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Personally, I like a 5 pound sledge and a dull 1.5" chisel, LOL Ok, in all seriousness, there are a few bits I like to use, the first ones are from Stewart Macdonald and work pretty good, they are a carbide (NOT, they say they are but they're high speed steel) inlay bit, you can get a few different sizes, I like the 1/32" diameter bits, you'll go through about 4 on an ebony board to do one vine, but they are dirt cheap. They kind of suck on maple or rosewood because they leave a fuzzy edge on the top of the route which makes it tougher to see your line. Next choice is fluted end mills, Stewart Macdonald also sells these, but calls them Carbide downcut inlay bits, (these are just high speed steel too, liars LOL) but they are pricey, you can get better quality and actual Carbide bits from most machine shop suppliers, order with a reverse flute and it pushes the cut rather than raises it, this leaves a cleaner edge which makes it easier to view your line. you can also get double ended ones from machine shop suppliers. a good supplier of machine tools is Travers tool company out of New Jersey, with 1/32" end mills with 1/8" shanks ranging from about $11 to $25 depending on what coatings you get, Carbides, TICN's etc.

I'm not sure how to vote, some days it's great, others I can't even get into the forum. For the most part it's quick though, so I'll average it and call it normal.

because getting tubes of dunlop fretwire in this piss ass city is near impossible, and I haven't bothered to look into ordering it out of the US yet LOL

Just thought I'd share some pics of the newest inlay from LGM, yes, frets 23 and 24 are still missing LOL Dunlop got me again!

I'll get a price for shipping on monday and email you with all the prices.

I have a stripped 550 body if you're interested in just that. I also have a 560 (?) body that brian did the jem mods to, it's rear routed, if you are interested in that. Jeremy

damn dude, I could fail a urine test, tell me we havea couple weeks

Over time purple heart, even under a finish goes almost black. The purple heart strip I put in Chrissy's acoustic last Christmas isn't the bright purple it used to be anymore

LOL

you can, but, if I was you, I'd take a dremel with a small carving bit and just grind out the paint first, then you know for sure.

don't use wood putty at all. Just get a GOOD grade of Bondo, don't actually get bondo, there is a really good product called thin ice, it words amazingly well, and doesn't shrink like bondo does.

if it's an enamel, try to find a clear coat by the SAME manufacturer, in an enamel, enamel's are fricken weird paints. They are notorius for reacting with other paints and never drying, always remaining a sticky gooey mess.

and spray your first coats on very light, it reduces your chances of having a paint incompatibility

That looks very nice, and although I'm not a fan of the shape that much, I must give full points to the builder for using purple heart!!!!! I used some for the backstrip in my acoustic I built for Chrissy, and that was the crappiest wood I've ever used!!!!!!!! I have NEVER used a harder wood, so my hat is off you to sir, very nicely done!

that's why they are carved top, the top is not just a veneer, you couldn't really put a veneer on a PRS top unfortunately.

Not always the cheapest option for everyone Or even a plausible option for some of us I WANNA LIVE IN THE US!!!!!!!!

another hint, warm some water on the stove to about 75degrees F. place the bottom of the can in about 1.5" of water and let it sit for a few minutes, it just warms the paint to room temp and it will spray and level a lot nicer.

Hello, LGM Guitars is offering their holiday special to members of Project guitar ONLY!!!! For a limited time, LGM Guitars will do an Ibanez Jem style vine in synthetic shell ONLY for $375USD (including refret with dunlop frets of your choice). Orders will be taken up until Dec 31, 2002. Neck inlays will take approximately 3 weeks to be completed. Work will not be started until Jan 10, as I will be away, so you don't need to ship your neck right away if you don't want to, but they will be completed by the end of January. Deposit of 50% will be required with your order, with remaining balance paid upon completion of neck. Return shipping is covered by LGM Guitars within North America. Thank you for looking, and have a happy holiday season!!!!!!!

Dave, usually the easiest place to try is a shop that does Bumper Chroming. I had a couple motorcycle fenders that I needed De-chromed so I could paint them. It only cost me $12 to get the fenders De-chromed, rechroming would have been a bit more money, but if you can get your parts thrown into an order they are already doing, you may be able to get it done fairly cheap. Also, check with local restoration museums, or body shops, they may know of another source for you

hard to say really, not all 24 fret guitars have an extended fingerboard. What kind of body is it? If it's an Ibanez body it wouldn't be hard to tell, Each neck is different. But, typically, you will find that, if it is an Ibanez RG body, it will be 24, Radius or sabre, 22. Fender body, usually 22, sometimes 21 etc.

Yup, I remembered the black back and sides kinda scatterbrained at the moment, i've been spraying paint

acetone? it won't remove scratches which is what causes the dull finish here, Dave, I'm looking into the PPG as well, what I need to know from you is this, the true "chrome illusion" is from DuPont, and has 7 different color changes in the paint. The PPG Harlequin is typically only a 3 color change withing that color spectrum, ei: blue purple green. Purple, red orange. That would be a better idea............. Jeremy Edited for sales content-Project Guitar

elementary my dear watson, with CNC milling machines, you can create any compound radius you want, they simply use a (usually 1/8") straight bit and a 3D milling program. The bit cuts literally hundreds of passes, then all that is required when completed is a couple swipes with sandpaper and you're done, I had to do this in the metal shop on aluminum parts a few times. Any mass production shop has CNC equipment, and a compound radius board probably takes about 1 and a half minutes in a high speed machining center to produce, if you consider probably 1 minute part change, that equals 192 fretboard a day based on 8 hours, but I know most of those companies run shifts Really, it's not so hard to understand when you consider the back of every neck we have is a compound radius from nut to heel, and those are all done on CNC machines.

LGM is just me one guy hehehe. The micro mesh is expensive, but it is useful for polishing out scratches and all kinds of stuff in your guitar too. Send me your pickup, I'll polish it out for nothing for ya

Micro mess polishing paper from stew mac will do it, you start with the 1500 and move up to the 12000, they'll shine like new!