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    Black Korina carve top

    Finally making some progress on my Carve top Tele I had a Just out of the box thread, but it's been a while so here it is again Tuners installed Body arrived I didn't want a neck plate on this, so I had my mate machined up some inserts that would go into the body and a M5 cap screw sits...
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    Yet another grain filling question

    I have a Black Korina body to paint, it will be a transparent finnish, to me the pores in the wood look black, should I tint the grain filler black to maintain a natural look?
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    BK CT Tele

    To go with my Wenge/Pau ferro neck. Solid black korina, HXH, upper toggle route, strat neck pocket, Gotoh 510 bridge route.
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    Fluid tip size and other spray gun questions

    What size tips do you use on HVLP gravity feed guns for spraying nitro lacquer? I'm going to have to buy a gun, any suggestions? I think for guitars a smaller touch up gun should do the job, I can't imagine you would need any more paint that what will fit in a 125mL cup, I've been looking at...
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    Wenge/Pau Ferro Warhead

    Just got my neck, the wenge is alot lighter (in colour) than I thought, but the grain along the top edge is stunning, and that's the bit I'll see while I'm playing. Warmoth Pro Wenge shaft Pau Ferro fretboard 6105 stainless frets 25.5" scale 1-11/16 black TUSQ nut Schaller tuner ream No...
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    Blackstar amps

    Anyone have any experience with an HT-5R combo? I've read a few reviews and they all seem positive, does anyone have anything bad to say about them? I just want a practice amp and at the price these seem like a good thing.
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    Warmoth vs homemade body

    I'm a bit torn at the moment, I have a Warmoth custom neck on order and can't decide on weather to buy a warmoth body or have a crack at making my own. Being from Australia we have some excellent local tone woods that warmoth don't offer. I don't do alot of wood work, which makes me a little...
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    TonePros AVT-II

    Has anybody used one of these on a warmoth body? Will the Gotoh 510 stud position line up with it? I couldn't find detailed mounting information on them.
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    graphtech ghost bridge on bass

    Was trying to figure out what I would use all the switches on a Jazzmaster bass for, so figured i would investigate the ghost bridge option. Does anybody have any experience with this system on a bass? What sort of sound does it produce? not interested in the hexpander, just the accousti-phonic.
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    Non reverse Firebirds and Thunderbirds

    I think they look ace. I could get a lefty and build it righty, but the control cavity would be in the wrong spot also Thunderbird head stocks, I see there is 1 Firebird one in the showcase
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    Tele Bass

    Body: Warmoth Custom T Black Korina on Black Korina Black-brown-yellow burst finnish with masked binding by Warmoth Symour Duncan Quarter Pounder pick up, 250k pots with .047uf k40-y cap Homemade tele style control plate Ebony knobs Fender Roscoe Beck bridge Schaller strap locks DangerousR6 neck...
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    Fretless fingerboards

    Is there any particular timbers that dont take kindly to being used on a fretless neck? As in excessiive wear etc. I'm thinking about getting a canary neck with wenge fingerboard for my Jazz bass
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    Custom T Bass

    Waiting on the body to arrive, got the Quantum veiw email yesterday and its due here tomorrow. 2 days from Seattle to Melbourne, Australia is pretty impressive. Here is the neck that i have had for a couple of months Specs as follows Neck: Jazz, Goncalo/Goncalo, black blocks, black binding ...
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    P bass tone caps

    What value capacitor would be best to use in a standard 1 vol, 1 tone P bass setup. I have 250k pots and a selection of .01uf, .022uf and .047uf K40Y-9 PIO capacitiors. This is not an area I understand to well.
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    Oil on Goncalo Alves Neck

    Just received my GA/GA neck (It's beautiful btw), my other basses have all had rosewood fingerboards and I periodically oil them with lemon oil. would it be ok to coat the entire neck front and back in a coat of this to smooth out the raw timber feel a little bit?
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    Help choosing a finnish

    My Goncalo alves neck should be here tuesday, got to start thinking about the body for my bass and would appreciate some input. I've settled on a Black korina Tele bass body, and a transparent finnish of some kind, played around with photoshop and came up with these 4 finnishes, im leaning away...
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    Fender 3 Hole bass bridges

    I am just planing out my 1st bass project, currently waiting on my neck and will order a body soon. In warmoth's bridge routing options will a "Bad Ass III" bridge rout suit any standard Fender 3 hole bridge, it is my understanding that the Bad Ass III is the direct replacement for 3 hole...
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