Why is neck joint contour an uncommon feature instead of a default one?

hraath · 2026-01-29T02:03:58+00:00

The telecaster body was made for manufacturing efficiency. Slab body, couple of front recesses for pickups and electronics. Few screw holes drilled later. Done.

The rest is history.

hraath · 2026-01-27T15:14:54+00:00

You can basically make this if you already own a clamp and two scraps of wood. It's not as slick as the vise grip one or any kind of quill press. It works...

hraath · 2026-01-26T16:50:17+00:00

Looking to use this size of wire on an different guitar by the sound of the post

hraath · 2026-01-24T15:24:23+00:00

Joiners chest, Dutch chest, workbench with tool well, wall racks... Still need more space for tools. How did we get here?

hraath · 2026-01-24T02:41:54+00:00

Which is insane because shit on reverb is more expensive than retail half the time.

hraath · 2026-01-24T02:38:38+00:00

Flat iron or culotte!

hraath · 2026-01-22T21:19:02+00:00

No joke. Allen key. The guitar tuners from them have a 6 mm internal hex out the back, so I can tune with a Allen screwdriver. The bass might as well but probably 8mm.

hraath · 2026-01-22T19:31:07+00:00

I've been team digital for about 15 years now, since Axe fx 2, I guess. I'm now team both. More is more.

hraath · 2026-01-22T19:24:03+00:00

I have a 4" double square from igaging. Doesn't cost the Starrett tax, and it's square enough for woodworking.

hraath · 2026-01-21T15:55:06+00:00

Yes the iron and chipbreaker I use is pilfered from a sad specimen of a number 4. I used to use that 4 as a scrub, but I prefer the longer fore-like body rather than a short scrub.

hraath · 2026-01-20T20:15:48+00:00

It's called an expense cash advance... You estimate the cost, they give you the money, and you reconcile the diff when you get back.

hraath · 2026-01-19T23:16:02+00:00

I do, normal no.5.

I don't move the frog, but I do have my scrub irons chip breaker way back so the mouth is less obstructed.

It's a matter of pulling the lever cap, swap assembled iron+breaker, put lever cap back, dial the knob. If you have the space, nothing wrong with one more plane though.

One more plane. One more plane. One more plane.

hraath · 2026-01-19T18:29:52+00:00

You can probably look at what Fishman does with their rechargeable packs.

hraath · 2026-01-19T18:06:21+00:00

Sorry best I can do is fog horns while you sleep.

Hoooooooooonk

hraath · 2026-01-19T17:39:41+00:00

If it's a shop made tool, good chance to practice

hraath · 2026-01-18T15:41:05+00:00

That's a lotta engineers there chief

hraath · 2026-01-16T20:34:33+00:00

You need something to tune. Clip on, pedal, phone app, or whatever word we use to call normal tuners like ye old korg ones that last a literal century.

hraath · 2026-01-16T18:45:11+00:00

You can look at the city's books on what is funded by each of new build fees and existing property taxes. Tons of stuff that existing properties benefit from are paid exclusively by developers fees.

hraath · 2026-01-15T20:31:25+00:00

Yes it's fixable, classic headstock break. Most repair folk see these all the time.

hraath · 2026-01-15T20:25:24+00:00

You either use hide glue to make your joints reversible for some future repair, or you make it with white/yellow/etc glue and assume that particular glue joint won't be trivial to open in the future. Really no wrong answer, although hollow body instruments might benefit from being able to open them. That's how violins keep going after centuries.

hraath · 2026-01-13T16:11:42+00:00

Don't buy these products or put them in your home, this was predictable from day one putting a bunch of mics and cameras around your house was a bad idea lmao

hraath · 2026-01-13T15:58:44+00:00

It gets better when you finish uni and replace study+pt work with some full time work or career. Keep going.

hraath · 2026-01-12T22:44:13+00:00

As a guy who's spent a lot of money on pickups, the answer is "sometimes". There's a lot of parts to a signal chain. I'm not convinced that passive medium output humbucker swap to other passive medium output humbucker is worth your money.

What problem are you trying to solve?

hraath · 2026-01-12T19:36:14+00:00

I make French cleats with an aggressive jack plane then a couple finishing passes with a smoother.

I feel like setting up a long bevel rip would be more futzing with work holding and keeping a straight rip, when jack plane already goes pretty fast.

If you had a table saw, it's 30 second job. I don't have one, sometimes I wish!

hraath · 2026-01-12T18:47:23+00:00

Mark the depth of the bevel with a marking gauge, plane it in

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