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Vacuum bag and breather material recommendations
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Back when I vacuum bagged a headstock repair, I just grabbed this mesh off of amazon and it worked pretty well. The whole process was fairly fussy though and had me pulling on the bag here and there w…
Testing binding glue peel strengths
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soundboard spline cutter odr blade
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Old parts sander contraption fun.
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broken truss rod Repair
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Great work!
Music Nomad Nut File Storage
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A Fender Bass Truss Rod That Just Spins
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This Gaping Maw
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Would it also be worth shimming up the neck stick minimally to widen the gap a tiny bit to build some pressure into the glue ups when shim is removed later This part I don't quit understand. Could you…
Electric build Tremolo bridge with Piezo options
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Graph Tech have Ghost saddles for other styles of bridge too. Check out https://graphtech.com/collections/fender. You should get something that'll retrofit a two-point trem. Their Acoustiphonic preamp…
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double neck guitar
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I'm with James on this. Sounds like you need to move backwards from the jack, isolating the outputs of both circuits to make sure each works on its own first. Unsolder the hots from the jack and try e…
Marketing Club: The Miracle of ManyChat
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Calling all Proper Workstation Modders...
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That's a definite yes from me for the Total Vice mods discussion. -Patrick
repair suggestions for top cracks
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Thanks Ian. I have seen the Doug and Dan video with TJ Thompson but could not find any others. I was thinking of splining the wider crack but it is cupped up. How would you handle that? Also looking i…
re-working very old hide glue repair
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Could there be 2 glues in the picture? The tan/brown translucent glue looks like HHG. The purplish red-hued glue looks like Weldwood resorcinol, which was a 2 part powder/resin system. My father and I…
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Acoustic Guitar Builders Club: Brace Yourself
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Tinted binding steps.
This guitar will have a piano black finish on most of it and translucent black over the red fabric areas. The client also wants the white binding to be aged. I will be sealing and grain filling with a polyester sealer. My thinking is to tint the first coal of sealer to age the binding , then seal over it with clear. Then tape off binding while spraying color coats. Anyone got an easier way? Suggestions?
