Lotza_Noize

Guitar Vault.

Sounds cool. But is it so cool? Does anyone know of someone who has purchased a Guitar Vault/Safe before? I have questions about them. But I have no one to ask. So I am asking all of you.

What brand is out there? Which ones are the best? What about humidity? So many more questions to ask.

Thanks

wood has a minimal effect on the body

if you dont want a muddy sound i would do fanned frets.

im currently just mapped a 7 string fanned fretboard, 27-25 inch scale lengths measured on the taper.

i designed it to be similar to a floyd rose feeling system

Oooo Really? Nice! Share? IM me. THX

This $150 to build a guitar makes me feel bad. I spent nearly $2200 on my first project.

I will send pictures as soon as it comes back from none other than Herc Fede himself.

I don't buy anymore. I make (or have made) my guitars. I have found that guitars on the shelves are sometimes crap. The pickups are junk. And I don't get my moneys worth. It's all in a name. Screw that! I'm not going to pay for a name and distribution of this garbage. Let Billy the "14 year old snot-nose wanna be a rock star" buy this guitar. Not me.

I get what I want. And I love what I get. Period.

Great! I was a little concerned there for a moment. Moment gone.

Y'all give great advice. I really do appreciate everyones opinions. Thanks a bunch!

Keep on rockin'

Let me clarify some more on why I was leaning toward an all maple body.

Well as you can read, it's going to be a 7-string with a low-b with 2 EMG pups. I just did not want the sound to get that "muddy" sound at all when you hit that Low-B. Ya know what I'm talking about.

So with that being said.

What do you think now? Should I stick with an all Western Maple body?

I know many of you may have asked this question but I'm going to ask it here anyways.

My second Project Ibanez RG body is going to be made out of Western Maple.

I'm going to put 2 EMG 7 string pickups in it.

Neck will be made of Maple as well and an ebony fretboard.

Questions are:

1. Do you think this would be a good idea to make the body out of Maple?

2. I know that maple is bright. What do you think the tone would be with these 7 string EMG's?

3. Sound I am looking for is for rhythm and solos. An all-in-one 7 string (Low-B ) guitar.

Thanks in advance for your advice and opinions.

Check this out!

http://www.truetemperament.com/main.php

As for the other temperments, if that is what you want for a particular kind of music, then do it.

Well yea. My 3rd project I wanted a good clean and clear sound. I don't want any distortion (at least not much). I wanted to have a 6 or 7 string neck and a 12 string neck to be temperemented to a true note. So if I wanted to play classical with it I can. Never thought of it in that way. But why not.

http://www.truetemperament.com/main.php?go=19&lan=1

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I'd have to play it to believe it!

Yea I would not want to go that extreme.

Thinking of having this done on my 3rd project double neck hard tail. I mean if I'm going to do a hard tail I might as well make damn sure the note is correct with the gauge of strings. Ya know?

Seriously, do I really need a single coil with a lower output with two hums with an output of 375 & 294? For what sound I'm looking for (see post #7), would the "Fast track" or the "Cruiser Neck" fu(k it all up?

Single coils generally have a lower output because they are smaller and have less windings and a shorter length of wire. If you over wind the crap out of one you can get just as high of an output. Hum cancelling is the ability of the pickup to cancel out the hum generated by common 60 hz cycle (the frequency at which standard electric runs). I can not give an in depth explanation to this, but look through the electronics section, I think there is something in there. If not check out the link below, there is a lot of good info.

http://www.guitarnuts.com/index.php

Thanks ihocky2 for the info.

So the HS-3 is a better balance for these two hums? What about if I wanted a single coil that had more output. Like say the Dimarzio Fast Track 1. Its output is 191 vs. the HS-3's output at 93. Would this work well for these two hums?

What about the Cruiser Neck it's output is 140. Would this work well for these two hums?

I guess I don't know what hum-canceling does. If hum canceling means (And I really don't know if this is what it is), if a configuration is H-S-H with a 5-position switch. Then position 1 is full neck hum only. Position 2 is half of the neck Hum and the middle single coil. Position 3 (or middle position) is single coil only. Position 4 is half the bridge hum and single coil. And finally position 5 is full bridge hum only.

Is this what hum canceling is? And do I really need a single coil with a lower output with two hums with an output of 375 & 294? For what sound I'm looking for, would the "Fast track" or the "Cruiser Neck" fu(k it all up?

I just don't want to ask these questions to guitar center here in Houston. They treat people like meat there. I mean they want people to come in and buy stuff, not ask a bunch of questions and think about what would go well with this or that. I love coming here to these forums and asking questions to all of you because you have answers to questions and you don't have a manager over you telling you that you need to be selling more and answering less. I hope you can see where I am coming from. Thanks y'all for your continued help.

A description of the sound you want would help and what guitar it is going in.

Sorry ihocky2 didn’t say. I have a 6 string Ibanez RG body made out of swamp ash. And the sound I want is for shredding solos and clear un-distorted power from a single coil. I've read from many people on this forum and many around that they don't even like single coil pickups. They like hums and that's it. Well me I like having diversity in my playing. I like the option of going to position 3 for that one cool slightly-calming clear sound for a little, just before I get back to my heavy hitters at position 5 or 1.

oops.

Yes yes. I know all that but with what Hums I have what would you say is best for hum canceling on a 5 position switch.

I have 1 Evolution in the Neck position & 1 Evo 2 in the Bridge position.

What would you recommend in the middle position?

I was looking at the HS-3 model. But I don't know.

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Found it lol

WT F? LOL OMG

OMG that **** is funny as hell! ROTFLMFAO!!!

I think this thread got berried, but I'm re-posting here. I think people might see it more here.

Anywayz.

I don't think the K7 in the download area is to scale. At least I don't think. I do know that it is a little rough looking.

I am looking for one to update so that I can transfer into 3D and then up to the CNC for routing. So it needs to be full scale.

Please help. Thanks.

Added new Poll. <HERE>

Thanks for helping me post a new poll. Never saw it.

Okay so I messed up and restarted a new poll. Thanks everyone for help pointing this out to me.

Anyways here is my original question. and thread.

Got an RG body made of Swamp Ash. I wanted to know what your thoughts were.

Never mind looks guys. I'm looking for...Should I get the JEM Handle hole put on it? Or not?

Thanks!

I'm serious man, how do you make this a poll?

Link to the poll from this thread.

Okay, this time in English...LOL I don't know how to link a new thread to this existing thread. HELP!

I'm serious man, how do you make this a poll?

This was supposed to be a poll. How do I make it a poll?

I wanted a total vote.

Thanks for the replyes so far.