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  1. guitar_player
    Just glue a strip in shouldn't be a problem at all. I couldn't imagine having to rout truss rods at school. I was disrupting grade 8 kids today too using the spindle and edge sander on my neck through bass. Hopefully the last time I have to do that.
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    I tried a bunch and finally bit the bullet and got the Stew Mac ones. Love 'em. Have you tried them on stainless steel frets. I consider most of their stuff overpriced but I might get them if they would cut stainless steel.
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    I use one's like these http://www.wihatools.com/300seri/326_EndCutters.htm I ground it down to cut closer. I need to find something that will cut stainless steel frets though I kinda messed mine up doing that.
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    Only the acoustic one they have a 2 way guitar and a 2 way bass one too just not gotoh.
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    This is what I use, my dad is a cabinetmaker and uses it at work all the time. It's the best I've used. http://www.tapesolutionsinc.com/intertape-592.html
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    I'd get rougher sandpaper, a router with a bit with the bearing on top for template routing, mdf or something nice and flat for the templates in my experience no less than 3/8" thick, doublestick tape (I go through about a half roll per guitar weather for holding on templates small sanding blocks or whatever very useful).
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    How does everyone here shape their necks? I usually use a combination of microplane rasps, orbital disk sander, spokeshave and rough sandpaper. I have trouble keeping the back straight, some of my necks are really good some not so much and I redo them. I found a jig to rough shape it with a router and that should solve the problem but it seems kind of confusing to make and I'd rather do it by hand. Any suggestions or anything?
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    I wold get a longer screw but you could also glue in a small piece of wood leaving enough room for the wire to get through.
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    Their customer service is pretty good, I'd email them about it I think they responded next day whenever I had to email them.
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    Would you need a zero fret with ebony? I would like to try an ebony nut, my dad got me some pieces of ebony I could make a bunch out of if it works if not I'll just use corian like usually since I have a shitload.
  11. guitar_player
    It looks pretty cool still. How did you do the roundover on the sides, I figure you used a router bit but what size?
  12. guitar_player
    I have no good lumber yards close to me, I usually have my dad get me my wood since he's a cabinetmaker and he can order it for me cheaply. I did manage to find a place selling it for $45 a board foot though, thanks.
  13. guitar_player
    Does anyone know where I can get koa big enough for a guitar neck? I can't find any that are big enough, it's for a customer and not worth wait and buying alot of it to get it the way I usually do.
  14. guitar_player
    If you use a radial arm saw or miter box you will still need a jig to hold the neck tight against the fence. Otherwise its not gooing to work. A table saw is your best bet if you are going to machine the joint. Wouldn't a couple clamps work, you might have to screw a piece of wood onto the fence to make it taller though.
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    If you don't mind buying refurbished this router is a great deal. I bought one from amazon a while ago for $160, even that's a great deal, it's very quiet and the variable speed is great I use the lowest speed for smaller things alot. I have the fixed base in my router table and it's easy to move up and down fast. I'm waiting for one of the $60 ones with just the fixed base come in stock so I can have one just for the router table and have another for pickup cavities and stuff and have a fixed base for routing too. When those get in stock I'll probably buy 2 so I'll have one for the copy carver I'm going to build. http://www.reconditionedsales.com/Hitachi_...ed)___i307.aspx EDIT: Could a mod please move this to tools I posted it in the wrong forum?
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    $130 it would pay for itself in wood saved over none scarf jointed headstocks...or just in time saved...those things cut clean. I wouldn't go with no scarf joint there are tons of ways to do it. $130 is alot to save a half hour or 45 minutes every couple of months even if I had to do it by hand if I didn't have a chop saw I'd buy one though. I just remembered that I have access to 1 maybe even 2 chop saws that would cut 15 degree angles or I'll just use my radial arm saw the blades pretty dull though. I kind of want to cut it by hand though.
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    I would think that would be too easy to mess up. I would draw the line you want to cut and freehand it on the bandsaw or a japanese pull saw (which seems like the cleanest way to do it just a little more work) and then doublestick tape the headstock piece and the neck piece together and clean it up with a blockplane. I have a radial arm saw so I might go that way but I don't really like using it for anything other than crosscutting. The craftsman miter saw mentioned earlier would be pretty much perfect I wouldn't buy one just for this though although having a sliding one would be nice.
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    It seems like you could mess that up very easily, for my last strat I borrowed one of these from my boss it roughed it out in 2 or 3 minutes than I just hand sanded took me maybe 15 minutes to do it http://www.mytoolstore.com/makita/gv5000.jpg. I am going to buy one of the ryobi angle grinders because there cheap, I think they would be better for carving tops, and it comes with a sanding disc in the box, the reviews are all pretty good too. I usually don't buy cheap tools but I've had a ryobi bench grinder for years and it never failed and I have one of their belt sanders which are great, the first one I got died but I brought it to home depot and got a replacement no questions asked. This is the one I'm getting http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores...uctId=100596747 for $47 they send you 2 of them and my brother wanted one so I'm getting one for $23.
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    I am pretty much just looking for any guitar building tools, books, or guitar parts. I have a 21' monster cable that's never been used (I got 2 in a trade and only need 1 they are great) and maybe a dod vibrothang pedal and I could add a little money with paypal. This is the cable http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/pro...ble-?sku=331652
  20. guitar_player
    Go for it I think it would look better that way anyways and like the other poster said it will only make it stronger.
  21. guitar_player
    My dad is a cabinetmaker and told me to just cut it freehand on the bandsaw and clean it up with a blockplane but I'm thinking another option might be if you have a radial arm saw, it probably would allow you to do a 15 degree angle.
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    This is a double bound strat body with mahogany body and neck and maple fingerboard. http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr266/g...er/IMG_7660.jpg http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr266/g...er/IMG_7661.jpg http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr266/g...er/IMG_7663.jpg http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr266/g...er/IMG_7665.jpg http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr266/g...er/IMG_7670.jpg http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr266/g...er/IMG_7677.jpg http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr266/g...er/IMG_7683.jpg http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr266/g...er/IMG_7685.jpg http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr266/g...er/IMG_7688.jpg http://i490.photobucket.com/albums/rr266/g...er/IMG_7694.jpg
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    If your worried about mahogany making it sound too dark maybe walnut? from what i've heard it should fit what you need
  24. guitar_player
    Check out craigslist if it's good where you are for a compressor I got a 20 gallon campbell hausfeld air compressor delivered in great condition for $100 and it costs $550 new.
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    I do it by hand but with this stainless steel fretwire I bought it from warmoth and it was pre-bended worked fine with the 12" radius. There is a tutorial stickied here somewhere to make one for $10 though.
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