LP-1SS "Blacktop" tribute

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Oh great, that's good to know, cheers Hillsy!

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/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from gavinturner on May 17, 2014, 09:03
Hey bargey,
I bought a long levelling beam, short levelling beam and a notched straight edge from this guy on ebay. Very reasonable prices and will combine postage. I'm very happy with mine.

http://m.ebay.com.au/itm/251271631474?nav=SEARCH


Cheers,
Gav.

Hey Gav, I got hold of one of those levelers earlier. I got the 7.7" one. Good prices alright, and they throw in abrasive with the deal, cheers for that!
It's gonna be an invaluable tool once I figure out how to use it.

[jarrod]

Looking dam fine Nige.

[dingobass]

Is that level beam ally or steel?
The best ones I have found are the Stewmac steel ones. They have nice rounded corners and are weighty enough that you dont need to apply any pressure for them to work.
Also, unlike ally they wont bend or dent easily and stay true regardless of the temperature.
But having said that, for occasional use these should be fine, I would run a file along the corners though as the sharp bits can cause some unwanted damage to your frets....

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Oh, and with the notched straightedge, I got a steel rule from the local hobby shop for $15 and filed the notches in!
Works a treat. I have Fender scale on one side and Gibson on the other..... Two for the price of one!

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/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from dingobass on May 18, 2014, 04:57
Oh, and with the notched straightedge, I got a steel rule from the local hobby shop for $15 and filed the notches in!
Works a treat. I have Fender scale on one side and Gibson on the other..... Two for the price of one!

Ahhh way ahead of ya DB, I scored a straightedge on Friday from the local $2 shop, jimmied it up yesterday using the angle grinder and a small round file and it works like fricken magic. It might not be as accurate as the "you beaut" Stew Mac ones but it certainly works better than the one I had before.
I was all set to do the other side Fender™ styles but I decided for that price I'm just gonna grab another one, I like having the one edge straight.

That's a good question regarding the composition of that leveler, and to tell you the truth I don't know, went back and had a look at the Ebay listing and apparently he doesn't know either. What I can tell you is it's machined to 0.001mm(0.000004'') accuracy whatever that means...
I'm gonna say after carefully examining the pictures in my expert opinion it's some sort of alloy. Having said that Gav's actually using these so he'd be able to give us the real answer.
Cheers.

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/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from jarrod on May 17, 2014, 20:58
Looking dam fine Nige.

Hey cheers Jazza, no signs of the nitro dimpling after the c&p at all so I think we're all good. Don't ya just get all gooey around shiny guitars, man I know I do!

[dingobass]

Five bucks? BARGAIN!

[stan]

speaking of levelers, why not just use a smallish spirit level, surely the bottom edge is pretty much flat enough...

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/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/]<\\/p>/Quote from stan on May 18, 2014, 18:03
speaking of levelers, why not just use a smallish spirit level, surely the bottom edge is pretty much flat enough...

Great question Stan, probably because spirit levels don't cost $20 per cm. No disrespect to all the "real" luthiers out there but it seems anything to do with fixing, repairing building guitars is so ridiculously over-priced it's kind of out of reach of the everyday man.
E.G Bought a tiny little black plastic Knob off Stew Mac for a Tele Switch, $15+, $70 for a notched straight edge via Stew Mac...I did it for $4.95, frankly Stew Mac can get f@#Ked.