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  2. Project "the Orca" Ms-6

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    Proper order. Always keep one for yourself.

    its a good idea to have a few floating about for examples, you know, demo models for neck profiles, finish samples etc.

    I had 24 at one point for those kinds of reasons. for the benafit of the customer, not for me, i swear to god :D

    +1 to that.

    my niece sent me a text asking me if i had any "spare" guitars!!! *** does that mean? what is a "spare" guitar?

  3. New Build

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    sanding a finish off & starting again is character building - everyone should have to go thru it at least once in their building life. it make u appreciate it more when u get it right!

    my 1st guitar (sg too) my wife knocked it over within 1hr of me finishing it & getting it set up to play.... put a 6in pressure dent across the front of the body..... took me 10 years nearly to get round to refinishing it.... been on going for another 10 years now lol......

  4. Omg!

    in Site Feedback, Issue Reporting and Test area

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    yeah - that's my point exactly - i love your iceman, buuuuut...... i love all of the others too... everytime a new one gets submitted & i start drooling..... there isn't a single one of them this month that, finances allowing, i wouldn't like to own.

    i'm like a kid at a candy shop window with a pocket full of cash!! (unfortunately in real life i ain't got the pocket full of cash, lol)

  7. Trem Routing

    in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat

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    going off the info, i'd use a standard vintage strat template & increase the width of it by 11.3mm (string spacing=11.3mm, 1 extra string so it needs to be 11.3mm wider)

    and to be sure I'd route it on a piece of scrap to check for fit/operation before condemning a body blank to the Eternal Fires of Damnation.

    hope this helps

  9. Acrylic (mots) Inlay Blanks?

    in Inlays and Finishing Chat

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    Does anyone know where I could find some acrylic (mother of toilet seat) inlay blanks like the kind used on cheap guitars and most modern Gibsons? I would like to learn how to inlay, but I don't want to pay for expensive pearl to practice on. Thanks.

    lol... these words should not belong in the same sentence but unfortunately it's true.

    If you haven't already done so check out Larry Robinson's inlaying videos - they're quite good & stop you making the usual beginners mistakes.

  13. 84 Gibby Explorer Replica

    in In Progress and Finished Work

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    i just had a south paw pickup up a guitar last night - it still F**** with my head to the nth degree. set-up becomes purely a numbers thing - whearas i set-up most right handed guitars by feel unless i have been given a reference instrument to copy

    there's a guy I work with.... right handed, plays guitar left-handed but strung up right handed - if that makes sense!!!

    all of the guitars he's played over the years have been righty's flipped over.... his last one was a lefty that I adapted to be strung up right handed for him - now that f******d with my head but also gave me an insight into what he's put up with for many years....

    he said he can't believe he never thought of it before I suggested it..... came about because he saw a lefty Peavey Predator for sale for £100 - he said it was a shame it was strung up wrong for him & I said... "but thats not a problem.... I can sort that easily for ya!"

  17. Fretboard Resizing?

    in The Marketplace

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    from reading all of your other posts i think that the main reason you're "scared" to do this yourself is that you payed $70 for your pre-fretted f/b - correct?

    also it may be beneficial for any potential offers if you say what size it is now AND what size you require it to be. other questions is the f/b bound, inlayed, (wood type?) etc are all considerations too.

    this just shows that Proper Planning & Preparation Prevents P*ss Poor Performance...... :D

    my personal opinion is that if you're scared to do this yourself - then should you really be attempting to build anything at all?

    my 2p's worth...

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