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    Goncalo Alves fretboard

    Set neck
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    Goncalo Alves fretboard

    I bought the board from Woodcraft and shaped it myself. I'm a complete novice at woodworking; it's very likely it's my craftsmanship that caused the problem. However, this is my second guitar and the first one is very resonant, which makes me wonder if it's the wood.
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    Goncalo Alves fretboard

    I recently built a guitar with a Ziricote neck and a Goncalo Alves fretboard, both given the Unofficial Warmoth burnishing treatment. The guitar has almost no acoustic volume and the fretboard almost feels gummy to play. It takes a lot more effort to do hammer-ons and pull-offs. No resonance at...
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    Dyeing flame maple not working

    Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I sanded most of the dye off and started over using thinner dye. I didn't get exactly the effect I wanted, but I did get the stripes to be a little darker than the rest. I'm happy enough with how it looks now and have started finishing it with shellac. The...
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    Dyeing flame maple not working

    The first photo is the test piece and the third photo is the side of the board. I want the second photo to look like the other 2.
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    What fret crowning file do you recommend?

    I ended up getting the fret guru crowning file. Still a fair bit cheaper than the stew mac stuff, but it's a really good file. I can't compare it to other files because it's the only crowning file I've ever used, but I would still highly recommend it to someone looking for a good and affordable...
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    Dyeing flame maple not working

    That's what I'm afraid of. It'll be pretty sad if it's the way the board was cut because I can't control that. Tragic. :sad:
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    Dyeing flame maple not working

    Here are the test piece, the piece I'm working on, and the side of the piece I'm working on.
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    Dyeing flame maple not working

    I'm trying to dye flame maple and I'm not getting the classic flame effect that I'm aiming for. I'm using Keda dyes. I sanded the wood to 150 grit, per the Keda dye instructions. I've mixed a black dye (more like a deep purple because I polluted it with a little blue) and a blue dye. My process...
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    Burnishing Raw Necks

    Burnished my first neck and fretboard. Canary neck with Pau Ferro board. I went to 3000 grit. There was definitely a difference between 2000 and 3000, but that could have just been from the additional time basically polishing it, rather than because of the finer grit. I felt like peak feeling...
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    What fret crowning file do you recommend?

    I need to level and crown the frets (jumbo frets) on my new guitar build. What file do you recommend? I am not paying StewMac prices for a crowning file. Something cheaper from anywhere else is strongly preferred. Amazon? Ebay? Some other luthier supplier that has more reasonable prices? All...
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    What speaker should I use?

    I just got a tube amp head (PRS Archon) and now I need a cabinet. I'm planning on building my own, which means I get to pick which speaker(s) to use. Because the Archon is kinda big and I want it to sit on top of the cabinet, I think the cabinet might as well be a 2x12 since it needs to be...
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    Cagey?

    I'm a little late here... But glad to hear you're okay. Here's to hoping you'll be back to :headbanging: in no time.
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    Burnishing Raw Necks

    In peoples opinions, which neck woods are best for burnishing? I am in the planning stage for my first build and am picking what woods to use.
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