Sides are too tall- Now what?
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tippie53
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Re: Sides are too tall- Now what?
You can do it without but use your eyes , and you can visualize the curvature. On the back , the tail block is just about square and the radius works around to the neck block..
John Hall
Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
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Blues Creek Guitars Inc
Authorized CF Martin Repair Center
president of Association of Stringed Instrument Artisans
http://www.bluescreekguitars.com
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mjmeehan
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Re: Sides are too tall- Now what?
Update: I glued the back on yesterday and just trimmed the back overhang and everything worked out great!
Wouldn't have come out so well without everyone's advice. Thanks again.
As a side note: If you ever find yourself in this situation, buy a sanding dish! Doing the measurements and trimming pre-bent sides with a coping saw was nerve racking to say the least. I have a few more white hairs to prove it!!
Wouldn't have come out so well without everyone's advice. Thanks again.
As a side note: If you ever find yourself in this situation, buy a sanding dish! Doing the measurements and trimming pre-bent sides with a coping saw was nerve racking to say the least. I have a few more white hairs to prove it!!
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JRHall
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Re: Sides are too tall- Now what?
I couldn't agree more! A full size radius dish is THE most important special tool for guitar building.mjmeehan wrote: As a side note: If you ever find yourself in this situation, buy a sanding dish! Doing the measurements and trimming pre-bent sides with a coping saw was nerve racking to say the least. I have a few more white hairs to prove it!!
If you can't do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly.