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  1. goat
    Same here.It is very satisfying when you are done. I did the radiusing and fretting on my present build and must say Cocobolo is one hard wood.I have another board but may put that off for something different.I don`t look foward to radiusing that stuff again.I hope this neck plays as well as my first one.
  2. goat
    A little fretting A little body shaping http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/goat552/DCP_3209.jpg
  3. goat
    I`m not against templates,but I don`t believe that`s what building guitars is about.Not to me anyway. Building guitars is more about having fun for me.Oh,I have Three routers,two router tables,a 2 1/2 hp plunge router,templates... ....if I bought a CNC machine, for business reasons I understand it,but for personal building,well you get the picture.
  4. goat
    I agree,although I`ve only built one guitar and that was a neck-thru.It went fairly smooth.For some reason I`d rather carve the body by hand than route,although I was probably forced to do it due to my lame bandsaws.By the time I set up to route I could already be deep in wood chips with the rasps.As a matter of fact,I just finished that a couple of minutes ago on my bass body.I enjoy the rasps.
  5. goat
    Tonight I glued and pressed in my frets with my homemade caul/press. Neck Fretted http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/goat552/DCP_3190.jpg Back of Neck scarf rough shaping http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130/goat552/DCP_3193.jpg
  6. goat
    But "Both guitars will become collestor's items"
  7. goat
    +1
  8. goat
    Yeah,The new ones look great.Too bad the old ones were not MusicMan sized,I could`ve used them.
  9. goat
    OUCH! I was a metalhead,but the band was all originals,funk,rock,punk. The Fierce Nipples
  10. goat
    you know you like `em http://litchfieldguitars.tripod.com/home/index.html
  11. goat
    Yeah, When it gets this long,they just don`t stay Man,you guys just look loud in that shot. Cool photo
  12. goat
    Nice Drak! Are you going for a heavier crunch or a Ventures type tone? It will probably hit both,huh? Good One
  13. goat
    It got better!
  14. goat
    I here ya`
  15. goat
    Hey Duff, Havn`t seen you in a few years! Look foward to seeing this.
  16. goat
    Man time flies.I`m 29 in the photo.Now I`m 45 Playing my Fender P-Plus Mid Hudson Civic Center
  17. goat
    Bilious, Do me a favor and use one from a Triumph. That`s what Steve McQueen would do!
  18. goat
    Might as well add a slot to put a comb to tease out the hairspray too!
  19. goat
    Hey Wes, Did you ever finish that Pine Chambered Hollowbody,I tried searching for it and couldn`t find it!
  20. goat
    If it`s an already finished neck you have your work cut out for you.A thickness sander is of no use. If you can sand back to the natural wood,lay a veneer on there.Any thicker you are going to make your tuners irrelevent and I don`t know if you can take alot off cleanly if you want to put on a thicker piece of Wenge.
  21. goat
    Depending on the scale length you want,most basses are 34" from nut to bridge for standard long scale. That would be 17" to the twelth fret. For neck pocket do search and check the tutorals,that`s how you will learn more. Pickups are your preference for what sound you are going for.I like Bartolini. The depth of route depends on your pickup choice,where they sit tonally in relation to your strings and the type of sound they pickup. There is a sweetspot,but each pickup is different depending on what sound you`re trying to get out of `em.
  22. goat
    Can you post a pic of the headstock?
  23. goat
    Mick,you are probably right. I was thinking it sanded back to natural wood,but the filler and/or sealer is probably deeper than that. Sorry
  24. goat
    Cut out ALL the flame maple you put in there and hand him back the rest in the pieces he supplied.
  25. goat
    Maybe do a two stage stain to bring out the grain,like black,sand,and then a light color,then clear over it.
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