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I was about to say, pitch pine is a lot like poplar tonally, and will weigh not too much. Also, you could get white ash and chamber it for a really nice tone; I'm pretty sure that's how they do tele thinlines.

What these need now is some sexy, curvaceous beveling around the sides. Cool designs as is, but they need a little extra "pop" before they'll be awesome--but the potential is there!!

Whoa, man. That top makes me dizzy just looking at it! Actually, the layout with the burl and the flame reminds me a lot of a blue tele you did a while back. Coincidence, or is there a connection here? This one, I believe, but the thread has no pictures, and it appears you WOD'ed this one anyway.

Well, that's a tricky one. If you wax it, then there's no way in hell you'll ever get a solid, waterbase finish over it. Is danish oil like Watco? If so, you have to let it dry for a month or two before it'll even think of accepting a waterbased finish. Even then, it's probably smart to lay down a couple coats of shellac on top of it, because IIRC shellac is compatible with both oil and water based finishes, and acts as sort of a buffer. Again, wait for confirmation on this; this is what I seem to recall when researching this topic, but I've never done it in reality.

Loookin good so far! Didn't mean to come across to harsh about the lams; the customer is always right, eh? I also like this burl a lot better than the last one. Keep up the good work!

I will definitely NOT put a cap on the next one. Does that make everybody happy? ← Ahem?

Wait-- isn't the top burled, not spalted? I'm confused....

You know what that guitar needs? This!

Carved top, 1/8" maple pinstripe, wenge back, either wenge or cocobolo neck, with a smooth heel transition, like on this beauty! By the way, good score!

http://www.warmoth.com/bass/necks/necks.cf...tion=back_shape http://www.warmoth.com/bass/necks/necks.cfm?fuseaction=faq2

It still seems to me that CA glue (Superglue, Krazyglue, etc.) would soak into the fibers and stiffen the leather very thoroughly. Thinned epoxy would probably also work.

Painful. Just painful.

I've played 7 years of piano, 4 of bass, one of clarinet, and I've been singing (choir) since music class in kindergarten through last year (11th grade)

Woooowww... It's the projects like this that keep me here at PG, even when I think I can't take much more of the crap... thank you thankyou THANKYOU for building such a cool instrument! Can't wait to see it done!

Sepultura, when you say that a joint is "equal to" 22 cigarettes, what exactly do you mean? When someone smokes weed, they take bigger hits and hold them in longer. However, the daily smoker smokes maybe 2 or 3 joints a day (and that's for an ultra-heavy smoker). When you say equal to, do you mean in terms of damage to the lungs? Do you have a source for that? What many people don't realize is, marijuana and tobacco irritate different parts of the lungs. Marijuana irritates the upper respiratory system, whereas tobacco does its damage deep within the tiny cells of the lungs. While marijuana may result in a sore throat and coughing, it doesn't cause the emphysema and other serious respiratory problems that cigarettes do. In fact, not a single case of cancer, or a single death, has ever been linked directly to marijuana use, and marijuana use alone. In case you missed that: Not a single case of cancer, or a single death, has ever been linked directly to marijuana use, and marijuana use alone.

Ahhh my eyes it burns!!!--- but in a good way! I mean, after all, isn't that kind of the point of a crackle finish?

