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There is no apprenticeship for musical instrument making.

The closest you'll get, is a cabinet making apprenticeship, with a luthier that is a qualified cabinet maker.

Having said all that, Im...

Dont go past 400 grit unless you want more issues...

And ultimately, they do. But its the base that provides the nuances we search for. Otherwise, if it makes no difference, give me a call, Id love to build you an MDF guitar.

Try putting strat...

There is no need to wet sand with anything coarser than 2000 grit, if you apply the 2k properly.

The charges were withdrawn, only due to Gibson settling the case to avoid further action.

These raids involved East Indian Ebony (not East Indian Rosewood as has been reported constantly in the...

They did wrong, twice. #### 'em. We all have to stick by the rules, Gibson chose not to.

Get a room, off to the side, and set up amplifiers in there. The range of venues available for this type of event is mind boggling. I just hosted a show with Andrew Ellis (acoustics). He signed on a...

So, scrap the Jarrah for the fretboard, so you can use it elsewhere in the same guitar?

Jarrah does seem to be somewhat usable for Mondolins, but they require a different characteristic to guitars. Im yet to hear a single guitar that sounded 'good' to me, that included Jarrah.
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Personally, Id quarter the QLD Maple, or even cut it into three pieces to laminate as quartered.

Id also throw the Jarrah in the bin and grab something else. Honestly, it's terrible for guitars.

They dont accept electric makers as exhibitors.

CNC is an art in itself. CAD is an art in itself.

Yep, and they are the first to question 'how can I sell guitars?!?!?' when I chat with them...

There is a MASSIVE cross over between the two instruments, and acoustic makers just dont seem to get...

Not a single electric maker represented. Disappointing.

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Once you know the neck angle, then plane it to suit. Here is a jointer method, otherwise draw the lines on and plan it by hand.
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I have lots. But like you said its from the US and its expensive. Its going to be more here. You might save something because of the lack of US shipping. I only have large rolls, so you'll get a LOT...

Use contact cement. contact glue. The yellow stuff.

Chuck a block of wood on the saw, clamp it down. Install a locating pin for the fret slot template. Easy!

I see a lot of people making all these fancy slotting jigs. I use a Ryobi sliding drop saw ($250?) and a stewmac blade. A block of wood with a pin in it for the template, and you can do a fretboard...

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You can see the rejected "engineer plate" or whatever you want to call it, in the top of this...

I finshed it on boxing day 2012. I was built for the band Blunt Force Trauma, whom have four instruments so far, and another on its way soon.

The body is Northern Ash, Wenge neck, Ziricote...

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why do you need it three times thicker than a regular solid body??

Correct.

It's the 1" size. Looks like I might have found one already :)

Anyone know what made these different to the regular Stanley chisels available at the time?

I still have the 18mm one, so i'll pass, but thankyou. In fact, I think Ive only used it a handful of times. Looks like it still has the original angle on it.

I got this chisel, in a set, back in 1991, when I first started my carpentry pre-apprenticeship. There was a choice of these, or the regular yellow handled set. Supposedly, these were a little...

Wal, your method of scarfing a headstock on with the joint parallel to the fretboard, totally misses the area where Gibson headstocks break. They almost exclusively, break on the fretboard side where...

other way around.



Yes. Acoustics with a steeper angle usually have more volume than one with a lower angle. The steeper the angle, the more downward force, and therefore more chance of not...

Yes.

If you have a longer dead string length, and the saddle and nut are properly cut/lubricated, it will feel different whilst bending. You will still need to bend up to the correct tension to...

Ok, here are the "facts"

1. Scale length is a theoretical rule, used to position the frets.
2. Nut to saddle length (operating string length) = the scale length + compensation
3. Compensation...

He built the three Gibson clones, one page back.

Thats fantastic, but he still needs to take it somewhere to be quoted.

I shall start a new thread "I need some string, but how long?"

$150 - $1000

That isnt some made up figure. There are professionals in this thread, telling you that you will need to get a quote from someone.

The repairer will have to see it first.

He...

every repairer will be different. Ring around. We arent going to do that for you.

An easy fix for a pro repairer.

You strung it up back to front!

Well, there you go. I didnt mention acrylic (which continues to shrink). I mentioned two pack. Every single coat of the 13 coats you sprayed contains enough thinner to remelt the previous coats...

Read the guidelines that come with the paint :P

I usually colour coat next day (or longer), and clear over that a couple hours later. I use two pack unless requested for nitro. 400 grit via air...

It would only have done that if the primer wasn't cured properly prior to coating with colour, or it wasnt sanded properly.

I just do two coats of colour. No point using half a tin of the expensive colour when clear is cheaper, and you have already covered the primer.

Yes, I know that, but you are asking for an acrylic schedule, not a nitro/acrylic/nitro schedule. Big difference.

You would never ever, under any circumstance, regardless of type of paint, sand...

I started with acrylic. Great for cars. Useless with timber. Use nitro or two pack (much more difficult)

More pics of the tele, it looks great!

Chuck up some pics, let's see what you've done!

Hey, if I can help some guy out, that's awesome. No one ever helped me (or simply went out of their way to send me down the wrong path), and that really sucked, so I try and make an effort when I...

If you have a kilo of cashews, I can accept that as a payment too...

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I bought a CNC in September, although I havent even plugged it in yet. I had a bunch of prospective and current clients email and call, begging me not to go down the CNC path. Hell, even copped a bit...

well, either way, it's a good attitude to have :)

If you can make a perfect guitar, your standards aren't high enough.