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by Jeff Gandy
Sat Jan 02, 2016 2:37 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: My Nephews Build
Replies: 4
Views: 5491

Re: My Nephews Build

The piece around the neck base is just a decorative purple heart thing with a pau shell dot. Same for the star piece around the knob (purple heart). The ash I picked up at a local place. A nice fat 8/4 slab that just wasn't quite wide enough for a body, so we laminated it with purple heart and curly...
by Jeff Gandy
Tue Dec 29, 2015 9:23 am
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: My Nephews Build
Replies: 4
Views: 5491

My Nephews Build

We just wrapped up a guitar for my nephew. I couldn't quite finish the setup before having to take a trip, so he dropped it off at a local luthier for adjustment. It was his design, and we did it during his breaks from classes at UCLA. The body was chunk of ash I had lying around, and an old Mitey M...
by Jeff Gandy
Mon Jul 09, 2012 3:12 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Bass Truss Rods
Replies: 12
Views: 38299

Re: Bass Truss Rods

Thanks, I had not heard of them before but just ordered two each of their bass and electric guitar rods.
by Jeff Gandy
Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:20 pm
Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
Topic: Bass Truss Rods
Replies: 12
Views: 38299

Bass Truss Rods

I am starting a couple of necks for a 4 string bass, bolt on, hard maple. I am making a fairly thin neck, similar to what I have on my old Washburn B-35. I like the StewMac truss rods, but the channel is a little deep. Are there any good alternatives out there that might take a little shallower rout...
by Jeff Gandy
Thu Feb 02, 2012 5:39 pm
Forum: The Soundhole
Topic: New site and a beef
Replies: 11
Views: 19451

Re: New site and a beef

Steve Hamlin wrote:Agree. Much better with modern forum software. But was disappointed to see the the archaic restrictive T&C still in place. It reduces MIMF's value, and I doubt I'm alone in treating MIMF as a last port of call because of it.
Agreed.

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