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March 2012 Blog Posts (24)

Nerves

after reading for months and a half dozen different ways from step by step, to "Just throw that wood in there and go."

After getting all the oak etc... I have a pile of cigar boxes.. Wood... Pickups that I have bought, made and crafted...

I am nervous lol... I want my first guitar to work... So I guess I will never know until I build it. The fret board is the making me nervous part I guess

Added by Tim on March 5, 2012 at 12:12pm — 8 Comments

After selling my first instrument I earmarked that money for various things to offset the cost of building my instruments. I bought tuners, pickups, and tools and the biggest purchase I made was for more C clamps.

I had bought some really good quartersawn red oak and it had just been sitting there leaning up against the wall and I finally ripped it and made neck blanks out of it. I had some slab cut maple that I ripped and laminated to orient the grain on the quarter and placed a…

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Added by Charlotte Henry on March 5, 2012 at 12:51am — 13 Comments

Yuri Landman's Triochord workshop

A friend of mine who knows I like to dabble in making my own guitars has brought my attention to a Dutch feller called Yuri Landman. He's an experimental performer and instrument maker, and he's holding a workshop only 15 miles from me in Bradford. During the workshop he will demonstrate making an instrument he calls a Triochord which everyone will make and get to take home.…

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Added by Vinylhed on March 2, 2012 at 12:24pm — 6 Comments

Hey all

Currently building a few amps based off the LM3886 IC

Attempting my first CBG build soon.

Added by Tim on March 1, 2012 at 10:17am — 2 Comments

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