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Hey everyone I'm new to these here parts though have been lurking on BassChat for some time (despite being a 6-stringer...odd). Anyhow, I've been playing for far longer than my abilities would suggest and love music of all sorts. Hoping to meet some like minded souls to talk about anything music/guitar related. Cheers! Matt

Tried to finish this off. Almost but not quite. First popped the magnets onto the truss-rod cover: ...and hey presto: Then installed the Shadow Doubleplay electrics. It comprises a blendable under-saddle piezo: and a mini magnetic pickup at the end of the fretboard: I suspect that this is intended for a flatter fingerboard radius (prob 12" - I've build closer to an electric neck with 10" rad and locking tuners. Makes it easier for me to transfer from my electric to the acoustic) so I sunk it into the top to make sure it didn't foul the top and bottom E strings: As it turns out, I've overdone this and will, at some stage, take it off and pop a shim underneath. I then installed the preamp / blend unit that sits inside the soundhole (I'll photo it in the 'finished' shots) and the rear strap pin / jack socket. Before I put the strings back on, I cleaned up and oiled the fretboard. The frets - well, at the moment there is absolutely no buzz anywhere so I haven't even polished them! When I get a moment, I'll at least do that but there is no need for levelling and crowning By the way, before you go thinking I know what I'm doing, that is a first... And - other than the low nano-mag pickup being a bit quieter than the piezo - we have electric amplification. Lastly, now the strings are on, I do my usual 'sit it like a cello and scrape the neck to the final shape by feel, spinning it round and playing it then re-scraping until it feels like I want it. This is followed by a quick tru-oil slurry and buff and it's good to go within an hour. Am I the only one that does this? No matter how well you fit a neck to the profile templates, I don't think you can really tell if it's right until you play it. So that's what I do. And the most subtle tweaks can make all the difference! Remaining jobs: - Replace the nut with a slightly wider one (plays fine with the present one but it isn't quite wide enough - Raise the nano-mag pickup (ditto) - Side dots! It's a big b****r and there is no way you can see the top of the fretboard when you are playing it - Final polish in about a week's time - Take the arty farty photos In the meantime, here are a couple of unplugged noodling clips - probably best listened to on headphones: https://soundcloud.com/andy-rogers-6/sets/ajr-dreadnought-acoustic-soundclips Andy

I'd like that very much. The only downside of being a left-handed player (apart from all the MORONS who like to claim the guitar "isn't a handed instrument" and such tripe) is when you read reviews of something that looks exactly what you're after.... and then inevitably it's not available left handed at all, or only in the crap colours (I'm so, so, so over black, white and burst....). Useful to have a resource where we can pool information on thatsort of thing - especially with Holiday music, it seems, now a thing of the past. Better for lefties now than at anytime can remember, though - Fender have improved a thousand fold, some brands like Godin who did *no* lefties have started, and there's the likes of Eastwood making stuff that was previously no chance actually available left handed.

I'm a man of (limited) wealth and (questionable) taste... I've been away from the guitar and bass for a couple of years, not much played or picked them up, but recent coverage of Fender's new Player series (including the elusive, affordable maple-boarded P bass I've wanted forever!) has tempted me back. Used to play out twenty-five odd years ago with a youth group praise band; did one gig with a spoof-grunge band as part of a show I co-wrote and played in at university, and was in a string of bands that never got out of the rehearsal room (The Horse Dentists actually made it to six rehearsals with an angry punk cover of Maggies' Farm that we planned to dedicate to Tony Blair had we ever gigged....). Used to post for years as 'Edward' on Harmony Central, but eventually a new revision of the site stopped accepting my Yahoo email address, and as I didn't want to use the work one.... A UK based site makes more sense now anyhow. Hope eventually to get organised enough to pick up a few lessons to improve my playing (self-taught, never was much of a lead player and have no real theory). got a few nice guitars - my old 1994 US Std Strat, 2006 CIJ 71RI Tele, Brandoni P bass that's basically a 62RI under the hood.... all staying. Few others that it's time to part with, including a couple of Westones (Thunder IA guitar and IA bass), and probably my 1998 Korean Epi flametop Les Paul. Got my eye on the Player series Strat in Tidepool (if it had a soft V profile on the neck it'd be close to my dream Strat), a Gretsch 5210, and something like a Godin kingpin or similar (one pup, no cutaway). Love to play out with a band one day for some fun, though being now fat, bald and middle-aged I'm the very anti-thesis of rock and roll cool.....