ApolloSpeed

chinese neck or not the guitar f-ing rocks! are you using a drum machine or is that a band? just curious... yes, I programmed the drums. I will also be posting a clean guitar clip too.....after I build the revised version guitar.

Sorry I'm just now getting back.... I used rubber o-rings for insulators...hahah! I got a website for the guitars here.... www.660guitars.com There is an audio clip and pics....the pics are a little dated, as my next revision has some very small changes. But these pics are still VERY close. I made with a CNC and used T6061 alumium. THANKS! Drew my god.. what a beautiful guitar and playing.. very metal.. very Slipknot-ish... how much was it for the T6061? Thanks! The aluminum is about $100 per 12"x18"x1" block. Yeah the clip is real basic, just an SM57 on a vintage 30 speaker running a 5150 amp. No trick studio stuff. Just raw tone!! My revised guitars will feature custom Warmoth necks.....far better than the cheapy Ibanez chinese neck that was used on the recording.

Sorry I'm just now getting back.... I used rubber o-rings for insulators...hahah! I got a website for the guitars here.... www.660guitars.com There is an audio clip and pics....the pics are a little dated, as my next revision has some very small changes. But these pics are still VERY close. I made with a CNC and used T6061 alumium. THANKS! Drew

Well good news guys...... My ground problems are fixed.... I guess the isolating the volume pot was the winner. thanks for everyones help!

what are the differences in symtoms of ground loops verses not a good ground at all ??

yes the pickup is mounted to the aluminum with screws into the dogears, so it's grounded. So you think I might have a ground loop huh? Currently I don't have a ground wire from the vol. case to the bridge, but I don't need one right? I should just insulate my vol. pot from the aluminum body, and then I should ok?

I will the backing off it and see what happends, and I could check the continuity..... I know it is not the amp.....cause my ibanez is fine through it. I also have a spare emg81 laying around too.....I could try that and see if there is any difference.

There is no pickguard. Everything is back routed. The volume pot and pickup and bridge are mounted directly to the aluminum body. I'm using this Hipshot babygrand bridge...... I currently have the red/white JB wired taped together. The JB green/braided wires soldered to the volume case. The black to the left volume leg. The input jack to the center leg. And a ground from the volume case to the input jack. And the right leg is grounded to the case as well. Anything else I should do, or undo ?

Hey guys, I just completed my project solid aluminum body guitar. It really sounds pretty good too. I'm using a Duncan JB, one 500k volume, and that's it. Pretty simple setup. But I think I might need some grounding advice. The guitar sounds good on a low watt combo amp. But when using my 5150 halfstack. It has a harsh squel when you mute the strings. Even with a BOSS NS2 inline. My question is, do i need some special shielding or a special grounding technique when having a guitar body made outta aluminum ? thanks,