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Post by Marty on Mar 23, 2021 20:00:23 GMT -5
This looks like a nice useful neck block but being made from corkwood would make it rather light. So I grabbed a hunk of walnut and started making one. When it comes to neck blocks if they are not secured in place they need to have some weight so they don't shift around. I will line the neck areas with leather and the flat areas with non skid router mat material. I also have another idea to add weight but won't talk about that until I try it out first. You guys don't like that one, okay here is another way. Get the carpet square and lay it on any workable surface. You can buy or make a neck rest, the one shown is cork but it can be made of wood and the neck area padded with cork or leather. The last thing you need is a way to keep the guitar from moving. I use a shot bag, leather bag filled with lead shot that I lay over the tailblock area.
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Post by Marshall on Mar 24, 2021 15:03:20 GMT -5
I don't know. My lap and the couch seem to work fine whenever I change strings.
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Post by Marty on Mar 24, 2021 15:08:12 GMT -5
I don't know. My lap and the couch seem to work fine whenever I change strings. If that is what you are used to Marshall then it's fine. But I bet you have a string winder that works better.
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Post by Marshall on Mar 24, 2021 15:24:12 GMT -5
Sunburst, even !
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Post by Dub on Mar 24, 2021 16:03:13 GMT -5
Merle Travis asked Paul Bigsby to build his solid body guitar so that all the tuning knobs were on the same side. The reason was that Merle liked to hold the guitar on his lap while changing strings and thought it would be easier if all the knobs were on the same side. Of course Leo Fender asked to borrow the completed guitar and the rest, as they say, is history.
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Post by Marty on Mar 24, 2021 19:57:25 GMT -5
Took a bit of work but I have a neck block. Now it needs some leather or maybe cork pad on the neck areas. I also drilled some deep holes in the tall bottom area and filled them with steel shot before plugging them. This adds weight when the rest is in the acoustic position.
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Post by Dub on Mar 26, 2021 16:51:17 GMT -5
I thought these looked like what I needed so I popped for the Cradle Cube and the work pad. They came today. I love them. Everything is stable, no sliding guitar and the cube even doubles as a tool holder in a pencil-cup kind of way. Thank you, Rob.
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 26, 2021 17:10:30 GMT -5
That all looks great, Dub, but I'm not seeing a beer can holder.
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Post by Dub on Mar 26, 2021 17:48:59 GMT -5
That all looks great, Dub, but I'm not seeing a beer can holder. No need. I don't buy beer in cans. That folding table is the one we set up at shows to sell CDs and stuff. It can be set as high as 35" which is a nice bench height for changing strings.
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Post by Marty on Mar 26, 2021 19:45:47 GMT -5
That all looks great, Dub, but I'm not seeing a beer can holder. No need. I don't buy beer in cans. That folding table is the one we set up at shows to sell CDs and stuff. It can be set as high as 35" which is a nice bench height for changing strings. I prefer 36" but that would work in a pinch. Any system that holds the instrument firmly is good. The whole idea is changing the strings, not wrestling with the guitar.
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