Great New tool to work on your guitar body..
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It makes sense for a shop though, right? I mean, if you're painting several bodies a day, wouldn't you get tired of supporting the weight with your arm? So this device relieves that so you are free to focus on the perfect finish application.
Anyway, you don't need 90% of the stuff they sell to get a job done. But to get a job done repeatedly and make a profit, you'd be well off to have much of this type of stuff. Their neck jig looks especially nice...
Anyway, you don't need 90% of the stuff they sell to get a job done. But to get a job done repeatedly and make a profit, you'd be well off to have much of this type of stuff. Their neck jig looks especially nice...
I like to build jigs and tinker with things that I can build myself, But it's so easy to buy something already prooven.
Stew mac may be asking more than it's really worth, But I buy a lot of stuff from them, and I want them to make a profit so they stay in business
Stew mac may be asking more than it's really worth, But I buy a lot of stuff from them, and I want them to make a profit so they stay in business
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I realized the other day I've been buying from them for over 20 years!
I buy a lot too, and while I can always find cheaper alternatives, sometimes it's nice to have a tool dedicated to and designed for those uniquely guitar-focused jobs.
Like the new Humbucker Helpers. Could I make them? Yeah. Do I mind $10 to not have to? Not at all. Will I be glad to not have to swear at that job any more? Definitely!!!
I just wish they made t-shirts...
I buy a lot too, and while I can always find cheaper alternatives, sometimes it's nice to have a tool dedicated to and designed for those uniquely guitar-focused jobs.
Like the new Humbucker Helpers. Could I make them? Yeah. Do I mind $10 to not have to? Not at all. Will I be glad to not have to swear at that job any more? Definitely!!!
I just wish they made t-shirts...
This, from the product blurb -
That's actually quite insulting, they think that their customers are ignoramuses just pathetically begging to be ripped off by their smart, benevolent daddies at Stew-Mac*. This tripod was $5:
The bolts, and another neck plate were probably another $7:
And, I had to spend an hour modifying the tripod head and the neckplate. I have bought stuff from Stew-Mac, and I may do it again - I do like their $4.79 String Lifter - but $87.92 for a bent pole & a neckplate? Hell, might as well charge the full $88, what's the diffie.... :laughing7: If you like building guitars enough to be spraying them on a regular basis, it's pretty sure you know how to build something so you're not, like,
I go out of my WAY to avoid companies that wanna treat me like a ignorant stooge & try to trick me out of money by insulting me. LMII has better grade tools, and if they don't have it, it means you're supposed to look at the Stew-Mac catalog then go build one yourself.... :icon_scratch:
http://www.lmii.com/
Stew-Mac's $11.33 ruler takes the cake: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Measuring_tools/6_Steel_Rule.html
It's not even square to the end - don't people have hardware stores anymore? Selling $3 rulers? :help:
*(Gee, did I mention that I'm a radical commie/libertarie/free-willie advocate?) :hello2:
That's actually quite insulting, they think that their customers are ignoramuses just pathetically begging to be ripped off by their smart, benevolent daddies at Stew-Mac*. This tripod was $5:
The bolts, and another neck plate were probably another $7:
And, I had to spend an hour modifying the tripod head and the neckplate. I have bought stuff from Stew-Mac, and I may do it again - I do like their $4.79 String Lifter - but $87.92 for a bent pole & a neckplate? Hell, might as well charge the full $88, what's the diffie.... :laughing7: If you like building guitars enough to be spraying them on a regular basis, it's pretty sure you know how to build something so you're not, like,
Hint - if you're tripping over shit - WHILE YOU'RE SPRAYING PAINT - and merely hoping your work objects don't "fall over" on their own, you need a new hobby, bud - one more commensurate with your agility & coordination. (Hint #2 - don't try stamp collecting, you'd just GLUE YOURSELF TO THE FRICKING CEILING)
I go out of my WAY to avoid companies that wanna treat me like a ignorant stooge & try to trick me out of money by insulting me. LMII has better grade tools, and if they don't have it, it means you're supposed to look at the Stew-Mac catalog then go build one yourself.... :icon_scratch:
http://www.lmii.com/
Stew-Mac's $11.33 ruler takes the cake: http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Measuring_tools/6_Steel_Rule.html
It's not even square to the end - don't people have hardware stores anymore? Selling $3 rulers? :help:
*(Gee, did I mention that I'm a radical commie/libertarie/free-willie advocate?) :hello2:
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Man, you are really awesome.
Subby that was great, I'll never buy from stewmac again, oh wait I need a new fret file first, then, no more.
