Recent content by triple jim

INSANE manufacturing techniques revealed!

I just tried my '59 Roundback and my Fatback, both with 1-3/4" nuts, and they're equally easy to do thumb-over. I'm a big-handed freak though. Well, I wear X-Large or XX Large gloves, anyway. I actually find the fatter necks are easier for me, because with thinner necks I have to space my...

You can connect the shield to the ground wire of the pickup once you decide which one will be ground in your application.

Thanks for the explanation. Do you find that alcohol works better than water to raise grain? I've never tried it.

What is the procedure? It looks interesting.

What was the technique? (flame maybe?)

I think beginning is a good way to start.

I don't know if you're in the US, but I just put the screws in my Warmoth cart. If I choose "USPS Ground Advantage", shipping is $9.45. That's still pretty high, but better.

It's who I am... it's what I do.

Let me know if there's anything else I can help you with.

That's sure to my my Christmas brighter, Spud... Thank you! The best holiday wishes back to you!

It appears to be fall-away, which to me is a good thing.

You're not an idiot... just the victim of too much advertising lingo in the world to keep straight. :)

I must be out of the loop, because I don't know what "pro construction" is and I can't find reference to it on the Warmoth site. The last neck I got from them was "modern" construction, and had some fall-away out of the box, which I find a good thing. The fall-away would have prevented it from...

He sounds more like a bad tech than a luthier. If you're good with a file, and have steady hands, you can probably square it up and make it OK. Or do as Rick suggested and take it to a real Luthier.