Johnny, thanks for watching and glad you ran across this place! As you may have noticed, I tend to get carried away in my projects, often doing work for no good reason. I'm just that way. Be safe and take care, see ya again soon!
Brian, good to hear from you and thanks for watchin! Agree, the binding makes it look a bit more like a keeper. Hope you are doing well, take care my friend!
Hi John, great work and great episode! With a lot of sanding and scraping. I love the recessed tuning keys. To attach those, you'll need a thin-walled socket wrench insert. The headstock binding looks gorgeous. I hope You are fine, take care my friend! Jens
Jens, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! I thought you might like this one, lots of sanding! I'm pretty happy with the headstock trim, looking good! I should have enough room for a standard socket. The recess isn't tight against the washer, room for finish to get in there. Fingers crossed! I'm doing pretty good, not getting too excited about anything, just rollin' along. Hope you and your family are doing well too. Take care my friend! John
More very nice work. Regarding attaching binding, I’ve found using sweetened porridge (guess you might call it oat meal?) works a treat. This has three distinct advantages: 1) It’s innate gloopiness fills in any gaps caused by sloppy woodworking ; 2) it provides a half-decent pre-aged patina to the binding material; & 3) It just about tastes good enough to delay any of those pesky mid-project munchies diversions. You’re welcome 😁
Sweetened porridge you say, I like the sound of that! That will be handy for when I get the mid-project munchies, porridge and a pint! I like the sound of that. Thanks for watching and the handy binding tip too! Hope all is going well for you, be safe and take care : )
Your videos are so inspiring. Thank you! I'm thinking of building a guitar myself, and watching your videos gives me the confidence to do it. You've come a long way over the years, and seem to have no fear about trying new things. Your ideas and home-built tools are just amazing. I've been afraid to do any of this myself, but I feel like there's a chance I may be able to do at least some of this!
Curator, thanks for watching! That's really nice of you to say, I'm glad these projects and videos are inspiring. That is my goal in all this, to offer ideas and a "I'll try that" bit of inspiration. We all bring our own bag of tricks, and everyone is at a different place, but that's okay. Gotta just get in the pool and start splashing about. Thanks again for joining me for these projects. Good luck with your upcoming project(s). Take care!
Amazing work, really inspiring. You could round the edges of the binding a bit before put the frets on. It's lot nicer to play and being binding won't round naturally so I think it would be nice for playability. Great work!!
Morris, thanks for watching! Agreed! I did "round" or radius the fretboard binding, it follows the shape of the neck mostly. I will then also ease the final top edge of the binding when the frets are in. Smoothing and rounding the spaces between frets. A bit confusing to discribe, but the binding is shaped to a convex form, like the neck section. The frets installed, filed back which again slightly chamfers the top edge of the binding. The fret ends rounded.. then the binding inbetween frets eased even more. Whew, that's a lot of stuff. Hope all is well, be safe and take care my friend!
@@theNextProject wow, such thorough explanation, thanks I understand the process now. Fascinating stuff. I'm used to the poly finish edge being a little rough so I have to do it with the frets on and it's a little messier. Hope you're well too and thanks again for the response.
GearViewMirror, thanks for watchin! Yes sir, it's gonna be a brut. Now I need to round someone up to give it a sound check. That's a bit in the future, so I've got time. Be safe and take care!
OldManZen, thanks for watchin! Yep, i gotta pre-stress the neck a little. Actually, it wasn't much of a bend, about a semi-tone, LOL. Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
John, you get more impressive with every vlog! And now you have 9K subscribers!!! Way to go ole buddy. Hi Laura ❤️ …… and what’s more, you have 1610 views !!!!!!
Hey Mike, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! I'm surprised by the numbers too. I guess everyone (nearly everyone) is enjoying the projects, videos and the delivery. I appreciate the kind words, so thank you! I'll tell Laura Hi, from you. Hope you and Christi are doing well. Be safe and take care my friend!
finaljesus, good to hear from you again and thanks for watching! I wonder if Epiphone would be allowed to make such a change, maybe Gibson has to "approve" of any/all changes. Hmm, makes me wonder. It would be nice if both Epi and Gibson would take a serious look at the issue and do something about it. I won't hold my breath. Hope all is well for you, take care!
JagStar, thanks for watching! It's slowing coming together. I'm going to check out your CNC winder series. I'm thinking of making a new winder and need all the ideas I can get. Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject I'm always watching The Next Project...it's like the sign that reads "Free Beer Tomorrow". You just have to keep showing up. LOL! **EDIT** That was not meant to sound like nothing ever gets done around here. That was meant to say the well is always full. Bad analogy I suppose.
MrR3dW1ng, thanks for watching! Glad you're enjoying the projects. I'll try to keep finding things to take apart...and tinker with. Be safe and take care!
Hey Matt, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! I keep sending Gibson ideas, but they won't respond. I'll keep after them. Funny how my fingers always get stuck to things. Maybe I don't move fast enough. Hope you are doing well, be safe out there, take care my friend!
Tommy, thanks for watching! Great question regarding the rubber bands. They can be found at some Home Depot/Lowes occasionally, or on Amazon. Look for Appliance Rubber Bands, Moving Rubber Bands, Large Package Rubber Bands... Lowes 36" bands: www.lowes.com/pd/Project-Source-Rubber-Bands-3-IN-Large-3PK/5003465919?user=shopping&feed=yes&srsltid=AfmBOorwYRClWG_va9oiX0OOMa1oeqrCWyQdlVJNIoYguxeCFfiWF33op_0 Amazon mixed lengths: www.amazon.com/Rubber-Bands-Variety-Length-Strength/dp/B07DPXTLXP?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=AJ8UK8AG6ED0R&th=1 The bands I'm using are ± 48" as a loop, cut they are around 90-ish. If you know anyone who works at a printing company, ask them if they have any rubber bands off of their press printing plates. That's where i get them. StewMac also sells them...a pack of 5 for $21. Hope this helps.
Great idea to compensate for the thicker head stock. Are you gonna paint the raw wood black from the forcner bit? You've basically got better than a Gibson now. Also love the adjustment at the heel. Much easier.
Paul, thanks for watchin! Yep, I'm going to black out the recessed wells, that'll make the chrome standout and kinda hide the recess. It will be a surprise when people notice it. Sneaky, hehe. I'm hoping this will be a great neck for this guitar. Take care!
That is looking great! The recessed tuners solved that problem quite nice. With the tuners recessed that much, it should create a touch more of a lower angle of the strings going from the nut to tuners, right? That isn’t a bad thing. Hope that “Beer-thirty” was enjoyable. What do you take with your pretzel? Mustard? Cheese? Both? No additions, naked and salted as the Good Lord made it? Love the videos and are always the highlight of my day!
Tim, good to hear from you my friend and thanks for watching! I've done the recess tuner thing a couple times now, I actually like the look and it was a perfect solution for this neck - win-win! I think you are right with the slight string angle increase too. Since I flattened the angle roughly 4˚ from factory, this should be a little help for the break angle. Beer-thirty is always enjoyable. Ah, I like the big soft heavily salted pretzels with a spicy mustard. Cheese is good too, but it seems to always cool off to quickly. Maybe I eat to slow, that could be the issue. One place I get my beer and pretzel fix, had a custom cheese-mix spread. Kinda spicy, creamy and way good flavor. I may have to go back there now, I'm suddenly hungry, LOL. Always good to here from you my friend and glad you are enjoying the projects. Thanks for joining me. Be safe and take care!
I tell you the reason you have used acetone for the headstock-binding: because the Gibson-guys use acetone, too. (But then again, why did you use CA for die fretboard-binding?) One thing I've seen in a Trogly-video a few days ago: the way the headstock-binding goes under the fretboard-binding in an angle on the first fret is like on an Epiphone-LP-Custom!
Achim, good to hear from you! I try to copy what Gibbies are doing as often as possible. I even started with a broken guitar. I'm a company loyalist for sure! Yep, I've tucked the headstock binding right under the fingerboard biding too. Looks a bit better on the top side than on the bottom, I'll have to do a little clean-up/touch-up on the bottom. Hope you doing well my friend, be safe and take care!
Pete, go back in time and watch all the videos, LOL. Just kiddin'. This is the second Epi LP I've now worked on with nearly identical neck breaks. Made me think there is more to the issue than just the headstock angle. The combination of neck angle, a large percent of the neck being routed away below the nut for the truss rod, and weak lumber choice gave me the oppertunity to rethink the neck construction. By moving the truss rod adjustment to the heel of the neck, the neck is 100% solid below the nut, should be more stable. The wheel adjustment offers easy access when things need a tweak too. Hoping it will be a win/win for this guitar. I need to get a new truss rod cover, not sure what it should say. I was thinking about printing something underneath the cover for those who may look, maybe "made you look" or something goofy. Good question and thanks for watching!
Amazing work. I am curious though why you still have headstock truss rod access when you opted for a heel-end spoke wheel? Am I missing something? Either way it looks amazing
Brian, thanks for watching! Great question, and the answer is really just because the original neck/headstock had that notch cut into the headstock logo veneer by the factory. When I shaved the logo veneer from the original neck, I inherited the truss rod notch as well. I've kicked around the idea of filling in the "notch", or just putting a new t-rod cover over the notch. Also thought about adding a note under the fake cover saying something like "made ya look", or whatever. Only thing you are missing, is the truss rod adjustment at the nut. You're good! Be safe and take care!
Huh, why do you think the markers would go concave? I'd figure any pearloid inlay would be humidity-neutral. And I can't think of why the cut-outs would shrink faster than the surface, unless the moisture in the fingerboard wood was disproportionally higher in the middle. Does that sort of thing happen? I mean we're talking about like 2-3 mm of depth -- not much!
Mark, thanks for watching! Afterthought, maybe the markers didn't actually move or change, but rather the wood around it. So rather than the markers sinking, the surrounding wood grew. Swelling up a bit, flattening the radius, causing confusion...typical project stuff. Not sure what voodoo happened. Was just surprised to find all the markers were consistently a few thousands low. All better now. Hope you are doing well. Take care!
ranman, good to hear from you and thanks for watching! We could probably work something out, but timing may be an issue. I'm a bit overbooked at the moment, but if you're in no hurry... I'd like to have the neck and most of the hardware that go with the body too. Would hate to shape a body for you and the neck not fit right, the scale be off, or hardware not fit properly... no good. Also, would you want it hollowed from the front and capped, or from the back? Soooo many options. When the time comes, let me know. Hope you are doing well, take care my friend!
@@theNextProject I'm in no hurry. I hear you on will it fit the neck..? Well, I played a gretche double cutaway hollowbody srreamliner with the broadbucker but it was laminated body. So, basically that. 😆 it was a 1 piece neck through. If it were a 2 piece I wouldn't mind as I do travel. It juat seemed too cheap like if the moisture got to it, it would warp. And how would I actually get a hold of you? Do I join a club? Tee hee hee
A bit of a jump from a hollowed out Strat to a Gretsch Streamliner. I had a single cut Streamliner a few years back. It was really well made. I don't know if the laminated body would be an issue or not, but that's your call. No need to join a club to reach me. Here's my first stage email contact info: thenextproject.info@gmail.com We'll figure out something, talk soon.
Nice touch with blacking out the truss rod wheel cavity. Bravo
phatmanoflove, thanks for watching!
It's the little things that show we care, LOL.
Hope all is well for you.
Be safe and take care!
Love this channel. So glad I found it. Cheers!
Absolutely
Johnny, thanks for watching and glad you ran across this place!
As you may have noticed, I tend to get carried away in my projects, often doing work for no good reason. I'm just that way.
Be safe and take care, see ya again soon!
Norman, many thanks!
Great work there John. The bound headstock will make a huge difference to the look of the guitar.
Brian, good to hear from you and thanks for watchin!
Agree, the binding makes it look a bit more like a keeper.
Hope you are doing well, take care my friend!
Hi John,
great work and great episode! With a lot of sanding and scraping. I love the recessed tuning keys. To attach those, you'll need a thin-walled socket wrench insert. The headstock binding looks gorgeous.
I hope You are fine, take care my friend!
Jens
Jens, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
I thought you might like this one, lots of sanding!
I'm pretty happy with the headstock trim, looking good!
I should have enough room for a standard socket. The recess isn't tight against the washer, room for finish to get in there.
Fingers crossed!
I'm doing pretty good, not getting too excited about anything, just rollin' along.
Hope you and your family are doing well too.
Take care my friend!
John
More very nice work. Regarding attaching binding, I’ve found using sweetened porridge (guess you might call it oat meal?) works a treat. This has three distinct advantages: 1) It’s innate gloopiness fills in any gaps caused by sloppy woodworking ; 2) it provides a half-decent pre-aged patina to the binding material; & 3) It just about tastes good enough to delay any of those pesky mid-project munchies diversions. You’re welcome 😁
Sweetened porridge you say, I like the sound of that! That will be handy for when I get the mid-project munchies, porridge and a pint!
I like the sound of that.
Thanks for watching and the handy binding tip too!
Hope all is going well for you, be safe and take care : )
Your videos are so inspiring. Thank you! I'm thinking of building a guitar myself, and watching your videos gives me the confidence to do it. You've come a long way over the years, and seem to have no fear about trying new things. Your ideas and home-built tools are just amazing. I've been afraid to do any of this myself, but I feel like there's a chance I may be able to do at least some of this!
Curator, thanks for watching!
That's really nice of you to say, I'm glad these projects and videos are inspiring. That is my goal in all this, to offer ideas and a "I'll try that" bit of inspiration.
We all bring our own bag of tricks, and everyone is at a different place, but that's okay. Gotta just get in the pool and start splashing about.
Thanks again for joining me for these projects.
Good luck with your upcoming project(s).
Take care!
Amazing work, really inspiring.
You could round the edges of the binding a bit before put the frets on. It's lot nicer to play and being binding won't round naturally so I think it would be nice for playability.
Great work!!
Morris, thanks for watching!
Agreed! I did "round" or radius the fretboard binding, it follows the shape of the neck mostly. I will then also ease the final top edge of the binding when the frets are in. Smoothing and rounding the spaces between frets.
A bit confusing to discribe, but the binding is shaped to a convex form, like the neck section. The frets installed, filed back which again slightly chamfers the top edge of the binding. The fret ends rounded.. then the binding inbetween frets eased even more.
Whew, that's a lot of stuff.
Hope all is well, be safe and take care my friend!
@@theNextProject wow, such thorough explanation, thanks I understand the process now. Fascinating stuff. I'm used to the poly finish edge being a little rough so I have to do it with the frets on and it's a little messier.
Hope you're well too and thanks again for the response.
Looking good! 👏Greetings from Luleå, Sweden!
Claes, thanks for watching!
Greetings fro Florida, US.
Hope you are doing well, be safe and take care!
Excellent! That is going to be an awesome axe!👌🏼🎸🤘🏼🎸
GearViewMirror, thanks for watchin!
Yes sir, it's gonna be a brut. Now I need to round someone up to give it a sound check. That's a bit in the future, so I've got time.
Be safe and take care!
Nice work, as always.
Sure looked like you were testing that neck repair when strapping the rubber band to the fretboard.
OldManZen, thanks for watchin!
Yep, i gotta pre-stress the neck a little.
Actually, it wasn't much of a bend, about a semi-tone, LOL.
Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
John, you get more impressive with every vlog! And now you have 9K subscribers!!! Way to go ole buddy. Hi Laura ❤️ …… and what’s more, you have 1610 views !!!!!!
Hey Mike, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
I'm surprised by the numbers too. I guess everyone (nearly everyone) is enjoying the projects, videos and the delivery.
I appreciate the kind words, so thank you!
I'll tell Laura Hi, from you. Hope you and Christi are doing well.
Be safe and take care my friend!
love your work kick ass job you did on that epiphone you improved it 100 % they should do this
finaljesus, good to hear from you again and thanks for watching!
I wonder if Epiphone would be allowed to make such a change, maybe Gibson has to "approve" of any/all changes. Hmm, makes me wonder. It would be nice if both Epi and Gibson would take a serious look at the issue and do something about it.
I won't hold my breath.
Hope all is well for you, take care!
WOW! Great job, the neck looks great.
JagStar, thanks for watching!
It's slowing coming together.
I'm going to check out your CNC winder series.
I'm thinking of making a new winder and need all the ideas I can get.
Hope all is well, be safe and take care!
@@theNextProject Thanks. Let me know if you get stuck on anything during the winder build.
Great work as usual John.
Hey David, thanks for watching and the kind words.
More projects coming, be safe and take care!
Lookin great, buddy!
Sean, thanks fore watching!
