Guitar Building and Maintenance Group

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#41

This thread is awesome!!!

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#42

oooh, I just wondered if we could laser cut some plectrums :smile: !! (when the laser cutter is back in use of course)

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#43

http://www.instructables.com/id/Laser-Cutter-Guitar-Picks/ I found this tutorial. Maybe others have some ideas or sources for DIY plectrums?

#44

Old credit cards are a classic

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#45

I’ve got shedloads of these, mostly due to being a hoarder and not quite knowing how to dispose of them. How do you recon they’d do in the Lazar?

#46

Confused :joy: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lazar

#47

I tried making some by layering up different veneers and gluing them together. Turned out pretty well, but they’d last a bit longer if I coated them in a wipe on poly or something like that.

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#48

Yes! Yes! Yes!

And a nice way to use scraps!

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#49

Leather ones can be good too.

They give a lovely soft tone.

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#50

Hey, just dropped the guitar off. It’s in the snug at the back of the messy room. There’s no note on it, but it should be easy enough to locate. I doubt there’s many 3-stringed guitars covered in stickers knocking about the space! Enjoy.

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#51

Great thanks!

#52

Thanks for coming along tonight, everyone! Was great to meet you all!

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#53

It was great fun, thanks for organising it! Just for fun, it’s really worth listening to the meat loaf song I mentioned, followed by the next song in the album (if you can stand it ;)) https://youtu.be/L035HzJJm3E - wasted youth, then https://youtu.be/TD3Bxhchck4 - everything louder than everything else. Just put a grin on my face for the long journey home! See you next time!

#54

That’s gonna be something for when I get home - I don’t think I could take the judging looks I’d get on the bus for listening to Meat Loaf!

If you do want to try build a guitar, let me know and I’ll have a think about a way to do it without spending a load on hardware and wood.

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#55

Yeah, it was a good time. Made me think about some of my assumptions about guitar maintenance.

Re. out discussion about building a pedal steel guitar, see:

Now that would be a project…

#56

I dread to think of the work involved in building one of those… Would be a fantastic project if you decide to do it, though!

#57

I’ve finally got an almost finished plan for my next guitar. Still got a lot of wood to use up, so it’d be silly not to make another one… right?

Will be another neck-through, probably with a wenge top, and black limba body, if I can find a decent slab of the stuff.

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Is there anything obvious about this design that I’ve not thought about, design- or practicality-wise? I’m not sure about the scratchplate and considering two f-holes instead. Any thoughts?

#58

Also, we should arrange the next meeting. Next Tues?

#59

Next Tuesday is good for me! The design looks nice :slight_smile: I’m not in a position to comment on how good it is though! I’ll have to plan my design for next week and maybe by then I will have learnt some more!

#60

Awesome. I’ll put a thread up on the events page and ping the others.

We should do a design session for yours - hammer out any ideas you have. I’ve got a lot of long paper that needs using!

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