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Glitter

Did you hear about the guy who dipped his private parts on glitter?

It’s pretty nuts!

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Neck Gluing Redux – Success!

I re-glued the neck last weekend and it seemed to be a success! After I unclamped the guitar, I strung out up and let it sit for a few days. The wood has spent most of its life being a tree, then it became guitar parts. I hear it’s important to let it acclimate to being a guitar. It’s been strung up for a few days now so the neck should be more set.

I adjusted the truss rod to put in a little relief (about 0.007″ at the 8th fret) and set the string height to about 4/64 to 5/64. I get a little bit of fret buzz at the 22nd fret, but that’s ok for now. All I really wanted to see is if it would set up nice and it will be fine and dandy!

Next step is to fix the paint job this weekend and then do the wiring.

Yay!

Here are some photos.

String height looks good which means the neck angle is good. The bridge is up about 1 turn.
My poor paint job ☹️
Still looks sexy from the front!
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Prostate Exam

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Kylo Ren – Undercover Boss

These are a couple SNL skits with Adam Driver. They did a parody of Undercover Boss with Adam Driver doing his bad guy Kylo Ren character. They are great!

This is the original.

Last weekend they did a part 2 and it’s awesome!

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Circus Mouse

This is Matthius Wandel. He makes cool things in his shop and does mouse experiments. This is a good mouse experiment.

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Less-Paul

Gluing The Neck (Part Deux)

The neck is glued in (again)! Hopefully this is the last time anyone ever see the pieces apart! 🤞

This time I used “hide glue” for the joint. This type of glue is traditional for making musical instruments, especially on parts that need to be repaired in the future. It is plenty strong, and also can be taken apart fairly easy using heat. If o used hide glue the first time, I prolly wouldn’t have messed up the lacquer trying to get it apart.

Hide glue is made of animal leftovers like skins and hoofs (think of the old cartoons where they sent the horse to the glue factory). It comes to me in a crystal form that needs to be mixed with water to re-hydrate it. Before use, it needs to be heated to around 140°F before applying. You need to act quick when applying it and clamping the wood because once it cools down a bit, it’s too late and you have to start over. This page has a lot of info about hide glue.

The gluing went well I think and the guitar is clamped to my workbench until tomorrow.

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Superbowl Sunday Wedding

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Neck Angle Fixed!

I do believe the neck angle is fixed! Next step, glue!

After and Before comparison of the neck angle. Notice how the strings are not absurdly high in the top photo.
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Friends

Oof

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Birds

This is great and so true! I never thought about it this way.

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