Hope all is going well for you, take care
@@theNextProject I'm always watching The Next Project...it's like the sign that reads "Free Beer Tomorrow". You just have to keep showing up. LOL! **EDIT** That was not meant to sound like nothing ever gets done around here. That was meant to say the well is always full. Bad analogy I suppose.
LOL, I love that "Free Beer Tomorrow".
All good man, made me laugh = thanks!
Killing it as usual, total inspiration.
musterionsurly, thanks for watchin!
Glad you're diggin' it.
Good luck with your projects!
Wow 😮
That's awesome 👌 👏 👍
Loving these videos!
Keep em coming!
MrR3dW1ng, thanks for watching!
Glad you're enjoying the projects.
I'll try to keep finding things to take apart...and tinker with.
Be safe and take care!
Looking good.
Just how Gibson should have done it from day one.
Sticking your fingers to things, always fun. 🤪🤪🤪
Hey Matt, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
I keep sending Gibson ideas, but they won't respond. I'll keep after them.
Funny how my fingers always get stuck to things. Maybe I don't move fast enough.
Hope you are doing well, be safe out there, take care my friend!
Awesome repair
Norman, thanks for watching!
I checked your channel and you are building some nice stuff, great job!
Take care my friend!
Another great video 👍
Malcom, thanks for watching and greatly appreciate the compliment too!
Beautiful man...👍
Hey Man, thanks for watchin!
It's coming along, happy, happy
Great video, where can you order those rubber bands ? They do seem a lot more fun than clamps😅
Tommy, thanks for watching!
Great question regarding the rubber bands.
They can be found at some Home Depot/Lowes occasionally, or on Amazon.
Look for Appliance Rubber Bands, Moving Rubber Bands, Large Package Rubber Bands...
Lowes 36" bands:
www.lowes.com/pd/Project-Source-Rubber-Bands-3-IN-Large-3PK/5003465919?user=shopping&feed=yes&srsltid=AfmBOorwYRClWG_va9oiX0OOMa1oeqrCWyQdlVJNIoYguxeCFfiWF33op_0
Amazon mixed lengths:
www.amazon.com/Rubber-Bands-Variety-Length-Strength/dp/B07DPXTLXP?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&smid=AJ8UK8AG6ED0R&th=1
The bands I'm using are ± 48" as a loop, cut they are around 90-ish.
If you know anyone who works at a printing company, ask them if they have any rubber bands off of their press printing plates. That's where i get them.
StewMac also sells them...a pack of 5 for $21.
Hope this helps.
Great idea to compensate for the thicker head stock. Are you gonna paint the raw wood black from the forcner bit? You've basically got better than a Gibson now. Also love the adjustment at the heel. Much easier.
Paul, thanks for watchin!
Yep, I'm going to black out the recessed wells, that'll make the chrome standout and kinda hide the recess. It will be a surprise when people notice it.
Sneaky, hehe.
I'm hoping this will be a great neck for this guitar.
Take care!
That is looking great! The recessed tuners solved that problem quite nice. With the tuners recessed that much, it should create a touch more of a lower angle of the strings going from the nut to tuners, right? That isn’t a bad thing.
Hope that “Beer-thirty” was enjoyable. What do you take with your pretzel? Mustard? Cheese? Both? No additions, naked and salted as the Good Lord made it?
Love the videos and are always the highlight of my day!
Tim, good to hear from you my friend and thanks for watching!
I've done the recess tuner thing a couple times now, I actually like the look and it was a perfect solution for this neck - win-win!
I think you are right with the slight string angle increase too. Since I flattened the angle roughly 4˚ from factory, this should be a little help for the break angle.
Beer-thirty is always enjoyable. Ah, I like the big soft heavily salted pretzels with a spicy mustard. Cheese is good too, but it seems to always cool off to quickly. Maybe I eat to slow, that could be the issue. One place I get my beer and pretzel fix, had a custom cheese-mix spread. Kinda spicy, creamy and way good flavor. I may have to go back there now, I'm suddenly hungry, LOL.
Always good to here from you my friend and glad you are enjoying the projects. Thanks for joining me.
Be safe and take care!
I tell you the reason you have used acetone for the headstock-binding: because the Gibson-guys use acetone, too. (But then again, why did you use CA for die fretboard-binding?)
