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Anyone know were I can get sperzel locking tuners in black?

Its all up in my head at the moment and its gonna stay there for a few months at least. Diffinately until I have the plans sorted out anyway.

Fret number? Thats the thing, its a secret until I unvail it.

So any thoughts on a realy realy heavy wood?

Is rose wood the heaviest tone wood?

Ineed the heaviest wood you can get with a greaat lead tone. Im thinking shoulder braking heavy.

Thanks for the thought though.

Whenever this question is asked people always just say "diffeent pickups require different placing."

Maybe a better answer would be nice for once.

Unfortunatly I cant go into details as I realy dont want people to know the details of the guitar until it is finished as it a eral concept design. People will probably figure it out though. It wont be built for at least a year though as I have to wait until next year to make my SG, which will be the first built so I can get funds.

When I do make it though I will write up on it all and post the full thing. Dont hold your breath though.

Also any opinions on a realy!!!! heavy wood that has great tone for lead? Kinda offf topic I know.

Also reponses to the original question are still very welcome how ever I have got a great response already.

Sorry I dont think I described it well enough. I want to put in a realy long fretboard and it will be ending about 4 cm before the end of the scale(25 1/2"). I will prob put in a single coil sized humbucker for space saving so would I be able to put in a floyd rose speedloader aswel.

Not sure if this makes it clearer but hopefully it will.

Sorry for hijacking the thread by the way I just thought that my questionwas along the same line as yours so it didnt warrent a new thread.

Im not sure I can because Ive never tried it but I thought that that is how acurate it has to be. With the right equipment and if I take my time I should be able to.

Would 4cm after the fretboard be enough space to put in a humbucker and floyd rose

Thats the one I found already but it doesnt give enough detail. Sorry.

Anyone know where I can get a fret calculator that can input more than 24 frets into. The one on buildyourguitar.com only does up to 24 frets. I need to know for my top secret project that Im making after my sg is finished?

I have found one but it only goes into hundredths(1/100) and I need thousands(1/1000) of a millimeter

Just in case it makes a difference its a 1 3/4" SG.

So what your saying is that I should use a graphie nut with a bigsby? Ive heard good things about slip stone?

Im looking at this bigsby B500

Are grover locking tuners not better than the other tuners?

What make is it?

You do indeed need to paint the red first then maybe tape of the design somehow and then paint it black.

The difference in the floyd is as the name suggests is the profile the low pro model gets lower to the body.

Looks like damage done to the wood by sanding to hard or fast or something has happened to me with plywood but Im not sure so I would wait for a more knowledgable person to answer. Not sure if it can be gotten rid of?

Any better pictures a little less of an extreme close up maybe.

Yeah sorry setch went on a bit of a tangent.

The LPs looking very good.

Ok so I was on a guitar shop today and I was talking to the tech there and he recons I should go with a Bigsby and I found a bigsby that isnt quite as bulky as normal its the B500 model. I can also get it in black which was a diadvantage of the fender dynamyc vibrato. He also recons people dont use regular Mustang/jaguar bridges.

How do bigsbys cope with weird tuning?

Do they stay in tune?

Should I use a roller nut or a graphite nut?

Which one is better the bigsby or the stop tail piece with the vibrato built in?

The radius is the curve on the fingerboard. Its kind of basic. A 10" radius means that the fingerboard has a curve with a radius of 10" and so on.

Chop the block off?

Im thinking about putting a speedloader in a top secret guitar Im building once I get my SG done.

With a speed loader is it true that I wont need a head stock?

I prefer

"Oh Hell, Another Hour, Of Algebra,

Sin Cos and Tan"

The first refers to the first etc.

What was your problom with putting in the wood in the inlay?

That is what I am considering doing in my project and I dont want it to be a pain to me.

Thanks.

Ok so heres a few of the setups Im thinking about:

Nut: Graphite or roller

Tuners: Locking (which make) black.

Bridge: Schaller Roller TOM

Tailpiece: Mustang or Stop tailpiece with one of these

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailp...e_Tremolos.html

Which dp you think is better?

Thanks

Ok thanks,

did291 solved my problom I think, I had always thought sg's had a 10" radius but now it turns out there 12". So Ill go with a 12" radius fingerboard

whats the website for allied?