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killemall8

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  1. killemall8
    most use 3/4". its what i use also.
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    reminds me of the jackson shape form the death angel.
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    anyone know if this is airbrushed or if they used the marbalizer paint and bag technique? thanks http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb262/k...ustomrhoads.jpg Edit:sorry i put 2 links of the same guitar. now look at the green one.
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    anyone like this jackson shape? i like it alot, but it would be hard to get in the v shape at the bottom to shape and sand. check it out: http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb262/k...ustomrhoads.jpg
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    if you want to stain it, you will have to wipe the fretboard down with laquer thinner and remover all the residue, then you can stain it. but besides that, it will not take a stain.
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    but if you cut first then do the scarf joint, then how do you rout the truss rod channel? from what i have been told you are supposed to rout the channel before you do the taper. and if you rout the channel first, then you have to have the scarf joint done before you can rout the channel and it all circles around again. so is it possible?
  7. killemall8
    but how do you use a template when you already have the scarf joint? how can you rout it like that?
  8. killemall8
    guitarbuildingtemplates.com will do custom templates and designs! they are great to work with. i ordered a ken lawrence neck template from them today. should be in a couple of weeks. thats the only bad thing. the waiting time for it to get here.
  9. killemall8
    hi how do you make a neck when you use a template and bearing bit if it has a scarf joint? how do you rout to shape if when the scarf joint makes it at an angle and you cant use a template? thanks ahead of time.
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    sorryabout that , i know i diddnt mention anything about in progress work, but that is why i asked, because i am working on a archtop les paul and i was wondering how you could get a 1 piece body to be lighter or how 1 piece bodies are chambered. sorry.
  11. killemall8
    here is a tutorial that isnt about that specificly, but it has what your looking for. i just did the same thing to my sg like 10 minutes ago. it is a real easy way to take them out. http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/trs2lopro.htm
  12. killemall8
    i just meant all of the advise on the board and you were the last one to post, so i just replied to you. thanks
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    well all of the ones i have seen have a rout uner the top like the one in this pic on the right that goes all the way through the cavities. http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb262/k...templates-1.jpg
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    how do they make solidbody les pauls without tops? how do the rout from the switch to both hum cavities and to the control cavity? and are solid les pauls chambered? or do they just have a mahogany back, and a mahogany top too match and cover the chambering? i am currently working on a archtop les paul that is very heavy and was wondering how to chamber it. gess its pretty obvious the only options. please let me know all of you knowedge! like this:
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    thanks guys for all of you advise. i will definitly use all of it in the future. thanks again
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    how long do you have to be a member before you are considered a regular member? any info will do. thanks ahead of time
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    i dont really have a way to get the t rod channel straight, so the only thing i can do is make a fence with a big piece of wood, but it is really inaccurate. its not exactly the scarf joint itself, its how you cut a 2" neck to profile width and how you cut behind the scarf joing to keep it at an angle. also after the fretboard is glued on, to reach the truss rod nut. do you have to rout it deeper under the nut? because i diddnt think of that and now the t rod tool doesnt fit under the wood to fit on the nut. TOTAL CHAOS! i know its my fault for not thinking of everything, but after months of planning i diddnt see anything left to plan. i guess im not fit for this stuff. i think i will stick to making bodies. those come out great. i knew i shouldnt have tried it again. wasted a good 30"x3" piece of mahogany. dang. i hope i learn eventurall
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    lets see, the scarf joint, proper truss rod alignment and insertion and proper adjusting rout at the headstock making you know, only the MAJOR STUFF. no matter how many tutorials i read or books i read i can never get it right. i demo everything and practice and it seems ok, but then i get to the real project, and i screw up. i guess thats what happens when your self taught.
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    this is my fifth attempt at making a neck, and still as bad as the first time. i dont know how you guys do it. i run in to problems i never would of thought of even after i planned for 3 months for this one. how do all you do it. you all say its easy, but its the hardest thing i have ever done! i just cant get it to work!
  20. killemall8
    you for got thrash metal!!!! thats the hardest and fastest metal!!! why? how could you!?
  21. killemall8
    has anyone here put a ken lawrence headstock on a guitar besides an explorer? i am starting my new les paul project and was wondering if anyone was brave enough to have put that headstock shape on something else. it will probably look funny on a les paul, but its definitly a unique combo. i'll probably try it. les paul project: solid african mahogany, no maple top set neck construction emg 81/60 combo(if i can afford them) semi carved top, not as dramatic as an original les paul undecided on scale lenghth.
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    oh my god, i have been dying for one of these, and i only have 400 free right now. dang if its still for sale in a week or so i will definitly consider.
  23. killemall8
    ah, perfect! thanks, i never noticed it either. i guess i should have looked harder. thanks for the quick help!
  24. killemall8
    here is the answer to your first question. the trans finish underneath the primer and color coat is sanding sealer. it is applied to creat a surface above the wood before finishing. according to stew mac, sanding sealer should be 25-30% of your finish. do not sand the body all the way down past the sealer, or you will have to re seal it.
  25. killemall8
    i dont know where to post this, but i really need help. you know how the topic is up at the top, and the replies are underneath it? well just out of nowhere, i came back to view a topic, and i cant view all the replies. it only shows one at a time, and at the bottom it shows a list of the repliers and you have to click on each reply to see them one at a time. how do i change this? please help!
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