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  • Birthday 06/11/1994

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    I am currently building an explorer- style neck through guitar.<br />

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  1. I voted Gibson for the Explorer. It's not too pointy, not too curvy... and it fits so well with the Explorer's body shape.
  2. I tried one out at guitar center, and it didn't give me any problems. Besides, I'm going to have 3 knobs and 2 mini toggle switches, so I'd rather not crowd everything together in the corner. (hijacking my own thread) Does anyone have any experience with these "Original Fender No Load Pots"? Would they be hard to turn down quickly in the middle of the song if they "click" into 10?
  3. That's perfect! Thanks so much WezV. I have another question about the "ground-wire from bridge." I'm going to be installing a floyd. What part of the bridge do I solder the wire to?
  4. I'm building a guitar similar to an Explorer Pro (however it is a neck thru, with the body wings not glued on yet) and I need some help figuring out how to rout for the wires. This is a normal explorer. They can just cover up all the routing with the pickguard though: However on an explorer pro, it is all done through the back. What's bothering me is that I'm not sure how to connect the control cavity and the pup selector cavity. I don't think my drill is going to be able to get the correct angle if I just try to go in at an angle. This is the back of an explorer pro, link Please help me figure this out! One pic per post except in the In progress and finished work section, Links to all others, Just a friendly reminder. MK
  5. http://www.floydrose.com/instructions.html very bottom. You should be able to make a template from those.
  6. here's the solution I came up with. I true up both sides and make up the difference with zebrawood on the back of the body. I'll cut a block into four pieces and arrange them so the grain makes a diamond- shape.
  7. It's not a transistor. Everything seems fine when I check the connections with the multimeter, but when I plug in it just buzzes! Do you think it could be a short?
  8. I thought of those, but then i either lose the neck- through look on the back, or I have a weird line on my neck.
  9. That's perfect! thanks! I'll tell you guys how it goes
  10. it doesn't have a neck angle, so i can get rid of one side. But then I'm still stuck with one side of unevenness. i'm talking depth. If i true it up, sure i'll have plenty of room for the neck, but i don't want a super- thin body.
  11. It's 1 17/32" at the body, and 1 13/32 where the fretboard will be... worse than i thought
  12. it's on both sides, which is really a bummer. that picture is exaggerated btw.
  13. I got a little crazy with the table saw and accidently cut my neck (it's a through neck) about 1/16 too thin in depth. It's only on part of the neck that will be under the fretboard, because it got moved while I was cutting it. I had a thought of ripping it in half lengthwise, and gluing in a piece of maple. Another option I thought of was putting wood dough on the part that will be concealed by the fretboard, but I'm worried that will severely affect the tone of the guitar. Any other ideas?
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