Hi! James from Perth

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12-10-2018, 08:53 PM
JamesB606

Hi! James from Perth

Hi everyone,
having a crack at my first kit build and wanted to do something different so I thought a baritone would be a fun idea.

I'll be trying to keep everything I post here so I don't have a million threads all over the place.
http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...358#post173358
13-10-2018, 07:41 AM
DarkMark

Welcome James!
13-10-2018, 09:47 AM
Brendan

Welcome along James!
13-10-2018, 10:30 AM
JohnH

Welcome aboard!
13-10-2018, 05:14 PM
Fretworn

Welcome James
14-10-2018, 11:12 AM
JamesB606

Perth, WA Australia!

Really new to all this so if there's any other West coast guitar builders flick me a message.
Would be great to have some locals I can chat with, catch up for a beer and work on the guitar with
14-10-2018, 03:05 PM
DarkMark

With a young family I’m a little time poor, but I’d be happy to give my imput. I’ve only got one build complete but two heads are better than one.
14-10-2018, 05:15 PM
JamesB606

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkMark

With a young family I’m a little time poor, but I’d be happy to give my imput. I’ve only got one build complete but two heads are better than one.

thanks Mark, you can follow the process here! Right now I'm struggling to fit the neck into the socket

http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=8982&page=3

http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...ead.php?t=8984
14-10-2018, 05:36 PM
DarkMark

I too can not fit my guitar neck all the way in yet. I think we got our kits about the same time. I suspect I’ll have to do some selective light sanding of the cavity, but I’d really like a spell of good old warm dry Perth weather before I take that on.
16-10-2018, 01:15 PM
JamesB606

Quote:

Originally Posted by DarkMark

I too can not fit my guitar neck all the way in yet. I think we got our kits about the same time. I suspect I’ll have to do some selective light sanding of the cavity, but I’d really like a spell of good old warm dry Perth weather before I take that on.

Yeah, I did some sanding on the left and right and managed to get a decent fit.
I'm not too phased by the small gap near the heel.

Check it out here - still a bit high but should be fine once everythings in there I guess?

http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...?t=8984&page=2

Follow my build here if you're interested
http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...566#post173566
16-10-2018, 05:22 PM
DarkMark

Getting closer James. It’s an important thing you are doing. I had to take 2mm off the back of the neck join at the heel tapering to 0mm where it meets the body on my first Es5v build. As a result I had to a whole new bridge due to the change of angle.
I tend to follow everyone’s build (I don’t get out much). Looks like you’ve picked yourself a nice model.