jay5
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Where do you get your materials?
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Come on guys, you stick your finger THROUGH the hole. But seriously, you are gonna need to carve the crap out of the horn to be able to get in there.
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How did you rout for the pups?
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He's got some cool stuff. Who is that?
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Nice addition man! I am hoping to build a similar jig as Ive said in the past. I am going to use the inclined guides and a similar base to rout the pickup plane on a pair of PRS copies I am planning. Should be cool. Keep up the good work!!
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No dice..spill the beans man!
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Durrrrr, my bad boys.
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My understanding was that spalted wood was essentially dead tonaly. I thought I remember Drak mentioning that while back. It makses sense to me as it is littered with rotted areas. How did your first one sound? I'm curious to see how this thicker top will effect the sound. Looking good though!
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What do you need a bit that small for? A 1/64th bit is hardly going to be able to stand up to any abuse.
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GuitarFrenzy
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Wow, thats killer! What is the green material?
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Nice!
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Exactly, I think that anyone who knows enough about figured wood generally pays zero attention to grades on ebay. If there were no pics and I got that body in the mail I would have somthing to say but there are good pics so I dont think thats an issue. With all the AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA wood descriptions you see on ebay I cant see any informed person placing any value on that scale.
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Bridge Pickup And Carvin Neck Questions...
jay5 replied to Lietuvis's topic in Solidbody Guitar and Bass Chat
I imagine that they have a whole warehouse of the kit necks and bodies ready to go. I doubt that those are built to order. I understand why they wont do what your asking. It would be like going to a car dealership and saying, "hey I want that car over there but can you repaint it and make it a 5 speed?" It could be done but it would probably be a pain in the ass. Call them back and ask if you can order a custom neck, see where that gets you. -
I was looking at those type of bridges from guitarfetish.com and they said that they were pretty tall, about an inch. Can you confirm that Bill? Are you using a neck angle at all?
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Do you have a headstock angle on the neck?
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What would be the advantage of a 19 over a 16?
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I think that I would have sanded back the black a bit more myself but if youre happy with it keep going, I cant wait to see it finished.
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I agree there I guess, but if you end up with a ton of crap (not saying that is the case) than I dont really see the point. Maybe if you were running a factory......I wouldnt consider wood with huge knots paint grade, I would call it inferior wood. But as it was said, BigD was forthright in his description so no problems there. You're going to have to explain that to me, how would you get MORE nice pieces this way than if you selected it yourself?
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Then why buy 200bf?
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What?
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You could run over to the tele modders forums and probably sell them all in a heartbeat, they talk about those type of plates all the time. Just dont tell them how much they cost you! On that note it's too late here and if I need one I will remember the $3.7
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I see no reason that you would need to spend $1800 on a guitar build. Care to give us a rundown on your expenses?
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The consensus around this sort of circle is that a 14" bansaw is about the lowest you would want to go. If you really forsee yourself building guitars into the future I would save up and buy one that size. You will be able to do most of the cutting necessary with the smaller benchtop machines but if you ever wish to re-saw wood or work with laminates or whatever outside the basic run of the mill cutting you are goint the wish you had bought a larger machine. Im going to qualify myself by saying that bigger isnt always better if you forgoe quality. I too am unfarmilliar with those brands you listed. I would spend some time on a few woodworking BB's and see what you can find out about them there. If you do decide to get a smaller model I would not hesitate to buy the BEST one available to you.
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That would be my advice as well. I wouldnt have at it yourself unless youre sure you can do it right. No sense in ruining the wood. Likeise, even if you are able to re-saw it yourself you are going to want to avoid planing it to thickness. A thickness sander would be ideal. Like toddler said, yank out the phone book and make some calls. If you dont have any luck call up a local woodworking shop and tell them what you are trying to do. They are bound to know someone who will do it for you.