Defiled

Interesting body shape, not exactly my taste, but interesting. That padauk is awesome! And the layout of the electronics is brilliantly simple.

What if he moved the tailpiece closer to the bridge? Wouldn't that maybe give the strings enough of a downward angle? Most likely not.......?

It would have been a decent post... but then he started talking about his ideal world......

Any ways, back on topic. As much as I like the sound of Marshals, a good amount of what you are paying for is the name IMO. But if you have the money and don't mind spending, I would say that is the way to go.

I use Twist-Locks

I just had a few cans in the garage, thanks for the heads up.

Sorry, I looked around a bit but I couldn't find any pictures that would help you understand. Basicly, as if you were going to route for a pickup, you need to route a pocket for bridge so that the top of the bridge will be level with the nut.

Carvin's don't have neck angles and they use tune-o-matics. Just route a pocket below the bridge, deep enough to be able to use the adjusters to get your action where you want it.

I was the first to vote!

Hey guys, just a few questions, I would have searched but my computer is so messed up right now.

1:What is the average oz.'s of MOP used to inlay a fretboard, with inlays about the size of a quarter and enough left to do a 2 quarter sized inlay on the headstock? How thick should I get them (I think the choices are 0.040", 0.050", 0.060").

2: For finishing my guitar, which will have an alder body with a quilted maple top and a maple neck, I plan on ordering the following from ReRanch: Alcohol based Green and Black dyes, 2 cans of clear Nitro, the 3M "Finesse it II" they recomend for polishing, and the 3M wet/dry sand paper kit. I'm going to do the stain black, sand back, stain green with a black burst (which I'll use a can of black Krylon to do). Am I missing anything?

This is my first attempt at finishing a guitar, so even if I know all there is to know I still feel like I'm missing something. Any help is great, thanks.

.73 cat tongues (the red ones).... gotta love cat tongues

Now that looks awesome

It looks good, but the white pickgaurd draws too much attention away from the graphic IMO.

thanks for hijacking my thread

Thanks for all of the replies. Jefm, I don't understand exactly what the 3-way switch is for, unless it is to put the humbuckers in parallel, but how then would the on/off/on switches effect that? I'm thinking I might just stick with my first plan, but with push-pull pots with phasing for each pickup like on the Red Special.

Look through Carvin's site in their "Guitars-in-stock" section and see if they have any pictures. Their guitars have a strat look to them.

that is so beautiful.....

holy......

what ever you do with that, don't get angry with it!

Geeze... more wood for you? Don't you ever stop!?

You could always get your fb from LMI. They will radius and slot your board for $14.

Their slotting machines been down for awhile. And I would still need a sanding block for when I do my inlays.

Thanks guys. I will e-mail Carvin and see what they can do. I liked GM's idea about sanding the nut, so I'll give that a thought. As for the fretwire, I guess the only way to find out what I like is to give it a try (unless someone knows what size PRS uses....?). And of course I had to forget one thing. Gotoh Schaller-Syle tuners, anybody have any experience with these? Sorry for all the questions, but I don't want to buy something that ends up being crap, only to know later on that someone could have told me to get something different.

Thanks, I'm sure when I have the stuff I need in front of me I'll have at least a small idea about what you just said . Can you explain to me why you don't think I'll get the best sound choices from this setup? I was looking for a setup that allowed me the most tonal possibilities, and I settled with this one because I thought thats what I would get. I'll look into the switch-less setup you talked about. This is going to be more of a studio guitar, so I don't mind having all of the switches though.

I have searched high and low for the wiring schematic I need, so if someone can help me out here it would greatly appreciated.

Hum/Single/Hum Setup.

Vol/Tone for Hums

Vol/Tone for Single

On/off/coil tap for each hum

On/off for the single

I am very unknowledgable when it comes to electronics, but I am very willing to learn. I have not yet found the pickups I want, so suggestions are welcome. Also, when I am looking at pickups is there any special thing I need to make sure it has in order to work for my setup? And this may sound stupid (we all gotta learn somehow) but what does a phase switch do?

I am just about ready to order all my parts for my first guitar, but there are just two things I still need to know. First thing is fretwire - I plan on getting stew-mac's Medium/High fretwire, is this good? Or is there something better? And second thing is the fretboard - I want a 15" radius on my fetboard, so I can use Carvin's graphite nut and TOM bridge. My problem is I cannot seem to find a 15" radius sanding block. Does anyone know where I could get one? Or could I just use stew-mac's 14" or 16"? The "Make your own radius sanding block" tutorial looks like a major pain, but if thats what I gotta end up doing...... Any insults, threats, helpful comments, or answers are welcome . Thanks.

It kind of looks soft, like a fabric top..... maybe....