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Bringing to a jam on Friday so will see how it handles, but probably a keeper.
Pound for pound the best build so far
it's certainly a looker.
i think you mentioned before, but what is it? an 8 string tenor guitar? an electric bouzouki?
i think you mentioned before, but what is it? an 8 string tenor guitar? an electric bouzouki?
Electric bouzouki!
I’ve made guitar/bouzouki hybrids before - this is a true blood in that it’s the right scale length and string spacing
chatting to my neighbour today - they've a skip in the garden, doing a clearout so her elderly father can move in with them.
she says to me 'sure this is nothing compared to the clearout we'll have to do in his house, you can barely move in the place, will take loads of skips'.
says me 'anything valuable in the house you'd want to hold on to?'
'god i don't know. but the amount of wood and tools he has, that'll be a few hours clearance work on its own'.
me: '...'
she says to me 'sure this is nothing compared to the clearout we'll have to do in his house, you can barely move in the place, will take loads of skips'.
says me 'anything valuable in the house you'd want to hold on to?'
'god i don't know. but the amount of wood and tools he has, that'll be a few hours clearance work on its own'.
me: '...'
sounds promising...
yeah, i tested food skewers when i did the fretboard and they were barely visible.
work fine on the side, completely lost on the front. I did it on a whim at the time as I was doing the side ones, as I couldn't find my collection of ball-ends in the shed!
Obligatory badly played demo.
Some tools salvaged from the FILs shed - I only took the hand drill/bit and brace because my son nagged me- but now that it’s cleaned and lubed up again it’s something I’ll definitely use to drill the start of holes without tearing out, or very fine work.
The level is a pipe level.
The pile of spanners are a pile of spanners
The level is a pipe level.
The pile of spanners are a pile of spanners
oh, the hand drill is definitely a keeper.
what makes the level a pipe level?
what makes the level a pipe level?
Not sure - my dad has one like that and he’s always said it’s a plumbers/pipe level. I guess the bevelled sides?
Something to do with getting the pipes to have the correct falloff for proper drainage, so “level” isn’t always level. Or something.
Here JR, do you have an Instagram account? I was showing your latest creation to the lad I know who's a cabinet maker and has taken up making harps.
I gave it a quick sand and polish with steel wool, and a dart of linseed oil on the wooden bits this morning. Came up well
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