Recent content by Nigel

Hi stuck in the sixties, first of all thanks for all the tips and suggestions. I very, very carefully attempted to extract the screws, but as soon as I drilled into the screw body with a 1/32" hardened bit the remainder of each of the screws spun down to the bottom of the pilot holes within...

Hi Guys, thanks for the suggestions. I have a couple of Dremels and a bunch of attachments, but no Xtractors. Do screw extractors come in a small enough size to extract what are essentially #2 wood screws? The external core diameter on these guys is 5/64" and I haven`t ever seen anything to...

Hi All, as I was trying to install some vintage-style Gotoh tuners into a maple neck for a tele I`m building, a couple of the tuner screws broke, leaving most of the screw in the wood. The part of the screw is below the level of the wood surface. I did drill pilots (3/64") to the correct...

Thanks guys. The frets are standard nickel/silver 6150, but after I levelled them and re-crowned them I polished them until they shone. A local guitar tech set the intonation with a strobe tuner yesterday and also thought the frets were stainless steel. Almost everything on it is to give a...

Hi All, I`ve built a couple of guitars before (a long time ago), but this is my first with Warmoth body/neck. I can`t speak more highly about the fit and finish, the fretwork is good (only a light dress needed), but most of all everyone at Warmoth were great to deal with. Warmoth Swamp ash...