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Unless you want 'em filed, cause I'm a filing fool! I figured that it was time that I got a proper set of nut files so I could take care of my own nuts. But first I need some practice, so my buddy lent me his Squire to be my first victim.

Hey guys, so up until now I've always gone with a Warmoth-installed Tusq nut, and always took it to a tech to do the final adjustment. However, I'm wondering if it wouldn't make more sense to order my neck without a nut and have a good local luthier install a bone nut for me. Part of this is...

SOLD! For sale is a lovely and lightly played Warmoth Jazzmaster neck. The shaft of the neck is raw padauk wood and I burnished it to a high shine that is lovely to the touch. I lightly rounded the stainless steel fret ends and polished them to buttery smoothness. Beautiful ziricote fretboard...

Over the past ten years I've built around seven and a half-ish guitars and learned a lot about my preferences, had a lot of fun, and gained new skills along the way. And while it's highly unlikely that I'll ever stop building guitars, due to some upcoming life changes, and because I've honed in...

I've used tube amps since I got serious about playing (around 20 years ago) and ever since I started browsing internet guitar forums I've wondered about the hype around NOS tubes. I once tested out several brands of new production preamp tubes in one of my amps and didn't notice a major...

So I'm posting pictures in the same way that I always have (posting to Imgur and then pasting the BBC code into my forum posts), but suddenly they're not working. How do I fix that? My pictures are working fine on other forums...

I've been interested in Guilford Guitars' wooden pickguard covers and considering ordering a pair in padauk for the azzmaster build that I'm working on. Problem is, I can't seem to find many pictures of them IN a guitar. Has anyone used these and have some pictures? I'd be super thankful...

Hello all! For the past year or so I've been lusting after jazzmasters, so I've decided to build one to my specs. I'll be building the body from this lovely black korina blank that I ordered from cfp_woodoutlet on Ebay. I'm not sure which side will be front or back yet; the wood has some nice...

What do you see in this stunning hunk of claro walnut burl? (photo from Larose Guitars' Instagram) I see a big ol' scary lion. Hmm... Is that a sign that I should drop everything, head to the nearest zoo, and jump into the nearest lion pen to see if they'll accept me as one of their own...

I've wanted to try my hand at building an amp kit for a long time, and I finally built the bullet! I ordered a Mojotone 5e3 Tweed Deluxe kit, and I'll be building a headshell for it. Today I populated/soldered the turret board, except for a missing 100k resistor... I'll have to wait for Mojotone...

Suhr just launched a custom builder tool, great way to visualize different colors/builds/etc. https://configurator.suhr.com/

These were part of my final project. Taken with an older model Canon Rebel.

For many years now I have lived my life Faceless; an incomplete soul, a lonely shadow with no visage. Approximately one year ago that all changed, however briefly. I had obtained the Face but I didn't fully understand it. Could it really be my Face? I didn't think so... When you've lived your...

While I love my tube amps, I've decided that I could really use a good amp sim with a headphone out for quite playing/practicing. Does anybody have experience with the Strymon Iridium, Boss IR-200, or have other recommendations? I'd be using it along with my pedalboard (I generally use my amp...

So, now that I've sold off my "Suprocaster" parts I can start thinking about my next build: The Gold Digger. It will be a baritone build using the Supro humbucker-sized goldfoil pickups that I bought a while back. I'm thinking: -Hybrid Strat body HH is roasted swamp ash which I'll finish in tru...

While fun and unique, my Suprocaster build never quite itched the spots that I wanted it to and doesn't get played enough, so I'll be parting it out. It's got a beautiful Warmoth warhead bloodwood neck, some unique/hard to find Vistatone pickups, and a body made by me that is... passable...

But I did recently score myself a nice pair of Supro reissue humbucker-sized Cleartone/"Goldfoil" pickups. I love the sound of these things, and I think I'll be "forced" design a build around them! Of course that might not be for a while since I still haven't finished my current build...

So I ordered this neck two weeks ago: vortex with a bubinga shaft, ebony board, no inlays. I ordered it with a white nut just out of habit, but now I'm starting to second guess that. I was planning to use an ebony truss rod cover but I think it might look strange with the white nut. If I stick...

Soon enough it will be time to glue the top onto the body for the build that I'm working on. The problem is I own a grand total of... like four clamps. Where's the best place to buy a bunch of small clamps for relatively cheap? I'm considering getting a bunch of these 6" bar clamps from Harbor...

I'm looking to invest in a set of nut files, does anyone have the ones that Warmoth offers? How are they? Is there a better option that you recommend?