SpondonBassed

Great quote from Douglas Adams. Interestingly, he seems to have predicted the creation of Vantablack. "In addition to directly growing aligned carbon nanotubes, Vantablack is made into two sprayable paints with randomly-oriented nanotubes, Vantablack S-VIS and Vantablack S-IR with better infrared absorption than the former. These paints require a special license, a temperature of 100–280 °C, and vacuum post-processing"

Much. Honestly though, that's all "disc two" material for the AJR Guitars DVD. Who bothers with that anyway?

If I have to get my credentials out, would you at least draw the blinds first please?

Fair enough. It could well be a collector's item in its turn. You've still not said what all the Allen keys are for. Have I to provide evidence of Musicman ownership to find out or summat? I mean, this topic is quite cliquey already. Heeheehee (Puts on flame proof onesie)

That's a serious looking fret press. Respect. I modified a vice grip based tool for a ukulele fingerboard once. It would not be up to the job on your build however.

You've lost me, sorry. Can you expand on that?

You have a way with words. Very glad it wasn't a malevolent splurt. They're the pits.

Welcome back Bassmingo. I completely understand the sentiment re: assumptions. In fairness, we get a bit like that here sometimes. I suppose it all balances out, cosmically speaking.

Three words: Stock Aitken Waterman. Music by numbers or art? If Disc Jockeys and Masters of Ceremony are regarded as being creative like Musicians* generally are, why not Programmers as well? *Not all musicians are creative remember.

This^^^

Yes. The effort is not wasted however. Despite automated spray booths and chemically curing finishes, I have yet to see a product of contemporary manufacturing methods match the quality of a hand finish. Anyone remember French Polishing? Built up layer by layer, it is about the best "natural" finish you can get. It works for trans and solid finishes too. "Literally, hundreds of passes all over the surface of the wood will be required to complete this step. When this objective is reached, take a break and wait a few hours to allow the shellac to dry thoroughly. You're going to need to repeat this entire process 6-8 times to achieve the desired finish." French polished guitars There is a lot of effort spent in the prep between coats with high quality spraying too. You could take short cuts but it would be a shame not to give the underlying instrument the best finish you can achieve.

It IS a nice little pack for the kit bag. How many Allen keys does a Musicman need though Pete? I assume this is a "universal" kit made for Musicman instruments across the range.

Thanks for the update. I'm encouraged to hear that he's still working towards a full recovery. It is remarkable how well he has done so far given the poor prognosis early on. You got singled out for laughing? Cool. If you're reading this Jim, you have my admiration for getting back on the road, as it were. Best wishes for that full recovery.

Welcome Steen.

Congratulations! You know, of course, that you can't write your notes in conventional TAB any more. They have to be written on multi scale lines as well.

There are some people who just can not spray even with the best kit in the world. Don't undersell yourself.

Getting good contact between the two mating parts is the key. The bonded surfaces are subjected to a combination of compression and shear forces and a little tension force. Under compression and shear, wood glues are quite good. Even under tension they're resistant to failure as long as the parts are a good fit to begin with. If a bolt on neck is a good fit in the neck pocket you could bond the neck in place with no bolts at all and have no problems with it as long as it is set at the right angle relative to the bridge to give a full range of saddle height adjustment. You lose the feature of being able to change or repair necks easily, that's all. Lots of guitars have set necks. PS: Christine's spot on. We must have been typing simultaneously.

Well done!

Welcome NFF.

Welcome Joris! (returns salute) Many thanks.

The Urban Dictionary definition of "firkins" I was surprised that the correct definition IS at the top of the list. Definition 2 is interesting. Definitions 3 and 4 are your own business and are indeed more appropriate to the Urban Dictionary. You'd need protein supplements as well as lots of fluid intake if that's your "thing". /Ooer.

They're lovely!

Crikey.

That's the bottom end taken care of...

You'll soon be knocking out some industrial grade grooves with no fear of slippage at all. Trouble is, you'll be told to wear Toetectors by the safety elf.