Cboss Posted December 24, 2023 Posted December 24, 2023 Can anyone recommend a source for mother of pearl crowns, a standard set for a Les Paul or one of our crowned hamers, of an equivalent beauty and quality to the Hamers crowns?
Dutchman Posted December 24, 2023 Posted December 24, 2023 These guy's have been great to me! https://www.philadelphialuthiertools.com/inlays-and-side-dots/
cmatthes Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 On 12/24/2023 at 5:35 PM, Dutchman said: These guy's have been great to me! https://www.philadelphialuthiertools.com/inlays-and-side-dots/ They are good to deal with, it aren’t they going out of business?
Dutchman Posted December 26, 2023 Posted December 26, 2023 16 hours ago, cmatthes said: They are good to deal with, it aren’t they going out of business? Not that I've heard
Jeff R Posted December 27, 2023 Posted December 27, 2023 LMI is the one that recently went out of business. StewMac also sells precut inlays.
Stike Posted December 27, 2023 Posted December 27, 2023 On 12/24/2023 at 11:52 AM, Cboss said: Can anyone recommend a source for mother of pearl crowns, a standard set for a Les Paul or one of our crowned hamers, of an equivalent beauty and quality to the Hamers crowns? I think I have a set somewhere, just need to locate it.
DaveL Posted December 27, 2023 Posted December 27, 2023 Love Philly luthier supply... I buy alot of small parts from them (ferrules, switch tips etc)... good deals nice quality.
BruceM Posted January 10, 2024 Posted January 10, 2024 I've got some shells I could let go. Not sure there's enough for full set of crowns, though. 😉
Cboss Posted January 10, 2024 Author Posted January 10, 2024 6 hours ago, BruceM said: I've got some shells I could let go. Not sure there's enough for full set of crowns, though. 😉 Those are beautiful, especially the one at 4:00! Not enough for crowns but I'll take that one if it needs a new home I'm actually got a pre-cut set of gold mother of pearl coming that I found on ebay, I don't think it was even $40
Dave Scepter Posted January 11, 2024 Posted January 11, 2024 On 1/10/2024 at 8:52 AM, BruceM said: I've got some shells I could let go. Not sure there's enough for full set of crowns, though. 😉 I have a bunch of these laying around and in my aquariums... I wonder what type of hole saw makes the fretboard dots?.. I think some Googling is in my near future 🤔
Dave Scepter Posted January 11, 2024 Posted January 11, 2024 20 hours ago, Cboss said: Those are beautiful, especially the one at 4:00! Not enough for crowns but I'll take that one if it needs a new home I'm actually got a pre-cut set of gold mother of pearl coming that I found on ebay, I don't think it was even $40 Dude, thanks for this post... I just remembered that I have a TON of abalone /mother of pearl and Capiz laying around disguised as furniture/lampshades, raw material and such just laying around in storage... Now I have a purpose for all of this material for future builds~😉
Cboss Posted January 11, 2024 Author Posted January 11, 2024 Absolutely! It's fun to make stuff and customize your instruments! No one will miss those lampshades🤣 MOP upgraydds for this
Jimbilly Posted January 24, 2024 Posted January 24, 2024 my 59 Manhattan was partially re-blocked, 3 are old shrunken and 1 of those is loose. I might be able to handle that job if thickness is pretty standard.
crunchee Posted January 24, 2024 Posted January 24, 2024 Speaking of sources for crowns... Fit for a King, too!
Cboss Posted January 25, 2024 Author Posted January 25, 2024 On 1/24/2024 at 10:09 AM, scottcald said: Oh, man, the PJ Marx pickup! I was testing out a bunch of them, but they are out.. they had in common the most ridiculously overpowered low e, and the most painful piercing High mid Spike I've ever heard
Cboss Posted February 8, 2024 Author Posted February 8, 2024 Done! This was not too hard and turned out amazing if anybody wants the source for these let me know, they are the real thing and so beautiful
Dave Scepter Posted February 8, 2024 Posted February 8, 2024 1 hour ago, Cboss said: if anybody wants the source for these let me know, Just post the link... and great job!👍
Cboss Posted February 8, 2024 Author Posted February 8, 2024 7 minutes ago, Dave Scepter said: Just post the link... and great job!👍 These guys :) Look at this on eBay https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-5mm-Thick-Figured-Mother-of-Pearl-Trapezoid-Inlay-Set-for-Les-Paul-Standard-/234726524275?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p4429486.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
Cboss Posted February 13, 2024 Author Posted February 13, 2024 Wanted to comment a little further; the stuff they sell is absolutely beautiful, and if you don't see what you want just send them a note via the contact seller, they will get back to you quickly and put together whatever you need.. These are CNC cut to shape, not polished.. what I did was wet sand with 1600, wet sand with 2000, compound with 3m perfectIt and a Dremel buffer....takes about 3 minutes per section and the end result is incredible I didn't expect this but once they're in the fretboard, they feel so good under your fingers! they feel warm and alive, it's very noticable.. really a great experience doing this the crappy plastic crowns felt dead and tacky
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