Dan Salter

thats all good advice but he is no longer using padauk.

I agree it looks off on the second pic and in the same spot on the third pic ? but who are we to argue ...you built the thing and have it in front of you so we have to take your word ! im not sure about a fender style bridge on a les paul? its going to look odd i.m.h.o? but again....lets wait and see....will certainly be interesting Dan ;-)

Cool...thank god for that ;-)

any progress on this yet as im worried about that neck carve looks well raggedy? or was it just the rough carve?

Im glad you went back and added a little mor eto the burst it looks stunning now cant wait to see this one finished ! ;-)

yes i agree with mattia... my point was that i keep the original cd or dvd on the shelf...this then becomes my "master" if you like? and i can rattle off cdrs the car or in the workshop, to lend to friends etc... I also agree that the burned stuff does NOT last anywhere near as long...so my copies are almost disposable as long as i keep the master in great new condition. and that 7 year lifetime stuff is bullshit soapbar mate ...i started my collection at the birth of cd's back in the mid eighties and i still have and play heaps of them from back then?....my first two cd's ever...Dire Straights" brothers in arms", and Queen ..."a kind of magic" still play great? dont believe all that you read unless maybe they WERE talking about burnt/copy/cdr's then yes i will agree!

looking great mate ! i do like to watch an interesting build cant wait for the finished item well done Dan ;-)

Hi could you make the picture a bit bigger please i cant see it? ( joke) ;-)

eh?...go bad?....what are you doing to them? Ok.....heres the deal....way way back at the early days of compact discs one record label of which i cant remember made a bad batch for a couple of years unbeknown till like 15 or so years later.....these bad discs ( of which were only from one label) suffer what is now known as disc rot....the symtons being that the silver foil inside a disc will turn yellow/gold then start pitting and flaking....pretty much like it says...rot. The label in question happily provide free modern replacements of any disc that has rotted and is still in their back catalogue?. But that was the early days and was due to a chemical reaction....all these things have been ironed out and now cd's and dvd's should last 50 - 100 years .... saying all that though.....contrary to the hype and blurb at the dawn of the cd age they are NOT indestructable....they DO SCRATCH and fingerprints etc will affect play temporarily....now, ......dirt and fingerprints can be cleaned....and now infact....scratches on the underside ( playing side) the side with no label/writing can also be fixed on a specialist polishing machine....provided the scratch is only on the clear plastic layer on the underside and has NOT gone through and damaged the silver "data" layer?... now....my question is how do so many of your discs go bad? do they just need some hot breath and a soft cloth clean? or....are you one of those people who NEVER puts them back in the case...does NOT pick them up from the edges or centre hole and not touching the playing surface? are they skidding and kicking around your workshop covered in sawdust? grease? paint spray?.....obviously it may be none of these but simply put.....a cd made in the last 8 years or more looked after correctly and kept scratch or dirt free should last a lifetime? and the same of course goes for dvd's? Now if you are THAT worried about your cd's ? do what i have done....i have painstakingly backed up and run off cdr copies of my entire 1000 plus cd collection....these back up copies are the ones for the car, to take to the workshop or to lend to friends....leaving my almost mint copies on the shelf in top condition....maybe im **** but hey? i dont have the same technology to copy my dvd's but many do....why not run of copies of all your erlewine dvd's ...put the originals away for safe keeping and use the copies at home or in the workshop? i know after over £200 on these dvd's from stewmac its what i will be doing when i find someone who can do me back up copies. before i get bashed like before i would like to point out none of this is illegal if you are copying a cd or dvd which you have previously purchased! ;-) Dan

Wow thanks for all the replys guys !! Ok...so im pretty certain then i better not go blow the money i have put by for customs....thats a poo way of doing things you nasty DHL people !!.....oh well As for the vids....yep they rock and i also plan to be watching them over and over whenever there is a spare couple of hours of crap tv or whatever. I havent even started on the fretting series yet.!! As for the "other" videos....im so against VIDEO nowadays after creating the perfect dvd/surround system....there is a bunch of those stewmac videos that i want and i have been praying they will come available on dvd but not yet :-( I guess ill have to buy them and get them put onto dvd which sucks. As for books....yep....i buy any that i can find or afford. Its not directly related to guitar building but my last luxury that is snails pace surface mailing its way to me from the states in the BLACK GUARD which is the ultimate vintage telecaster book ! do a search on it if you havent seen it....they come serial numbered like a vintage tele too ! how cool is that ?

Thanks Mattia.....thats a bitch i didnt know about getting billed "afterwards"? im in the UK? is it the same here as i have normally had to collect and pay the fee to get my item? Yes i know all about neck relief .....ive always had it on my guitars but Dan erlewine is like ...all uber straight?...must be buzz central...but i guess he knows his stuff?... Im a heavy deep blues bender so i like a high action anyway....but obviously not everyone does. Ill have a better idea on dans theory once i have watched all 8 dvd's... Dan

Ok...my stewmac order arrived super quick..thankfully i got away with customs. all looks good and im a third of the way through the afore mentioned dvd's and im highly impressed !! Dan erlewine rocks....im a bit miffed about his "straight neck no relief" policy? i need to investigate the pros and cons of straight V's relief necks? anyone have a view on this as it kind of goes against all that i have learned these last 17 years or more of being involved with guitars? but overall....i have watched 3 of my 8 dvd's and worth every penny !

Yup...thats the plan although i will have mechanical bandsaw, planer, thicknesser, drum sander, bobbin sander , router etc but i get your point ! nothing like carving a top with nothing but a gaouge (spelling?) and sandpaper!

Dvd wise its the "Fretting series" (all 3 dvd's) the "Electric guitar maintenance and set up 1 + 2" ( 2 dvd) the "Acoustic " " " " " 1 + 2 ( 2dvd) and lastly the "Nut making" dvd x 1 Plus a whole bunch of specialist tools, guages, saws, nut making kit, fretting kit, etc etc ect .... £800 and not one thing has a plug on it? ha ha

Firstly...ooops..yeah...most likely in the wrong place to post...but i was kinda unsure....its no biggie surely? this thread ( in progress work ) is the main thread i read so it made sense to whop one in here. Secondly....that was just a part of it ....stewmac got £850 of my hard earned yesterday ! £200 of it being the dvd's....so i guess yeah im pretty serious. ! and shortly Axminster or SIP will be getting another grand or so ! ...woop woop

Hello...I just thought i would tell thee...that after my initial post asking for info on copys of the erlewine dvd's...and getting the post closed for being a naughty boy ( i didnt think) i have just ordered over £200 worth of erlewine dvd's legit versions from stewmac so there !! ( they better bloomin be worth it you buggers? most expensive dvd's i have ever purchased !!) so...i appologise for my earlier post basically i wanted to save on the £200 so i could spend it on more tools ( so they would have got my money either way! ) Dan ;-)

Hi guys...ive not posted here before now...but wondered if you can help? Im in the UK and looking for copies of the stewmac/ Dan erlewine dvd's? The stewmac prices plus shipping are way too much so wondered if anyone in the uk or maybe the states either :- A: Has second hand dvd's for sale cheaper than the stewmac new ones B: Can do me burned/copy versions? C: Knows a place i can download the dvd's?... Im mainly after the guitar set up 1 + 2 ( electric and acoustic) The nut making dvd and also the fretting series 3 dvd's... Any help will be mucho appreciated !!