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Permalink Reply by George Mesheau on August 16, 2015 at 1:15am

very nice..

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on August 16, 2015 at 7:27am

thanks George,

I'm surprised no bugger else said out especially uncle 'chit head' john.

he moaned that no one give an in depth details on their builds.

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on August 16, 2015 at 5:07pm

don't take it so personal John,as David L says,there seems to be reduced traffic now since the upgrade,and the pics aren't as obvious on the home page as before,i know i don't notice as many guitars as i used to,but i'm getting used to the format,and realise i have to 'look' for them.By the way guitar looks great,particularly like the metal work

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Permalink Reply by David L. on August 16, 2015 at 2:22pm

Love the olive wood John. Another guitar to be proud of.

(I think the lack of response is down to the reduction in traffic passing through these days)

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Permalink Reply by Richey Kay on August 16, 2015 at 6:23pm

That is lovely! Very nicely done. How does it sound?

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on August 17, 2015 at 12:51am

I don't take personally at all.

to tell you the truth it make no different to me whether I post on here or not.

I thought that folks would like to see what I've made.

as for hardly any traffic.....

uncle john was on and he made a reply after I posted on here but made no comment on mine.

and he had the cheek to call folks chit heads for not making explanation on how they made their builds.

anyway I'll shall not do it again.

from now on I'll just ask questions if I need any info.

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Permalink Reply by jeffrey ross on August 17, 2015 at 12:03pm

I really like the "bolt on neck" design. I was going to do my first solid body soon and now I have a great idea on mounting the neck!! Thanks for the pics. Also, the wood is beautiful.

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on August 17, 2015 at 3:00pm

I like the look of it. Would love to hear how it sounds.

Lets use this as a discussion forum about building gits and NOT as a place to bash other people. This is a constructive site, NOT a destructive site.

Haters br gone!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on August 18, 2015 at 10:34pm

beautiful as the guitar looks it has its faults.

when I press on the middle string at the 5th fret it sound a little flat as the string touches the 6th fret.

same on the 7th fret the string touches the 8th fret.

same on the 12th fret the string touches the 13th fret.

bottom string 6th string.

same on the  4th fret the string touches the 5th fret.

same on the 5th fret the string touches all frets up the 15th frets.

how best is it to tackle this?

I've looked on you tubes and they are for 6 strings with array of tools that I don't possess.

and looking at them will cost me a small fortune.

I'm only going to make a couple of more fretted and the rest will be fretless .

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Permalink Reply by darryl kernaghan on August 19, 2015 at 12:30am

John 1st thing to check is if the high ones are fully seated,you might be able to tap them down a whisker,then get a longish straight piece of hardwood ,glue some medium sandpaper to it and bring down the high spots,once they are level,just dress the frets a little to smooth them out

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Permalink Reply by David L. on August 19, 2015 at 12:34am

First thing to try is to increase the string height at the bridge via the two small hex screws on each bridge saddle. You should reach a point where the buzz goes. This might mean the string height is higher than you like.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on August 19, 2015 at 7:27am

thanks I'll try that 1st.

I will have to lower the nut as it bl**dy hard on ma fingers pressing it down.

(these are not my fingers lol)

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