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Doug & Sharon`s Excellent Adventure (Episode 11)

STEWMAC!!!

After we finished the Dan & Doug Show, "Live from Ohio!" for theloothgroup, Dan took us over to stewmac_guitar where we had a meeting scheduled.

We met up with Erick Coleman toneschaser to give us a personal tour of everything Stewmac as soon as our meeting was over. We`re going to be working with Stewmac to create some instructional videos in the coming months. Stay tuned for that!

I can not tell you what an incredible visit this was. Stewmac is such a large presence in all of our lives and shops. To be here in the building and see the place where it all comes from was overwhelming.

Here are the details:

Slide 1: Stewmac!!!

Slide 2: Sharon and Erick Coleman toneschaser

Slide 3: What a pleasure it was to meet with Brock Poling luthiersworkbench, the VP of Marketing for Stewmac, and a fantastic luthier.

Slide 4: Susan Hilvert susan_so_far was a complete joy to meet and talk with. We`re really looking forward to working with Brock and Susan in the coming months to do some instructional videos for Stewmac.

Slide 5: The VAULT!

Slide 6: Walking around the building, you really get the sense that it`s all about guitars and those that live in the looth!

Slide 7: In the Stewmac video studio. We`ve seen this background a gazillion times, but to be standing in it was a hoot!

Slide 8: As you walk through the building, there are quite a few areas that make you realize that, ultimately, it`s about making music!

Slide 9: After our meeting and the facility tour, we met up with Paul Lampley only.frets for dinner.

Slide 10: Dinner at The Texas Roadhouse! (left to right)

Blake Burkholder _zepplinfan_
Mike Brauer komboking1
Joan Erlewine 123joan
Dan Erlewine monsterfret
Danielle Lampley
D. Paul Lampley II only.frets
Yours Truly guitarspecialistinc
Sharon sharon.e.proper

Next up in Episode 12, we`ll take a further peek inside our tour of Stewmac!

Stay tuned!

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Doug & Sharon`s Excellent Adventure (Episode 8)

Dan`s Shop! monsterfret

Being at Dan Erlewine`s shop in Athens, Ohio, for three days was the stuff dreams are made of for me.

There is no one I respect and admire more in this business than this man. In addition to that, there is probably nobody who has done as much as he has to promote, teach, and further this craft.

To have learned from him - from afar - through his Guitar Player magazine articles back in the day, then through his books, G.A.L./A.S.I.A conventions - never did I think I`d be hanging out in his shop like this back when I was a young looth just starting out.

Over the years, Dan and I got to know one another, and through our mutual involvement with companies like totalvise and our association with Ian Davlin`s theloothgroup, we`ve become dear friends.

Dan and I do a once-a-month show for theloothgroup, and to have done it live from Dan`s shop was so much fun.

Most of these pictures were taken during the show.

Here are the details:

1: The Man, standing at the entrance to his shop!

2: Dan and I, getting ready to tape the show. He`s wearing the shop apron I bought him for his birthday last year. You can tell his is newer than mine.🙃

3: Dale, Sharon and me in the shop. I`m holding a bass that he built and was showing off during the episode.

4: Dan`s signing my personal copy of the Guitar Player Repair Guide. I bought the book the first month it was published back in 1990.

5: Me signing Dan`s "Proper`s Guitar Workstation"

6: I`m presenting Dan with one of my Variable Radius Sanders that I made for him.

7: Dan and I poking through some of his drawers.

8: The famous bandsaw with signatures from all of the luthiers that have visited Dan`s shop.

9: Sharon`s signing the bandsaw.

10. Our signatures on the bandsaw. A "yes, we were here!" moment for sure!

Next up in Episode 9, more fun from Dan`s shop and the people we hung out with!

Stay tuned!

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A question I get asked a lot from y’all out there is if I can recommend any books about guitar and amp repair. While cleaning out the shop, I found some good ones for you…

Well, there’s obviously nothing like real world experience, but if you’re wanting to dive a bit deeper into the world of instrument repair, I highly suggest you start by checking out several of these books to get your feet wet.

monsterfret and stewmac_guitar have done a fantastic job of creating instructional books, tips and even a video series to showcase some of the most common repair techniques and industry “trade secrets” in regard to instrument repair.

The Ultimate Bench Repair book by Lee Jackson is also a pretty great read.

