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Author:  Corky Long [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:52 pm ]
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We all love building guitars, or we wouldn't do it, for sure, but I think we all agree that we love some parts of the process more than others. I love bending sides, scraping and planing with sharp tools, and I especially love shaping, gluing, carving tone bars and braces to tops and backs. I love puitting the box together.

But I really don't like cutting fret slots, and pore filling and finishing gives me a huge pain. How about you?
Author:  oval soundhole [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:58 pm ]
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fretting is the part I could live without, but I like every other part of the build.
Author:  Carlos Juan Busquiel [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:06 pm ]
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I used to hate making fret slots, until I bought a Proxxon Fet tablesaw. Now, I only hate sanding the guitar before finishing.
Author:  Alain Moisan [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 2:10 pm ]
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Fitting the neck joint. Specially on classicals and flamencos where the surface is quite round. Less painfull on OMs and Dreadnoughts where the neckblock area is almost flat.

(Yes, I use a bolt-on neck joint for my classicals and flamencos, for those wondering...)
Author:  Chris Pile [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:27 pm ]
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To quote Tom Hanks character in "A League Of Their Own"... "The hard is what makes it great".
Author:  ernie [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:52 pm ]
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wood bindings, kinda like wood wrestling
Author:  the Padma [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:46 pm ]
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Well me biggest pain was when me lost the tip of me left thumb at the table saw ripping neck blanks.

The others are minor like when the chisel slips when rabbiting and me gets to really feel just how sharp it is.

The other real hassle, although not a pain, is when the CA runs and me digits fuse together.


blessings
Author:  woody b [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:49 pm ]
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Purcha$ing supplies wow7-eyes wow7-eyes wow7-eyes
Author:  phil [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:36 pm ]
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the part where you move from one city to another, then spend the next two summers ripping apart your home and rebuilding it, while two half finished guitars sit in the basement shop wondering what happened to the builder. gaah
Author:  WudWerkr [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:00 pm ]
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The step between " Picking the wood " and " Final set up" usally is the part that gives me grey hair ! gaah laughing6-hehe
Author:  meddlingfool [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:15 pm ]
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Finishing/buffing
The buffer's death grip is a very literal pain...
Author:  nutsdan [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:23 pm ]
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Dealing with customers who really (don't) know what they want, and refuse to listen to your advice. beehive
Author:  Bob Shanklin [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 9:01 pm ]
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Trying to budget for the new tool, that I don't really need, but bought any way.

Bob
Author:  Nick Wilson [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:25 pm ]
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At this point in time. I would say finding a workspace. [headinwall]
Author:  dpm99 [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:37 pm ]
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woody b wrote:
Purcha$ing supplies wow7-eyes wow7-eyes wow7-eyes

For me, it's having to stop in the middle of a build while I round up more money to get me through the next step. And sharpening things.
Author:  Chris Pile [ Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:58 pm ]
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Quote:
Dealing with customers who really (don't) know what they want, and refuse to listen to your advice.


Boy. Had plenty of those folks.
Author:  woody b [ Sat Aug 27, 2011 6:53 am ]
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woody b wrote:
Purcha$ing supplies wow7-eyes wow7-eyes wow7-eyes



Seriously, there's several areas where I've had trouble. It seems like I used to have to re bind every guitar 2 or 3 times, but I usually get the binding job I want now first time. The area that I have the most trouble with now is with neck heel shape. I don't have any problems actually shaping it, but they never seem to look right to me.
Author:  guitarjtb [ Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:39 pm ]
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The time between the instant that the buffer launches the guitar into the air, and the instant that it comes to a sudden stop on the floor. Seems like it takes several minutes.
Author:  Beth Mayer [ Sat Aug 27, 2011 9:17 pm ]
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Uncurling my fingers after a sanding session laughing6-hehe
Author:  UkeforJC [ Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:27 am ]
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for me, hand sawing every single part for the build...because I have no band saw or table saw...or any power saw..
gaah
Author:  theguitarwhisperer [ Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:35 am ]
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I have spondyloarthritis. Pretty much the entire process causes me physical pain, but then again, so does ANYTHING I do. It doesn't interfere with the quality of my work, but sometimes it takes me longer than it might take someone else.
Author:  Dave Rickard [ Sun Aug 28, 2011 10:23 am ]
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I hate the part when the buyer picks it up.
Don't know why, but I do get attached to these things.
Maybe I if I build more than 1 or 2 a year it will be easier!
Author:  alan stassforth [ Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:24 pm ]
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I like the whole process,
when it goes good............
I would say finishing is my least favorite.
Author:  micahmed [ Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:41 pm ]
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getting the money to buy the tools I need gaah
Author:  Jim Kirby [ Sun Aug 28, 2011 8:12 pm ]
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Gluing in individual tentallones on classical builds!

(I'm cheating now and gluing in broken off segments of kerfed linings, a la Somogyi and others.)

Making sure the neck angle is right on Spanish heel builds before gluing on the back. Most recent one was dead on, but I never seem to believe it until the saddle is shaped and the 12th fret action is measured.
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