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Hey Akula, Have you tried a Vox Valvtronix? Probably a lot more bang for your buck than a Valvestate.

I dig everything about the design except for the headstock, it looks like a startled bird. Change that, do the build and I will have serious guitar envy

Great idea, I do like the threads that take you through every aspect of the design and construction of a guitar.

I made my first guitar body (I used a premade neck), just from reading stuff on this site. its the one on the left, it came out great, I love it. I read Melvyn Hiscock's book after that, and I found it really helpful. Still I used pauliemc's technique for shaping the neck on my second guitar though Must be about time for me to make another one

Lots of good beginner books out there that teach music theory, scales, chords etc, here's an example, http://www.guitarteachingbooks.co.uk/gfe1.html

Got to ask, why did you buy it?

Looking great, love the clamps.

What a great project, I am keeping my eye out for one of those babies

Love them, do you know what brand they are Tim? Are you going to make the one on the left playable again?

Fantastic, an Iceman extravaganza coming up, I'd love to have a go on an Iceman ancestor at some time.

I think it is a horses for courses thing, I have a different outlook, I love oversize guitars, I am not a small guy and a lot of standard size guitars feel like toys to me. I had a look at the website and the bodies look great, good shapes, lovely colours, what was wrong with yours? was it just the size?

Just put the calipers on it, it's 41 mm close to the neck, hey if you have the timber glued up in the neck I want to see your thread in the In Progress section soon

Here you go you should be able to work everything out now

Heya Doug, Just saw this, I'll post those stats to you soon, and in beer economics that will be two beers you owe me

Sounds fantastic, another cool Iceman coming up, woot

Cool, yep, that's it exactly, the thickness of the binding gives you a good indication, it's 12 mm at the upper bout close to the neck and 6 mm thick at all the extremities. Rock and Roll

One last side shot and one of the back so you can see the tummy tuck Good luck with your build, can't wait to see it take shape. The Iceman shape sure gets a lot of attention, and is so comfy to play.

Yep, here are some side on shots The original case fell to bits, it fits perfectly into a jazz bass case

Got to replace the pickup bolts on the bridge pup, only had chrome when I put it in, got some spares for the box I love the binding on this Paul Newly covered Ibanez Super 70 vintage pickup in the neck posi That makes all the gold hardware uniform colour Now I have to take pics of my Iceman carved top so Dave B can get his project happening. I'm looking forward to seeing that get going

Router on rails, flattens it down in no time

Yep, you can see one on this post My link I'll post a side on shot later so you can see the carve profile, yes it is much more subtle than a Les Paul, but looks so much better than a flat top Iceman.

If you need to change a pickup cover you can learn from my mistake, do not try and desolder it off, the cover heats up and does strange things to the coating colour. This is the neck pick up on my new guitar. Second time around I used a one edge razor blade and rocked it back and forward on the solder clips, this broke the join quickly and easily. I used the pole screws from the Epiphone pickup and put them in the Ibanez pup. And bought some Allparts covers.

That is exactly right, the quality of the speakers is just as important as that of the guitar and the amp. I have been told that the modern Marshall cabs have Chinese speakers in them, I don't know if that is correct. The speakers in my cab are Celestions, my amp head is the only bit of gear that I have ever bought new, I love the vintage stuff, my cab is from the 80s. Isn't great to have that much gain on hand, what I like about the Mode 4 is the flexibility in sound, you can get classic Marshall tones but also more modern tones that suit downtuned guitars. Rock and Roll

Glad you like it, I always wanted a green quilted Js with gold hardware. Ibanez wont get off their asses & build it so an AEolian it is. when I get time to finish the back panel I might GOTM this one. Not a bad delay pedal are they. I have one into the effects loop with a chorus, & another between the guitar & amp. makes for some realy dirty sounds when they are both on. Thats my rig in the workshop for customers to check out their guitars. overkill, but screw it That is a good idea to have such a cool amp for your customers to try out their new guitars on. I love the MF350 I had a go on one at a guitar show a while back, great articulation and sustain. Here's my amp, I connect the delay pedal into the effects loop and switch it in and out using the amps footswitch pedalboard. Every now and again I think I could plug in a multi effects and control that and the amp by midi, but then I think, nah I just couldn't be $%^#ed

OK I have guitar envy, the green quilt goes so great with the gold hardware, in fact everything works on this one. Hey I have the same delay pedal