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    Cool, thanks!
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    Who's Craig Holden? I tried googling him but didn't find and Luthier links. I love seeing all sorts of jigs. Just because sometimes you see one and you say "why didn't I think of that!" because it's so simple yet saves so much time.
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    Thanks, it is a bit on the heavy side and smells like puke when you cut it!! Looks like I'm going for a body out of it.
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    I just got a 40" X 7" X 2" piece of Phillipine Mahogany, the 'crappy' stuff, for $10. I'm trying to decide what would be the best use for it. Cut it lengthwise and have 20+ quarter inch thick pieces for neck laminates or just use it for 1 body. I'm thinking that using 2 per neck, for example: Maple|Luan|Maple Veneer|Luan|Maple wouldn't be as bad compared to a possible bad sounding body because there'd be less of the wood in the picture? Would a body from this wood be that bad? Hope that made sense, thanks for any advice!!!
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    Thanks alot everyone! Do you know of any brand names? Something that would be available at the local hardware store? Ya go and ask someone there about CA glue and they're like... and the companies don't seem to label their bottles with the technical name, none that I've seen anyway. It's like looking at a can of laquer and trying to tell if it's poly or nitro or... Thanks again!!!
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    Do you mean krazyglue? Obviously it's not 'white' glue, in the Hiscock book he says superglue also. Thanks!
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    Wow! That looks great. Just out of curiosity, what size bandsaw do you have? I have to get a book on tuning mine obviously, the blade will NOT cut perfectly vertical on anything wider(higher) than about 1.5" It's a 14" fairly cheap one ($150) with a 1/4" blade. Cutting a scarf , well, I'm going to look up ye olde router jig tut now!
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    I'd say they layed down 4-5 layers of different veneer, then made sure they 'carved' at an angle, (direction-wise, towards the tip of the headstock . If that makes sense?
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    Thanks everyone! Ya, maybe flame would be better as the quilt is ok, but to show up on a dot it would have to be like AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I would probably dye and clear first. I just wanted almost cari-burst colored dots, without spending the $$ for wicked abalone etc. I'll give it a shot next weekend (dye and clear coat this week) and let y'all know!
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    I tried searching on this & couldn't find anything but I'm sure someone's asked this before. I have some 1/8th quilted maple. I was thinking of dyeing and then with a plug cutter try to cut dots. My question would be, is there an issue regarding the 'softness' of the maple and using it on a fretboard? Thanks!
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    Has anyone bought this e-book from Donahue? http://www.noahjames.com/vintagepage/ebook.html Looks to be pretty cool, not a bad price too.
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    Ya know, all this talk about finishing etc., makes me wonder how the heck the Ibanez's, Schecter's, and even Fender companies do it so fast?!
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    Looks cool! Hey Matt, the 'gun' is just an attachment that you can get at some hardware stores. If you can't, head to an autobody supply shop, they should have some. It just fits on the top of the can and gives you a bit more control. That's what I think it is in the pics anyways... http://acmehardware.com/product_detail.aspx?sku=6051155
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    Dude! You should also be thinking about cutting your neck pocket before any more rounding of the edges, so you'll have more flat surface for the router. Looking real good though! I usually use that combo of wood for necks, I love it!
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    I found this link on the Moser board. www.zacharyguitars.com Do any of you have any opinions on his philosophy? The guitars IMO don't look that great visually but he says that the way they are designed, finished etc. is the greatest thing since sliced bread.
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    Man, there a a few people doing it! http://www.mcnaughtguitars.com/ and here's the link for the site that the last pic was posted from. http://www.manne.com/eng/mgpeng.htm
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    Is this a cool forum or what! Some great discussion, critsism but no flames. Thanks everyone!
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    So in theory this would be a bad idea then?
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    I was thinking that this would be the best of both worlds as far as having the ease of making of a bolt on, with almost no heel like a set neck or neck through could offer without the difficulty of building a neck through. In my really off and not to scale illustration here, the black is the body, neck is pinkish (on my pc anyway!) and strings are brownish and the bolts yellow. You'd basically make a neck with a really long tenon. The tenon would be just the same shape as your neck blank before you carve it. You'd route a channel half the depth of the body until just before the bridge pickup. The also would let you attach the neck pickup directly to the 'neck'. I figure being a bolt on, you wouldn't have to be too accurate with a set neck like channel. It's just an idea so I have the flamesuit on THANKS! The image is here http://tinypic.com/4jmbyr
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    That was from a rattlecan? Great job! Could you do a tutorial? I'm crazy with the emoticons today...
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    Cool replies everyone! :D Hi doc, what I meant was instead of using two 18" X 7" X 1 3/4" pieces of, say Mahogany glued together side by side to make one 18" X 14" X 1 3/4 body blank, you substitute a piece of maple as one of the halfs. I thought it would maybe get that sound of a maple capped mahogany body without the trouble of resawing and laminating them on top of one another (thinner pieces of course) ? Not only that, but I thought it would also be a cool way to combine woods for a certain sound. It would work, just wondering if anyone has tried it or if you know of any 'big' brands that have 'experimented' with the idea?
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    Also you have to remember that if you want a TOM bridge, you'll need a neck angle. It's doubtful that the seller has done that, you might want to ask.
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    I was just wondering if anyone has tried using different woods for each half of a body. Like one half Maple and one half Mahogany. I would think that this would be a great way to achive a good combo of sounds associated with each wood. Like instead of having a 1/4-1/2" Maple cap, half the body would be Maple. You think this would work?
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    Cracked replied to BJPUC's topic in Tools and Shop Chat

    Guitarfrenzy, would you happen to have any pics or could describe the scarf joint jig? Thanks!
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    Was that Myka's jig? http://www.mykaguitars.com/tools/neckcarvejig/default.htm
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