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I've clamped some frets. Glued and clamped a classical bridge that had suffered abuse at the hands of its owner and now it's time for a break, the Warwick can wait.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
What really baffles me is that it's perfectly possible to make any standard rod accessible at both ends, just as Rickenbacker do - even on a set-neck guitar, as long as it has a neck pickup cavity at the end of the fingerboard. All you need to do is leave that end of the channel open, and a broken rod could be pushed out a short way at that end, the anchor removed, and the rod pulled out via the headstock. Then a new one fitted exactly the same way.
While broken truss rods are not *that* common, why make it impossible to replace one without taking the fingerboard off, for no good reason?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
managed to get the tank makers to weld it on securely...
As you can see it’s a bit more substantial than the Warwick one...
A chisel later and it’s in...
Filler strip in, glued and clamped
Excess cut off on the spinning blade of doom...
Then shaved flat with the hand held shaving machine...
Then we stopped for lunch and then I got sidetracked by a squirrel...
more soon!...
Removing a fretboard is high on my list of jobs I hate! Done 3, rather not do a 4th!
- and there, behind the trussrod, is a freaking TANK!!!!
Best line of 2019. And good job on the truss rod too
Was a bit thick (9mm) so was reduced in thickness by the power of positive thought...
Then we we got the measuring tongs out and marked the metal note line slot positions...
Then using the kitchen knife I cut the note line slots...
Then glued the fecker to the neck...
This is really an excessive amount of work considering it’s a bloody bass and only one string will ever get played
(formerly customkits)