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Curtis P

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  1. every guitar i have oned, even trem equipped strat, i always took all the strings off, cleaned the fret board good and then strung up with new strings, i never had a tuning problem what so ever... Curtis
  2. A Les Paul has 4 knobs al together, 2 volume, 2 tone, the first volume and tone are used with the switch in the Treble poistion, the second volume and tone are used in the Rhythm postion Hope that helps Curtis
  3. wow, that is awesome looking Matt!! Curtis
  4. I use boomers on almost everything i own, i tried a set of d'addarios, they were ok, but i find i get a heavier sound out of the GHS's Curtis
  5. heres mine, not sure if thats ok or not, it fits on my screen fine but i have a big monitor Curtis
  6. wow, that was only 2 clamps.... hope you got a good glue line.... Curtis
  7. You can actually buy a spray on textured paint, i will be using it on some non guitar related projects so i will let you know how it turns out There are lots of spray on, textured paints that are real cool, and really easy to work with, heres a few ideas on what to look for: Make it Stone! (a paint that when applied correctly makes the object look like stone, works pretty good, kinda runny though...) Tremclad (??) Textured Paint (i think its Tremclad, not quite sure) I used this once, and i had mediocre resaults (spelling?) other then that, i cant complain for a 10 dollar can of spray paint Curtis
  8. cherry has almost similar tonal properties to maple, i made a guitar out of black cherry, a RRV, the sound was OK, but mind you, i botched my scale length, so it wasnt right at all. Good luck with the project, heres what was brought up when i typed "cherry" in the search engine on this board (located on the top right hand corner of the page) http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...highlite=cherry Curtis
  9. i second that, when i was thinking of building a guitar a few years ago, i took a pad of paper, a pencil and a tailors tape, and played a few guitars, mesured the waist, horns, butt, that kinda stuff, wrote it all down, sometimes i would do a little sketch of the stuff and go from there.... Good luck with it Curtis
  10. what? Wes, this is like, the saddest thing i have heard, like the above mentioned, fudge... Well, so long Wes, hopefully when i come to texas next summer i will get to meet you Curtis
  11. please do, if it looks good in those low quality pics, i am sure the high quality pics will make it look better then any 1000 dollar guitar on the market Curtis
  12. i love it, if it had a darker fingerboard, but not ebony dark, it would be a perfect axe for me, what kinda trem is that? the pictures arent that great, so its hard to tell Great looking axe Curtis
  13. drill the hole slightly larger in diameter, get a peice of dowel that fits snug (like, REALLY snug) and glue it in there really, i mean REALLY good, let it sit for a few hours (or 24) then, do a pilot hole and screw on your schaller strap lock Curtis
  14. When you say 'thin' do you mean 'narrow' as it's 16mm thick, which is about right - well from what i've read anyway ;-) ← Yes, i mean narrow, i would mock up with tuners like suggested, you might have to cut, joint, and give that headstock some fatness to it!! Good progress though, really neat project Curtis
  15. basswood, cherry, maple, ash, mahogany, all that stuff is good if you can get it at your school.... Curtis
  16. thats a pretty thin headstock, but its cool none the less Curtis
  17. Even those cheapy strap locks you can get for like 2 bucks work pretty good http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/cur.../NewGuitar7.jpg Cheapy strap lock up there ^^^ but it dont let the strap come off at all!! i like the design, the headstock could use a bit of a diet, little too wide for my liking, but its your guitar!! Curtis
  18. Hey Matt do you get much tear out when routing the ash?? looking great (as usual) Curtis
  19. you shouldnt have to use oak dowel inserts to make it stronger, it looks like you have a pretty good line there already (no gaps) just use a good amount of glue and LOTS of clamps and let her dry for a good period of time and boom, your set with a body Curtis
  20. there is a curvature on the neck, when you sand off part of then pain, so, only part of the nect, your changing the curvature, or the radius Curtis
  21. so, you basicly sanded all the paint off except for those shark fins, so, the radius is really far out now? Curtis
  22. i cant see new pictures?!?!?!?! Curtis Edit, got them working now, dang does that thing look SWEET!! great job! Sound clips?? Curtis
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