GuitarGoat

Hey everyone, It's been a while since I've been here but here I am. I've got my video for the Dean Guitars Shredder Search in, and I've been doing pretty good but lately I haven't been able to get many votes. I was up in the top 5 for a while. If anyone could spare some good ratings on me here it would be very much appreciated. Check out my guitar I made in my video too Link Jake

Alright guys, so I'm planning out my next project, which is going to be a JCM800 Clone (thanks Jason aka wwwdotcomdotnet) but I'm not sure about a few things. I've been looking at this schematic: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...mp;showforum=16 But I want to put an effects loop in it. I've done some searches but can't seem to find much. And I'm not really sure where to throw it in the schematic there. Any help would be appreciated unless it's telling me I've got a lot of research to do Thanks Jake

It's a scarf joint. I'll try to get a close up soon.

If you want a tremolo, a recessed Floyd Rose would work too.

I just cut the fingerboard so that the binding can be installed! It took me a little while to get to that, but I've got most of the parts now too, so hopefully I'll be able to get it going again. I'll try to get pictures up soon!

I vote for the Super-Strat or the Rhoads with Alexi cut. I made a Super-Strat and that thing has unlimited upper fret access. I just took the strat body design and cut the cutaways deeper. I almost cry when I play my old Kramer now because it has two less frets that are harder to reach. Even the Jems I've played don't have as good of access as mine (mine's a neck-thru by the way). I think that is the way to go. Best of luck, hope this helps at least a little.

Well yea, you can use it with either, but I'm putting the switch on so that if the battery runs out, I can flip the switch and still use the guitar without the Afterburner.

There's a bad shot of the neck and headstock There's the body with some of the hardware on it. Xanthus, I'm not sure if the Afterburner needs the switch to take it out of the circuit. I wish my pickups weren't active on my other guitar so I could test it...

I've been working on this beast for a little while now. The specs are going to be: Maple Neck-thru Neck - 10 degree headstock angle Bound Ebony fretboard - 22 frets Maple Body wings Seymour Duncan Dimebucker Bridge Pickup Dimarzio Evolution Black/White Neck Pickup Floyd Rose II double locking bridge from Kramer 610 Dot Inlays Individual Pickup Volumes and Tones Master Volume EMG Afterburner Switches for Series/Coil Split/Parallel on each pickup Killswitch Active/Passive Switch (Takes Afterburner out of circuit) I think that's about it. I'll get some progress pics up here once their loaded on my computer. Any suggestions or opinions would be great.

Ok, I'll probably decide to bind the fingerboard before attaching it to the neck. Sorry to disappoint you, but I've already built another guitar

I'm making an ML style guitar and want to bind the neck, headstock and body. How should I set up the neck so it's perfectly straight so I can use a pattern bit with the bearing on the end of the bit to cut the rabbet? I don't think hand planing it will get it totally straight and I don't want there to be a wave in the binding. Could I get a straight edge and use a pattern router bit with the bearing closer to the shaft to get the edge straight? Either that or use a jointer-planer for most of the length and use a hand plane the rest of the way. I'm not sure here. Please help. Thanks

Yea I was wondering if they made piezo saddles for a Floyd. I haven't really seen any but I'd be real interested. Anyone?

Alright I'll have to check that site out. Thanks a lot.

Hey guys, This thread has really caught my interest. I would also like to build an amp but don't know where to start really. I play mostly heavy metal but also classic rock kinda stuff. I was looking at a Marshall JCM800. I found the schematic and everything from the other thread about building an amp and it looks pretty cool. I'm just thinking about adding in an effects loop maybe... Anyways, couldn't sb guitars here just build an amp he finds to his liking and throw in an effects loop for his effects? Wouldn't that be the way to go? Jake

Haha too bad 16 year olds can't give cabinet makers beer... O well though, I need to concentrate on this ML anyway, can't get distracted