Meegs666

there is a tutorial on the main site on adding a veneer to guitar body. it pretty much works the same way with the headstock as well. if you want a nice cheap bookmatched veneer than go to www.universaljems.com. it looks great with a burst finish or binding, but you dont have to go that route. i seriously would make sure its not a really expensive or rare soloist, because you dont want to tamper with something thats already perfect.

acoustic strings are made thicker. if you put electric strings on the neck bow wont be right. if you notice, electric strings bend easily, acoustic strings are harder and pulled more taught. im not really an expert, but i can tell you that much. i think it could work, but from past experience, it sounds horrible. it will sound dead.

this is really starting to get annoying. go to the guide to guitar building webpage and im sure they have a free one. if you arent familiar with that site than please do yourself a favor and use the search button. i have a feeling that this thread is going to be deleted before the day is over. but anyways, everytime someone wants a free cad plan they are sent to that site, so really use the search, thats what it is there for.

well first off, is it a guitar you are building or are you installing this on the aforementioned classical? because a classical wont pick up on a humbucker cause it has nylon strings. second of all, you might get more responses if you post in the hollowbody and acoustic category. and also murphc beat me to the tone part. you seriously wont be able to get the same acoustic qualities like the resonance because a piezo, or in your case a humbucker, will only pickup the vibration of the strings. it wont mic your acoustic properties.

i have heard the name, but i couldnt tell you anything. could you post a link or something, because i am interested in replacement bodies and necks for fenders. as for the fretboard and neck, i have had to finish a maple neck that had frets on it. i put tape over the frets and used a razor knife to make it so the tape only covered the actual fretbeading. i used satin amber stain and nitro which gave it an awesome glow. i did do some wet sanding afterwards but only to get rid of some sploches in the nitro from spraying.

are you planning on doing this thing with aftermarket parts or making the body yourself? because if this is your first guitar building experience it think you should opt for something cheaper and easier. but if you do choose to go about building this, good luck.

an ibanez headstock is not that hard to draw, i think the thing that would help most is if someone could supply better measurements, like from the nut to the tip or the length of the tuner side.

im gonna get an auto scratch repair kit and some furniture wax, if that doesnt do anything than ill post a pic

i accidentally scratched my beautiful gretsch. does anybody know how to take a deep scratch out? can i use one of those gibson touch up pens? or do i use black furniture wax? will i have to put laquer over the scratch if i fill it in? help me, this is my baby we're speaking of.

well if that were an option i would gladly do it. actually its possible in one way, because there is this guy who has posted some powertab files on the powertab archive who actually knows him and has had private lessons in zep songs.

well i dont really care how accurate the specs are. as long as the naked eye can tell what i was going for. the main question is whether or not it is longer than a conventional sg. it looks that way, so i guess im just waiting on someone to give me a ballpark estimate of the length. and its one of my favorites also, along with that triple neck jem that vai plays, too bad most jems are foreign made locking tremelo pieces of crap or i might have bought two for the price i paid for my old gretsch.

i know this is a long shot, but does anyone have one or know the specs on this one. im already planning my next project. it looks like its longer than an sg so i doubt i could just join two sg templates. so does anyone have the specs or can hazard a guess. if i cant get good specs than im just gonna make a double neck jem as my next one, as it is pretty straight forward.

i can see the mahogany arguement, but poplar? thats definitly a no go. poplar sounds dead no matter who you are. its literally a soul less wood. i honestly think you should definitly go with basswood.

i do my bodies with a jigsaw and sand them down. i really only want the bandsaw for doing necks, because a jigsaw is so bad at doing nearly straight lines and the blade slips too much.

ok, i love to do neck through body guitars. i know at one point im going to need a bandsaw. can i get a bandsaw capable of cutting the standard guitar pieces for under 150? if anyone knows of any sites where i could get one could you pm me?

well i was thinking about how brian used vinyl decal material or whatever under pieces of window acrylic. what about using thin veneers? i was guessing i could just by some small sheets of cheap venneer from constantines and dye the pieces different colors and place them under acrylic. im not sure how it would work out. can anyone hazard a a guess on if its worth it or not.

most new fender necks have 22 fret fretboards but all strats have 21 fret necks, if that makes any sense. the length of the neck down to the heel has always been the same. newer necks have a longer fretboard with an added 22nd fret. the pickguards on new fender strats arent interchangeble with their older counterparts because the neck area has more plastic taken out for the 22nd fret extension.

for a beginer it seems easier to do a shape like a v or an explorer, not much skill needed like top carving and whatnot. the main differences between the rhoads polka dot and a gibson is the headstock and the section where the legs of the v come together. the section at the base of the legs, if you could call them that, is more angled instead of curved like a gibson. thats pretty much all i can give you, as i live in the states and know nothing about template availability.

backwards tilt so the strings will catch on the nut easier without string retainers.

well tomorrow ill measure with a protractor and see if i can get away with a good enough angle, if you reckon its around ten then i guess im close enough. im not sure if the fact thats its a seven string jackson style is going to take or add to that angle. but im gonna go ahead and draw the shape and form on the side of the block to see what i have, but at the moment it doesnt look like ill get away with the length and angle in tact.

i would say either graphite or slipstone would be good. and there is also a gibson vibrato that looks good on sgs, i doubt they have it in black though. and to me sperzels are the best locking tuners, especially on a classic style like gibsons.

if its an arch top, i would go with a roller bridge tom setup with a bigsby. anything else i would get the smaller bigsby. the kind that people use on solidbodies. if its an lp style arch top id get a tom and a les trem from stewmac. either way id use an earvana nut for strat style bridge and a graphite for bigsby or anything else. i always use locking tuners anyway, trem or not.

i have two inches to work with for my headstock. i dont want to have to do a splice. whats the smallest angle i can get away with and not have to use string trees? also has anyone done a jackson or superstrat style headstock in a straight fender style version, string trees or no string trees? im a big fan of 80s guitars and i want this one to look as old school as i can get it without having to track down a kahler on ebay.

i love that. that is truly an amazing job, even if the quilt top isnt a perfect one piece. i wish i could do something that well but i have to stick to easy shapes like v's and the like. it reminds me of one of those carvin strats where you can get quilt tops and such. its like how carvin would do a jem. i think a burst could hide the joining lines on the top, if you really wanted to.

i saw a good deal on ebay for a biscuit jointer. i dont know what it is but somebody has said to me that i need one for doing the sides of my neckthru. here is the jointer. do you think this would work for preparing my guitar to be glued? also here is a trim router. would this be suitable for routing out my pickup cavities and binding ledge?