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  1. Devon Headen
    Yes, they are comparable. I love them both, they're a joy to work with. Works like butter under a hot knife with sharp tools.
  2. Devon Headen
    You'll want to fill the cavity with wood dust, then wick the CA into the wood dust. If you try to mix the two outside of the cavity the mixture hardens immediately. Might want to do it in two or three steps (i.e. fill the hole part of the way with dust, wick glue in, more dust, more glue, etc.) instead to make sure all the dust is soaked in glue.
  3. Devon Headen
    +1 for teisco. It's similar to some Burns guitars, too, just cheaper looking.
  4. Devon Headen
    Relief being adjusted at the 12th? I guess you can give it a shot, but unless your neck is WAY out, I wouldn't think the 12th/24th relationship would be too screwed up.
  5. Devon Headen
    Sounds like you've got rise in tongue. Sucky problem to have. Depending on how sever it is, you'll probably have to do a partial refret to fix it properly.
  6. Devon Headen
    My squier std strat is three piece alder, so that can't be true in every case.
  7. Devon Headen
    If you're playing backup guitar, please don't become on of the people that feels the need to play all the time. Only play when you hear a line that will sound good. I've played with too many people that play leadwork through the ENTIRE song nonstop.
  8. Devon Headen
    Yeah, I've heard people say that you could feel the fretware while you're playing, and on bends you get caught on the edges. It seems to me that if you thin the overlay to the point you can't feel it it's going to look thin.
  9. Devon Headen
    No they aren't plywood. The chances of the grain looking good are slim to none, though. Usually they have at least a three piece body as well.
  10. Devon Headen
    If you're cutting down the middle then gluing those for laminates it will have to be perfectly flat. Really it just does. I don't know why we have to keep stressing that every joint needs to be perfect before gluing.
  11. Devon Headen
    Make sure the part of the thorn that touches the stem will butt all the way up to the stem. If the cavities have different angles, the part on the bottom of the rout will touch, but there will be a gap at the visible part.
  12. Devon Headen
    ooo, I didn't notice that before. I just cut the frets to the board freehand with the file, then angle them with the jig deal. I think I'm using the fine cut bastard.
  13. Devon Headen
    I use baileys exclusively. They're cheap and work well with just a little work. I'll probably buy a Vertias sometime down the road, cause I've only heard good things about them thus far.
  14. Devon Headen
    What's wrong with the one you have now? There's a LOT more to cutting a perfect nut than just 'filing the slots down a bit'. Not to mention it's one of the most important things on the guitar. Here's a good reference.
  15. Devon Headen
    As long as the blade is square to the table, and the miter slots are parallel to each other and the blade it will work just fine. It's a 6" blade, so there's no problem with the size being too big.
  16. Devon Headen
    You're designing the bass, you decide. You should really draw it out accurately full size, and it will answer most questions you'll have.
  17. Devon Headen
    I've ordered some blanks from 'inlaidartist' in the past, and I wasn't too impressed. They weren't too thin, but they weren't flat, and the thickness was all over the radar. Some of it was 1/8" in one place, move over about a half inch, and you were down to 1/16".
  18. Devon Headen
    The 'collectibles' are perfectly usable in most cases. I got a #6 and two #5s at a big flea market under $40 for all of them. If you can see past all the dirt and spiderwebs, you can get good deals on good tools. One of the #5s was a bit of a lemon, but on the other two I didn't even need to level the sole.
  19. Devon Headen
    I've never had a problem with deft taking that long, but that's not abnormal for the finish to be easily marked after a month.
  20. Devon Headen
    Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but I cut the truss rod slot all the way from the headstock end (open) to whatever length the truss rod is. With a headstock veneer and nut, you cover up the exposed portion at the headstock. It's just a lot easier than plunging for the slot, then drilling for the adjustment pocket.
  21. Devon Headen
    I wonder why he switched to 400 instead of 800. Maybe he started having problems. I'll have to shoot him a PM.
  22. Devon Headen
    http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...912&hl=tutorial This says 800.
  23. Devon Headen
    That's lost wax casting, but he asked about die casting. Just do a google search and I'm sure you'll come up with good info, I don't feel like typing up info that's already out there . Forged parts are usually better because the cast parts tend to be more brittle. The act of forging compacts and toughens the structure of the steel. That's not to say there's anything wrong with cast guitar hardware.
  24. Devon Headen
    With your fingers?
  25. Devon Headen
    You can sand finer than 320 as long as the paper cuts well. David Myka sands to 800 before dyes if I remember correctly. When the grit falls off and you start burnishing the wood is when there's a bigger problem.
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