One thing I've seen in a Trogly-video a few days ago: the way the headstock-binding goes under the fretboard-binding in an angle on the first fret is like on an Epiphone-LP-Custom!
Achim, good to hear from you!
I try to copy what Gibbies are doing as often as possible. I even started with a broken guitar. I'm a company loyalist for sure!
Yep, I've tucked the headstock binding right under the fingerboard biding too. Looks a bit better on the top side than on the bottom, I'll have to do a little clean-up/touch-up on the bottom.
Hope you doing well my friend, be safe and take care!
Outstanding work! I’m probably late to the party, but why the spoke wheel truss rod adjustment as opposed to the headstock?
Pete, go back in time and watch all the videos, LOL.
Just kiddin'.
This is the second Epi LP I've now worked on with nearly identical neck breaks. Made me think there is more to the issue than just the headstock angle.
The combination of neck angle, a large percent of the neck being routed away below the nut for the truss rod, and weak lumber choice gave me the oppertunity to rethink the neck construction.
By moving the truss rod adjustment to the heel of the neck, the neck is 100% solid below the nut, should be more stable.
The wheel adjustment offers easy access when things need a tweak too.
Hoping it will be a win/win for this guitar.
I need to get a new truss rod cover, not sure what it should say.
I was thinking about printing something underneath the cover for those who may look, maybe "made you look" or something goofy.
Good question and thanks for watching!
Amazing work. I am curious though why you still have headstock truss rod access when you opted for a heel-end spoke wheel? Am I missing something?
Either way it looks amazing
Brian, thanks for watching!
Great question, and the answer is really just because the original neck/headstock had that notch cut into the headstock logo veneer by the factory.
When I shaved the logo veneer from the original neck, I inherited the truss rod notch as well.
I've kicked around the idea of filling in the "notch", or just putting a new t-rod cover over the notch. Also thought about adding a note under the fake cover saying something like "made ya look", or whatever.
Only thing you are missing, is the truss rod adjustment at the nut.
You're good!
Be safe and take care!
Huh, why do you think the markers would go concave? I'd figure any pearloid inlay would be humidity-neutral. And I can't think of why the cut-outs would shrink faster than the surface, unless the moisture in the fingerboard wood was disproportionally higher in the middle. Does that sort of thing happen? I mean we're talking about like 2-3 mm of depth -- not much!
Mark, thanks for watching!
Afterthought, maybe the markers didn't actually move or change, but rather the wood around it. So rather than the markers sinking, the surrounding wood grew. Swelling up a bit, flattening the radius, causing confusion...typical project stuff.
Not sure what voodoo happened.
Was just surprised to find all the markers were consistently a few thousands low. All better now.
Hope you are doing well.
Take care!
@@theNextProject Aha, that's "swell", as it were! 😹
Great job! If i sent you a body blank, could you make me a hollowbody? Super Strat like a hollow strat. Hope you're doing well also my friend.
ranman, good to hear from you and thanks for watching!
We could probably work something out, but timing may be an issue.
I'm a bit overbooked at the moment, but if you're in no hurry...
I'd like to have the neck and most of the hardware that go with the body too. Would hate to shape a body for you and the neck not fit right, the scale be off, or hardware not fit properly... no good.
Also, would you want it hollowed from the front and capped, or from the back? Soooo many options.
When the time comes, let me know.
Hope you are doing well, take care my friend!
@@theNextProject I'm in no hurry. I hear you on will it fit the neck..? Well, I played a gretche double cutaway hollowbody srreamliner with the broadbucker but it was laminated body. So, basically that. 😆 it was a 1 piece neck through. If it were a 2 piece I wouldn't mind as I do travel. It juat seemed too cheap like if the moisture got to it, it would warp. And how would I actually get a hold of you? Do I join a club? Tee hee hee
@@theNextProject , or I could buy the guitar and send it to you and you try to pit a new, real, body on it? I like everything about it but the lam.
A bit of a jump from a hollowed out Strat to a Gretsch Streamliner.
I had a single cut Streamliner a few years back. It was really well made. I don't know if the laminated body would be an issue or not, but that's your call.
No need to join a club to reach me. Here's my first stage email contact info:
thenextproject.info@gmail.com
We'll figure out something, talk soon.