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Jan 12, 2006 4:26 pm
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This may seem to some to be an incredibly silly question but here goes: Has anyone out there ever tried to use cedar shingles as top wood? I am currently in...
Why not, i'm sure there are people that would love to have a guitar to play reguardless of what they are made from. if the come out less than what you want...
I say give it a try! Obviously, you'll never find a book match but shingles ARE split so there shouldn't be to much runout. See if you can find some that match...
If there are no cracks...I can't see why not. vp ... From: guitarmakersforum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:guitarmakersforum@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Stuart...
I think in one of the "Big Red Books of American Lutherie" there's an article discussing the future of tonewoods where they say that cedar should be easy to...
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Jan 20, 2006 3:20 pm
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Hi everybody I need a help about a floyd rose tremolo, I just got a Charvel San Dimas replica body and neck for a guitar project, the thing is that the body is...
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Jan 21, 2006 11:53 am
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Did your Floyd Rose not come with a routing template? Seems to me I remember them coming with a template, course that was years ago. I'm sure somewhere on the...
Well I just got engaged! I can't believe it, just last year I was beginning to think i would never meet anyone. I'm 25 already and I thought it was all over....
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Jan 22, 2006 2:14 pm
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... beginning to think i would never meet anyone. I'm 25 already and I thought it was all over. After some recommendations from a buddy I joined up here:...
... Seems to me I remember them coming with a template, course that was years ago. I'm sure somewhere on the net you'd be able to find that.>> No, it didn't...
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Jan 23, 2006 2:22 pm
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http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Special_tools_for:_Routing/Tremolo_Routing_Templates.html Here you go :) Doug ... e ----- From: Queiroz, Vinicius To:...
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Jan 24, 2006 2:32 pm
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Doesn't sound silly at all, but before you went to the trouble of sanding and joining a set, I would try to ascertain if the shingles were treated with some...
I have read that scalloped bracing (using the Martin model) help boost the volume by adding more vibration to the top. Typically, if I understand the...
­Hi...I'm new to the group. I've been a guitar player for about 30yrs, but never attemptd to build one. I have been thinking about trying a "rebuild" or...
I am about to start building my first guitar (I have all the pieces ready and just need to wait for the weather to warm a bit before starting) I have read...
Most flat tops are not really flat. Lots of builders build them their way. My tops are flat except for the area around the bridge and there's just a slight...
Hi Stuart, ... Though I'm a classical maker, I can tell you how I do it. In regards to the top, my sides are flat but my top has a 25' arch to it below the...
I have a very nice classical from Argentina. I need to file the fret ends. Is this something I can do? I'm not a luthier but am fairly handy with tools. I...
I appreciate the time that went into the article you posted and thanks. But it makes me cringe to see anyone do that with neither the neck nor fretboard...
I watched the great Guitar maker Vincente Camacho lower and round all my frets w/ a half round bastard file in about 15 minutes w/ no tape(he had it wired:-). ...
I'm always careful, but I know my limits. :) Rick "Alright, apart from the sanitation, the med'cine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the...
This thought occured to me because I fixed up a guitar from South America where the wood had lost a lot of moisture after it was built. One of the symptoms was...
... I'll try to help anyway. First you need to figure out the scale length of your guitar. A charvel is probably 25 1/2 " scale. You could determine this by...
