or shield shaped.
Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions! I'll post a pic when I'm done.
Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions! I'll post a pic when I'm done.
- Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:13 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Making keystone style rosette pieces
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11329
Re: Making keystone style rosette pieces
Randy, thanks for the step by step. I don't usually make round sound holes, so just to confirm, what kind of circle cutter would you use in steps 2 & 3? Dremel router tool in a rosette jig ala Stewmac's? And a spiral router bit? A 3/64" bit would give me about the right width for inner and outer bor...
- Fri Dec 16, 2016 3:32 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: sticky Waverly tuners
- Replies: 15
- Views: 16020
Re: sticky Waverly tuners
+1 on Grover 18:1 tuners, smooth, precise, reliable and very reasonable.
- Fri Dec 16, 2016 12:27 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Making keystone style rosette pieces
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11329
Making keystone style rosette pieces
I have a commission with a request for a rosette made up of 24 pieces of shell and ebony. The pieces will all be identical in size & shape and will look like a keystone with rounded top and bottom to match the curve of the sound hole. I could do them by hand I suppose, but would probably be more acc...
- Thu Dec 15, 2016 12:06 pm
- Forum: Glues and Finishes
- Topic: General Finishes Waterbase Topcoat - SM is pushing this - anyone tried it?
- Replies: 230
- Views: 196845
Re: General Finishes Waterbase Topcoat - SM is pushing this - anyone tried it?
Found this in the product description for Enduro-var Gloss on Amazon: .... "Can be mixed with Enduro-Var Satin Urethane (25451, sold separately) to produce a semi-gloss finish." Encouraging!
- Thu Dec 15, 2016 11:03 am
- Forum: Glues and Finishes
- Topic: General Finishes Waterbase Topcoat - SM is pushing this - anyone tried it?
- Replies: 230
- Views: 196845
Re: General Finishes Waterbase Topcoat - SM is pushing this - anyone tried it?
Has anyone tried mixing EV Satin and Gloss? I know they make a Semi-gloss but don't have any on hand and was hoping to apply finish today. I have both Satin & Gloss and thought a mix might give something in between. I read of someone mixing Satin and Semi-gloss with good results. If no one has tried...
- Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:32 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Heat bending linings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4340
Re: Heat bending linings
Okay, yeah, I worry about whether I can keep them true enough. My guitars have some tight cutaways, worried about that too.
- Tue Dec 13, 2016 11:12 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Heat bending linings
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4340
Heat bending linings
Anyone have experience with heat bending linings. I use a 1/4" x 1/2" un-kirfed binding on my guitars. I've been laminating them out of 1/28" veneers but this is a bit tedious and uses lots of glue.
- Mon Dec 12, 2016 10:59 am
- Forum: Glues and Finishes
- Topic: Testing a finish schedule
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4212
Re: Testing a finish schedule
The standard field test for paint and coating adhesion is the score the cured finish with a sharp knife in a 1" grid of lines, tape over with a strong adhesive tape and then rip it off. The results will be obvious.
- Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:36 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Fretting, backbow
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13633
Re: Fretting, backbow
Fretted a new neck this morning using the tips suggested in this thread. Enlarged my slots a bit with one of many saws I have laying around so the slot was .002" over the tang width, then used the Fret Barber to take the barb width from .036" to .030". Fret went in like butter, formed well and seeme...
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 1:59 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Fretting, backbow
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13633
Re: Fretting, backbow
Thanks David, lots of good advice there. I find I need a good .001-.002" of clearance between the tang width and the slot width. How does one enlarge a slot by .001"-.002"? Set saw teeth a bit wider than needed and dress it down to the exact dimension in the Fret Barber? Sticky back sandpaper on a f...
- Tue Dec 06, 2016 9:20 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Fretting, backbow
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13633
Re: Fretting, backbow
So. the next question is what IS the proper fit for fret tangs and barbs? I've gone on the assumption that the slot should be the same width as the tang and the fret wire manufacturers made the barbs to the "proper" width. How naive of me! :-) Assuming the first part of my assumption is still correc...