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Cpadded, sewn, clearcoat cured, just finished punching slots for a photoshesh. Call it "I wear my sunflowers at night" The black was...
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Cchaosman12 reacted to black_doug's post in the thread The importance of wood and scale length for sound. with
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I‘ve got gold foil pickups on my Thinline Tele and really like them. They’re from Fender. They are different than any other pickup I’ve... -
Cif i see it correct you use the school bus ends of the frets and not the beveled ones. i love the school-bus ends, always use them...
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CBecause I'm painting the fretboard white, I want to dress the frets as much as possible prior to finishing. I crowned and dressed the...
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CWhen it looked about right I fired up the glue pot again and started warming the dovetail to get the most working time I can...
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Cchaosman12 replied to the thread Building muscle memory.A neurobiology professor at Stanford Medical School has a podcast all about the the brain. He has done several episodes about how we...
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CMy finish of choice for the neck is Osmo Polyx in satin. The first coat goes on fairly heavy, let it soak in for a few mins, then wipe...
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Cchaosman12 replied to the thread What metronome do you use for practicing?.Seeing some of the pictures reminds me of my collection of old slide rules! I'll second the Tempo app on an iPad/iPhone. It has a...
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Cchaosman12 replied to the thread Evaluating a used Martin (or any other) guitar..Thanks Freeman, You have a way of describing the major concepts with good examples and practical advice. Couple of follow ups: When you...
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Cchaosman12 reacted to Freeman Keller's post in the thread Evaluating a used Martin (or any other) guitar. with Like.
TRUSS RODS AND RELIEF Up until about 1980 Martin guitars did not have adjustable truss rods. The do have reinforcement in the necks...
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Cchaosman12 reacted to Freeman Keller's post in the thread Evaluating a used Martin (or any other) guitar. with Like.
NECK ANGLE Every acoustic guitar has an ideal geometry that lets you set the action to be as playable as possible AND impart the...
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Cchaosman12 reacted to telel6s's post in the thread Installed: Power Pins bridge pin replacements with Like.
First things first: These things look horrible on my Gibson's moustache bridge. 🤮 Now for the rest of the story. (All picture placed at...
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Cchaosman12 reacted to Freeman Keller's post in the thread Favorite/best acoustic sound holes with Like.
Monty, you have been guessing at a lot of things in this thread that may or may not be true. As I told you earlier, the so called f...
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Cchaosman12 reacted to Silent Otto's post in the thread Favorite/best acoustic sound holes with Like.
my two favorite sound holes are the ones on the side of my head
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Cchaosman12 reacted to ToujoursLire's post in the thread Beginning a new build: A Jazzy T-style with Like.
I assembled a kit two years ago (results in my avatar photo), and apparently should have stopped reading TDPRI then, to prevent the itch...
