Andreas
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My fretboard too became dry and had marks on it that looked like nail scratches. I rubbed it well with a toothbrush (note: the toothbrush worked as a very very weak sanding paper or steel wool..it scraped away any scum and it left the fretboard even dryer) and then oiled it with some fretboard oil I have..it says on the ingredients petrolate distilates so it should be paraphine oil.. I let it sit for a while and then just played the thing cause I couldnt just stare at it for so long without touching it ...After a few hours I reoiled the parts that still felt dry and it is as good as new
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http://www.guest.animebliss.net/BIOU/Final...ar%20wiring.GIF That is my final plan so far...you the masterminds check it out please and for all others that might find it usefull ..well enjoy! There is a small change...I desided I wanted the booster to be after the pickup selection so as to boost anycombination of pickups I choose and not just the bridge pickup since it could create some volume issues..(the bridge pickup would prevail at any combination). also another simple but crucial question... All the grounding wires (the marked ones on the diagram) would have to be joined together and lead straight to the jack or it should be done otherwise?
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After studying the site I saw that the stratoblaster would do my needs perfectly. But just to be sure....that kind of booster shown will enchance the signal and make the bridge pickup act like an active pickup? What I want from it is to be able to distort very easy...have in mind an EMG - 81
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Meet the Stratoblaster. That should take care of your problems. Or try Don Till's JFET Guitar Preamp. Or get a prebuilt one from EMG, StewMac, Guitar Electronics, et al. Just replace the volume pot (on the preamp) with a trimmer pot and set it for the amount of boost you want. The site that has the stratoblaster inside is perfect!!
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Exactly my plan on my guitar. I'll also have a 5-way super switch (or maybe PRS style rotary, haven't decided) for full use of pick-up options. You can have separate volume and tone controls for each pick-up with only 2 holes in the top of your guitar + the switch. I don't like having alot of knobs and switches cluttering up a nice figured top but I still want to control volume and tone separately on both humbuckers. I like the look of these knobs at Stew-Mac. I was thinking of ordering them with black on bottom knob and gold on top to give my project a gold framed in black theme.
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I searched a bit the web and I found this... http://www5.ocn.ne.jp/~dgb/circuit/Booster.png it says it is a booster circuit but its all chinise to me ( I won`t say Greek because Greek is my main language )
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hmm I was under the impression that the classic 57 where four conductor pickups...oh well it doesnt matter..I can always use them in another project ...maybe an excact copy of an SG supreme. hmm... Does anyone have any suggestions for the "steroid" circuit I asked before?
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http://www.guest.animebliss.net/BIOU/guitar%20wiring2.JPG That is the wiring diagram im going after. But before I do so I want to ask something that the masterminds of this forum might know. From what I know active pickups are normal pickups that produce a very very weak signal from the strings and use an amplification circiut to enhance the signal. The two humbuckers im planing to put are passive..in fact they might be a gibson classic 57 and classic 57 plus...and I was thinking if something could be added to the output of the bridge pickup before it goes to the volume and tone pot to amplify and balance the signal to resemble the sound of active pickups to be used mainly for metal rythm playing. What I had in mind would be a circuit of some sort that would be activated by the flick of a small switch. Any help or do I ask too much?
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Ah I see...that is perfect for me The lower part would be a tone ajustment and the top the volume ajustment (except if anyone suggests why that shouldnt be done)
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ok thanks
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oh well that diagram is way good enought for my expectations... I want to make a very very versatile guitar so there should be alot of pickup compinations. Btw...when you blend two single coils (one on neck and one on bridge) do they behave as a humbucker or as two single coils?
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"slaps head" Why didnt I think of that before?...sometimes stupidity reigns in our heads
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Can you have a parallel out of phase? I dont remember seeing any
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Can someone draw a diagram of what I should do with the output of the diagram I posted earlier to get a master volume, master tone and a pickup selector for two humbuckers?
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http://guitarelectronics.zoovy.com/product/WDUH5R0001 I found this a few minutes ago and I had to post it here for all to see (even most of you would already know about it ) I want to ask if you can do this to two humbuckers and join them Leading to a tone and volume pot before leaving through the jack.
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How can you do an assymetrical neck back like the one on peavy wolfgangs? And for those with more expierence on that kind of necks...Do they feel more natural to you?
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to be honest I was 99% i was gonna put a TOM but I saw a guitar with a bigsby and it hit me that you dont remove any wood to put a bigsby. If its only good for vibrato then it is not worth it. For that I have my hands.
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TOM with throught the body strings or bigsby for tremolo? Its for a neckthrough and I dont want to remove much wood from the neck`s lower part. Also I would like it to be versatily and a bigsby tremolo sounds the best choice, but im open to advices so do advice. Basically I want to know how good a bigsby is. I dont expect it to do divebombs and crazy stuff.
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All I can think of now is cutting the neck at an angle and make a new scarf joint.
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Ah sorry for the spelling mistake...English is not my first lanquage so I often mix up the spelling. When distorded how does it change the tone?
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How will chambering affect the sound of a guitar? Im thinking of a neckthrough with chambered sides.
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I was at the village today...Its filled with wild cherries and walnuts. It just makes you wonder if that trunk will have enough wood for a few good necks. An uncle of mine who is a carpenter told me that here it has a higher abundance of walnuts and cherries than maples.
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You had to ruin it didnt you? I really like this final shape and I dont think I will be able to make it any better without completly changing it. That will most probably be the shape im going after. I still have to test for balance by cutting on MDF.
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thank you for the positive replys. Also I want to thank the others that critized the other plans and helped me prevent mistakes