Guitar
George is a 'Man Of ROCK' - as a result he has problems seeing his position markers at dark gigs.
His bass is black and the markers small, not a good combination.
So when he brought his bass in with a broken headstock (I told you he's rock'n' roll) I took the opportunity to replace the side dot markers with slightly larger ones.
I've decided on 3.2mm white plastic markers.
I custom make dot's using the drill press.
The first stage is to grind the butt end of a 3.2mm drill bit flat.
I clamp a block of mild steel to the drill press base and drill a hole in it using the drill bit.
Then without moving the steel block I take the drill bit out and turn it around so the butt end is facing down.
The drill is an exact fit in the hole and lines up perfectly. You can see I've used this block before.
I've made a press to punch out dots.
I use an old piece of pickguard material. While I'm about it I punch out 50 or so - won't need to do this job again for a while.
I enlarge the existing holes in the guitar and glue the dots in with superglue gel.
When the glue's dry I shave it flush with a sharp chisel and the job's done.
With any luck he'll be able to see what he's doing now.
George also runs The Killingroom rehersal space here in Auckland - www.thekillingroom.com - my band uses it, why don't you?
Cheers
Glyn
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Feel free to contact me about repair work (if you are in NZ). I only check emails weekly so the workshop phone is always the best 09 307 6501.
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Guitar
New Dot Markers
George is a 'Man Of ROCK' - as a result he has problems seeing his position markers at dark gigs.
His bass is black and the markers small, not a good combination.
So when he brought his bass in with a broken headstock (I told you he's rock'n' roll) I took the opportunity to replace the side dot markers with slightly larger ones.
I've decided on 3.2mm white plastic markers.
I custom make dot's using the drill press.
The first stage is to grind the butt end of a 3.2mm drill bit flat.
I clamp a block of mild steel to the drill press base and drill a hole in it using the drill bit.
Then without moving the steel block I take the drill bit out and turn it around so the butt end is facing down.
The drill is an exact fit in the hole and lines up perfectly. You can see I've used this block before.
I've made a press to punch out dots.
I use an old piece of pickguard material. While I'm about it I punch out 50 or so - won't need to do this job again for a while.
I enlarge the existing holes in the guitar and glue the dots in with superglue gel.
When the glue's dry I shave it flush with a sharp chisel and the job's done.
With any luck he'll be able to see what he's doing now.
George also runs The Killingroom rehersal space here in Auckland - www.thekillingroom.com - my band uses it, why don't you?
Cheers
Glyn
………………………………………………………………………………………….
Feel free to contact me about repair work (if you are in NZ). I only check emails weekly so the workshop phone is always the best 09 307 6501.
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Wed…….. Closed
Thurs …..8-6
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Mr Glyn’s Guitars
21a Khyber Pass Road
Auckland
New Zealand
http://www.mrglyn.co.nz/
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09 307 6501, 021 912678
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I got back to the workshop after my xmas break, the phone rang and this became my first job of the year. Ugly isn't it! The head has been broken in a fairly typical way - I see this a lot and it is a routine job. But this one has been...
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This is an unusual guitar - It's a 1990 Gibson Tennessee Chet Atkins model. Here's the serial number, the first and fifth number tell me the year. I think it was '76 they started this system. Gibson's website is good for dating...
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