JohnnyG Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 I have finally been able to send off the cheque for all the hardware im buying for my project guitar. the guy emailed me to say he's got it and everything should be with me sometime next week for those who dont remember, im making a strat copy by buying stuff mainlly off ebay. neck is a jim deacon and the body is a 3 piece alder squier face of headstock and entirety of body have been repainted and lacquered (tho lacquer coat isnt that great and there are a few sand throughs in the painting) the hardware is going to be entirelly black and im cutting a custom pickgaurd on the laser cad we have here at my school i'll also be putting some sort of a booster into it as well controlled by a switch on the pickgaurd i'll put pictures up when its done but i probablly wont enter it into GOTM since its just not goodenough lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Lucky dog you have a laser CAD at school? I know where I'd be hangin out most of the time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Ive got a full cad suite (spelling?) at my school. CNC routers, lazer cutters etc etc...its awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 If you're talking about preamp type things when you say booster, you may want to look at the EMG website, in the Accessories section. If not, nevermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted April 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 We have a laser cad that can cut out 2D shapes in different plastics and we also have a CAD engraver that cuts out printed circuit boards. i actually spend more time playing with the latter. its so nice being able to make sweet circuit boards Spirit, yes i am thinking of a pre-amp styleethang wjem i say booster tho im going to build it myself. after all. if i can make my own custom pre-amp to my spec then whats the point in paying for it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skibum5545 Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 we have a jewelry shop.... I guess I could do sterling silver pickguards and backplates.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Any chance of a preamp making tutorial? Or a link to a relevant thread or site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Headen Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 I need to move to a big city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted April 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 http://my.integritynet.com.au/purdic/ look about a third of the way down the page on the left hand side and you will see a set of tutorials on transistor amplifier design. the first two are the most useful imho since after that he goes off and talks about how to design it for radio frequencies. but the one explaining how to bias the transistor and then how to use emitter degeneration to lessen the gain is very useful. lots of sites have schematics and tutorials for making boosters. go to www.generalguitargadgets.com and look under the section called Boosters, also go to other sites in their links section hope thats useful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbkim Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 http://my.integritynet.com.au/purdic/ Whoa! That guy's got something against Opera users. top.location.replace("http://www.opera.com/buy/?do_not_use_Google_AdSense_at_my_site") alert ("Please Register Your Opera Browser") Or at least the ad supported version of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 my school has a laser cutter, i can make stainles pickgaurds on it!! i might do that for my Washburn Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyG Posted April 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 unfortunatelly ours cant cut metal. if it could id be having a bloody field day lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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