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Kelby

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 7:33 pm

Koa

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Congrats on the fingers, Chris! (And anyone else who still has all 10.)

I hope I don't come across as critical. I do have a couple relatives that do not have all 10, and in both cases, they were doing what I saw in the video. (Except it wasn't a guitar neck.)

We're all big boys, and I hope I don't come across as talking down to anyone. I was taught that your fingers don't go over the jointer cutterhead unless you're using a pushblock. If someone has a better view, I'm always eager to listen and learn.

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quentinjazz

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:49 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:39 pm
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Location: France

Filippo Morelli wrote:

quentinjazz wrote:

So as I was going to complete the outer circle I realized that my rosette was not round anymore...

Perfect opportunity for an asymmetrical soundhole! laughing6-hehe

Filippo

Too late, it's in my trash!

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WudWerkr

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:02 pm

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Appears I may win this sucker myself this month , " doofus move #2 "

APPARENTLY I glued the bridge plate in place based on a 14th fret mount instead of a 12th fret mount before I closed the box on the purple heart build and then proceeded to glue it all up .

Now that I have the neck in place and am ready to locate the bridge , the plate is 1-1/2" to close to the soundhole . [headinwall]

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Blue tape shows location of bridge plate !

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meddlingfool

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:46 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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First name: Ed
Last Name: Bond
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Status: Professional

Oops...
Looks like it's gotta be a 12 fretter now...how far are you on the neck?

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WudWerkr

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 4:16 pm

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it is a 12th fret , necks on , board mounted , fretted, ready to make nut . I set bridge plate for 14th fret , instead of 12th fret like I should have

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nkwak

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:45 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:03 pm
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First name: Neil
Last Name: Kwak
State: PA
Country: United States
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

OK, this isn't technically a build. It's actually more of an autopsy. You all know more than I do so words aren't really necessary here.

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Colin North

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:53 am

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First name: colin
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WudWerkr - I see you like large bridge plates - what do you see as the advantages/drawbacks?
laughing6-hehe

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WudWerkr

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:24 am

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The advantage.......... Gluing it in the RIGHT SPOT ... the draw back ...... welllll , laughing6-hehe

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sdsollod

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:15 am

Koa

Joined: Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:08 am
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First name: Steve
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This thread is making me feel much better about myself... laughing6-hehe

I've made my share of mistakes... :roll:

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WudWerkr

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:16 am

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Thats Kinda the idea , ...... But you ARE expected to SHARE !! ........ SOOOOOO Cough it up big boy !! laughing6-hehe

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woodbutcher50

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 11:21 am

Mahogany

Joined: Mon Feb 11, 2008 10:15 pm
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First name: Mark
Last Name: Schrier
State: Washington
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What do you mean? Doesn't EVERYONE install their 1/4" MOP fret dots at the 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th, and 16th frets?

A big gaah

from me.

Mark

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dpm99

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:24 pm

Cocobolo

Joined: Thu Oct 09, 2008 11:27 pm
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Location: McKinney, TX
First name: David
Last Name: Morris
City: McKinney
State: TX
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I have an entry! Not sure if it's a contender, but it was done on a completed and fully functional guitar.

I had it in my head that my old Ibanez bass would serve me better as a six string than as a five string. It uses mono bridges, and there was room for an extra, so it seemed like a simple enough thing to do. I was drilling for the extra tuner today, and noticed the hole was a bit small. Must be metric, but it seemed close enough to me. A few hammer taps, and....

CRACK!!!

Split the headstock along the laminate. Bonehead move, to be sure. But at least I have a submission for "Doofus of the Month" now.

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WudWerkr

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:03 pm

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OUUUUUCHHHHHH Yes this qualifies , and quite possibly might win . Sorry it happened but welcome to the [headinwall]

club !

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dpm99

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:07 pm

Cocobolo

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Location: McKinney, TX
First name: David
Last Name: Morris
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State: TX
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Well, something good came of that mistake. It's a beat up old bass anyway. A "natural relic" if you will. And since it cracked right along the laminate, it'll fix. Won't be ready to play at church Sunday morning though.

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alan stassforth

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:15 pm

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woodbutcher50 wrote:

What do you mean? Doesn't EVERYONE install their 1/4" MOP fret dots at the 4th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th, and 16th frets?

A big gaah

from me.

Mark

That is just a unique guitar.
Once you get used to it,
it will be fine.

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WudWerkr

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month "

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:33 pm

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We have a winner " TRUCKJOHN " For his winning ability to save $7.00 laughing6-hehe

and become this months Doofus of the Month Winner

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And a recap of his award winning post !

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Working on a 4-string tenor guitar... I am finally getting back around to finishing it up - it was part of MIMF's $100 Acoustic challenge last year. It's completely made of pallet wood except for the fretboard... which is literally the cheapest slotted fretboard that LMI sells.... It's some sort of dark, chippy wood......

Got my Peruvian walnut/maple binding glued on - and it's glued on wrong.. Somehow, the binding rode up a bit..... so I gotta pull it back off of one side.... The binding breaks in 4-places when un-sticking it.... Glue it back together.... 2 extra days...

Now, once the glue is all good and dried, I plane off the extra and start looking in the fret slots - which are like 25% filled with hardened Titebond.... So I start chipping it out - which has never been a problem before.. but it takes forever.... 2 extra days....

And while I am chipping it out, the fret slots start chipping out REAL bad! Remember the part about the cheapest board LMI sells... Apparently, there was more runout and swirl in it than usual.....

So.. I saved all the sanding dust from radiusing the board - and now I am filling in chips around the slots one at a time with CA and sawdust.... I can do like 2 in a day... so add another 8 days.... Then, gotta re-radius the whole thing again.... Another day

So I have like 16 days involved in a fretboard that would normally to make the same progress that would usually take me about 10-minutes.... but I saved like $7.00 on that fretboard a year ago....

Thanks

SPEECH SPEEECH SPEECH SPEECH !!!

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WudWerkr

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month " Winner "

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 10:43 am

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Bump ! SPEECH SPEECH SPEECH

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truckjohn

Post subject: Re: September " Doofus Of The Month " Winner "

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:22 pm

Brazilian Rosewood

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Location: South Carolina
First name: John
Last Name: Cox
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

I attribute this award to my longstanding philosophy "Cut Twice then Measure Once!" and "If at first you don't succeed... Keep doing the same thing over and over and over and over until it works right!" laughing6-hehe

I couldn't have done it without you guys!

Thanks

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