Screaming Wind

can anyone comment on the quality of electric sounds those piezo equipped bridges do?

do they produce the same quality of tone as those of just for electrci brdiges?

i'm talking about the fishman powerbridge and the lr baggs xbridge.

also, which of the two is better? and from what i read the brdiges are passive but does having the recommended preamp advisable as to just using the bridges as passive?

uhm, from stuff i read, the JS single coil when engaged, allows the humbucker to turn into a single coils. is it possible to fully utilize this concept?

with a HSH pick up configuration, is it possible to have 26 pick up combinations?

H S H

|1|2| |3| |4|5|

1 2 3 4 5 = 5 combi

12 23 24 34 45 = 5 combi

123 1234 234 2345 345 = 5 combi

124 125 135 145 245 = 5 combi

13 134 15 235 35 = 5 combi

12345 = 1

= 26 combinations

is this possible?

is the fender s1 switch similar to the js coil tap in what they achieve?

also, can anyone elaborate on how this works?

also, is this hard to implement?

what's the best way of putting complex design or somewhat detailed or flashy artworks on a guitars body?

is having someong who does portraits and paintings of landscape on canvases be advisable to do art on a guitar using a paintbrush?

is the headstock usually 1 with the neck, meaning, neck and headstock is just 1 piece of wood?

Some smaller ones (ie travel guitars) are made of one piece (I think). Pros are better tone transference, perhaps slighty stronger, Cons are LOTS of wasted wood (depending on body style), and it's very expensive (not to mention hard to find)to buy big enough wood. Especially for a full size guitar.

Devon

aren't most solid body electrics have their body as just one pice of wood, so won't having a 1 piece neck-body just add the necks length to the original sizee of just the body which is not really all that big.

is there any type of guitar wherein the body and neck were just one piece of wood?

if this is possible, is there any cons or pros to this?

Better yet. what are you trying to accomplish? What kind of guitar? After all, a floating bridge is useless on a Tele.

Guitar Ed

Pretty damn ornery today, ain't I?

i'm still deciding on what stuff i want that's one i'm on an information hunt to keep my options open and to get some inspiration.

are highly reputable top quality fixed brdiges out there?

sorry if i seem all too ingnorant, but what exactly is the difference between normal tuners and locking tuners?

also, what are the top brands for tuners>?

when you say 2 piece, is this one for the lower body and the other the top part?

also, is having the body just 1 piece of wood better than having 2 or 3 pieces

is, for a example, a fenders strat or gibson lespauls or ibanez jems body just 1 piece of solid wood or are there layers and separate pieces of woods put together?

what companies sell their bridges separately?

what are good brands/models for floating brides?

whar are good brands/models for fixed bridges?

would air brush artists who are not really specializing in wood painting know what to do with a guitar body if you asked them to put a design on it like the coatings and proper prep, etc?

I read this kind of fast so forgive me if I missed it, but I don't think anyone mentioned a deep set neck yet. That's what I use a lot. It's like a neck through but it only goes to around the bridge or middle pickup cavities. It works better with a top, but if you're using the same wood types, and stop it inside one of the cavities, it blends right in. The problem I have (just me - not trying to change anyone else's mind) with a neck through is that I don't like the bridge mounted to the same wood as the neck, especially if it's maple. (I know the studs are often barely off into the wings, but to me its still that same area) That's me. You can carve a deep set neck the same way as a neck through, and it's not much harder to build, if not easier. You can bandsaw most of the "U" channel, and then route it final.  Or like on my classical, I left about 3/8" on the bottom of it (like a huge bolt on cavity), and routed a neck angle into it. So I had to do that all with the router.

uhm, i am not too familiar with neck thrus but isn't a neck thru guitar a guitar wherein the neck and body is just one piece of wood?

no ...look here

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...?showtopic=4599

oh ok. Is there a name for a something where the guitar and the neck is just 1 piece of wood if there is such a thing?

I read this kind of fast so forgive me if I missed it, but I don't think anyone mentioned a deep set neck yet. That's what I use a lot. It's like a neck through but it only goes to around the bridge or middle pickup cavities. It works better with a top, but if you're using the same wood types, and stop it inside one of the cavities, it blends right in. The problem I have (just me - not trying to change anyone else's mind) with a neck through is that I don't like the bridge mounted to the same wood as the neck, especially if it's maple. (I know the studs are often barely off into the wings, but to me its still that same area) That's me. You can carve a deep set neck the same way as a neck through, and it's not much harder to build, if not easier. You can bandsaw most of the "U" channel, and then route it final. Or like on my classical, I left about 3/8" on the bottom of it (like a huge bolt on cavity), and routed a neck angle into it. So I had to do that all with the router.

uhm, i am not too familiar with neck thrus but isn't a neck thru guitar a guitar wherein the neck and body is just one piece of wood?

with a neck thru, there is no way of adjusting the neck with a thrust rod?

Which neck-body connection is better? if none is better, what is the difference in them, pros, cons, etc? (like bolt-on, gluid-in, neck-thru, etc)

so a CAD program? do i need any other extension CAD software aside from the primary CAD?

what's the best CAD out there?

aside from a CAD, any other software sugestions?

what software would be help in planning a guitar(blueprint, finish, etc)?

does anyone know where i could get blueprints/plans with dimensions of various guitars from different companies? like RG of Ibanez, Strat of Fender.

tnx a lot.