ThePlague

I'd also possibly be interested in the Memory Man if Godin doesn't want it.

Binding extending past the fingerboard and into the neck wood perhaps? I don't think epoxy or glue and sawdust would ever look good.

For some reference, I use a .070 as the low B on my 7 string... I would want something heavier for an 8 string, but the longer scale will help too.

Actually that's not even an inversion. It's simply a different voicing. If something besides the A was in the bass (lowest note of the chord), then it'd be an inversion. For example, if you played the low E string open, you'd have the 5th of the chord in the bass, making it an AM in second inversion.

Well the jack is enclosed, so there's nothing touching on the inside of the guitar. It's this jack from Carvin: I'll hopefully try checking today if I have wires connected to the wrong lugs. GregP got it right. The lugs were reversed. Switched them and everythings working great. Now I can't wait 'til I can get a band practice together and open it up on my big amp!

I found the problem: the output jack. I get no sound with a cable plugged all the way in to the jack, but if i plug one in about half way I get normal sound. Is there some reason behind this or is my jack just defective?

I'm just about positive the colors match up. I tried Southpa's suggestion and no luck.

Actually I never grounded the ground lugs to the volume pot casings. I just ran them directly to the tone pot. I'll disconnect those and redo it the way you said.

Yesterday a friend and I tried to wire my first guitar build. It's a two humbucker guitar with a three-way switch, two volume pots, and one tone pot. We went by this diagram. http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/schem...one-w-3way.html When we connected it up, no sound. I don't have pictures, but I'll try to describe what we did. We started with the pickup selector. We soldered the two center lugs to a shielded coax wire and ran that to the right lug of the tone pot. The top lug of the switch we ran to the center lug of one of the volume pots, the bottom lug to the center lug of the other volume pot. Then we installed the pickups. First the neck pickup. Red and white we soldered together and put a little ball of hot glue around the solder joint for a little insurance. Green and bare we soldered to the casing of the tone pot. Black we ran to the right lug of a volume pot. Same procedure for the bridge pickup then, except black running to the other volume pot. Then we grounded both volume pots. Left lug of the pots to the tone pot casing again. Next we soldered the capacitor to the center lug of the tone pot and the tone pot casing. Input jack was next. The long lug we soldered to the right lug of the tone pot, the short one to the tone pot casing. Lastly we ran a wire from the bridge post to the tone pot casing. What are some possible reasons for getting no sound out of the guitar at all? We both have some experience with soldering, and I've checked all the joints. All seem solid.

i'm not sure what you're defining unheard of as, so i'll just list some bands that people on here MIGHT not know. none of these are too obscure. arcturus - avant garde/post black metal. garm of ulver did vocals for every album up until the one they released this year. magnitude 9 - power/prog metal. very melodic with the singer hitting some wicked high notes. mithras - experimental death metal. i haven't heard much from these guys, but what i've heard is very good.

or instead of a lip, how about a little carve? same basic idea but instead of adding something onto the top, take a little off.

i think he was talking more about the lower strings. particuarly tuning a .070 to E. but you're right. calling .011's heavy guage is exaggerating. i get into the habit of calling them heavy because they're heavier than the .009's just about everyone i know plays.

i like heavy strings and medium action. on my seven string i use an .011-.070 set and on my six strings i think it's .010-.056. standard tuning on everything (well drop d once in a while on the sixes). the reason i don't like my action super low is you can't really dig into bends when it's that low. i always felt like the string was about to slip under my finger. doesn't happen with my action raised a bit and heavier strings. i play a lot of stuff, but mainly it's rock and metal.

i've always been intrigued by touch style guitars. i think if i ever found a really good teacher near me i'd probably try learning.

i love the inlay on the ironbird. reminds me of the john myung signature bass.