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OMG!!!! that veneer rocks You have to use it!
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Do you have the inlays cut already or do you only have the material? If you have them cut already, get some maple and start practicing. Just keep cutting practice pockets in your scap maple until you are comfortable enough to do your neck.
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Sounds like a really nice setup Donald. Is this something you use for a business or is it just a hobby?
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You may also want to practice your staining or dyeing before you have a go at that neck. Just to make sure you get the effect you are looking for.
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On the shop bot website they sell a spindle for their machine that comes with an inverter drive. Its used to vary spindle RPM.
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Sweet, Another Feature! :-p
jer7440 replied to LGM Guitars's topic in Site Feedback, Issue Reporting and Test area
Dude, you are more patriotic to the US than alot of Americans. In this day and age thats refreshing to here from a non-American. Thanks! -
Yeah, every single one i do, whats ya point? ← Why? Don't like routers? Just curious, your guitars seem flawless so I'm not questioning your methods. Just wondered
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Hey Godin I think the inlay is the view of a head of an elephant from above EDIT:No wait now I think it's a bull !!METAL MATT!! ← I think it's the front of an elephant. The elephant has its head tipped back with its' trunk up in the air. Like maybe it's trumpeting or something.
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Hey cudbucket, thanks for the tip. My top was already surfaced by the supplier, but I don't think it will be a big deal. I think I can take care of most of it in the mill
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That really sucks man. One thing I learned about building things from kits, be it airplanes or cars or guitars, always take an inventory of the parts you recieved and check it against the parts you were supposed to recieve. This way you know immediately if the manufacturer owes you something, in this case bridge studs.
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Well I glued up my top last night. I ended up sticking some sand paper to my table saw top and sliding the fence up next to it. Then I held to bookmatch pieces up against the fence and sanded the joint. Next I peeled off the sandpaper and removed the fence and used the table saw as a flat clamping surface. The joint seemed good and tight and everthing looked flat, so hopefully it's all good. I will find out tonight.
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Yeah, guitars are my #1 priority.....right behind my wife, and my 2 little boys, and my mortgage and working 50+ hours a week, and.... Just doin' the best I can with the time and resources I have. After I finally get this first one rolling and proved out hopefully the process will speed up.
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Dude can you hear that. Seriously, nice looking rig! My only axe right now is a 50th anniversary strat plus.
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I was going to try for the natural binding (I was going to see if you had a link for how you did that). I see what you mean about the tearout coming through the edge. Never mind on that binding question. A quick search turned up David Mykas technique. Looks very easy.
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Maiden, How long did it take to get it perfect?
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Donald, Good to see you here. I was following your work on the MIMF, as I am building with a cnc also. I just had a couple of questions about you fret slotting operation. Are you cutting your slots with a flat bottom or do the slot follow the radius of the board? Also what diameter is your cutter? Could we see some pics of your machine?
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Well, my maple top came Maiden you were right on, way better than the pics on ebay. Now I just have to figure out the best way to prep the joint on the bookmatch One other question I had: There is some tearout on the front and back of the piece from planing, do I have to sand this out of the back before I glue it to the mahogany? It doesn't seem like it would matter, would it?
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Very cool man, and the devil tail just completes it if you ask me. Well done.
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I for one enjoyed both of the tracks posted here. LGM and Joey, you guys both tear it up in my eyes. I've been messin with the guitar for over 10 yrs and I still can't play a decent lead with the band at my church without choking hard core. I'm sure I could learn a ton from both of you (practicing consistenly might help too).
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If expensed=quality, then tonepros is the way to go. I can't say for sure as I've never used them. I just know when I look in a catalog they are the most expensive. As far as easy installation, there are a couple of things you need to check out. First you need to verify the spacing of the posts that the bridge sits on. This is measured from the center of one post to the center of the other, this number needs to be the same from your old bridge to the new one. Another thing to check is the size of the bushing that these posts screw into. If the diameter of the tonepros bushing is bigger than the stock bushing you may have to drill the hole in your guitar bigger.
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I Need Help! My Les Paul Has No Signal Goin To Amp
jer7440 replied to joerules22's topic in Electronics Chat
Wes, Could you post a pic of how this should look when done properly? -
The carve is acutally quite a bit more extreme than a regular LP carve. I tried for a long time to make and exact copy, but I didn't have access to a guitar unless I went to a music store. Even then there really wasn't a good way to define or measure the actual carve. So...I just took the outside shape and figured a 3/4" thick top carved down to .25" on the edges, and made my own curves inbetween there.
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you could probably make custom knobs
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The auction says "surfaced with no enhancements", whatever that means. This is the first piece of quilt maple I have ever bought , so I'm not sure exactly what to expect. It would be great if all I had to do was clean up the joint and glue it together. I know Bigd has purchased wood from this guy before, maybe he could tell us what to expect? Maybe I should send you the top from my prototype (it's not glued on), so you could take a look at it. If you like what you see in person, it would make me more comfortable cutting into your material. Would you just be looking to have the perimeter and the carve of the top cut?
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Finally, I scored a piece of nice quilt to call my own. Gotta love durawoods on ebay. Check it out. My quilt