Defiled

It's the nut to the high E string saddle

15/dude

Looks good. So many guitars......

But keep in mind all of the people you don't know are watching......

The only time I've heard them was when I saw their "I belive in a thing called love" video... that was enough for me...... that guy must have no balls.....

It looks niiiice... what kind of wood is that?

I put an arm carve and a stomach(?) contour on my Epi LP using a palm sander, which is a lot easier to control imo. I'm sure you could just run it at an angle, although it might be somewhat difficult to keep a bevel that runs around the whole body looking equal.

Stew-mac.com and Lmii.com both have unradiused preslotted boards

Its a fern! Its beautiful

That body looks awesome. Can't wait for you to start .

I started when I was 10, on a enourmous-necked acoustic guitar that had strings 1/2" (ok, maybe a little less...) above the fretboard (it was a Takamine Jasmine). A year later I got my first electric(Epi LP SpecialII), and a year after that I started playing lead in my contemporary church's band. After doing that for a few months I upgraded all of my gear, and now I play too much I think, but I love it. And now (after almost 6 years of playing) whenever I pick my Jasmine I wonder how I made myself stick with it in the beginning.

It doesn't look bad, but it doesn't beat the bulls-eye

I'm trying to decide if it's worth the extra money for a Carvin through-body neck, or if I should just hope for the best and make my own. I've never made a guitar before, but I'm very experienced working with wood. The one thing I don't want to mess up is the through-body neck, because if I screw it up I can't simply unbolt it. I've figured that the truss rod/fretwire/fingerboard/neck wood etc. will be about $70, and I would no doubt make my own neck if thats all I would need. But I have no tools and seeing as the Stew-Mac Fretting Tool-Kit is $140 (I know they probly throw in some non-essential items to make it cost more) it makes me hesitate. If there is no non-essential items in the toolkit, as I have yet to determine every needed tool, then there is not much of a price difference and there is no question to what I will do... so sorry in advance if I find that it will cost me the same either way. Any thoughts on this would be appretiated.....

What I Have-

The good:

PRS Santana SE

Kustom Quad100DFX (7 built in effects and 4 preamps)

The Bad:

Epi LP Special II (in the process of refinishing)

Epi Studio 10 DSP that came with Special II

Zoom 505 FX pedal (POS but it was free )

What I Want:

To finish my Special II and get started making my first guitar

Either the BossME50 Multiple FX or just the basic delay, distortion, chorus pedals

I could fill up my post with about 20 other things I want, but I'm happy with my current setup.

They are all good looking, but the smooth curves of Lex's bass got my vote.... its so beautiful

actually you can play a v sitting down you put the lower wing between your legs

Sounds messy ..... I have a thing for Explorers. The body design looks cool, balances well, and always makes people look twice.

The only strings I have been using lately are Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinkies. Fat lows, screaming highs... ..... The only strings I have used that I can't stand to play is GHS Boomers, or rather most any GHS strings. Just not for me.

I use this site, it's got a little bit of everything.

Dansm's Guitar Page

Can you point me to a site that deals with direct mounting? I've been looking around without much luck.

Thanks for the quick response, but what is direct mounting?

Will I be able to have a H/S/H setup with a 25" scale, 24 fret fingerboard ? I plan on using Carvin's through-body neck, and I cannot find the length of the fingerboard. I'm just not sure if there is a certain distance needed between each pickup.