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by plopswagon
Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:03 pm
Forum: Guitar Projects and Tech/Set-up
Topic: '78 Musicmaster [video pg2(FAO Fran)]
Replies: 33
Views: 7612

different widths at the nut too so make sure its the right size for your neck before you order a new nut.
by plopswagon
Thu Oct 01, 2009 4:13 pm
Forum: Guitar Projects and Tech/Set-up
Topic: some real time luthier help
Replies: 8
Views: 2897

well he's dead now, so I can't think of a more fitting tribute than to fix the damn thing.

I was able to Rock the Louven Brothers on it last night.
by plopswagon
Thu Oct 01, 2009 1:37 pm
Forum: Guitar Projects and Tech/Set-up
Topic: some real time luthier help
Replies: 8
Views: 2897

got it fixed! syringed glue in and clamped it up.
by plopswagon
Wed Sep 09, 2009 1:44 pm
Forum: Guitar Projects and Tech/Set-up
Topic: robert(original) Jazzmaster
Replies: 199
Views: 61474

I'm surpised Gibson is doing that finish again after they discontinued cause of all the complaints back in the late 70's and early 80's. http://www.gibson.com/Files//USA/2007/LPCWSBCH1_.jpg I wonder if Adam Jones of Tool had anything to do with it http://www.musictoyz.com/images/jpg/tool2.jpg makes...
by plopswagon
Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:05 pm
Forum: Guitar Projects and Tech/Set-up
Topic: some real time luthier help
Replies: 8
Views: 2897

it definitely moves, I am going to try and heat it, if it pops off easily I will fix it that way if not its Dan Erlewine-ville (i.e. superglue)

cheers
by plopswagon
Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:42 am
Forum: Guitar Projects and Tech/Set-up
Topic: some real time luthier help
Replies: 8
Views: 2897

some real time luthier help

okay, so like ten years ago one of our cats (Willie, and he's still around today, the wife's favorite...) broke the neck joint of my epiphone mandolin. should glue it back where it broke or should I take the whole thing apart and re-glue it. The heel joint is totally separated but the fret board it ...
by plopswagon
Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:56 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Pink Paisley Jaguar
Replies: 33
Views: 11043

I don't remember where I grabbed this but its my favorite paisley.

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by plopswagon
Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:40 pm
Forum: Short Scales
Topic: Epiphone is jumping on the bandwagon?
Replies: 23
Views: 5531

all I can picture is midgets playing these

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by plopswagon
Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:05 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Electro-geniuses: Help me Read this Resistor
Replies: 6
Views: 2425

and I think it is metal film 1/4 watt...

now, where to get on of these puppies. I can find carbon film but not metal.
by plopswagon
Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:42 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Electro-geniuses: Help me Read this Resistor
Replies: 6
Views: 2425

Electro-geniuses: Help me Read this Resistor

It stumps me... tho' I am an electro-idiot. Its out of an Orange 20 Bass Crush...

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I am guessing 220 ohms +/- 5%
by plopswagon
Tue Jun 09, 2009 1:48 pm
Forum: Guitar Projects and Tech/Set-up
Topic: Robert(OG) Jazzmaster project
Replies: 42
Views: 12990

astro wrote:I had also seriously considered painting the guitar bright yellow. There aren't enough yellow Fenders, IMHO.
I think there is a reason for that. :P
by plopswagon
Sun May 17, 2009 10:48 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Found in the garbage
Replies: 20
Views: 6841

Let's see I bought a 58 Gibson Flying V at a pawn shop for $75 in 1983 http://www.flying-v.ch/f_5859/f_58w.jpg When uncle Seth died he left me his 1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL "Gull-wing" http://mercedestalk.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/gullwing-06.jpg and while rummaging the garbage at the ...
by plopswagon
Sun May 17, 2009 6:27 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Found in the garbage
Replies: 20
Views: 6841

Well after a bit more searching I found that they did make a separate head unit...
by plopswagon
Sun May 17, 2009 6:20 pm
Forum: Effects, Amps & Gear, Pedal Building
Topic: Found in the garbage
Replies: 20
Views: 6841

Found in the garbage

I found this sitting on the curb in the rain yesterday (my wife is horrified that I was "going through the garbage") http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/3539817418_094b345fd0.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3369/3539818130_785d738001.jpg It was a combo amp that someone turned into a sep...
by plopswagon
Thu Mar 26, 2009 5:01 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: players that made you want a Mosrite
Replies: 23
Views: 7019

Ricky Wilson of the B-52s. Seriously, I love his jerky art/punk surf lines. Too bad he died and they turned in to a FratHouseSuckFest band.

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by plopswagon
Thu Mar 26, 2009 4:37 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: Fender lost the trademark case for body shapes
Replies: 14
Views: 4476

yea, like how Bayer has lost their trademark on "aspirin" because it's become such a common term. Actually Bayer lost its trademark on "Aspirin" because of The Great War As part of war reparations specified in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles following Germany's surrender after Wor...
by plopswagon
Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:37 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: I have a sudden irrational need to get a Rickenbacker 330
Replies: 5
Views: 1540

isn't everything in the pub... this was gonna be another post but then I got sidetracked...
by plopswagon
Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:12 pm
Forum: All Other Guitars
Topic: I have a sudden irrational need to get a Rickenbacker 330
Replies: 5
Views: 1540

I have a sudden irrational need to get a Rickenbacker 330

Now that is some seriously bad GAS

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by plopswagon
Sat Mar 21, 2009 2:30 pm
Forum: Art Shack
Topic: Banners?
Replies: 1903
Views: 490406

DanHeron wrote:Image

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beauty!
by plopswagon
Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:57 pm
Forum: Guitar Projects and Tech/Set-up
Topic: Mustang Pickup Refurb tutorial
Replies: 10
Views: 2298

Auriemma wrote:Sorry I posted it.
I'll make you some cocoa while you sit in your shame closet and think about what you did.

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could be worse, you could've type the word "radiohead" in the pub...