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Couldn't you have edited the "Edited by" part as well with some names from the thread? Would have been even more hilarious!
Couldn't you have edited the "Edited by" part as well with some names from the thread? Would have been even more hilarious!
Wait, there's an end to all of this..?I want to be in the "Afterword by..."
Hey! I'm sorry man!
That was A LONG ago and my guitars surely got a lot better but i honestly thought i did a good job back then. First time i've used stainless steel frets now that i remember.
Were they sticking out of the fretboard? Did the fretboard shrink?
My bad.
<3
Ah Sophia…. the one that got away…
Thanks for your honest feedback.For sure, it was ages ago. I don't think it was a fretboard shrinkage thing, the fret protrusion wasn't uniform and the ends were pretty rough. It being your first time with SS frets scans - it was a lesson for me also to commission luthiers to do what they're used to rather than being a guinea pig. At any rate, I can see that you're doing the opposite with fret ends now, so I have no hard feelings!
I will say tho that the electronics + active piezo circuit were a mess to sort through when I switched pickups to active. I hope either you are using a different guy for electronics, or that he is using better parts + technique now.
The XEN is my least comfortable guitar to play but it is super resonant and sounds thunderous down in C#0. The slice of walnut you picked for the top has aged beautifully as well. Cheers
Nope, only the ones who argue "it is handmade, of course there will be issues", while they use high-tech precision equipment to manufacture their guitars and mostly do some sanding and fret polishing by hand.Now your fight is with luthiers that use CNC machines? It never ends.
Nope, only the ones who argue "it is handmade, of course there will be issues", while they use high-tech precision equipment to manufacture their guitars and mostly do some sanding and fret polishing by hand.
Sorry to see that you are still arguing with these shiny pics, which were also used to advertise my (actually crappy) build.You think just because there's a CNC machine, you press a button and a 95% finished guitar pops out?
I don't mind posting because I can just about look at this photo for forever, but a CNC doesn't do these sorts of insane details for you:
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There used to be some good threads on the topic here, and I remember especially some famous luthier explaining how little a CNC actually helps, but I forgot who. Someone else is going to have to infer what I'm talking about and post it though. But the short of it is, your argument sucks. Lots of "handmade" guitars use CNC (and even use other tools!), while still calling themselves and being handmade instruments.
For instance, you remember when that guy came out and said that PRS private stock was the real quality? PRS private stock are made using CNC.
Since when has knowing what they're talking about been a requirement for DirtyPuma's posts?dude please stop, you dig your idiot hole even deeper. No one can take you serious at this point anymore.
You obviously have no clue how CNC is used in modern guitar production and what the important handmade steps are. Otherwise you wouldnt have started with such a ridiculous argument.
https://www.sevenstring.org/threads...nc-and-timeframes-etc-interesting-read.41039/You think just because there's a CNC machine, you press a button and a 95% finished guitar pops out?
I don't mind posting because I can just about look at this photo for forever, but a CNC doesn't do these sorts of insane details for you:
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There used to be some good threads on the topic here, and I remember especially some famous luthier explaining how little a CNC actually helps, but I forgot who. Someone else is going to have to infer what I'm talking about and post it though. But the short of it is, your argument sucks. Lots of "handmade" guitars use CNC (and even use other tools!), while still calling themselves and being handmade instruments.
For instance, you remember when that guy came out and said that PRS private stock was the real quality? PRS private stock are made using CNC.
You are not good at argumentation it seems, because you are always trying to disprove A by B, although B has nothing to do with A.https://www.sevenstring.org/threads...nc-and-timeframes-etc-interesting-read.41039/
Is Ron Thorn a big deal? I wouldn't know because I don't own a PRS PS or Fender Custom Shop guitar.
Ah come on. It seems you do not get this. Not I sold the guitar. Rusti Guitars sold that piece of crap to someone else. I was handed the money.Orders guitar. “Man, look at all this issues! This thing is fucked up!”
A little later. “FS, *DEAD MINT*”