yeah there's something wrong if we can buy items from USA or overseas and can get the item posted quicker and cost less than an Australian store
yeah there's something wrong if we can buy items from USA or overseas and can get the item posted quicker and cost less than an Australian store
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Originally Posted by dingobass
Unless i need something yesterday, i dont buy in Aus, even with the $$ crapping out i can still get it quicker and cheaper, but there are some good Aussie suppliers and i often check them 1st, if i only wanted a bridge in a hurry, no use me spending $500 on an order of parts i dont really need.
On a side note PBG has probably the best deal i have seen on Grovers, if you buy them with a kit, great deal.
I guess if you live over east, postage service is ok...
Thing that p*sses me off is the rest of Oz loves our mining tax and gst contributions but conveniently forgets that we would like a decent postal service, just to name one of the many gripes we have over here...
So, in the end, I find I can get most things I need faster from Asia or the USA than I can from the eastern states.... Go figure...
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Aus post overnight = four to five days....sometimes a week... Seems to me that AP love to take the express post payments and not deliver. I don't bother with express any more, seeing as it takes the same time as normal 'snail via Outer Mongolia with a holiday in Bali' mail....
DHL from the USA = three days max.
Last edited by dingobass; 15-02-2016 at 02:27 PM.
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
I have parcels arrive quicker from the U.S.A, than ones posted here in Melbourne sometimes, i never rely on Aus Post.
I was sending a guitar i built for a guy to WA who wanted it in a hurry so express it was, it cost $30 with a courier and was there in 2 days, Aus post wouldnt touch it. I sent an express satchel to Perth with 10 packs of strings in it, and it took 5 days.
Well i can finally finish this neck off, its been a labour of love this heel join, but i beat the bloody thing, smooth as a babies.
Now back to staining
Nice win on that heel, Tony.
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
One of those take your time jobs, and just keep at it, put it away and do something else for a few days and then go again.
So DB sounds like Australia Post are higher on your hate list than BGSFOS ?
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Just bought off Ebay 2 sets of D'Addario XL150 electric 12 string sets for $19.80 a set, these are nice strings, i have played them before on my mates 12, the parts are starting to gather.
Contrasting headstock
Rear
Top
I was originally going to do the headstock black but i decided a 50/50 mix of red mahogany and water would work, should look ok once its dry.
Close to coating this neck with MinWax PolyU clear satin
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