If the large cigarette companies realized that they had the entire infrastructure set up for the production, packaging, and distribution of marijuana, and diverted advertising and legal costs and man-hours to lobbying the government for legal pot, how long do you think it would take for even the most conservative government to legalize pot? I'd be willing to bet a lot of money that it'd be legal within a year of the lobbying starting. Guys, the war against pot really isn't, and in fact really never has been, about the right or wrong of smoking it, or even the health repercussions. If those were truly the issues behind the matter, alcohol and tobacco would have been made illegal far sooner than marijuana. It started as a big business deal between corrupt government and the paper and synthetic fabric industries (specifically Hearst and DuPont), and is now a combination of business with alcohol, tobacco, and large pharmaceuticals, as well as simply not having to admit that the government has been wrong the whole time. Jmrentis, sheer addiction cannot possibly account for the change in the type of people drinking during prohibition. It wasn't just that the alcoholics kept drinking; the amount of the population who drank (in public, anyway) increased dramatically, and women started to drink much more openly. It wasn't that everyone was addicted so much as it was that drinking was the cool, daring thing to do-- precisely because it was illegal. I'm not saying that decriminalizing pot will cause the number of pot-smokers to decrease; it will simply shift the total number of smokers to a much more responsible crowd that does it for reasons other than simply breaking the law. PS-- Oh, and don't get me started on hemp. That plant alone could do wonders to improve the environment singlehandedly, as well as actually improve the quality of quite a few products now in production. For everything you've ever wanted to know on the subject, read Jack Herer's The Emperor Wears No Clothes. Also, for an informative and -very- interesting read, check out Reefer Madness: A History of Marijuana in America by Larry Sloman, which chronicles the history of marijuana from its most ancient days through its introduction in America around 1900 all the way into the pro-legalization movements of the late 1970's. PPS-- Also, if anyone is interested, I just finished a 5-page term paper for AP US History on the story behind how marijuana was outlawed (including citations, footnotes, and sources for those of you who believe such a paper must be untrustworthy and skewed); if anyone interested in reading it (and knows where to host it), I'd be glad to put it up.

http://cannabisculture.com/articles/4131.html This link goes to nine different studies done by the US, UK, Canada, Dutch, and Australian governments, as well as some independent groups, that all study the effects of driving while under the influence of marijuana.

For cleaning the fretboard, you can either go with the cleaning kits from various guitar stores, or you could head to your local hardware store and pick up a bottle of naptha and a bottle of lemon oil, and have a lot more supplies for less money. As for polishing the frets, while steel wool and the acrylic thingy works well, you can also get your hands on some 8000 grit MicroMesh sandpaper online, which works amazingly well, and you needn't mask the frets. Just some things to think about.

Yeah, that's about it in a nutshell. Generally, one routs out small sound chambers, leaving only very thin walls, all over the body, except in and immediately adjacent to the wood under the bridge or by the pickup or neck routs. So instead of chambers, you just have a quasi-honeycomb pattern of mini-chambers. This is, of course, underneath a beautifully figured top to hide said honeycomb.

That bass is friggin' amazing! What kind of pickups are those? Oh, an d welcome.

Well, the inlays are turquoise, the -absolute- standard for American Indian Jewelry and decorations, especially in the Southwest (Navajo was SW, no?), so in that respect, I see why he did it, and I actually kind of like it. Everything is well done, but for some reason the whole design just doesn't "click". Personally, I think the limba, colorwise, was a bad choice. He should have gone with a more orange wood like mahogany, or even more koa, to better complement the turquoise. After all, in the SW, -everything- is red sandstone, so it would fit the whole theme a lot better to have a redder wood. Just my $0.02.

Well, yellow pine is certainly hard enough for a body, and since they make necks out of mahogany, you should be fine to go with cypress. Just don't make the neck overly thin, and you might want to consider some carbon fiber for extra stiffness. Also, I don't see why it needs to be a one piece neck; If you were to cut it up and relaminate it into a 3-piece quartersawn neck, you'd probably have a lot less trouble down the road. As for a Gibson 'stock, just grab a front on view of a Gibson, blow it up to full scale by, say, expanding it until the scale length is correct, and then with some basic trig to account for the headstock angle, you have your dimensions! This image should be a good starting point.

Green Firebird, Fender headstock, and EMG humbuckers? No offense, dude, but it seems like you've applied everything non-firebirdesque to a firebird. Not really my thing, but hey, if it floats your boat.... My$0.02

Man... it appears that the Armageddon has begun in Saskatoon! We had some pretty wild lightning last night over here by Detroit, but nothing like that (that I saw, anyway). Did you take those pictures yourself? Oh, and by the way: Like it?