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    Looking at his setup, the only thing tele about his axe is the shape. It more closely resembles a strat with a fatter neck pup than a tele. Now, don't get me wrong. We can do whatever we want with our guitars. It's all a matter of personal taste. I'm not hating on anything other than abandoning the historic representation of the instrument's various body styles. To me, a strat gets 3 singles or an h/s/s, a tele gets 2 singles, and twin HBs go in a Gibson style or "metal" body. Seeing a tele with 2 HBs just bugs me. If you wanted 2 HBs, why'd you get a tele? It just doesn't make any sense to me. But that's just me, and I'm kinda **** about stuff. Y'all can do whatever you want.
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    -1 I won't argue about the pup/wood combo, but I will argue the pup/body combo. It doean't seem right to me to make a tele and them put HBs in it. There's just something wrong with the whole concept... guitar blasphemy. Teles are about the twang, not the punch. But on the other hand, that's what's so great about guitars. What seems like a complete waste of effort to one player is the best thing since sliced bread to another.
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    Prepare to get spammed out of existence. Dude, you NEVER want to post your address on a message board.
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    Aside from price, is there any reason woods that are traditionally used on acoustics aren't used for solid body guitars, or even semi- & as tops for chambered? It would seem to me that if spruce & cedar are great tone woods for an acoustic, they would be great for an electric, especially a semi- / chambered body. Any input ot experience?
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    The only thing I've seen similar to that are concentric pots. If memory serves, they go for about $25. All the push/pull or push/push pots I've ever seen are for switching.
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    Photobucket. The site provides both direct links and embedded image links for the pics, it's free, and it's easy.
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    I got two words for ya: E BAY There are always good used pups there. Pick a brand, pick a model, and unless it's relatively uncommon, it's probably there right now. If it's on the uncommon side, like Bartolini for example, you may have to search for a few weeks, but it'll most likely show up.
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    You can look on eBay and find some inexpensive replacements easily. There are ALWAYS some pairs of humbickers taken from Epiphones. While they're not top-of-the-line, they're not bad. They're gonna be a dang sight better than whatever came with the Saga kit, and you can probably get them for under $50 shipped, depending on where you live.
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    On that note, let's take this in a slightly different direction. Let's say you hollow out a body like this one here. Maybe you even take out the two lines between the bridge & the very bottom, creating a huge chamber inside, f-holes and all. 1) Would this become a feedback monster? 2) How accurate an acoustic sound do you think piezo pickups would deliver? 3) Would that big of a chamber radically effect the overall tone as opposed to smaller chambers, like a thinline? 4) What if there was no center block, and the entire thing was hollow? The pickups are mounted directly into the wood, and it's all 1/4" to 3/8" thick. Does that really monkey thing up?
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    Thanks, everyone. Y'all have been very helpful. I really appreciate the willingness to help that everyone has here.
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    Read through the thread that was linked to. The owner said it wasn't rough at all, but rubbery and textured. With that in mind, I'd imagine your forearm wouldn't move at all! That alone would be a bad thing.
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    I've been seeing single coil pickups with Samarium Cobalt magnets claiming to be completely noiseless. Can anyone verify or debunk this claim?
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    Thanks. That was EXACTLY what I was looking for. Maybe you said that the first time and I just didn't pick up on it. Thank you for spelling it out. What I don't want to do is bend the sides, work with thin wood, and essentially build a thin acoustic, therefore a true semi- is out of the question for me. You are correct in that I've not yet delved into building. I'm planning on doing it next year, around tax time. FWIW: I'm also going to get into doing inlay work. I'm not going to get into making necks, but I can certainly do some fancy inlay on them, as well as the body. I'm planning on doing inlay on wooden boxes for my family for Christmas next year. Those techniques will obviously carry over onto the guitar as well.
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    Though I haven't delved too deeply into it, I have looked into how acoustics are made. I don't want to make one, which is why I wanted to know if semi's are make the same way. If they're not, then I might be able to do something with one next year. I haven't seen a concise answer yet, which is why I chose to describe my thoughts.
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    No, that's a chambered guitar. It's easier though to build a guitar like that in three layers -- a thicker center section and thinner top and back. And if you use contrasting woods, it looks great too. I was actually assuming there were f-holes in the top. My mistake for not specifying that. What I'm considering is, when I finally get into the building of bodies next year, making a Les Paul but really hollowing out the body and adding f-holes. Maybe the body would be a little bigger, almost be like a mini-archtop. What would be the effect if the wood was thicker than a standard semi-, like 1/4"-3/8", but without a center block? Would the feedback be overwhelming, or would it be there at all due to the lack of vibration in the wood?
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    The feedback you'ge all giving is extremely interesting. Based on the term "semi-acoustic", one could infer that the wood is braced like a traditional acoustic, and just as thin. From your descriptions, it sounds like a semi can (or is) made by hollowing out the body and putting a top on it. If this is the case, are the back & sides routed fairly thin - maybe 1/4" or so - with a thin top as well? Would this thickness allow the wood to vibrate like an acoustic? Granted, the vibration would be significantly less due to the thickness of the wood. Also, if this is the case, how does the body handle the tension without cracking?
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    So a semi- is like a thin acoustic, but with a block of wood going down the middle? Is it like a thin, keck-through acoustic?
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    What's the real difference between a semi-acoustic body (ie: Gibson 335) and a chambered or hollow body (ie: thinline Tele)? Are the construction techniques significantly different?
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    Washburn 29 fret guitar It might be a trick to actually find one, but maybe the picture will spark an idea or two. You can't deny it - there's plenty of access to the upper register
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    I tung oiled the neck of a kit guitar I built. I didn't notice the finish rubbing off, but then again, it was >7 years ago. It may be that tung oil isn't a "premanent" finish for highly touched surfaces. The bookcase I finished with T/U still has the same dull sheen it had when it was newly finished. Maybe the oil is still in the wood, but the surface has been smoothed by the friction of your hand. If nobody here can conclusively answer, try asking a local woodworking store.
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    As for shredding, the type of guitar is immaterial. I really don't think anyone would argue that Les Paul himself could do some serious shredding on a guitar known for it's limited access. What's more, he did it without distortion to cover his tracks. Prince was tearing it up at the Superbowl last year on some kind of Tele. It's all up to your personal taste. As for high access, I notice that nobody's mentioned an SG yet. Maybe it's 'cause you mentioned V's, maybe not. In any event, SGs are great for upper access. So are Steinbergers.
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    For a while, the fold-out lap rest was available aftermarket. It currently isn't available through Yo Music, but you might be able to find it elsewhere, or just make one yourself. Does anyone know if it's available through Gibson? They used to have it on their V's when they bought Steinberger.
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    So what we're saying is: Yes, mahogany is just fine for making a neck.
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    The curent thread about using slider pots for volume & tone gave me an idea. Id'd only really be useable on 2-pickup guitars, but so what. use the slider as a pan control between the pickups. Dead center would be "both on full". You get the idea. Now, if they even make them as pan pots, would that effectively have both on continually? If so, that would eliminate the 60 cycle hum on a tele forever. What a coincidence - I'm making a tele tight now!
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    Dang. It's like Fender bought Gretch or sumpthin'.
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