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    Re: K&K pickup installation problem(tape failure)

    I haven't done the K&K but have installed PickUpTheWorld transducer film type. David includes some sticky stuff but he found out about the Scotch "gummy bear" red tape and now uses that to finalize....
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    Re: "Ice tea" sunburst

    Just taking a WAG the original and yours both look like yellow ground, no red in the center and then Honey Amber in very thin layers for the burst? Am I close?;)

    Never mind didn't read far enough....
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    Re: Sighting down a fretboard

    The clickers are just several pieces of metal that span three frets at a time and are dead flat. I just made some out of 1/4" thick T6 aluminum bar stock since I have access to machine tools. I have...
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    Re: Sighting down a fretboard

    When I'm sighting down the neck it is only for two reasons. 1) to look for any twist, 2) see if there are any "bumps" or abrupt changes of height in the the fretboard wood itself like too much...
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    Re: Black Walnut....

    Nice job on the splitting and doesn't look like too much runout/twist. Be SURE to seal the end grain right away, use some sort of wax if you can. I use some liquid stuff that potters use for their...
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    Re: The "Beater": Yes or No

    If you can, I say keep the Loar for the various reasons that others have already pointed out. However I also add that, barring large bodies of water approaching or potential incoming, take the...
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    Re: tuners for a bouzouki build

    I've been using the Grover mini's too in my last two builds. I like the better control than I get with the 4-on-a-plate type. I just use a simple snake-head type design so either works well with...
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    Re: Which one would you take?

    One of the problems is that what is left is usually the land, often 1/2 the value of the total property or more. The sale value of the land isn't enough to just abandon it. Further the insurance...
  9. Re: Tiny bubbles in lacquer at the riser block and top juncture.

    It could be the lacquer you are using too. I recently foolishly tried a different for me lacquer, who's name will go mercifully unmentioned, and got a similar problem all over. I have returned once...
  10. Re: Overlay on back of headstock and transition to neck?

    I have been doing this for the typical F5 with the pointy part going into the neck. I don't do the voult (sp?) thing although that looks very nice, just not my preference. I leave the neck just a bit...
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    CAD Files for A/F/H mandos?

    I thought we had discussed this a while back but I couldn't find that thread. So I thought I might bring it up again.

    Does anyone have CAD files in existence for the plates of mandolins? I'm...
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    Re: Tabledit and Mandolin Module

    Interesting! I just did an upgrade and all the mandolin stuff went away. I tried searching in the midi stuff and no mandolin. But then I opened a .tef from the mandozine site that already had the...
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    Tabledit and Mandolin Module

    Not sure if this is the right place to post this question, please redirect me if necessary.

    I'm using the latest/greatest TablEdit, the free version but registered. When I bring in a .tef file...
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    Re: Sunburst finish

    AFAIK the StewMac colortones are just Branded repackaged Homestead Finishing products.
    http://www.homesteadfinishingproducts.com/htdocs/TransTint.htm
    I've been using the Homstead ones for a...
  15. Re: Just got a pedestal buffer,lots of questions.

    Wear latex surgical gloves when buffing, this gives you a good grip on the work and makes it less likely to get snatched out of your hands to the El-Kabong mode. Wear a dust mask. If your system came...
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    Re: Building Scrap wood one instrument at a time!

    Jim, look in your area for Cabinet makers shops. I got a backside load of maple and walnut scraps free from a shop that was running an order for weavers looms. Can often get board ends and off cuts...
  17. Thread: Binding Cement

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    Re: Binding Cement

    This is the stuff to use for binding tape. Has the right amount of flex and stretch and doesn't break easily. Holds tight but doesn't tend to pull up wood fibers on the top woods. Also is not...
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    Re: Binding Cement

    No, no, you don't thin the Duco, use it straight. The acetone reference was for making binding Goo. You shave off a bunch of chips of celluloid binding material into a small wide mouth bottle (I use...
  19. Thread: Backing Tracks

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    Re: Backing Tracks

    Good site Neil, thanks. I still like the TableEdit for songs I don't yet know the melody well as it shows me the sheet and tab to follow too. But this is great for just what the OP was asking.
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    Re: MandoBorg: Resistance Is Futile

    Weeelll, if it is from a Borg perspective then you don't ask folks to join, you just go get them and assimilate them! Then they all play together with a collective mind, kind of like a mandolin...
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    Re: Getting A Good Lacquer Finish

    Lots of good advise from many others. I'll just add three things that over time I've found to be very important for me:

    - There are a lot of good lacquers but when I went to using the McFadden...
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    Re: "Submerged Wood" Bridges?

    Naaaah, them submerged woods are gona' be too heavy and dense. I am trying to find a source of spruce that has been harvested from old helium dirigible frames. That has to be lighter and more...
  23. Thread: Sarah Jarosz

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    Re: Sarah Jarosz

    I go down to Wimberley each year to a a guitar get-together that some folks put on. Always thought that they should invite Sarah in to join the fun, I may suggest that this year.

    I was actually...
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    Re: Bent top Martin style construction

    I think Herb Taylor does a thing similar to Graham Macdonald, alghough it is usually for thicker tops that later get carved. It involves soaking the wood and then popping it in one of those oven...
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    Re: No more ebony strap pins???

    For the type of strap button you are describing, I'd check out your local Highschool (are they still called that or maybe Pos-Middle-between-School???) wood shop. I'd bet that there is a kid there...
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