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MPU reacted to vlad_drac's post in the thread De-fretting - How much fretboard chipping/removal is expected on a Jatoba neck? with
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Alrighty-then. Made it through the rest of the frets. Here's the end result. I think I did okay? Now onto cleaning, veneers... -
SLOW & STEADY WINS THE RACE! Bought a painters trim guard and modded it. 400 degree iron and 5 minutes per section, it came off easily...
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MPU reacted to madmaskbass's post in the thread Time to revive this old project- Sandberg style 5 with Like.
So plan is at this stage to go clean and simple and just build pretty much a VM5. Pretty much this: As I said i have the actual...
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MPU replied to the thread Experimenting with Osmo Polyx-Oil Finish.I like Osmo. Well, one of my previous principals is also Osmo and he’s a very nice guy as well. Back to the product. Very easy to apply...
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MPU reacted to Zooberwerx's post in the thread Nordstrand Big Singles... I'm not digging the tone with Like.
Heck if I know...it should sound markedly unnatural, that's for sure. My 2012 SR 1405 (second-hand) came to me with the Big Splits...
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Well, after lots of thinking about it and a chance find of a nicely seasoned piece of Ash big enough for a through-neck in my brother's...
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MPU replied to the thread How would you make Ovatiom Magnum- kind of a neck?.I drilled mounting holes and painted the bridge today. Looks way better than Hipshot with surrounding in my opinion. Soundwise I hear no...
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MPU replied to the thread How would you make Ovatiom Magnum- kind of a neck?.I agree. It’s not very difficult, even without full geared machinery.
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MPU replied to the thread How would you make Ovatiom Magnum- kind of a neck?.I guess some of you have had the same feeling. Something in your build is okay but still not good enough. Well, I had that feeling with...
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MPU reacted to Tim Barber's post in the thread I'm back with a '51-ish P from parts (mostly), and a WB finish question with Like.
I think I'm happy-ish with the color coats for a first attempt. Starting to spray some clear coats, between wind gusts, since my "spray...
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MPU reacted to Bruce Johnson's post in the thread Template And Fixture Set For A New Design EUB Neck with Like.
Meanwhile, back on the necks: Here's another very important fixture that needed to be made up: Most of you have seen my Neck Horse...
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Here’s the final(ish) version of the shim. The old one from the other body is the black one. I’ll probably paint this one black when...
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pardon may asking, but how is one sure that it's not a bad fret? seems like raising the nut slot would affect the action over the...
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You could probably pop the nut off, add a shim underneath the whole thing and then slightly file down the other 3. You can use a round...
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MPU reacted to Bruce Johnson's post in the thread Magnets & Copper Wire: A Pickup Building Thread with Like.
Here's something a little different: The pickup coil assembly for the new EUB that I'm developing. I'm working out the manufacturing...
