[gazmungus]

jahloon, on Dec 24 2004, 04:08 PM, said:

Needs the nut and markers and tuning pegs etc.. more as and when... --J

Markers? your not intending to play it in tune are you Jeff?

What sort of h/stock does it have?

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ga

[jahloon]

corcoran, on Dec 25 2004, 10:20 AM, said:

jahloon, on Dec 24 2004, 04:08 PM, said:

Needs the nut and markers and tuning pegs etc.. more as and when... --J

Markers? your not intending to play it in tune are you Jeff?

What sort of h/stock does it have?

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ga

Ermm... the Jury is out on the markers, told them not to put any on so it may be completely blind. I think the headstock is Stratish. --J

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jahloon, on Dec 24 2004, 04:08 PM, said:

There is quite a bit of work as it is just a bare neck, but satin finished. Needs the nut and markers and tuning pegs etc.. more as and when... --J

So it's not a plug & play thing. Well, have fun. (i actually have fun working on such things...until something goes wrong)

...
emre

[jahloon]

transient, on Dec 25 2004, 08:32 PM, said:

jahloon, on Dec 24 2004, 04:08 PM, said:

There is quite a bit of work as it is just a bare neck, but satin finished. Needs the nut and markers and tuning pegs etc.. more as and when... --J

So it's not a plug & play thing. Well, have fun. (i actually have fun working on such things...until something goes wrong)

...
emre

I wanted a little control over the final product, so the nut can be trimmed for nice heavy strings and markers put in only if drastically needed. Lots to go wrong of course, but that's half the fun. - Jeff

[jahloon]

Latest news is the neck made it from Seattle to Louisville on Xmas eve, delayed by adverse weather conditions. What makes things more exciting is UPS only have part of my address.... ---J

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jahloon, on Dec 26 2004, 04:01 PM, said:

Latest news is the neck made it from Seattle to Louisville on Xmas eve, delayed by adverse weather conditions. What makes things more exciting is UPS only have part of my address.... ---J

Maybe that's their understanding of fun; it wouldn't be so fun to deliver a package if they knew the complete address, would it? Lots to go wrong of course, but that's half their fun. Well, hope you receive it as soon as possible.

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emre

[Villager]

jahloon, on Dec 26 2004, 04:01 PM, said:

Latest news is the neck made it from Seattle to Louisville on Xmas eve, delayed by adverse weather conditions. What makes things more exciting is UPS only have part of my address.... ---J

Knowing UK customs and Xmas delays the 29th is optimistic, my money is on 6th Jan, any takers?? V

[jahloon]

Villager, on Dec 28 2004, 11:23 AM, said:

Knowing UK customs and Xmas delays the 29th is optimistic, my money is on 6th Jan, any takers?? V

My money is on the 4th of January, anyone else in? --J

[jahloon]

Ermm... the tracking info just told me it arrived East Midlands (that's an obscure English airport) got sent to Manchester and is now out for delivery!!! He waits by the front door, looking through the letterbox. :ph34r:

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jahloon, on Dec 29 2004, 11:42 AM, said:

Ermm... the tracking info just told me it arrived East Midlands (that's an obscure English airport) got sent to Manchester and is now out for delivery!!! He waits by the front door, looking through the letterbox. :ph34r:

Well, then my money is on the 29th of December

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emre

[jahloon]

Well, I guess we will just have to take the bet... not arrived yet though. --J

29 Dec 2004
5:51 MANCHESTER, GB IMPORT SCAN
5:50 MANCHESTER, GB OUT FOR DELIVERY
2:02 EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR, GB IMPORT SCAN
1:26 EAST MIDLANDS AIRPOR, GB IMPORT SCAN
24 Dec 2004
2:48 LOUISVILLE, KY, US ARRIVAL SCAN
1:24 LOUISVILLE, KY, US ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS CAUSED THIS DELAY
23 Dec 2004
19:54 SEATTLE, WA, US DEPARTURE SCAN
18:50 US BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
18:44 SEATTLE, WA, US ARRIVAL SCAN
18:02 PACIFIC, WA, US DEPARTURE SCAN
17:57 PACIFIC, WA, US ORIGIN SCAN

Tracking results provided by UPS: 29 Dec 2004 8:50 Eastern Time/New York Time (USA)

[jahloon]

Emre wins! All arrived 15h00 And thanks to customs & duty we are down 54.21 UK pounds, so the prize money has been spent.

[gazmungus]

So we should have had the first pics and mp3s posted up half an hour ago!

Jeff, you're slacking!



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gaz

[jahloon]

corcoran, on Dec 29 2004, 03:54 PM, said:

So we should have had the first pics and mp3s posted up half an hour ago!

Jeff, you're slacking!



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gaz

Well, there's lots to do..

First off the neck looks great and fits the Hamer a treat, apart from the pre-drilled neck holes not being exactly in the right place.

So I've wood filled the holes and hopefully that will give us a better neck connection when we come to bolt everything together.

The tuners looked wrong at first, that gave me a nasty turn, I can tell you. But there are four middle ones, a top one and a bottom one. I think you have to hammer the ferules into place.

The nut is going to need a bit of work to get down to size but we did go for the luxury of a set of 8 nut files .010 to .050

So it may be another hour before owt gets posted.

Jeff

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jahloon, on Dec 29 2004, 03:15 PM, said:

Emre wins! All arrived 15h00 And thanks to customs & duty we are down 54.21 UK pounds, so the prize money has been spent.

B)

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emre