joris

Hy, I bought a set of Vintange noiseless pickups from Fender. I read somewhere that the way Fender wires these things is not the best way to do it. The kit contains a wiring diagram from fender, but is looks messy to me. So can anybody help me : I have a 5 pos switch, a bridge, middle and neck pickup.

I found a shop where they have lots of guitar stuff. Most of these things are from the brand "Boston". Has anyone already heard of this brand and is it ok ? Just want to make sure before I buy anything.

I have a tun-o-matic bridge. Do I put on my bridge line on my body, or does it have to be angled? If an angle is needed, what angle would I have to use. I have all my hardware since this weekend, so I can start building.

I know. It's the fractions that give me a headake (hope this is spelled correctly). Like the 7/32. Am I correct if I divide 7 ty 32 and then convert it to mm ?? would be 0.22 multiplied by the number of mm for a inch.

Hy, As I'm living in belgium, we do all our calculations in mm instead of inches. If any of You guys have the same problem, here's a splendid tool that can help you out. http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm At least it helped me.

i'm not going for a compound radius, so I guess I'll try the tun-o-matic. Seems theu have the tail piece too. any idea on the radius? I still have to make my radius blocks, so no problem there. (i think)

If I use a tun-o-matic bridge, should the radius of my fingerboard be the same as the bridge itself?? If so, what radius does my fingerboard have to be ?? (can't seem to find a non trem bridge fast. they only have the tun-o-matic type on stock.)

OK thanks. So we go full speed and take not too much wood at a time. I'll take some pictures of the results.

I have almost finished my templates and am ready to start routing the body. The body will be routed out of a piece of mahogany. As I understand Mahogany is a soft wood. What routing speed should I use. My router can go up to 25000 rpm. Should I use a low or a high speed?

I don't have the tools yet, but i found a store in belgium where i can get them from. i'm making my solid body first, but i'm already looking for the stuff to make my guitarneck. hope to have some pictures to show soon

I found some fret wire. the fret is 2.4 mm wide and 0.92 mm high. It is fred wire from Jim Dunlop. Can I use this kind of wire for my neck or is this a bad idea?

It's a guitar shop allright. If you go to this site, you can have a look inside. http://www.rockpalace.com/keymusic/sn/ I go to another hardware store to buy routerbits etc... The only bridge they sell is one to put a car on. Other question. I'm not using a pickguard on the body of the guitar. I was thinking of reversing the normal strat setup. I mean i was thinking of routing the pickups from the back of the body, leaving just enough wood on the top to mount the pickups, pots en switch. Do you guys think this is possible, or will the wood that is left be to thin to mount these things in a solid way?

ok thanks, i think i'll stick with the non trem bridge. as it is my first guitar installing a trem bridge looks a little bit too complicate to me. maybe i'll try this later. hey and thanks for the tip on the pickups. i'm checking if i can get them here i my country.

Thanks, I didn't trust the guy anywhey. I'll look for another shop to buy the fender pickups. Oh yeah, I've looked at the stewmac site. It looks like they've got it all. Just checking out what it would cost to get it into Belgium. What if i used a tun-o-matic type of bridge? Should the radius of my bridge be the same as the radius of this type of bridge? It seems logical to me, but I could be wrong. greetings, joris

hy, last weekn-end i went to a local shop to buy my hardware, but i came home empty handed. I was looking for a non trem strat style bridge. They told me it didn't exist. does anyone know where i can get this stuff? I was thinking of using Vintage noiseless pickups from Fender. The guy from the shop told me it was a bad choice (probably because he did not have this set.) He told me i should be using DiMarzio, but here in Belgium they are very expensive (like 120 $ a piece). Did any of you use fender pickups ?? Looking for some help here.

ok thanks, i'm trying it using the http:// button My Webpage see where we go now.

just another try

Hello guys, the guitar i'm building is a solid body. it's not a copy of any existing stuff. The body looks like a combination of a fender strat and a gibson les paul. at first i made all calculations (scale, bridge possition, fret possitions etc...) fist all drawings were made on a piece of paper. i decided to redo the drawings in acad2000. the whole idea was to print them out on a 1:1 scale and use these printouts to make templates. does this make any sence? i thought, once i had the templates, making the guitar would be somewhat easier. (maybe this is wishfull thinking) i ordered a special router bit to use with these templates. the body on the acad drawing is not correct. i only needed the dimensions from the pocket, pickups and bridge. the distances should be correct. does any of this makes any sence to you guys, or am i going the wrong way? i'm trying to put some of the drawings here, but seems i can't put any dynamic links here.

The guy from the woodshop told me it was some kind of mahogony. It has the same color and stucture for as far as I can see. The pieces are 5 cm thick. I still have some planing to do, but I hope it will leave me enough wood for the body. I will probably go and buy my hardware by the end of this week. I was thinking of using a non trem bridge, to keep it simple for the first time. I was thinking of buying a set of Fender Vintage noiseless pickups. Hope to have some pictures to show soon. See You

Hi all, I'm starting my first guitar project. It took me a while to do all the preparations, but i think i can finally start building. I got hold of some wood. It's called Sipo. Can I use this kind of wood to cut out my solid body? The pieces are big enough to cut out the body without glueing them together. Can i do it this way, or do I have to glue two pieces together ? I'll probably have ton's of questions during the building. Just making sure i can use the wood i have now. Any information is welcome. see you guys arround