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Nick, I did this. Was running a board through on a friends 16-32 and not paying enough attention. Finger got between the board and feed roller and started going in. Instead of turning it off I yanked. Finger came out, nail not so much.... It was gross! and it did grow back.

Ironically if I was wearing gloves this might not have happened! I've just now thought of that. Score one for Lonnie there -

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Burton
http://www.legeytinstruments.com
Brookline, MA.

I can imagine! But I don't want to! Ouch... Luckily, mine seems to have restuck... There is a bend/cease mark more than half way down the nail but I taped it down (with cotton wool pad so the tape didn't stick to the nail itself) and it seems to be ok now! It's alwight, I'm 'ard!

:D Little victories!

I just now caught up with this thread and it seems as though my comment about electric builds vs acoustics was offensive to a few, and for that, I apologize. I clearly didn't get my point out as intended.

What I was trying to make reference to was my personal experiance with several people who have compared what I/we do, with building these "slap a neck on a pre cut body" electric buitar builds. On several occasions people have looked at my guitars and them proceeded to tell me about the electric 90% pre done guitar that they built as well and how they are "luthiers" too. I'm taking about something that can barely be called a "kit" here. All the builder has to do is paint the body, bolt on the neck and screw on the hardware and pickups. Even the frets are pre installed.

I've never made a solid body and greatly admire those that create them. I admittedly tell people that ask me about them that I know very little about them, and that they are a whole different can of worms than my skill pallet can offer. This is to say that my comments were not aimed at those that build electrics, or those that build from kits. I'm simply trying to say that painting a precut body, screwing on a neck, and installing pickups, does not a luthier make. It's a great way to get started and hopefully it encourages those that do to dive deeper in to this wonderful world, but on par with building a scratch made guitar... No.


Once again, my apologies.

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Chris Alvarado
www.ChrisAlvaradoLive.com
www.Driftwood-Guitars.com

I have never made a solid body guitar. But all the instruments I've made (5) have all been from scratch with the exception of the Kerfing. That's seems to be a pain. Even saw my fretboards from a billet and saw the frets by hand. But I know your feeling. But I do have an electric in the future a take off on a Barney Kessel acoustic Archtop but will be all from scratch with the exception of the pickups.


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Well no, because we have not talked about buffers, and the unspeakable damage they can do to the unwary....

Amazing how hard they can throw a guitar!

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...unless you're wearing gloves.

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Doug

Don't let fear or common sense stop you from trying to build something

understood. thanks!

I've only built one electric, a set neck, carved top LP. It stressed me out more than building acoustics.

My reason is that you have several components in an acoustic - back, sides, top, braces, etc. If you screw up, for the most part you can take it back apart and all is not lost or spoiled.

With an electric, you invest in a monolithic slab. If you screw up drilling for the bridge or misalign the pickup cavities, you have to either start over or try to make some sort of invisible repair.

Kevin Looker

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I'm not a luthier.
I'm just a guy who builds guitars in his basement.
It's better than playing golf.