Traveler

I'm looking for recommendations on a good system for sharpening my various chisel and planer blades....any help on specific products would be a big help as I have almost no exp. in this area. A friend who worked in a door shop talked about creating a hollow grind with a grinder and advised not to get tools too sharp as the fine edge wears quickly. I generally find his advice sound but at times he talks above his level of knowledge and as luthiers you know what and how the tools will be used and on common build materials used in luthiery. thanks.

ebony dust and ca built up then leveled off worked great....almost invisible even without staining/finish.

lovely guitar.....any significance with the blacksheep tuner? very clean and simple design esp with the bridge detail. I spent a week in Sydney at the St. James hotel while on my way up the coast in 05, great view from ON TOP of the bridge.

there's a good close up of the tele during Cheap Sunglasses and you can see a white/cream pearloid plate the pots mount thru, appears std size as the metal one would be.

caught that show 2x on VH1 some weeks ago.....great show...great tone! I dig the Billy Bo Gretch and hope to run across plans to make one or save my nickels and find one myself. Tele is cool also.

thanks Martin.....if you have the tele hs for me in pdf that would be a great help. thank you. Matt

the oem nut appears to cantilever over the fb a very small bit maybe 1mm or less, once I get the finish prepped and remove the nut hopefully without much damage I can determine if I can exactly duplicate a replacement myself.

thanks for the links boys.....those plans are great, just need to find the hs and I'll be set. thanks again.

I have a graphite replacement.....just wanted any opinions on the buzz's snake oil>

I couldn't find any tele plans in the download section.....anyone know where a guy looking to make his first tele might find some quality plans to make templates? thanks, Matt ps. what do I need to open the cdr files?? forgive me if this is elementary but that's my basic level of education with regards to this stuff.

my P4 Washburn has a graphite nut that's damaged and needs replacement. is there anything special about the nut on a guitar with this tuning system or can it be replaced with any old nut?? thanks. Matt

beautiful work, looking forward to my own tele build this fall.

thanks, just didn't know how liberally to use the ca and how noticable the result may be. thanks again.

I've recently added the ebony hs overlay and after removing the clamps noticed a nice splitting down the center..... this is my first attempt and pretty sure how I did it buy anyway I'm looking for advice on how to fill it using ebony dust, ca, ect. thanks.

she's a beauty, love the body design.

(nitro)lacquer is lacquer.....colored or clear it reacts the same way to polishing/finishing. most opaques don't use a clear you just layer up the color and do your sand and polish accordingly. any type if pearl or flake does need a clear for obvious reasons and like mentioned above, solids do look deeper with clear and the flexibility of repairing a clear coat ding is much easier imo. automotive poly paints are another story in that they HAVE to be cleared, they are much more durable, less shrinkage, more colors, ect to choose from but alot of people here wouldn't use this on a musical instrument. The debate on tonal damping effects is prevalent, obviously a large majority of the top manuf. use these type of paints and make good to great sounding guitars. I just aquired an older USA Washburn, and the factory poly finish is impressively thin and this guitar sounds and sustains as good as any high end boutique guitar I've played. I believe thickness to be more important than finish type in how it might affect tone imo.

site is still down.....anyone know anything here??? Anyone live near this shop??

I emailed and recieved a quote for a maple top on Thurs and expected a paypal invoice the next day and ........nothing. pulled up the site and nothing.....anyone know what''s going on???? maybe site maint. throughout the weekend?

great info....thanks guys.

I'm gonna use emg's in my current LP build and wonder other than using the 1mg pots what else am I gonna need to deal with. I realize they utilize a 9v batt, will that fit in a LP size control cavity? I'm planning on a single vol, single tone, so should be extra room. Or do I need to route and use one of those little plastic boxes ? Also, I think I have to use a stereo jack vs. the std type.....? thanks.Matt

I agree 100% with you Rich......since unlike others, LMI doesn't give a customer pics of actual pieces to choose from on their site I'm asking for anyone who may have examples to share just to compare with the vendors that take the time and trouble to do so.

I realize alot of folks here use LMI alot but since I haven't yet, I was looking for examples of their maple tops. If you please, post up pics and what grade the particular top on your piece is, this will be a big help for me in price justification in relation to what you get. Don't hesitate to add personal opinions regarding if they or any particular supplier is overpriced as compared to _________ thanks for your time and trouble on this. Also, I'm looking for a nice traditional single action truss rod and was wondering if the 'compression' rod LMI lists would fit the bill for an LP type build.

is micromesh the type or brand of paper you used to wet sand with?? beautiful job, is that airbrushed?? I'm wanting to do this as well in the near future.

thanks for the thoughts and info fellas....after no replies the first couple days I figured I was hunting the white elephant on this request so I just the simple fix and went for the 5-way. Since my weakest point in this hobby is the electronic side, I wasn't sure if it could be done with the original 3-way lever anyway. I was after pure stripped down and dirty functionality with the 'simplified' selections but actually found the 3rd pos of mid alone a rather nice warm sound which I wouldn't have if my original evil plan actually worked-which they usually don't. thanks again

I'm in need of a diagram for a single vol, single tone, hum and 2 single coils utilizing a 3 way lever switch. I want pos 1 to be hum, pos 2 to be mid and neck and pos 3 to be neck only. I've not yet found a diagram for this as most use a 5 way and I don't know if that's what's throwing me off. any help appreciated. I didn't have luck with forum search on this btw. thanks, Matt