samoht
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thanks dudes.. i just noticed that i don't even own an iron btw.. there's no need for using veneer tape since one piece should cover the whole side of the guitar..
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no titebond here where i live. i haven't got that many clamps either. that's why i wanted to use the contact glue in the first place. thanks for the link.
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i don't think there should be pressure at all when using contact glue. i waited until the glue was almost dry and then stuck the veneer on the guitar.. anyone ever tried a clothes iron on a veneer? i've got some flamed birch veneer that needs to be flattened too...
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i'm kinda pissed off at the moment.. just messed up a good piece of mahogany veneer. what kind of glue would be good for gluing a thin veneer on a guitar body? i tried water soluable contact glue because i thought it wouldn't get trough the veneer.. well i was right.. it didn't. but the surface got huge bubbles everywhere and i couldn't get rid of them. so i ended up ripping the whole thing off.. i only have one piece of veneer left, so.. what glue? i tried the search function before i wrote this post, but all i got was an error message.
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Building An Electric Out Of Spruce
samoht replied to Slabbefusk's topic in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat
i've always been interested in trying pine and birch for electric guitars. i'm actually making a semi hollow with mahogany center block and pine/birch wings on both sides.. -
i cut a pepsi bottle in half and stuck my vacuum cleaner into it.. then clamped it to the edge of my drill press.. sounds silly, but i haven't seen any dust anymore.. and i sand alot! my "shop" is also my living room, kitchen and bedroom, so i had to come up with somekind of dust collector
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i bet he got the error message and thought that it didn't work.. i've had that just about every time i've posted a new thread in the acoustic and hollow body guitar chat.. i found out that the post got trough despite the error message though.. EDIT: oops just noticed that i've only posted twice here
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How Many Templates Do You Have?
samoht replied to goth_fiend's topic in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat
i'm also building 3 guitars at once.. (i won't tell what kind.. it's a surprise ) i made a body template from mdf yesterday to be used with a homemade robo sander in a small drill press.. i just tried it and seems to work pretty well.. i've also made many thin templates from white and clear acrylic for marking the places i need to route.. i don't have any routing templates because i haven't found a copy router bit anywhere. -
right on! i'm definitely gonna go for a pinch clamp if i can't get the correct threads made. here is one example what might work.. EDIT: damn link look for dremel holder up there
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what's elbow grease? can i buy it from stew mac?
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that's just incredible! very clean work.. and i like the natural finishes too
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thanks man.. that helps alot..
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nah i'm planning on selling the electrics so i could get some money to buy real tools. then i'll consentrate more on my little violin building hobby
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i need to build a mini duplicarver, a router base and a purfling/binding slot cutter that could be used with a dremel (copy).. the problem is i don't know what the threads are on the part that i'd attach these to.. i assume they're not metric and i may have trouble finding the correct size tools for threading and drilling the holes into some aluminum pieces. if someone knows.. please let me know. i'm doing this because i have NO money, so don't tell me to buy the stew mac stuff. i hope some of you understood what i tried to say.. too difficult for my english
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thanks. it's gonna take a while to finish this one since i'm currently in the process of making three electric guitars. i also need to re-finish my doubleneck..
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because metal frets stay in their places after they've been installed. also remember that the original viola da gamba had gut strings. i don't think gut frets would survive with metal strings. also metal frets makes it possible for me to do the vibrato pretty much the same way i would do on guitar. i've tried fretting a cheap violin with mandolin frets succesfully before thanks for the comments dudes!
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that's maple and birch.. it looks like mahogany because of the crappy lighting in my apartment i do everything myself. i don't believe in buying pre-made stuff the head carving was done with a dremel mostly i actually sawed the maple for the sides from a broken strat neck someone gave me.
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i use photobucket for the pics and it works great..
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i've seen some marina strat copies.. they were cheap and pretty low quality. and if i remember right, they also had big necks with maple fingerboards. (big neck is definetly a positive thing if you ask me).. still i think it's not a valuable guitar to begin with.. damn my english is crappy..
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this is one of my own design. it's a 6 stringer which is gonna have metal frets and can be played either like a mandolin or with a bow.. it's about the size of a mandola and has a flat back. not very decorative though.. i'm gonna add regular purfling to the top and that's it.
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hi i actually like your body designs.. they're a bit weird looking in design (which usually is something i like) and definetly original. but then again.. i highly doubt it will work unless you use decent materials and have some skills at woodworking. keep reading this forum (and maybe get the melvyn hiscock book about guitar making if you can find it. it's one of the best books i've ever read) to understand the basics. then practice.
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http://www.jayalm.com/ nice body material and design etc.. also check out the nice neck pocket..
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ewwwww
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sounds good to me. it would look a little weird, but that's only a good thing
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i write better stuff when i'm a little pissed off. i'm not a guitar player though