john

Thanks for the link brian, i have a feeling its a form of mahogany but it looks more like a rosewood. oh well , the search continues..... Alex, The guitar is slightly on the heavy side but i dont really mind, im a big lad Bls, the headstock is the same shape as a prs headstock but with an extra point in the middle. The headstock has mahogany ears added to it. And yes the sustain is great but a better choice of woods would probably improve it even more. as far as tone goes, i get a lovely bluesy tone from the enck pickup whereas the bridge pickup nails that acdc sound! This guitar is best turned up LOUD! , feedback assisted sustain on demand! i made a brief pictorial of the building of this guitar(i dont have all pics but most of them) i`ll probably upload it later. john.

i really dig the control cavity cover! , excellent job dude. thats gonna be one fine axe!

true , i stand corrected!

ring spanner 7/16" or 11mm (for stewmac pots) john.

thanks guys, she sounds great! i have 10`s on it at the moment which really suit it. it plays quite nicely, string bends are sooo easy! and access to the 24th is quite good. i still have to finetune the nut slots, but thats only a minor detail. a few more specs i forgot to mention: 25" scale deep 'C' profile neck approx 16" fretboard radius i really dont care for angled headstocks so i kept this one straight(ala fender) john.

i could`nt help but notice that the control plates on both the teles on this page are in opposite directions. is the esquire done differently?

well for what its worth, pickup position should have no bearing on how your pinch harmonics sound. what does affect them is where you pluck them. if you pluck them and a nodal point on the string then you will get nice ones. ie: 24 fret position is the easiest for me, but IMO 36th fret position yeilds a nicer sounding pinch harmonic. correct me if im wrong. john.

Hi all, this was my 2nd attempt at building an instrument! so dont be too harsh! I finished it last year sometime, juts never got around to posting pics. http://fullservesite.com/john/ Specs: Neckthru construction - Iroko neck various other types of mahogany used throughout the guitar(well at lest i think the dark wood is mahogany, somebody please prove me wrong) , and the back of the wings are made of OAK. the ears on the headstock are mahogany. Hipshot Bridge - string thru body Grover locking tuners Bone Nut wide/medium frets Indian rosewood fretboard with 24 frets stewmac hotrod (adjusting nut is accessable from inside the neck pickup route) Golden Age Pickups: Neck: 9.75k Bridge 12k (overwound) (im impessed with these pickups!) Controls: Blend (instead of pickup selector switch), tone, volume, Coil split I realise that the use of woods is somewhat unconventional, but it was worth it. This guitar has a very unique tone. I have given it to my friend in a gigging band to play, and it sounds simply awesome running through a good rig. Waddya think? thanks, john. ps: can somebody tell me what exactly is the darker wood i used on the top halves of the wings and the back half of the neckthru section and the control cavity cover(unlacquered) as you can see it is chocolate brown but when lacquered takes on a reddish colour. It has some lovely figuring too.

i`ll take it off your hands if you dont want it!

well its quite possible that in every batch there is one bad apple! but hey, i`d finish it! its a beautiful piece of wood! john.

i gave it a good 24hrs to dry!, i might buy some of that gorilla glue and try it out. bear in mind i had to be a little violent with the hammer to break the joint. it was strong but not near as strong as the glue i used to use. as for the fretboard not being a very critical joint, well i kinda disagree because im using a stewmac hotrod, which will puch against the fretboard when tightened. thanks for the input guys. john.

is it just me or does that wood look more quilted than the curly? because if it is quilt , then thats soft maple.

Does anyone here in uk or ireland use Evo-Stik wood glue ? i previously used humbrol powdered resin glue, but can no longer find this for sale. so i bought a small bottle of the evo-stik glue. it is a white glue, and on the label it claims to form a bond stronger than the wood itself. but i believe i have proven this to be untrue! i tested by gluing two pieces of mahogany together, i was able to break it with a hammer, leaving a reasonably clean break along the glue line. do you think this would be sufficent to glue an ebony fretboard onto a mahogany neck? (bearing in mind it is a fretless bass) or should i hold out and find a better one? i can get gorilla glue also, is that any use? i might buy some titebond from stewmac next time i order stuff john.

sure, you can chisel it. thats what i did with my first one, and it turned out pretty good! i just kept checking it with a straight edge to make sure it was level. john.

on my guitar(prs style bodyshape) , i have the bridge hb placed such that the rear coil of the pickup is 31mm from the high-e string saddle point.(it has lots of attack, also the pickup is overwound ) on my squire, (H-s-s) the distance is 41mm , resulting in a much mellower sound. hope this helps, john.

check it out: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=47067 it seems a guitar manufacturer has gone out of business and all of their parts/wood is going up for auction! interesting.....

great, thanks for the link Mahelcaya. edit: oops, i meant to say , thanks to primal! my bad!

may i ask, did you purchase this online? because that pickup at that price sounds right up my alley for my current project(fretless 4-string) thanks, John

i went kinda cheapo with my pickup selection, bet hey.... im a student! 2 x select emg J-bass pickups. ( $45.98 from stewmac) and to be honest, they are not bad at all. but being single coils they are succeptable to noise(mostly from monitors/tv`s) my bass is well shielded so when both pickup volumes are at the same level, the hum gets cancelled out nicely.

i have seen this many times on basses and it is generally caused by not having enough break angle over the nut. the remedy: make sure the string is wound nice and low down on the tuner. OR: use a string tree

are you using new or old strings?

very nice, i really dig the shape of the headstock!

i use automotive acryllic clear(U-Pol system 20 MS Clear) on my guitars. it takes a while to dry fully hard. but when fully dry it is rock hard and has excellent transparency. over here it is commonly known as 2-pack lacquer,and all of the automotive body shops i know of use it. john.

thats where i went wrong first time i wired a guitar! great minds think alike.......

so would a hardtail strat with body mounted pickups sound like a tele? something i have pondered for a while ....