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- Thu Mar 14, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Walnut back and sides question
- Replies: 37
- Views: 35362
Re: Walnut back and sides question
Allyson, you are certainly welcome to post in any thread but I just wanted to make sure that you are aware that some of these threads are years old. For example, this one hasn’t been active for seven years.
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:11 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: carbon reinforced neck: trussrod yes or no
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1117
Re: carbon reinforced neck: trussrod yes or no
No truss rod would definitely be a negative impact on marketability. Also, be aware that if the edges of the carbon fiber layers are exposed on the outside surface of the neck, you will have difficulty in getting a smooth surface because the carbon fiber is so much harder than the adjacent wood laye...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:11 pm
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Upgrading a cheap archtop kit with P-90s
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7298
Re: Upgrading a cheap archtop kit with P-90s
That was done with a bottle of blue die that I had acquired back in the 1980’s. I couldn’t believe that it was still good.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Cutting carbon fiber rods
- Replies: 2
- Views: 627
Re: Cutting carbon fiber rods
Not really. A Dremel abrasive cutoff wheel can be used for cutting across the bar when shortening it, but I would NEVER try to cut it lengthwise. Just buy the size bar you need.
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:02 am
- Forum: Electronics
- Topic: Single Humbucker wiring
- Replies: 1
- Views: 768
Re: Single Humbucker wiring
Looks like the capacitor is just in a different side of the potentiometer so there should be no difference. But I’m no electrical genius so someone else may give you better information.
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Neck dovetail with a rounded body
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1149
Re: Neck dovetail with a rounded body
Determine the angle between the top and the sides (won’t be 90 degrees) and cut the neck heel to match.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: fretting 0 radius fingerboard.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1250
Re: fretting 0 radius fingerboard.
Yes, you should have a bit of curvature in the fret wire because this minimizes the fret ends from springing up. And to press the frets you should have a caul that matches the fretboard (ie; flat).
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: Wood and Materials Q&A
- Topic: Flame maple coping with flame chip out
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2349
Re: Flame maple coping with flame chip out
Wetting the surface of flame maple with water can help to avoid chipping when cutting with a bladed tool.
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Silvertone parlor back loose.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2532
Re: Silvertone parlor back loose.
For the extreme edges of the break there is not much you can do. They are so tight that if you insert anything the break will probably travel further. So floss where you can and leave the rest. When you go to gluing the joint you can squeeze some glue into the edges by applying a bead of glue over t...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:39 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Silvertone parlor back loose.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2532
Re: Silvertone parlor back loose.
It looks pretty crunchy to me so using water and/or vinegar will turn it gummy which is not useful in my experience. I would inset coarse sandpaper into the joint then press the joint closed and pull the sandpaper out (aka: flossing the joint). Periodically, turn the sandpaper over to floss the othe...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 9:14 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Hello again! And next little project, a travel bass of sorts
- Replies: 28
- Views: 16958
Re: Hello again! And next little project, a travel bass of sorts
Can you cut the strings shorter so they don’t bunch up on the tuner post?
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:56 pm
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Building instruments, while having young kids
- Replies: 28
- Views: 40185
Re: Building instruments, while having young kids
Unbelievable! I don’t know the laws in your state but in my home state of Oklahoma, if your fence or anything else has been encroaching on the neighbors property, and has been there for over seven year then there is no issue and it must be left alone.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
- Topic: Dulcimer sides
- Replies: 43
- Views: 32657
Re: Dulcimer sides
The L-shaped base is made from 3/4” MDF and the movable fence is 3/4” oak.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
- Topic: Dulcimer sides
- Replies: 43
- Views: 32657
Re: Dulcimer sides
Mine looks a lot like Rick’s.
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
- Topic: Dulcimer sides
- Replies: 43
- Views: 32657
Re: Dulcimer sides
I made a jig for my spindle sander that consists of two MDF fences attached with a hinge at one end. The other end has a large bolt through the non-moving fence that serves as a lead advance screw to slowly move the other fence closer to the sanding drum. It is surprising how well this works. I can ...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:54 am
- Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
- Topic: Bowed Psaltery Kit
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12387
Re: Bowed Psaltery Kit
If you used Original Titebond you can wipe the dried glue away with a rag dampened with warm water. Take it slow and keep wiping. It may take several minutes depending on how thick the glue is.
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Wind, Percussion, and Miscellaneous and Experimental Instruments
- Topic: Did someone else already invent this?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2827
Re: Did someone else already invent this?
It’s sort of a reversed Hurdy Gurdy. Very cool.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: Flat-Top Acoustic Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Almost consistently bad glue joints...
- Replies: 36
- Views: 44718
Re: Almost consistently bad glue joints...
Titebond is quick and easy and does have a degree of removability. It has been used by major and minor guitar factories for years. The open working time is also much longer than hot hide glue. It is what many of us old guitar makers grew up with. Not a lot of downsides in my book.
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: ayous (thermo) neck
- Replies: 2
- Views: 944
Re: ayous (thermo) neck
Carbon fiber is a LOT harder than any type of wood so it is near impossible to level and sand it to be level with adjacent wood surfaces so it is highly advised to bury it inside the wood and not have it exposed on a finished surface.
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Jam Session
- Topic: Building instruments, while having young kids
- Replies: 28
- Views: 40185
Re: Building instruments, while having young kids
What a nightmare about the sewer. What were your neighbors tryin to do in the first place.