A Fender Bass Truss Rod That Just Spins
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feedback on Les Paul Headstock repair
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With a break like this with plenty of surface area, I would just glue it without any additional supports. My glue of choice is hot hide glue, but there will be lots of opinions on that and many option…
Celluloid Chronicles Ep. 2 - Chet Atkins Nashville
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Finish Chip Repair help.... Black fill n' finish?
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I think that's a good move. One thing I might do to kick things of is to hit the area with some ultra thin master glue so it wicks under the area and prevents more chipping from potentially delaminate…
Bridge Reglue Suggestions...
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Unfortunately it's an absence of material on the bass and treble sides. @member
Magician Performs Guitar Pick Card Magic Trick | Penn & Teller: Fool Us
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Anyone know where I can find a Thumbwheel tone control assembly like this?
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I get them from Mouser Electronics but you can also get them from WD Music Products https://www.wdmusic.com/alpha-thumbwheel-potentiometer-250-kohm-500-kohm-details.html#menu
Sterling Maj200xsm - Tunning issues
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Hi guys, I finally managed to sort the problem out. Seens like was a simple issue that I cant see in that moment. I took the whole bridge apart and did a complete setup from scratch. I read somewhere…
bozo B80/12 neck block clownery
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This is precisely why Leo Fender developed the insideless guitar. A compromised neck block is super hard to come back from and when I see something like this, it leads me to believe that it's the tip…
Dude Built A Rotary Speaker
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New Feature - Connect Automatically
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D28 blowout
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Chris, can I add this for the council of elders show ? Also, we are going to have @member on pretty soon to talk about a job about this dramastic. Here's a link to the live show co…
Tonewood for sale northeastern Nevada
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Sean, may add this to the weekly email ?
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Repeated blow-out during routing body edges
Hi everyone - although I am not the most experienced builder, I have made a number of bass guitars. However, I have now dealt with 2 instances of serious blow-out while routing the body edge. I use a pattern bit and mark the grain direction all around the perimeter of the Alder body blank -- the attached photo shows today's lovely result. I will be gluing on a figured Maple top and now need to trim away the bad section, changing the contour of the lower bout / corner where the damage occurred. The damage may be visible to some degree on the back and side; not sure how this will turn out yet.
Does anyone suggest a different (better?) router bit for this purpose? I am considering the bit shown in the specs below.
Of note: This is the second time I have had the very same damage take place, in this exact same spot on the body. The body used today is from the same batch of Alder blanks I have had equilibrating in my shop for over 3 years, at 45% RH / 55-65 deg F.
