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  1. john
    I Like it! , I Like it a LOT! very nice indeed, john.
  2. john
    Another Irishman here!!! im a dubliner .... born and raised. speaking of guiness , i had a few lovely pints last nite! ... getting difficult to find a decent pint lately ...... for under €5 ! so thats four irish on the site? me , you two and fguihen(i think thats how its spelled) guitar looks great chris! cant wait to see it assemebled , will you put up pics when its done? john.
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    Hi guys, im not far off finishing my bass at this stage so im deep into planning the finish! I have always preferred the feel of a lacquered fretboard, but by convention rosewood fretboards never seem to be lacquered, is there a reason for this? im sure some of you have thought about this before.... its a real head scratcher for me. i have noticed in the past that rosewood soaks up the lacquer like a good thing which is odd. Is this why its not usually done? any help appreciated ..... i really want a lacquered rosewood fretboard! thanks, john.
  4. john
    nice 1 , thanks Coen. Thats pretty much exactly what i was looking for! John.
  5. john
    Does anyone know of any website that offers a tutorial on building a carved-top LP from scratch? im thinking of making one but want to know whats involved incase i find out too late that i cant do it right. thanks, john.
  6. john
    ah its good to see a few fellow irishmen! are you sure the stew mac one is a licensed copy? it does`nt say anywhere that it is john.
  7. john
    hey, you can get them at www.stewmac.com they are a good company to deal with, i live in ireland too , it only took 11 days for my last lot of parts to arrive! enjoy, john.
  8. john
    wicked ! if its good enough for brian may, its good enough for me! red special(may`s guitar) has a beautiful and distinct sound. excellent , thanks for your help guys! jd.
  9. john
    i think squiers are the best value for money, well i would say that seeing as i own one! , but hey! and yes it is an unwritten rule to have a squier as a first guitar. when i was in a school rock band a few years ago , every electric guitar we ever used was a squier strat(badly tuned of course ) , the cool people were the ones with the epiphone SG or Les Paul my 2 cents.
  10. john
    pardon my ignorance , but is there not actually TWO 7-string jems there? the multicoloured one and the Silver one ? my 2 cents! jd.
  11. john
    thanks for the reply, what i actually meant was , would the lighter version have poor tonal characteristics? and do you know by any chance is oak suitable in any way? , because im getting conflicting reports about its resonant qualities. It would be a shame not to use it because its very old and beautiful oak. thanks, JD
  12. john
    i use T-cut ,but i dont think thats available in the usa.
  13. john
    thanks , i took my inspiration from the musicman stingray headstock. the body will be based on the new fender Zone Bass , with bevelled(carved) edges john.
  14. john
    oops, just found out that oak is no good! i bought some mahogany today and i must say its much lighter (in colour and weight) than the last piece is used. what does this mean? is the lighter shade less suitable for use in instrment making? any ideas appreciated! john.
  15. john
    does anyone know if oak can be used in a guitar body? im going to use oak(four 17mm laminations) with rosewood wings, will this work? any thoughts on this? john.
  16. john
    go to fender support website , Mr. Gearhead. all wiring and part diagrams for all fenders are free to download. www.mrgearhead.com
  17. john
    brian , you can get a cad drawing of one from , www.guitarbuild.com full size plans. john.
  18. john
    yeeuup! heres my progress so far: view the contents of this folder to see a few pics, www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~daveyj/ enjoy.
  19. john
    i tried it out today on a scprap piece of rosewood using a hacksaw its actually pretty simple , you just have to be very careful to start off perfectly straight , then the blade will follow. i used a junior hacksaw , with which the blade does`nt have an alternating blade. i cut my nut slot today using the hacksaw , a penknife and a small screwdriver! sounds like an odd bunch of tools to be using... but it works! happy days! but i think i`ll wait till i get the fret wire before i do anymore.
  20. john
    not exactly sure , think it was around 0.5mm which is fine it seems , as the neck is now assembled and there are no signs of rattle. and when i did mine , it was also the first time i used a router ...... nervous moments! john.
  21. john
    the next job for me to do ,is cut my fret slots. Im ordering stew mac fret wire which requires a saw with .024" kerf. now im gonna start talking metric ,cos these inch things wreck my head! 0.024 inch = approx 0.61 mm so basically i dont want to go to the expense of buying an actual fret saw, but i may have found an alternative. could i use either of the following? : Junior Hacksaw , 0.4mm kerf (or was it 0.47) ? full size Hacksaw , 0.8mm kerf (approx) anyway, would i get away with using the junior hacksaw? , i cut a test piece ,and the cut looks exactly the same as those on my other guitars. any ideas? John.
  22. john
    yeah , i used silicone sealer(as per manufacturers fitting instructions) i put a dab under each end piece , and a few bits between the two rods themselves to help cusion vibration. Just dont put anything on the threads and you will be fine. yeah i drilled out the hole for the nut, i made it a little bigger than the nut itself , to make inserting an allen key easier when its all put together. hope that helps , John.
  23. john
    Hi, i recently fitted a stew mac Hotrod ( as shown in pic) . the truss rod can be put in any way really! , which end the nut is on is just down to personal preference. Imho a rear adjusting truss rod is better because when you have it adjusting at the headstock , there is fair bit of wood removed, causing the neck to be weak at that point. Also, if you are making a one piece neck, the truss rod will have to be inserted from the bottom, if its a 2 piece(seperate fretboard) then insert it from the top(as in picture) The instructions that came with mine said that it should be inserted with the nut section at the bottom.
  24. john
    believe it or not , i found it in a dump around 4 years ago, i have a approx 10feet x 10" x 1" , which is nice! would be any use for making a body? what are its tonal characteristics?
  25. john
    ive already assembled the neck, so no going back now! it has a stew mac 24" Hot rod , so i reckon it should be strong enough.its only going to be 32" scale so the string tension wont be so bad. im not exactly sure what wood the fret board actually is , it appears to be rosewood , but it is beautiful! heres a picture of it (slightly blurred... sorry) http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~daveyj/fretboa...rdwoodsmall.jpg its a little more redish in real life, the camera flash makes it look brighter than it is. any ideas?
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