Dr. Jabsco

you know, I also play banjo.

keep us updated, thoes things are pritty pimpish.

YBWYB (thats, "you better watch your back")

You can make your own side following jig, as ive seen done in the tourtial section. If I were you I would try sears, they have great routers, I got a router, and a router table there for only 89 bucks. Works great. If you want a router for 20 bucks, I have an old portercable that hasnt been used in years, but if you plan on doing more than a couple of guitars you should spring for a nicer router. I also have a craftsman router thats a bit nicer, that I would let go of for 30 bucks.

hmm, i dont think it would. well, im out of ideas, ill let some pros handle this.

hahhaha, there goes smitty with the bassist bashing again. read my sig. believe me, i will do it.

HAHAHA IVE ALWAYS WONDERED THE SAME THING!!! I ALWAYS JUST ASSUMED SOMETHING LIKE "BY THE WAY" OR SOMETHING!!!!!!! ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahhaha I though it ment "I might (add or offer)" but i couldnt get that last word. I was totally off. hahahhaha

my god, beutifully put. sanding ovation for drak everybody.

You could ask somone to send you some rosewood sawdust maybe. how big is the gap? if its not very big you could get a buzz fietien nut installed and that may be big enough to cover it up.

thanks IMHO thier both great, and i think its better to not even compair them. but hendrix would win

My top 10 (bassists) Jaco Pastorious (Weather report) Victor Wooten (Flecktones) James Jamerson (Funk Brother) Bootsy Collins (Parliment Funkidellic) Paul Chambers (Miles Davis) Marcus Miller (himself) Charles Mingus (himself) studio bassists - Garry Willis Stew McKensy Dave Fredrick

what does IMO mean?? ive always wondered

hehe, oops i forgot, thanks for the reminder.

hendrix had more talent, paige used his talent better. I prefer hendrix (his early stuff) because that is some true jammin. I got this old trip record of his thats a live concert, its AMAZING. i love it

Yes, your correct. on a strat (or anything with a pickguard) you can even run it to a pick guard screw.

I would love to help you, but i cant! um, you could email the nice folks at EMG, they were very nice to me when I had a question for them, and fast response too.

I love the camphor burl, always loved that stuff. How much was the top? did you get it from gilmer? If you want to get real radical with fretboards you could try checking out the fanned fret system. Search google for it, or check out some of the workerbee 7 basses.

actually there are TONS of thoughts on that issue, and I dont quite feel like hearing all of the thoughts again (not trying to sound like an A-hole) if you search im sure you would find a gerth of info about. If you like i can link you to some, im compleatly without anything to do at the moment

to put downward pressure on the strings after the nut, so they dont flatten every time you play a note within the first 3 or 4 frets. Its also nice for bassists to like to slap and pop thier strings, so non of the strings jump out of the nut, which is unlikley anyway. camcool- Yes, and also as I understand it a scarfed headstock adds a bit of strength. hell, it also just looks cool

It would look fine with the maple top as well. (my opnion, not fact) you wouldnt need to stain it, but you can do as you like. Im sure that combo has been used before, and if you look around for a while you may be able to find some pictures. are you doing set neck, or neck thru? out of courisoty

haha i like that one you could also do, bush/kerry

Also you could think about a kit guitar first. Universal Jems sells them im pritty sure. After you can se how its put togeather, it may be eayser to make the peices to put togeather aswell. good luck

Sure, im not sure about crotch but I think you can get regular from www.gilmerwoods.com also check ebay, and google it up. if you dont mind me asking, how well are you funded for this project?

Thanks swirl, i nearly ruiend my truss rod because i forgot to use common sense I have a hard maple dowl I could epoxy in, and then do the inlay. do you see any problems there? ps thanks for the input guys

Yesterday, I was routing the trussrod channel on my bocote neck, and I was using my table router. Well about halfway thru the second pass the bit loosened itself and went right up thru the neck. Its about 9 inches out from the heel. I think it happened because I was using the wrong bit, so I switched up and finished up the route. I think to patch it up im going to fill it up with some wood filler untill the neck is nearly done (carved and all) then put a nice little ying-yang inlay over it. Im just very glad that the bit didnt gradually come out and leave somthing that I would sand thru. And im also glad it didnt come all the way out and leave a hole in my forehead. these are the kind of first build mistakes that you seriously doubt you will make. OH WELL, atleast i get to try out my inlay skills PS for all thoes intrested, I am going to be making a little tourtial and Ill post it up after im done with the build. specs are, 4 string bass, 1 peice bocote neck, ebony fingerbord, claro walnut body, emg select jazz pickups, possibly a snakewood veneer on peg head (depends on how visible the glue line is after I do the sanding) you fellas think im going about patching it up the right way? and one more question, on the installation instructions that came with the stewmac hotrod it said to use bathtub sealent on each end of the truss rod (which i have plenty of) but the part that confused me was that it said not to use glue along the whole rod, I thought I saw in wes's tourtial that he use glue along the entire route. which way is best?