On resets, I shim out gap. Some people like to play up in the noodle zone and fall away increases action a bit.

On new builds you can angle the neck block area to project to the bridge if the gap bums you out. You can also, if it’s subtle enough change the geometry by sanding an angle into the top at the fb extension. Beware the funky looking binding tho.

This is a cool whip, doesn’t look crazy to make. I think I reached out to the inventor for an interview at one point. Not sure what happened.

It seems like there is talk of humidity going on, so I thought I’d throw in my two cents on that.

I have a 50s D18 in the basement that has no cracks and I guarantee has never been babied with humidity. My hypothesis with most cracks is that they have to do with manufacturers pushing wood cure, but that is beside the point really. There is…

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Ian Davlin on Instagram: "Dan Erlewine aka @monsterfret is having me out to teach some me touch up techniques. If you are interested, reach out to @that_wanker for the deets. It will be broad spectrum bread and butter finish repair ideas."

187 likes, 20 comments - ianhatesguitars on June 19, 2019: "Dan Erlewine aka @monsterfret is having me out to teach some me touch up techniques. If you are interested, reach out to @that_wanker for the deets. It will be broad … Continue reading

I never could get the hang of the ibex tool. Most of the spline I have done I fit a strip of spruce to the crack. This is super duper, extra duper in fact, tedious. We did a looth pro segment a while back, when it was still Ding Kings, on splints and splines. Doug Proper, I believe, did one on the use of the ibex splinting tool.

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I would put this idea in the speculative category. I’ve never done this in the field, but it makes sense based on my experience at breedlove.

Breedlove Guitars, when I was working there, had modelers plywood that was laminated to the top at the neck joint, out to the first brace and about 1/2″ outside of the fingerboard extension. This…

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Are you talking about for the underside, like a cleat etc ?

Also, do you have a pic of a neck your dealing with Nigel ?

I’m going to go outside the lines on this one a little.

I press frets in in the drill press and I use a fairly standard neck rest. One thing I do that is different is I tap on the arbor . This winds up requiring much less force from the actual pressing action and as a result much less need for fancy support, although it still comes up.…

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Ian Davlin on Instagram: "Some tap, some press. I prap. Or tress. Or Frapp. Say, that's put me in the mind of a frappucino. #loothing #frappuccino"

353 likes, 26 comments - ianhatesguitars on September 6, 2024: "Some tap, some press. I prap. Or tress. Or Frapp. Say, that's put me in the mind of a frappucino. #loothing #frappuccino".