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I posted this over on the SGF but thought that I'd bring y'all up to date. We had a fire last Friday. Nothing left. I won't bore you with all of the details except to say that my music room was first rate. A couple hundred of my prized vinyls are gone as are an equal number of CD's. My rack and all ...

Went to the Flugerguitars site. That guy has some beautiful looking instruments! Best suggestion is to make up that test piece that I spoke of and use the iron. See if you can bend it around a mandrel which has a gentle curve. If if falls apart then there's not much lost. Next best suggestion is to ...

Pastor Bruce: -

Gotta back up Bent Romnes on this one.

Pictures! Pictures! Pictures!

Richard

I'll see if I can help. Titebond II and Titebond III are recommended for outdoor use - sun, rain etc. Plain old Titebond is not. Which one did you use? You do not have a compound bend. A compound bend is one in which the wood would be bent in one direction and then bent, again, at 90 degrees to the ...

Bend the back to a desired shape? Is it a simple bend or a compound bend? Is the glue that you used to mate the pieces waterproof?

Richard

Dang it, Man! You make molds that are prettier than some folks entire guitars!

Yeah, I know - They'll still be usable for the 5th, 10th and 20th instruments. Good show.

Richard

Hey Jif - I may be able to steer you to some information regarding the Alumitone pickup. http://music-electronics-forum.com/t19305/ Those guys were quite serious about a home-brew version and you'll find it interesting. As to a solid-state amplification system versus the low impedance (microphone?) ...

Johnny - I think that maybe you should cut yourself some slack. I, too, am an old goat - 77 years - played guitar for 55 years but didn't attempt playing the steel until I was 72. Am I going to blow Buddy Emmons, Paul Franklin or Buck Reid off of the bandstand? Not hardly - but the joy of wringing j...

Johnny - Steve Smith is, of course, correct. I have a somewhat high-minded (high-brow?) approach to this question of Chinese imports. Simple economics dictates that, in the quest for inexpensive, mass-produced items, the quality must, inevitably, suffer. Consider only a handful of names: - D'Angelic...

About a week ago, James posted a notice regarding the prohibition of "Spam Links". As I understand it, a "Spam Link" is made available such that a member may access a site which contains information valuable to the guitar builder. The converse is that the owner of the supplied link can, in turn, use...