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Picture posting rule, please. Only one picture per post, the rest must be linked. http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=11235

NP Kraut, are you German? And is kraut still a derogatory name for Germans?

Stewmac. They are called string ferrules.

It seems like I recall reading in a guitar mag that they had custom straps made, so it wouldn't be feasible with a regular strap. I'm not sure about the actual spinning mechanism, though, but I would hope that it would be a bit beefier than a regular strap button.

I'm not sure what that 0.33uF (which, btw, is 330nF or 330,000pF) cap is for exactly. My first reaction was that it was for shock protection, but the only time I've seen those is when they are parallel with a resistor. Either way, the ground and shielding are not completely separated, they just have that extra component between them. Connecting the ground directly to the shielding is really the only way shielding even works. Connecting the bridge to ground reduces hum when you are touching the strings. However, as you have pointed out, with nylon coated strings, it may not work (I'm sure it depends on how thick the coating is; for instance, I've never witnessed Elixir strings affecting noise reduction due to their coating). You could always consider piezo pickups for a fretless if you have yet to buy pickups. EDIT: Maybe the capacitor effects the frequency of the noise being introduced into the circuit, sort of like a tone pot for the hum? Just a though, and probably completely wrong.

First off, you are on a forum for hobbyists asking if anyone wants to build you a neck. Surely you don't expect the handful of pros here to shoot you a PM trying to get your business. They get plenty of business on their own, they don't have to actively seek it out. So, here in lies the problem -- really, the only people you are going to get PMs from (and pardon me if this isn't the case) are the hobbyists. Yes, it is your problem, because the only people who wouldn't be able to nail your specs perfectly (aside from some freak accident where the neck gets chucked into a wood chipper) are hobbyists. The pro should get it right every time. And, of course, as a responsible consumer, it is your responsibility to actively seek out someone to do the work, not try to make the pros come to you. Just my $0.02.

Definitely save up for the Epi or ESP.

I scored a Fender Harvard Reverb II amp last week for $10 from a friend. NICE little amp, its my main clean tone amp now. Love the sound of a clean Fender amp.

Where is scale length in your equation?

If you have an adjustable depth router, you will never have a bit thats too long.

Or just defret, sand down, and you have a slide guitar! =D

+1, especially for basses. I've only ever found ONE Fender Jazz bass that I've liked, and even then it wasn't that great (even though it was an American bass). I can DEFINITELY see a Warmoth parts bass being higher quality than Fender p.o.s's.

Ditto...

Take a strip of wood (preferably hardwood) to use as a clamping caul to help even out clamping pressure along the fretboard. I used a pre-radiused board and didn't have any problems.

Ibanezes are pretty good.

What gauge strings are you going to use?

http://www.myspace.com/pierianspringmusic Also included some sounds of my sustainer. Note: I was just playing some notes, nothing musical about it!

Grab a piece of cloth and a flat head screwdriver. Use the cloth to protect the body of the guitar while to use the screwdriver to carefully pop the knob off. Also, attack it from all sides so that it comes off straight and you have less of a chance for the hole for the pot shaft (is there a proper term for this?) to become larger.

So, I was messing around with my Boss flanger last night, and discovered how to get a pseudo-ring modulator sound out of it. By playing around with the stereo panning feature in mono mode, and fiddling with the rate, you can get a fairly convincing ring modulator-like sound. The trick is using a fairly fast setting. I was impressed. You could probably do the same with a tremolo pedal, but the flanger seems to give it a cooler tone. I'll post some sound clips when I get a chance, if anyone is interested.

Think of how the preamps tone shaping would affect the sound of, say, a flanger. How would the pure guitar signal sound with flanging applied compared to how the preamped tone (say, more bass or more treble) would sound with flanging applied. The purpose of effects loops for preamps is more than just pre-distortion vs post-distortion effects application.

Accent marks would be nice so we know how to pronounce it, since Chinese is a tonal language.

Kommen Sie ein und machen Sie die Tür zu! Sie sollen nicht hier essen, aber Sie können dem Fernseher einen Mantel geben! Ich bin nach Frankreich gegangen, aber sie haben keine Würstchen! "Come in and shut the door. You may not eat here, but you can give the TV a coat. I have gone to France, but they have no hotdogs!" Nonsense, as NamelessOne said, but I guarantee that if you are able to rattle that off at someone, all you will get is a stare. EDIT: Corrected. Should be perfect now.

Yea, I'm definitely digging that paint job!

You CAN get piano-like strings that pickups can sense. Whether standard strings can be or not, I'm not sure. But there are some old keyboards out there (Helpinstill electric pianos are an example) that use strings and some form of pickup (electromagnetic in Helpinstill, piezo in other other makes, according to the all-knowing Wikipedia). You would find some of those strings, or even an entire keyboard to hack up for this purpose.

Yea, I figured thats what happened. Don't worry, I had 4 boards of walnut that I used up when building my bass. Luckily they were free. The good thing is I've got plenty of small pieces suitable for making boxes and such.