Seriously, so if this group on this forum can get together in trust, and hold a raffle,
why arent we all getting together and building and selling to each other at a good price, jigs, pups, and misc parts pieces and tools to support our hobby
stub you could modify and sell as a kit your tripod guitar holder idea
Seriously, so if this group on this forum can get together in trust, and hold a raffle,
why arent we all getting together and building and selling to each other at a good price, jigs, pups, and misc parts pieces and tools to support our hobby
stub you could modify and sell as a kit your tripod guitar holder idea
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re: stubhead
It's like buying "guitar electronics" which are 'designed for guitar'
"you dont want THAT capacitor.. you want THIS one because its made for use in a guitarrer"
It's like buying "guitar electronics" which are 'designed for guitar'
"you dont want THAT capacitor.. you want THIS one because its made for use in a guitarrer"
With the conduit thing you can build a rotisserie which is made of a piece of wood then 2 pieces of wood screwed in at a 90 degree angle and with holes drilled in it, then you can insert the conduit into the holes and rotate bodies freely. The camera tripod thing is a good idea but wouldn't work on acoustics... actually it seems the hardest ones to do are neck through or other set neck guitars with the neck already attached. In my acoustic build I do not attach the neck until it's finished and stuff. I use bolt on and prefer it because it makes neck reset much easier.
Well speaking of tools, I just bought one of these, http://www.allparts.com/store/tools-etc-miscellaneous-tools-lt-0868-000,Product.asp
what a great concept, It doesn't work.
The problem is when you tighten the screw to pull back the saddle, it just pushes the fine tune adjustmest bolt down, next thing I know its all layen on the body and lifting the bridge.
I will try again, I may figure out how to make it work, but it's not working as I envisioned it
Oh btw its a tool for setting intonation on an original floyd rose, I will make something that really works and share it here
what a great concept, It doesn't work.
The problem is when you tighten the screw to pull back the saddle, it just pushes the fine tune adjustmest bolt down, next thing I know its all layen on the body and lifting the bridge.
I will try again, I may figure out how to make it work, but it's not working as I envisioned it
Oh btw its a tool for setting intonation on an original floyd rose, I will make something that really works and share it here
Well it's not that tools are evil, NOT HARDLY :hello2: it's just where you buy them makes a difference.... You can buy a peghole reamer from Stew-Mac for $44, or a ~Tapered Hand Reamer 1/8" to 1/2"~ from a Ebay seller for $12. (I just used mine; indispensable tool, you'd be crazy to risk splitting a peghead with a power drill). You can buy a 16-blade feeler gauge from Stewie for $25, or a 26 blade gauge from the hardware store for $11. For some reason when "guitar" is in the tool name it costs three times more.... jewelers and gunsmiths use the exact same stuff, but because they're an inferior breed of people, they can only afford to pay market prices - poor bastards. :help:
(Ebay has a huge selection of "jewelry" tools....)
(FWIW, LMII has a titanium-nitride coated "highest-quality" reamer - from Germany, natch - for $125. For those who will only ream with the very best.....)
(Ebay has a huge selection of "jewelry" tools....)
(FWIW, LMII has a titanium-nitride coated "highest-quality" reamer - from Germany, natch - for $125. For those who will only ream with the very best.....)
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Alfang said:
You could have bought the same thing from StewMac for a bit more than half the price. It would have not worked exactly the same way but for considerably less.
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stubhead said:
This is what happens when the blurb writer hits the bottom of his well of creativity. How do you manage to keep up coming up with positive, catchy, original, motivating blurb? Just read the Warmoth showcase. For a J-bass neck: 'Play Raw and Really Feel Every Note!' Hey, I'm standing four feet in front of a 300W amp and a 15" speaker, cranked to 8 on gain and 9 on volume. I'm guaranteed to feel every note even if the neck was well done. You need to develop blurb blindness and just look at the product.
The product seems well-thought out, pretty handy, but it IS expensive. On the other hand, while most of us could probably build something comparable, a lot of them will never get round to it and these are well served by Stew Mac - for a price, of course.
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ByteFrenzy said:
Hey, capitalist pigs gotta have tools too! We're too busy at the golf course hanging out with Judge Smails and sucking down Mai Tais to bother fiddling with our own creations, so we put capitalism to work so we can afford these somewhat-pricier, yet quickly accessable StewMac tools. "Just put it on my charge card, son - and overnight it." :icon_biggrin:
(*disclaimer: the above is humor intended for mature audiences only, and is not necessarily the viewpoint of the poster)
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