hy_dro66

At our shop we charge retail for all pickups and install them for free if you buy them from us(if you didn't buy them from us we charge our minimum shop rate which is 37.50 total). It takes about 20 minutes to install them. I would not pay 100 dollars to have someone install pickups. Rip OFF

Gorilla Glue works great. I use it to laminate necks and bodies. I use titebond on fret boards and headcaps. I know a highly regarded acoustic builder that uses gorilla glue on almost everything. You can get both at home depot if your itching to get it glued up right away.

I was trained by great luthiers while building my first electric and first acoustic guitar. This saved lots of stupid mistakes and so forth. The third guitar I built came out close to exactly how I wanted it. I have 6 more in the works(a few are barely started). I've found that making jigs has eliminated hours and hours of hand sanding. I've also learned that making a full size drawing of your instrument helps tons. Everyone finds their groove eventually and I think that after you finish your second you will begin finding it. The idea of building a guitar seems very simple, however, we all know from experience how many little factors pop up when you actually go through the process.

I can't say the exact measurement for those but your average guitar (electric guitar) headstock is about .562 inches(18/32").

I'm not that suprised...because the last three bands I've been in, the drummer was the cause of all the issues. Also singers are just a pain to deal with most of the time(although the singer I have now is a great dude and doesn't cause trouble). Welcome to the wonderful world of "playing in a band". That does suck though. What a jerk.

Gregg Howe SRV Buzz Feiten Frank Gambale Van Halen Mark Knopfler Prince John Scofield Joe Satriani Vic Wooten

In what way is it too thin?

Pulling the frets is fairly painless. I use a soldering iron and fret pullers(go to sears and get a small pair of end cutters and grind them so the end is flat). They work great and you can go get new ones if you mess up the grinding process because they're craftsman.

Thanks guys. That's interesting. I'll definatly take what you said into consideration as I'm developing my basic design. I'm just making sure I get what your saying. If I build a guitar with the braces at a flatter radius than the top, in a few years the guitar will actually be less responsive than if I would have just used the same radius on the braces as the radius on the top? If that is what your saying than I'd like to sit down with the people who taught me how to build and find out where they're coming from. Thanks again.

I vote Greg Howe.

huh huh

Hey derek, sounds good. You don't have to brag either. Your playing speaks for itself.

That's great Boggs. I like it.

Looks good cro. Keep it up.

Basically what you said so far is true. The scale length is not the actual measurement to the bridge saddles. What you want is the high e string saddle to be able to adjust about 1/16" back from the scale length and the low e saddle to adjust about 3/16" or 7/32" back from the scale length. How I center a bridge is by placing some low tac tape on the guitar body so I can easliy mark with a pencil. Next I measure out the scale length and mark the tape. Then to find the centerline I run the straightedge down one side of the fingerboard and mark a line. I repeat that for the other side. Now you can measure the distance between the two lines and find center. Since you used the neck to find center you should be perfect. I left some common sense stuff out like, when you are marking scale length measure at two places so you can make a straight acurate line. Same with finding the center. Measure two spots and find the center both places then you can use a straightedge to connect the dots. When drilling through the body, you can use a drill press or hand drill(need a steady hand) and a template for drilling the holes for the ferrules in the back of the guitar. If you make a template that has six holes in a perfect line then you can have the holes be a little crooked coming through and it won't matter because the ferrules will be straight.