If you’re serious about guitar repair, you should also go follow ianhatesguitars and sign up for his Patreon page. He is the master Jedi of finish repairs and fixing broken things!

Never stop learning and if you’re having fun learning, you’re doing something right. Good luck out there!!!

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Back in 1986 I was 18 and a Senior in High School and scalloped this Series 10 by Bently plywood strat copy but the neck would be the perfect project. I did this all by hand with my Dad`s 5 piece Craftsman wood file set starting with the round rat tail to bring it down to depth and using the others to shape it to what you see here. This was all done in my bedroom while listening to King Diamond, Testament and Slayer. After I was done I brought it to a local orchestral instrument repair shop in Berwyn, IL and they asked me who did it as it was a pretty good job according to them. They fixed a small area on the 3rd fret where I went too deep and put in the small dot markers. All I had was the Dan Erlewine article in Guitar Player Magazine that I still have. These are pics I took from his book and the only reference anywhere at the time. I think I`ll just install a few pickups and go from there, see if I can set it up to shred!

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Intonation & fretting improvements on a PRS SE.

Eddie requested that his back up Indonesian made PRS guitar to be more musical for upcoming shows.

1 Video demonstration of pitch accuracy over musical register.

2 Completed work.

3 Upgraded with Gotoh 510 tuners.

4 Fret polishing complete.

5 & 6 Fret milling using string tension jig.

Fret simulation tension jig used was inspired by the work of #danerlewine and #donteeter.
Thanks to fine engineer Peter Burke for his assistance.

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Into the shop it goes! monsterfret is testing the bass’ overall sound quality, it’s a little know use of a multimeter 🙂 We were also working to get the LEDs in the fingerboard lighting up again. But it’s looking like@more than a quick fix, so will leave this bass with Dan to get back to top playing shape!
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Using a pin vise (small twist drill) to get through the clear coat helps reduce the possibility of chipping the paint. That’s how I start all holes through paint. Then countersink in reverse, etc, etc. STAY TUNED FOR A CRUCIAL BUILD TIP for Strats mostly, but everyone can benefit. #Warmoth #pinvise #stewmac_guitar #buildboutique #makeyourownelectricguitar #danerlewine #StewMac ...

A Special Event Sunday 3pm!! Ian Davlin ianhatesguitars will be hosting the one and only Dan Erlewine monsterfret to talk about the greatest contraption known to the fretting universe!  The Neck Jig!  Dan invented the neck jig decades ago and it changed the world of fretting forever.

I`ve been a neck jigger for more than 30 years and I gotta tell you, I`m excited about this one.  Dan`s going to be covering the what, why and how of the jig and it`s history.   Scroll through the pictures to see some of the versions of the neck jig we`ve use over the years and some fun we`ve had with the greatest mousetrap ever created!

How can you participate? Easy,  join Ian`s IHG patreon group at ianhatesguitars.com to get in on the fun. Ian`s group of wayward luthiers is a fantastic platform to get to know other looths, learn from one another about the craft and connect with luthierians from all over the planet.  The greatest part is the "Loothalong" where twice a week you can work in your shop with dozens of other luthiers,  learn from one another,  ask questions,  talk shop and get advice.  Just this afternoon while working in my touch-up room I was hanging with Dan and Evan Gluck newyorkguitarrepair talking about jigs, frets, finishing and vises - until the conversation moved to Dan`s gourmet fried sandwiches.

For less than the price of the cup of Starbucks you spilled on your bench this morning you could have been hanging out with us.  Head over to ianhatesguitars.com or ianhatesguitars to sign up before the big event with Dan tomorrow.

I`ll be there and participating.   I`ll see you there!

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The irisguitar DE-11, based on Dan Erlewine’s beloved 1937 Kalamazoo KG-11, features a 1930s V-shaped neck, Rickard rear-mount banjo tuning machines, an Adirondack spruce top, a satin finish, as well as Honduran mahogany back, sides, and neck. Most intriguing, its neck extends past the nut before transitioning into the ears of the peghead, and threaded brass inserts in the fingerboard accept screw-down capos. “It’s the most musical new guitar I’ve ever owned,” says Erlewine.

Includes HSC, 3 brass capos, 2 thumb screws, and a 5 year limited warranty from Iris Guitar.

Available soon in the store and at benandbuckys.com

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