newbiejon

You can use a picture of a guitar to get all your mesurements if you know what scale it is full size. For example a PRS scale is 25 inches so if you get a pic of a PRS and measure the length from the nut to bridge and then divide 25 by that number then every measurement on the picture will be that many times bigger. Obviously you would want to get a pic of a bass not electric.

Also remember that bass necks are alot longer than electric necks

Jon

I did my first de fret on my bass last week and i found the best solution to get rid of chips was to sand the fret board down, granted i thought my neck was too thick and it had some crappy finish on it so i wanted to sand it down anyway and ended up planing and scraping and everything else but it definately gets rid of those chips

Jon

isn;t it legal as long as your aren't selling it? 0_o

Surely if you're buying it from someone then it must be illegal?!?

Ok i know i sound like a complete newb but what do these do? Are they a tuning aid or do they electronically alter the pitch of you guitar?!?!?

Yes you could but to get wood cheaper you need to buy bigger and then you need the tools to prepare it (bandsaw etc).

Hi guys, i've read some of the pages (have to admit not all 20 but i'm at work so can't surf for too long!) So i don't know al the suggestions that have been made but i will make this one and you can correct me if you've thought of it.

Why doesn't someone set up an auction for the same stuff eg plans and things selling them with any reserve. Then plaster all over the auction this guys name - betterbytes etc and his auctions and the fact that it's the same stuff but he's selling it and you're giving it away?!?! oh and don't forget projectguitar.com and the other sites he's ripping off.

I don't know if you have to pay ebay for an auction or if you can withdraw it before the end or what but its just an idea.

Ok so i found a couple of guitars on one of the custom finish links and they has les paul style bridges and then the strings went through the body a few inches away. They holes were positioned in an arch:

http://www.gmwguitars.com/empire/empire16.html

now does anyone recon they know if this arch is purely aesthetic or is it to do with intonation, string placement etc?!?!?!

Fair do's

Does anyone know where you can get it in the UK

If you're in the UK then try Luthierssupplies.co.uk or touchstonetonewoods.co.uk

not sure where you can go if you're in US so sorry if you are

I think we need a name and shame for suppliers, not that i know of any bad suppliers, i spose we just need a place to promote the good guys

ps the reason for the delay with my clarification is that im in the UK so i had to wait till i woke up to read all your comments.

Hi

cheers for your replies, sorry if i was unclear. I need to know about the angle of the neck compared to the body. I know that strats headstock is not angled and that gibsons/prs do but its the neck/body angle i need info on. I think some of you covered it but just to clarify myself

cheers so far.

Hi

i know that you have to angle the headstock back or use string trees but is there a specific angle for the neck to be related to the body. I've looked at my bro's strat and can't see much of an angle if any but really i need to know about PRS/Les Paul guitars and i don't have one going spare.

Thanks in advance

Hi guys, not sure if this is the correct place but i thought i'd just tell all you south UK based peeps about TIMBERLINE. I went there this weekend to get wood for my first project and thought they deserved a mention. Basically the guy know what he's on about and the place is packed with prepeared wood, unprepared wood, veneers of every type, acoustic guitar bits (sides,backs,fronts, sound bourds, seperate or in packs) pre cut fretboards, everything!

I went with my dad who is a woodworker and we got 10ft of 2in by 8in mahogany and 10ft of 1in by 15-20in flamed maple - pics to follow.

Basically i thought this guy deserved a mention as it can be hard to find decent places or people so its thanks to - TIMBERLINE in Tonbridge Kent

thanks for the reassurance

second question, are you carving it or using a sander or what?

One of the most important things my dad has taught me is to keep checking your work. Inevitably you will find that the end furthest away from you will be planed moreso you gotta keep turning the wood and remember to apply pressure with your front hand when closest to you and as you move away transfer the pressure to your back hand.

Hi

does anyone know if a half inch top is too thin for a carved finish. Obviously you can do what you want but has anyone tried it and failed or succeded?

cheers

Jon

Hi

is this the same question as Linear vs Logarithmic? I'm in the UK which might be the cause of different terms

cheers guys

Hi

i've been trying to work this out for ages and hopefully one of you guys will know. How do you give a solid body a carved top for example we could say like a PRS guitar?

thanks in advance

If a humbucker is described as coil tappable does that mean you can split them into single coils?!?

Hi

are there any rules on how much you can hollow out a 'solid' body guitar eg tele thin line. Obviously you can't really hollow out under the pickups or bridge but apart from that are there any warnings?

cheers

Hi

i'm startin my first project so need some pickups. I want a pair of humbuckers but i can't justify spending loads on the pickups. Its not that i don't think i should its just i aint got the money to do it so i want some that will give me a nice warm tone, any ideas. I'm in the UK and found these

This set is fully shielded and includes individually adjustable pole pieces with a 10" long 4 Conductor lead wire. With heavy duty Alnico 5 magnets, these are some pro-quality pickups at a very low price.GOLD,COIL TAPPABLE,SAME COLOUR CODES AS SEYMOUR DUNCANS £42.00 CUSTOM USA PICKUPS (Pristine with protective sellophane )

and these

Vintage "Gibson®" style humbucker pickups, gold finish w/adjustable pole screws. Both bridge & neck pickups are Alnico V magnets. The bottom of each pickup is potted with a thick coat of wax. Each pickup measures 2 1/4" in length by 1 1/2" in width & 5/8" in height.

anyone have any warnings about cheaper pickups and anything to avoid?!?

cheers in advance

Am i right in thinking that if i want 2 hunbuckers and i want to split them and use them together i have to use a five way switch ?