Dean

WOW, sweet looking body.That wood porn was nice,look forward to seeing it finished.

Some table grinders have ver.speed with zero start...if mod'ed you could turn knobs ,too.Just a thought.

Something to bring up, is sometimes you have to tell people NO.People want to design their guitar and have no concept as to what will work.You try to work with them ,and tell them as nice as posiable their idea just is not a good one.If they insist let them go to someone else.No matter how good you are, someone will try to cut down your work, or talk you into doing something they want,and you do it knowing it is wrong,tell them it should not be done,and after they get it ,they grip because it does not work like they thought.And it is the builders fault,haha.I have taken jobs for people in other lines of work ,knowing I should have turned them down,and they say please.I fall for it ,and the next thing you know ,they have complained to someone about the job.If your going to build guitars for a living ,you better get some thick skin,charge what the market will bare and a fair price for your product.If you can justify what you do and the price you sell it for,sleep good at night then it is all good.

The short answer is yes...one wire should be to ground and the other to the contact.Just remember where they go ,so you can reattach when ready.

86 ,I sent you a message thru this site.

I would be somewhat interested....but you do know that you can get a lot of the stats you need off the computer and or talking to people in the industry.Some people go into their local guitar store and take measurements with permision of corse.Some just take a picture and scale it from that.Hope this helps.

You do not always have to shield,But I think on a strat all you have to shield is the pickguard .My brain does not always work so wait for more info.Or better explained info.I have guitars that are shielded and some that are not.

I agree with Wes, I would use the dremel to rough out the inside of a design.Then cut it in with a sharp tool,by hand.You can do it the way woodenspoke has said, or get two pieces of radiused wood to clamp on top of the board and use that to guide your tool.

Don't know the wood ,but they look sweet.

+1, either fill and reroute,or get same truss rod to replace the bad one.the truss rod needs to be centered and not all truss rods are alike.Good luck.

I am going to put a Benedetto fingerrest and a Benedetto pickup in the neck position. Had to resize the fingerrest...like so it kicks back just a little as it goes to the back of the fingerrest.

I have been redoing my last build ,cause I did not like it.So here we go. Took the back down , and lowered the middle...so that the top ,middle ,and back are less then two inches total.I am using spruce for the top. Like this...still alot of work to do.

Don't listen to him Wez, Dean is wrong ,it is Jim Burns that is back in buss.Jezzzzzz this guy needs help.hahaha

Wez, did you know John Birch guitars is back in bussiness.They advertised in this months copy of guitar player...a all gold model.It looks good.

Looking good, I need to get me a LP in the future.

I see way to much in the fugure of this piece of wood.So I'll just say ,nice wood.Look forward to your build.

Looks like a 335 wiring or something like that.Do you just like it better then the regular tele plate and the pick ups different ,too. I guess the only thing tele-esh is the body.But , I like it ,just wondering out loud.Also the pick guard mounting all the hardware like a strat,just different....still like it .hahaha

Scott ,EMG'S are pretty good too.

I know this is petty but I run into Seymour Duncan once a year,and one of those years he pissed me off.I bought a photo of the Ventures and Nokie's wife asked me if I wanted it signed by the band,who happen to be playing at the time.I said yes, and she told me to come on up on stage to get it signed.Well Seymour Duncan was with Nokie as I went to get his sig. and he said ,he's a drummer ,like telling Nokie to just not sign it.I was thinking all kinds of stuff, but Nokie being the person he is ,just signed it, and I thanked him and his wife.I just do not understand some people,and my son is the drummer not me, not that it should matter.I guess I just said all that to say ,even if he made the best pickups in the world,I would think twice before buying any.He does not need my bizz anyway ,I'am sure.

Hey Scotty , just seen this thread.....I have a a couple of guitars ,made for and leaned toward blues ,and I used Lindy and kent pickups.They are very good and the construction is top shelf.Another thing ,if you have a sound in mind ,you can talk to them and they will tweek it to your liking.Also they can answer any thing you mite question.I don't recomend using two P90's just because you can get more sounds with say a P90 and a unbucker or some other combo.You are very detailed type of person, so hope this helps.

+2 a very old and worn out goat.

Very cool , will be my next book buy......thanks for all the work you put into a book for the rest of us.

How thick is the body ? I like the retro and simplisty of it.Very nice.

Drak, your tele bodys are very cool.....I like the finish job you do, very pro. .Look forward to seeing this finished.

I really like this, great job.It's sexy art .