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    There are a few critical measurements - like...

    There are a few critical measurements - like bridge placement, string depth on the nut and fretboard flare and neck angle, scale length, fret slots, etc...

    My suggestion - if this is your first...
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    Looks great - how thick is the body? I don't...

    Looks great - how thick is the body?

    I don't visualize in metric at all. I get so frustrated working in my Chevy Truck. Some bolts are metric others are SAE. You have no idea how many knuckles I...
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    Clean design [emoji106]

    Clean design [emoji106]
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    Man that is the strangest tape measure I ever...

    Man that is the strangest tape measure I ever seen. Granted I don't get out much but is that metric? I'm very much a relational kind of guy... So I would need to relate one of those marks to either...
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    I fully appreciate what you are saying... 8...

    I fully appreciate what you are saying... 8 strings with individual saddled were hard enough to intonate.

    I'm now starting to think I may try a lap steel instead. But haven't decided yet.

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    The action is too high on that whatever its...

    The action is too high on that whatever its called :)
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    Oh I broke the golden rule forgot to post pics ...

    Oh I broke the golden rule forgot to post pics

    Wearing a new hat
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    And the 8 string bass
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    10 string or 12 string bass

    After building a 8 string bass (4 string double octave) I'm debating my next build...

    Should I tackle a 10 string (5 string double octave) or a 12 string (4 string triple octave) bass?

    I'm...
  9. Yeah the best way I can describe it is it has a...

    Yeah the best way I can describe it is it has a lot more punch and a just a slight hint of distortion at full volume. Its not what i would call warm but more sharp and punchy, which is what then...
  10. 4 string cherry / sapwood hard maple bass

    Wild Black Cherry and non figured sapwood Hard Maple, neck through, solid body, flat top, 4 string, hand rubbed oil finshed, bass guitar. With stereo and mono jacks and overwound mini humbucker...
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    4 String Fretless

    Curly Hard Maple, Semi hollow body, Neck through, carved top, hand rubbed oil finish, 4 string fretless bass.

    Pictured with to many string winds on the E and G post but since corrected.

    I dyed...
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    8 string bass

    Curly hard maple, semi hollow body, neck through, 33 1/4" scale, electric 8 string bass

    https://sites.google.com/site/millscustomsawing/2015-03-04_13.25.02.jpg

    Thanks
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    Wild Balck Cherry / Maple - 4 Sting Bass

    Made this ultra slim neck one for my daughter the neck is completely to small for my big hands but she loves it.

    https://sites.google.com/site/millscustomsawing/SB6.jpg

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    Casting Bridges

    Does anyone here cast their own aluminum guitar bridges?
  15. Thread: smoked wood

    by Jeff Mills
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    I can honestly say I've never actually smoked any...

    I can honestly say I've never actually smoked any wood before (not knowingly anyways). But I sure have snorted a lot of wood dust although not intentionally :D . I also have not heard of stabilizing...
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    Thanks Wal - As you suggested I googled Gibson...

    Thanks Wal - As you suggested I googled Gibson broken headstock and came up with some interesting reading I had no idea Les Pauls had such problems. I guess anyway you look at a scarf joint, it's...
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    Hey Wal thanks for the write-up... I've often...

    Hey Wal thanks for the write-up... I've often thought I might try a scarf joint but wondered what advantages a scarf joined headstock has over a full laminated neck. I couldn't think of any...
  18. Thread: Eb1-4sf

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    Eb1-4sf

    Just finished - comments / criticisms - are always welcome.

    The first generation (EB1) hand crafted Mills Custom Guitar 4 String Bass is sure to be a classic. Recognized for extreme...
  19. Thread: Eb2-4cf

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    Eb2-4cf

    Just finished :)

    https://sites.google.com/site/millscustomsawing/2012-12-02_4.jpg


    The second generation (EB2) hand crafted Mills Custom Guitar 4 String Bass is sure to be a classic....
  20. Thread: 2 wip

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    Thanks for the reply :2tsup: Here's final...

    Thanks for the reply :2tsup: Here's final pictures of the all walnut one before i disassemble, block sand, finish, buff and reassemble it. I really like the way it's turning out - plays nice, sounds...
  21. Thread: 2 wip

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    A couple more WIP pics My Logo on different...

    A couple more WIP pics

    My Logo on different sized truss rod covers.
    https://sites.google.com/site/millscustomsawing/2012-11-23_1.jpg...
  22. Thread: 2 wip

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    A couple more pictures the maple/walnut one it's...

    A couple more pictures the maple/walnut one it's getting there - installed 2 mini-humbuckers pickups, independent volume/tone for each pickup, 3way pickup selector switch, mono or stereo output....
  23. Thread: 2 wip

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    Here's a few side by side pics - they both block...

