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Carl Chalmers Chalmers Guitar Repair started the discussion Binding Tape for Satin Nitro Lacquer in the forum Quick Questions 4 weeks ago
Binding Tape for Satin Nitro Lacquer
I’m looking for a satin finish safe binding repair tape for Martin satin Lacquer. Looking to avoid “tape burn” on Martin Satin Lacquer. Recently I was “luckily “ repairing my dads Martin with satin sides and back. This was my first binding repair on a martin w/ satin back n sides. I was able to practice and left a few different tapes on the…
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Ben Schmaus Bench Zen replied to the discussion Removing a broken bridge screw in the forum Quick Questions 4 weeks ago
Reply to Removing a broken bridge screw
Thanks for writing that up @sam-stewart
I was looking at hole cutter bits from home depot but they’re all way too big.
I think I’m also going to get a set of microchisels, which you mentioned in your post.
In the few years I’ve been doing part-time setup and (basic) repair work for a local music store this is the first time I’ve come across a…
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Reply to Very strange pickups problem
Hey Jason
There seems to be a lot going on all at once. I talked about first impressions on the council of elders discussion but David Collins had a great idea.
My first thought on the tone control acting like a volume was to consider the tone capacitor. When caps break down, sometimes they can start to pass all frequencies rather than just…
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Sam Stewart Bridge City Guitar replied to the discussion Removing a broken bridge screw in the forum Quick Questions 4 weeks ago
Reply to Removing a broken bridge screw
It’s a really quick fix and you can make them any size you need! Good luck!
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Ian Davlin The Looth Group replied to the discussion Removing a broken bridge screw in the forum Quick Questions 4 weeks ago
Reply to Removing a broken bridge screw
Tell @sam-stewart thanks. I purloined his article.
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Reply to Very strange pickups problem
I haven’t yet pulled the rotary switch, I’m not looking forward to this:
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Reply to Very strange pickups problem
Here you go. With the grey pickup leads out of the way, you can see the white ground wires from the volume pot, tone pot, 5-way, and bridge all soldered together with the mass of plain wire from the pickups (as PRS used to do). None of these are touching the shielding in the cavity. There’s a capacitor running from the volume pot to the…
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Ben Schmaus Bench Zen replied to the discussion Removing a broken bridge screw in the forum Quick Questions 4 weeks ago
Reply to Removing a broken bridge screw
Thanks for the link @ianhatesguitars I’ll give this a try. (The bridge screw I need to remove is larger than what the stewmac extractor tool is designed to work with anyway.)
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Ian Davlin The Looth Group posted an update 4 weeks ago
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New to the TLG community store. VL’s Premium Router Base.
Introducing VL’s Pneumatic Router Base
The VL’s Pneumatic Router is a precision-engineered modular base designed specifically for pneumatic pencil grinders, with a primary fit for the Astro Pneumatic Tool 218 1/8″ Pencil Type Die Grinder. This router base is built exclusively for luthiers,…
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I have 2 of the TJ Thompson bases and like them but the batteries for the lights are a pain to change. How easy is it for yours.
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How much?
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Also, would it be possible to post a pic of the cavity ?
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