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James Ringelspaugh

Post subject: Oops

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:48 pm

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I've been doing a bunch of different modifications to factory guitars the past few years now... the most popular has been converting 12 fret 000's to a baritone scale length of 27 or 28.5". For these I make a new bolt-on neck using the original headstock and a new fretboard and shaft. Today I glued the fretboard on just like I've done countless times, but coming back to this scene after the glue dried made me slap myforehead and call myself a very bad name. Free bucket of sawdust to the first person who figures out why...

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JimS

Post subject: Re: Oops

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:00 pm

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First name: Jim
Last Name: Straight
City: Portland
State: Oregon
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You left the truss rod out. Bummer.

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Tom West

Post subject: Re: Oops

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:15 pm

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Will that be mahogany dust or spruce dust......................................................????
Tom

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James Ringelspaugh

Post subject: Re: Oops

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:48 pm

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JimS wrote:

You left the truss rod out. Bummer.

Free bucket of sawdust for you sir. You'd think I would have noticed it sitting there right next to the neck at some point, but alas I did not. A friend pointed out that on the bright side I'm like 65 for 66, so I guess I got that going for me

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James Ringelspaugh

Post subject: Re: Oops

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:49 pm

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Tom West wrote:

Will that be mahogany dust or spruce dust......................................................????
Tom

If I can get the truss rod in there, mahogany!

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Michael Lloyd

Post subject: Re: Oops

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:41 pm

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Location: Toronto, Canada
First name: Michael
Last Name: Lloyd
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That truss rod should slide into the exit hole. Maybe with some tender lovin' care.

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