noelk27 Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 [quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1343599933' post='1752663']This bloke has the idea that a low action is good and he doesn't care if he leaves it looking like it's been run over by a train to get it, it's in his head and that's it.[/quote] Now, that's what I call hitting the nail on the head. He's got an idea, and he's going to abuse it (as well as abuse the unfortunate guitars and basses that pass through his hand). And as for dreams, it's not imagining what's in his head that gives me nightmares, it's imagining what's in the heads of the people who buy the sh*t he sells. Now, that's what I call frightening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 [quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1343595810' post='1752590'] ...I am waiting until I can get hold of some bone to make my nuts from scratch.[/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted July 30, 2012 Author Share Posted July 30, 2012 I just use nut and - for acoustics - saddle blanks offa the net. I don't have the patience to clean and dry out animal bone; it's just not worth the faff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Cutting and filing bone creates one of the most god awful smells ever - reminds me of that burning smell the dentist sometimes makes drilling a tooth for a filling. Blech! It's a necessary evil though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
untune Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 [quote name='Ou7shined' timestamp='1343636595' post='1752827'] Cutting and filing bone creates one of the most god awful smells ever - reminds me of that burning smell the dentist sometimes makes drilling a tooth for a filling. Blech! It's a necessary evil though. [/quote] I remember someone on here cut their own from cow bone a while ago and this particular detail put me off ever trying it myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 You think that's bad, wait till you try making your own cat-gut ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Anybody find it strange that [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=190698901197&nma=true&rt=nc&si=m9lL%252FzqYRnOMnP6mosCBFbiexqY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc"]this[/url] guitar sold on [color=#333333]13 July and the guy was so iutterly mpressed with the guitar that he left[/color] this feedback on the 19th - [i]The most fun I've had on eBay. Gr8 item, friendly communication, Thank You...[/i] Yet [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Electric-guitar-by-Axe-Guitars-with-soft-learner-string-action-for-new-fingers-/190699524337?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c6693d0f1"]this[/url] item has just finished tonight. ... MDP racks up one more +ve feedback.... despite nothing being sold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ou7shined Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Isn't it a shame [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hondo-2-Iceman-working-restoration-with-full-set-up-in-progress-/190708292581?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c67199be5"]this[/url] beastie has been through his incompetent hands too. I was amused to read his description of the ply body "[color=#008000][i][size=4]The body is made with laminations of maple and mahogany [/size][/i][/color]...." And yes he felt it necessary to file the nut on this lovely old girl. [size=4]Also[/size][i][size=4] "[color=#008000]First job on the neck was to remove the nut and improve the glue joint between the neck and fretboard at the top... [/color]a common problem on very old guitars but quite easily fixed.[/size]" [/i]Haha yeah happens all the time - I can just imagine how that "repair" turned out. I came across *[url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classical-Suzuki-guitar-made-in-Japan-by-Luthier-Antonarra-/190706326849?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c66fb9d41"]this[/url] one by accident earlier today. I decided to google Suzuki Antonarra to check who this famous luthier was. I went through 5 pages of results for him (before loosing the will) some in different languages where everything came back with our esteemed friend's auction. Try it. No wonder he's selling these planks he cornering the market. *It's a shame that someone put their foot through it though (his deduction not mine)... but as he goes on to explain [i]"[color=#008000][size=4]you rarely find old guitars without some element of having seen action along the way[/size][/color]" [/i]so i's ok then. Oh and has anyone noticed how he now sets the necks up [i]"just a tadge off flat"[/i] since it was mentioned on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 (edited) [size=3]"[color=#000000][font=Arial]Unless you already have an amp at home I would advise you to start off playing the guitar as it is acoustically... why amplify your errors for the amusement of the rest of the house; though they won't stay amused for very long!" WHAT?!?!?![/font][/color] [color=#000000][font=Arial]He is now a master [/font][/color][font=Arial][color=#000000]apparently[/color][/font] [color=#000000][font=Arial](master guitar improver!)[/font][/color][/size] Edited August 4, 2012 by waynepunkdude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1344124572' post='1760248'][size=3][color=#000000][font=Arial]He is now a master [/font][/color][font=Arial][color=#000000]apparently[/color][/font][/size][/quote] We're either all, or have been, masters. But we're not all, or ever will be, planks. Or maybe that should be "laminations of maple and mahogany". And why the f*ck is absolutely everything that passes through his hands made from mahogany, even the stuff that's made from maple?! Edited August 5, 2012 by noelk27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkHeart Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 thats a new one `affordable improvements and conversions` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorks5stringer Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 I love the way as a master luthier he now sets up the strap length too: " [size=5][font="Arial"]I shall sell this with strap set to roughly the best length I think you want to start playing... hung fairly high for your left hand to get hold of chords properly... a guitar slung round your knees might look cool in the mirror, but you will struggle to play barre chords properly."[/font][/size] [font="Arial"][size="5"][size=4]I can only assume through ESP he knows your height and body shape and threads the strap through the buckle accordingly....[/size][/size][/font] [font="Arial"][size="5"][size=4]The logical conclusion is him pre-setting the controls for the best chordal tones......[/size][/size][/font] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlapbassSteve Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 This just keeps getting better! I'm convinced it's a windup though. (...or at least I really really [i]hope[/i] it's a wind-up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Are the straps made from mahogany? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 [quote name='noelk27' timestamp='1344127120' post='1760272'] Are the straps made from mahogany? [/quote] Coffee all over keyboard moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackers Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1344127164' post='1760274'] Coffee all over keyboard moment [/quote] You have coffee at 2 am?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 [quote name='jackers' timestamp='1344128825' post='1760293'] You have coffee at 2 am?! [/quote] I go all night baby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackers Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1344131152' post='1760305'] I go all night baby [/quote] haha that's not what I've heard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 [quote name='jackers' timestamp='1344128825' post='1760293'] You have coffee at 2 am?[/quote][quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1344131152' post='1760305'] I go all night baby...[/quote] Eww! Get a room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackers Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1344132444' post='1760314'] Eww! Get a room. [/quote] would yours be ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 [quote name='jackers' timestamp='1344132399' post='1760312'] haha that's not what I've heard... [/quote] Oh bloody hell, i BEGGED her not to tell anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 [quote name='jackers' timestamp='1344132517' post='1760315'] would yours be ok? [/quote] Only if I can watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelk27 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 [quote name='chrismuzz' timestamp='1344135490' post='1760322']Oh bloody hell, i BEGGED her not to tell anyone [/quote] It wasn't made of mahogany then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 'Soft learner string action...' - this is getting better!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacker Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 [quote name='Johnston' timestamp='1344164316' post='1760517'] Well that explains his feedback [/quote] Sale being mutually cancelled after feedback left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.gif.9ad672bb8b84505709f76b39c8c256ec.gif)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.