Im not good at this

My Spector 5-String:

1and3/4 inches at nut

2and3/8 inches at 12th fret

2and5/8 inches at 24th fret

At first, my measurments didnt look right, so i double checked them, and they are pretty close, though not scientific by any means. I just used a metal ruler that i had laying around. But i hope it helps

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Tim

All i know is that you should probably stick the tip of a soldering iron on the fret for a few, to heat up the fret, and it will release oils in the wood of the fretboard, making it easier to pull. Other than that, i would guess, use some fret-pullers and start at one end of the fret and slowly rock back and forth until the fret is loose.

Im not sure about the second part, but im pretty sure about using an iron.

awesome! great find

sticky!,

Tim

I just found this old CD in my car, its something my former band recorded, i guess they kinda broke up when i moved, shame .. these are from a demo... we never got signed.. bastards.

Ahh the memories.

I dunno how to describe it, its semi hardcore (alot of screaming), but with some cool melodies and such.

Anyway, here ya go, just thought id share... im playing bass btw

Neural Void! Hawaii's premeir hardcore band! (a year and a half ago!),

Tim

Also, when you put on your new strings tune it up and let it sit for over 8 hours, the strings will get used to the tension, don't play it right away.  I got this out of guitar world or something some famous tech does it for clapton...

I dunno about guitar, but for bass usually a person should pull on the strings at about the 12th fret. Pull it about two inches away from the fret board, and kinda bob it around there for a few seconds, if you get what i mean. This will set the ball end of the strings into the bridge tighter, tighten the tuners, and stretch the string. After you do this for all strings, tune to standard, and play really hard for about 10 minutes, bend the strings alot, etc. All strings will stretch when you first put them on and play, which will make them go flat. After playing for awhile, tune up to standard again, and repeat. When you don't have to re-tune after playing, obviously you are set to play!

Voila,

Tim

Im pretty sure most wood bleaches will take out some/alot of the grain of the wood. Reading your question again, im not sure if that was your question or not.?

Here is a Link that goes in to a good bit more detail.

Cheers,

Tim

Im in the process of building my first bass.... early stages.... very early

Template stage early... and its already happening..

i just decimated a beautiful piece of plywood a few hours ago

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Tim

all of the burls ive seen on the web, ebay and such seem to usually have quite a few knots or holes or something, how would one go about clearing up those knots?

or would one just try their hardest to find a flawless piece of burl?

eh?,

Tim

oh and i think it looks lovely... and he should've gone with brass or gold, not chrome or black IMO

Awesome!

[cough]picutres[/cough]

word to ya moms,

Tim

Looking at my basses, i would assume you adjust them just by the screws. I've never thought about that before.

This pic from warmoth indicates that you can put a piece of foam between the body and pickup... but it seems kinda sketchy if you ask me

probably wrong again,

Tim

In my limited knowledge, i would say just use a clear coat, or maybe an oil finish?

I wouldnt use a veneer, Korina looks prettygood in most cases IMO, and you didnt spend all that money on it just to cover it up.

I think i know what im talking about,

Tim

there sounds like a nice touch of reverb.. i wonder if that is via an amp or is it because the guitar is a hollow metal can?

Ooo pictures please litfield! sounds sexy

Also i found a really awesome site in the supporters section of this website, www.noahjames.com killer looking basses there with wood pickup covers.

And this is for a bass, so would some 1/36 (or whatever the normal size) veneer work good enough? i dont ever use a pick, so im not too worried about scratching the veneer off.

Another option, kinda hard to imagine how i could do it though.... anyway, say somehow taking a cutout of the top where the pickups would eventually go, and then using that... somehow... as the pickup cover, so that when finished.. and if done properly, you would have pretty much the exact grain on the pickups that i would have on the top. I think that kinda makes sense... i dunno, im pretty tired.

So many ideas... so little money

Taking donations,

Tim

Let me get my sniper rifle

ill be watching these closely

I just got a whiff of inspiration, but im not sure if it would work too well.

Is it possible to use wood as pickup as pickup cover? For example, putting a simple veneer or something over some emgs or such? Would it distort the sound any... or should i say, would i even get any sound out of them?

Also, while im thinking of it, does pickup height have any corelation to having more or less output?

word to ya moms,

Tim

EDIT: um, maybe this shoulda been in electronics? sorry, i didnt think about that until just now, please move it if its in the wrong spot

You're missin out man, Cowboys from Hell is a must have if you like metal.

Vulgar Display of Power also, there are so many great songs on that CD

If you're looking for individual songs to check out, let me recommend you some

Floods (one of the best solos ever, btw)

Domination

I'm Broken

This Love

The Art of Shredding

and also, Cemetary Gates, thats a good one too... gotta love the 80s metal scream

I could go on forever, Pantera ... former kings of metal, sigh

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Tim

oh yeah and i dont like Damageplan all that much, i dunno what it is... its just.... different without Phil

ah, i see, kind of like a different texture? maybe texture isnt the right word, but from going around for the past 20 minutes and rubbing all the wood in my house i could find, i think i might have gotten the gist

thank you,

tim

I dont understand what it means when you say the grain is open, what does that mean? and how can you tell if you need to seal the grain, or use a pore sealer? is there a difference between the two?

Sorry i never took woodworking, welding was more fun.... back then

Regards,

Tim

just for sake of knowledge, how would you go about doing this if using a translucent finish?

regards

Tim

Well... ive searched these forums with just the keyword "tape", but no, didnt find what i was looking for.

then even searched google for: pickguard and tape and reflective

hmm, weird

Sorry for making a cool thing sound really stupid lol

Regards,

Tim

I recently saw a tutorial, its not really what you're looking for i dont think, but it looks cool still.

What this person did (apologies the person whose name i cannot recall) is take that silver reflective tape and cut it into shapes, sticking the shapes on the pickguard about 1/8 or even 1/4in apart from each other. Then using a black paint, i assume any color will do, cover the pickguard and tape etc. In the pictures it gave a really neat look, kinda like cracked concrete... but alot of cracks... and shiny concrete.

Now that i have totally butchered some guys tutorial , i am gonna look for it some more. Like i said, i dont think its what you are going after, but its all i could think of.

Hi! im looking for some help, any will be appreciated.

Im looking at the neckblanks from stewmac and the size they list is 13/16" x 4" x 27", which seems a bit small, looking at some of the awesome necks around here.

So when thinking of making my own neck i dunno what size wood to buy

I was thinking of making one with a 13degree headstock, but i saw that you can just cut that from the neck itself, and not carve it out, wasting alot of valuable wood. (im not sure if any of this matters, just trying to be specific)

Thanks,

Tim