    Here's a few side by side pics - they both block sanded and sealed coated. Both are basically both at the same point now. Thanks

    https://sites.google.com/site/millscustomsawing/2012-11-03_01.jpg...
  24. Thread: 2 wip

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    2 wip

    Building two 4 string basses, both are 33" scale neck-thru, one is a solid body 1 1/2" thick maple/walnut the other is all walnut chambered 1 1/4" thick body.
    Here's a few work in progress pictures....
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    I asked the same question here ---> MIMF •...

    I asked the same question here ---> MIMF • View topic - Neck-through / tilt question

    I've got two waiting on bridges (which seem to be stuck in the mail) so I can determine the required neck...
  26. To bad you don't live closer, I could definitely...

    To bad you don't live closer, I could definitely help you out with swamp ash. I got ash coming out my ears just waiting for the market to open up.
  27. To cool and made from SYP (Southern Yellow Pine)...

    To cool and made from SYP (Southern Yellow Pine) to boot :2tsup:
  28. Hardware for pre 71 Gibson EB-2D clone build

    I'm looking mainly for the bridge mute and bridge cover in chrome

    http://www.flyguitars.com/graphics/part40b.jpg

    http://www.flyguitars.com/graphics/part7a.jpg

    I thought I could use hipshot's...
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    5' 2" daughter playing pic...

    5' 2" daughter playing pic
    https://sites.google.com/site/millscustomsawing/LB10.jpg
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    I will be tapping on you for advise during for...

    I will be tapping on you for advise during for finishing advise on my next build. I really appreciate your straight to the point honest answers. It's funny that a lot of people who participate in...
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    wow that's nice hows the action?

    wow that's nice hows the action?
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    For the record it did want to tell you the...

    For the record it did want to tell you the finishing schedule i used. needless to say my right arm is now bigger than my left are from all the sanding.

    Wood was sanded progressively from 40 grit...
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    No offense guys... but having just finished a...

    No offense guys... but having just finished a guitar with auto paint and following the directions on the can I still ran into problems... don't get me wrong I think auto paint would be great for...
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    Yep and I just found out why... after 4 weeks...

    Yep and I just found out why... after 4 weeks cure time, a strip of blue painters tape (3M) peeled up the paint right off the primer :( left a spot about the size of a dime. Next time I won't be...
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    Here are the pics... sorry couldn't remember how...

    Here are the pics... sorry couldn't remember how to upload them

    https://sites.google.com/site/millscustomsawing/LB1.jpg

    https://sites.google.com/site/millscustomsawing/LB2.jpg
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    a few work in progress pics almost done...

    a few work in progress pics almost done...
  37. :no: those are pot leafs

    :no: those are pot leafs
  38. My daughter loves your guitar - I like it too. I...

    My daughter loves your guitar - I like it too. I do have a question - where do you get pot leaf inlays from or did you make the inlays yourself?
  39. Thread: Archtop #2

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    Awesome work - anticipating more and the final...

    Awesome work - anticipating more and the final product :2tsup:
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    The figged up economy is just as figged up over...

    The figged up economy is just as figged up over here in the USA too :( It's been so bad for so long, I done forgot what life is like in a good economy. I have five YES five sons in college right now...
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    Back their heyday, Fender used acrylics. Dupont...

    Back their heyday, Fender used acrylics. Dupont Lucite acrylic lacquer, as color coats, the clear coats were Dupont Duco, a Nitrocellulose lacquer... I have a finishing schedule for nitrocellulose...
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    Slow progess on Rachael - Leah's sister

    I've been working on Rachael - Leah's younger sister. Rachael has the same semi-hollow body shape as Leah (same template :) ). But Rachael is fretted, more slimmer and sexier than Leah with a carved...
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    Finishing schedule

    I'm looking for a finishing schedule for high gloss acrylic lacquer - thanks
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    Yeah it is a little dark isn't it? The white oak...

    Yeah it is a little dark isn't it? The white oak timber was that way coming off the jointer/planer/sander. The finish is just two coats of Boiled Linseed Oil (BLO) and 2 coats of rattle can satin...
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    Other than what's already in this post that's the...

    Other than what's already in this post that's the one thing I won't share :D
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    Offering Box

    I completed this offering box over the weekend made of quartersawn white oak. The slit and Cross are bound with ABS plastic guitar binding, what's red is felt.
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    I guess the site doesn't 16"X4' files... no...

    I guess the site doesn't 16"X4' files... no wonder no body commented on them :( Let me see if I can dig those up again. shoot me your email in a PM and I'll email them to you.

    Thanks
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    There is a measured full scale side and face...

    There is a measured full scale side and face drawings on post 4 of this thread - a number of things changed when I built it but it's the general idea.
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    Which the 4 or 8 string?

    Which the 4 or 8 string?
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    Check out the bass I recently completed ...

    Check out the bass I recently completed it's a 1970's Plymouth color Claret Red Metallic. Yep that's right I used lacquer auto paint - worked like a champ :D The hardest part was letting it hang for...
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