LoneWolf121188

***...apparently there was an error in my class schedule, and the only way to work around it was to drop woodworking , so now i cant build my guitar for A WHOLE YEAR!!! ARRRRGGGG!!!!! But I WILL build it next year, so... anekretia, thanks for the offer, but even if i was in the class, i wouldn't have taken it, as I want to build the body myself (thats kinda the whole point of a project guitar, right? ), although what I was really looking for was someone to design a neck for me... Ive seen your site before, and I cant honestly say I like the designs on the top (maybe the EXcaliber...although it looks like i could break it apart with my bare hands...its too skinny), but the bottom one looks absolutly amazing...the picture thats third from the left, middle row, is that what it looks like from the top? for some reason, the bottom 2 pics look stunning, but that one looks all weird and misshapen...porportions are off or something... could you send me a pic of that bottom one from the top down (higher res, if you will...)? i would like to try and use that as a launching point, expand on it, etc. if you like, i can send you my final design to make sure theres no problem with me stealing your ideas or anything. [EDIT] oh yeah, I'll probably be doing a bolt on, I heard they were easyer...I know the neck throughs have more sustain and such, but im not that picky with the sound, more the shape and the looks. Oh, and did I see that you recessed the knob and the bridge in the body of the bottom one anekretia? that looks very nice [/EDIT]

I need a guitar body design that will make a BC Rich look tame...I was thinking of a symetrical double sided battle axe, but then I saw the Moser Custom Shop and really liked some of their work, especially the Morpheus ( here ), so now im thinking somewhere along the lines of a spider crossed with a strat...Im at a loss for ideas...if someone could hook me up with some pics to work off of, that would be awesome. also, this will be my first, and any advice would be great. Ive got a whole year to work on it if I need to, so time isn't a concern. I also need to buy a neck someplace...I REALLY like the IBZ wizard prestige necks, Ive got a 7 string prestige and it is amazing, so someplace that could do a similar one in 6 string for not a lot of money...If time allows, I may end up putting LEDs under all the fret markers, something I really want to do. Thanks!!!

I read in the paper this morning that Les Paul is turning 89 today. Thats 89 years of inspiring musicians all over the world. Thanks Mr. Paul for contributing so much the the world of guitarists. Let's hope he's still got a few more in him. Not that he'll read this

anyone else? Im looking for premading routing templates and a neck that I can just drag and drop onto my body.

Here's my reasoning: the vibrating part of a guitar string touches anything in two places: the bridge and the nut or a fret. Pickups then amplify the magnetic vibrations of the metal string into audible sound. So how does body/neck/fingerboard wood (which does not have a magnetic field, last I checked , or if it does, a VERY miniscule one) affect the tone at all??? I read a forum post on the jemsite boards about how one of the jems was switching to a rosewood fingerboard from ebony, and everyone was like "whoa, thats gonna change everything!!!" Im confused...

i got autoCAD 05, it looks pretty cool...tried out some small things with it, looks like the learning curve will be a little steep . Can anyone point me in the right direction, as to tutorials, templates, etc? I need 3d routing templates for a dimarzio humbucker, fixed bridge, neck, etc. Basicly everything but the body (my own design).

I was thinking about doing a CAD for my upcomming guitar, but have no idea to start, in terms of software and how to use it. Getting software isn't a problem, so whats the BEST CAD software thats not overly complicated (I'm a self-proclaimed computer geek, so what i consider complicated is higher up on the scale than what others may consider complicated ) and is widely used (so when i run into problems, i can get help from a lot of ppl...yes, i said when, not if )?

sweet, ill be looking forward to those pics. my problem is that I wanted to do front dots..routing strait up into the dot inlays is gonna be fun, not to mention dealing with the truss rod...

how'd you do the fibers? last I heard, you were still trying to figure out how to do it. any tips there? I'm liking the idea for fiber better, as it would be easyer for the electronics part. Ive got a whole year to do it (2 semesters of woodshop class if I need it), so i can take my time. any pics?

dave, any comments to my last post at the top of this page? hows the guitar comming? got any new pics?

read this whole thread and this one (the end of it, anyway).

pic tease... ...in other words, post some pics!!!

a quick search on google, and nothing... thinner fibers are much more bendable than thicker ones, right? what if, instead of having 12 fibers run down the neck, you had, say, 120 really really thin ones. would that help?

Im not planning on using a neck pup, so that may help me in my case. its cheaper and easyer to do it that way neway. I could put the lights where the pup would go, and that would give me a strait shot at the neck...what do you think? what do you need connectors for? if you route the channels, bolt the neck, add the fibers, THEN put the fretboard on...i have a feeling thats gonna cause problems later in the construction... how do you end the fiber? glue it to the inlay dot? [edit] are you talking about front or side dots here? cuz im talking about front...[/edit]

with fiber, wouldn't you need 12 fibers (one for each dot) running down the neck? that would take up a lot of room in that tiny neck (dont forget the truss rod). Sudden idea : couldn't you route channels in the neck twice or 3x the depth of one fiber? then you could stack the fibers on top of each other. Is the hard part the light box or the fibers? would you need one LED per fiber or could you do multiple fibers per LED?