"Taffy makes good points. I have no experience either with the paint, but I have a bunch of 50+ year old water pipe. I usually polish, cut, flatten it out and shape it to needs. I use it for jack plates, tail pieces, lags for pickups, etc."
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Copper Hardware
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Does anyone know where to obtain copper or Rose Gold hardware?Continue
Nut
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Just got a prefretted walnut neck, it does not have a lip to glue nut against, should i dado to set nut?
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"Did you click my link? I'm seeing lot of options."
"Hi, there is copper based paint available, and it actually creates a patina over time. I have not used it so I can’t say how well it wears over time. I would fashion some of my own parts out of copper pipe and copper sheet. Taff"
"Oh, yea , I forgot they have an economy line made overseas? Lace in the US did a limited edition rose gold humbucker years back, seems it was a one off thing? "
"You sure, lace humbuckers never sell under a $100 a piece?"
"Hi Bill, I see your problem, a neck with no fingerboard, yuck.
Anyway, you will have to cut a trench at the headstock, it will not have to be very deep maybe 1/8"- 3/16". If the position is not marked you will have to work it out using the…"
"There’s a company named Guyker that makes antique bronze tuners, they look like an old penny, but they will probably cost $40-50 a set since they’re locking tuners? FYI- rose gold parts can make a guitar look cheap or tacky, depending on…"
"How about antiqued brass? https://www.eyguitarmusic.com/search.asp?keyword=Antiqued+Brass+"
"Also, do I need to ground the strings? Is there a way without soldering? Thanks"
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Nut
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crossover guitar.
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Flat bucker under box top. Any Success?
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Has anyone tried this? Thoughts?
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just came accross this pickup idea on youtube.
Started by Timothy Hunter in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Mar 27. 1 Reply 2 Likes
VIDEO: Building a CBG with limited resources.
Started by Taffy Evans in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion. Last reply by Southern Ray Mar 10. 1 Reply 3 Likes
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CBG site issues, continued.
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