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Post by ocarolan on Sept 12, 2017 7:51:04 GMT
It's when you give the guitar to someone deserving (modesty prevents me from mentioning a suitable name) and they say, "Thanks mate, I'll buy you a pint sometime." Keith |
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Post by leoroberts on Sept 12, 2017 9:04:31 GMT
I'll go 2 pints and a packet of pork scratchings... and I'll do it there and then - none of this nebulous 'sometime' promise without a reliable timeframe reference.
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Post by ocarolan on Sept 12, 2017 12:30:48 GMT
I'll go 2 pints and a packet of pork scratchings... and I'll do it there and then - none of this nebulous 'sometime' promise without a reliable timeframe reference. ...yeah, but Rob's not likely to fall for that from a Scouser is he? Keith |
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Post by R the F on Sept 12, 2017 12:39:48 GMT
Sounds fair enough to me...
One for Leo here: I've just spent an hour or so making a hole in the head for the allen-key to access the truss rod. I made it bigger and wider and deeper and longer until I finally realised the allen key was the wrong size. An easy mistake to make. Hey ho.
You'll probably have to miss out the pork scratchings now you know it's not perfect.
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Post by earthbalm on Sept 12, 2017 13:55:59 GMT
I made it bigger and wider and deeper and longer until I finally realised the allen key was the wrong size. An easy mistake to make. Hey ho.
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Post by R the F on Sept 12, 2017 14:33:41 GMT
Can't help you with that; I'm still trying to get brains off the wall.
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Post by leoroberts on Sept 12, 2017 15:50:13 GMT
You'll probably have to miss out the pork scratchings now you know it's not perfect.Hell, no, Rob, a deal's a deal... And why would I want to adjust the neck? Surely I can just use nails and a hammer like rodders showed me? |
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Post by littlemart on Sept 12, 2017 20:56:57 GMT
Excuse me for butting in, but I think we've already established that Leo is getting the super cool looking 3 frets to the body version. That means I can offer you 2 pints and the pork scratchings and cos I'm so impressed with bridge wood grain explanation I'll throw in a tube of cheese and chive pringles too.
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Post by R the F on Sept 26, 2017 15:24:33 GMT
I hadn't abandoned the build. I had temporarily abandoned this thread in an attempt to get it finished for Halifax. Those who attended will know it arrived finished but not in one piece; have a look at the Halifax photos if you don't understand. Since my return to Cambridge, I have stuck the back on although it's not entirely finished in terms of polish, set-up and so on. Nevertheless, when Mike (who has a bit of a sniffle going on) phoned me about something else this afternoon I took the opportunity to get him to have a quick try. Here is what it sounds like. I'll try to add photos during the next few days.
https%3A//soundcloud.com/rthef/bland-bryn-edit
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Post by Riverman on Sept 26, 2017 15:59:29 GMT
A guitar that can be played over the phone, R the F? You really are pushing the boundaries now aren't you?  |
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Post by R the F on Sept 26, 2017 16:12:49 GMT
A guitar that can be played over the phone, R the F ? You really are pushing the boundaries now aren't you? |
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Post by Riverman on Sept 26, 2017 16:24:35 GMT
Yes but...he's 100 metres away, the guitar is presumably with you, he phones you and somehow gets to play the guitar?  That's some serious Dr Who type disruption in the space-time continuum if you ask me.  |
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Post by R the F on Sept 26, 2017 16:31:47 GMT
Well, yes... But you know I've got these "powers", Riverman. I had you on your knees scribbling on a piece of wallpaper just the other day.
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Post by Riverman on Sept 26, 2017 23:37:41 GMT
Well, yes... But you know I've got these "powers", Riverman . I had you on your knees scribbling on a piece of wallpaper just the other day. Actually Rob, you didn't...I had to go out for a bit just before your slot, and came back to find a number of attendees on their knees, apparently worshipping at the feet of a new god of lutherie. I thought about joining them but, as I'm more the agnostic type, I went for a beer instead.  |
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Post by R the F on Sept 30, 2017 10:06:31 GMT
I asked Bryn (the 15-year-old) this morning whether he thought this guitar sounded any different from the others I've made. He removed his earphones, pondered a moment and then said, "Yeah. It's a bit more kind of banjo-y, I suppose." He then replaced his earphones. High praise indeed; but I know what he means. I don't know if it comes across in the recording but it does sound more alive and, as Mike-the-tame-guitarist puts it, less milky. Anyway enough of the irrelevancies of the sound of the thing, what about the pictures? Well, here are some I took in the garden this morning. (Why are guitar-makers driven to make their products look like something that lurks in the bushes, I wonder - but note the metaphorical use of the artist's easel...). Anyway, here goes:
             
I'd better learn to play it now.
Rob
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Jo whoever he is.
