Jean-Marie Prual Super Real Guitar Works
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Thanks guys ! I’ll definitly add wood thickness and use a longer jack then !
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I’m curious about that too, I often have intonation issues with bass strings although never that bad ! Does it go out of tune gradually on all the frets ?
I learned a very cool trick to set up basses from Evan Gluck’s Stewmac video : before installing the strings, set the saddles closer to the bridge than they need to be, in order to avoid any intonation issue down the line.
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Hey guys ! Sorry I didn’t see you answers earlier ! From the other side you can’t see anything, the break is after the nut, and from now there is no piece of wood grafted. The mess you see is just 1/ the headstock part with smashed end fibers 2/ the neck part where fibers have been cut to make space for the repair and align everything properly 3/ a lot of epoxy.
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I was getting crazy a few years ago when I was trying to figure out the diagram, because the switch is made differently than a classic toggle and includes a series position (nothing selected in the middle rather than everything selected with a classic toggle switch). Attached is a diagram that seems to work if I get it right ! Just the labelled “neck” and “bridge” positions on the switch are reversed if you pull the switch in the direction they are written to.
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Thanks Ian ! Why would you choose to refret rather to reglue ? Doing stuff more cleanly ?
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Thanks Al ! I’m not experienced at all in terms of refinish (of even just finish), so I’m a bit afraid of the amount of work being the mesh wrap (though I’ll definitely try that on a personal project in the future). I’ll check with Ian then, I’m not sure the epoxy reglue by itself will be enough for the string pull…
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Hey ! I’m currently deep into the process of removing a trussrod from the skunk stripe and I’d preferably do it your way in the future (less invasive, and (I’d say) no risks if the canal is clean ? If it has been routed properly and you dont have any sorts of residues in the way it sounds OK to me, but I guess you have to trust the factory ahah). I’ve seen it done but don’t have first hand experience though ! What suggests Dan Erlewine is a great set of tools that are very useful, and in my opinion (and my limited experience), the best way to go (first) if you just have worn threads.
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I launched my business last year and started to rent a small space in september. I’m using Google Analytics to track my progress and time seems to helps, along with reviews. I think Google Analytics is interesting because it shows which terms show your website the most. I’m currently offering a 50€ gift card to one customer, drawn among all reviews of my first 6 month, and it helps harvesting these pesky reviews everyone needs ! My first customers have been people I already knew, but also people that trusted quickly what I had to offer (having a Instagram with nice pictures of instruments and processes seemed to help in my case). Now I’m trying to convince the guitarists that really care about their instruments 😉
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Thanks both of you !
A soldering class could definitly be nice, since pickup swapping is the thing I started tinkering with when I started to play.
Basic setup would be the main attraction but I’ll have to figure out how to include nut action. I’m hesitant to let people use these agressive files I have and ask me to cut them a new bone nut afterwards ahah
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Thanks Dave ! I fear I was relying too much on a not agressive enough polish, I bought an agressive compound (Sonax Profiline Cutmax) and will use it with a block too. Thanks for including the references of your products !
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I’m slowly getting there ! I’m experimenting with Glueboost these days, but I have projects on which to try more extensive cosmetic repairs. Thanks for the encouragement 🙂
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Nice ! Let us now how it goes then 🙂
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Thanks Ian ! Could you elaborate what you mean by reinforcement in this case ?
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These are built stock with a carbon rod ! This looks like a skunk stripe but there is no adjustment bolt or whatsoever 🙂
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Yes it has ! On each side of the carbon fiber rod you can see two different breaks ! One has been glued and stayed glued (I don’t know what kind of glue though, I’ll try to figure it out), and the other one broke elsewhere.
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Oh I didn’t think about pickup swapping but it’s good ! Thanks 🙂
