Chip Tait - Brooklyn Fretworks
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Stewmac & GluBoost are parting ways
SM has been out of accelerator for a while now. Chris Herrod confirmed that Stewmac is looking for a replacement line of products, but no timeline to share. Kind of a drag to lose the wholesale discount…
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Stuck truss rod
On the bench is a lawsuit-era knockoff of a 1950s Gibson ES-175DN, the big electric archtop. It has .026 inches of relief at the 8th…
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Quantifying hydration and the belly bulge
I had two Gibsons come into the shop last month exhibiting bulbous bellies and diving bridges. The process I learned in school was to hydrate…
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Will one of you fine folks tell me the thread diameter, count/pitch on a typical potentiometer used on guitars built in Asia? Cheers!
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Hi @chiptait, I’ve just measured the threads on several Korean-made “Alpha” pots in my components drawer for you and they all have metric M8 threads with 0.75 pitch. I know these correspond with the original pots in all the Asian-made guitars that I work on here in Europe. In addition, it appears to be the same thread on these pots regardless…
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Thank you! My “thread measurement tool” does not have the .75 pitch option. Now I know. Cheers!
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Identify this guitar. It looks to me like every Harmony I’ve ever seen, but carries the Fender badge. I searched for photos of Fender acoustics from the 1960s to the 1980s, but haven’t seen anything that looks like this one. Thanks!
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According to this, it’s probably late 60s/early 70s built by Harmony.
https://www.snathanieladams.com/2020/07/the-harmony-built-fender-acoustic.html?m=1
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Mystery solved!
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I just got the notice that my Quickbooks subscription rate is going up in July, which makes me think, “Is it time to move on?”
There’s a lot to like with QB, but for $38 a month plus 3% of my invoices (credit card processing fees) I’m wondering if there is a better solution?
What do my fellow indie repair shop friends use for point of sale and…
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I use xero. I think all of the accounting programs will have the 3% fee. It’s 20. a month and easy to use. The help option is good with staff calling back if you have problems
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Academy Award Documentary everyone here should see
“The Last Repair Shop”
In a nondescript warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain over 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives…
Mark Pavia, Doug Proper Guitar Specialist and Ian Davlin The Looth Group -
Chip Tait – Brooklyn Fretworks started the discussion Gibson J-15 from the Bozeman factory in the forum Quick Questions a year ago
Gibson J-15 from the Bozeman factory
I’ve had two J-15s come through in the last week, both of which suffered from super-low string action, seemingly caused by necks that were set a degree or so too far back. Both guitars were built in the late 20-teens. Is this a known issue, or did I just get lucky?
Thanks!
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Chip Tait – Brooklyn Fretworks started the discussion Cool supplier shoutout: International Violin in the forum Quick Questions a year ago
Cool supplier shoutout: International Violin
I’m not sure how many folks around here are familiar with International Violin, but everyone should give them a look. They are a family business located in Baltimore, and they actually answer their telephone. They added a good number of fretted instrument tools and parts after LMI closed down. I just grabbed a bunch of micromesh sticks…
