helge

build a jazzmaster with his templates...body is done and got the pickguard today...neither the lower horn, nor the pickup placement and the neck pocket fit at all...way off...i know i should have ordered the pickguard before building the body, but still...

ordered three times from him and got 5 sets until today...except for one strat set, all of them werent exact...got sick of complaining and argueing with him...just wont buy from him anymore...

now they do...

Hi, started this Jazzmaster build last weekend. Its a 2-piece swamp ash body. The rest can be seen in the pictures. The pickup routings are way deeper than original, but i wanted to keep the chance to put in humbuckers.

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Hi,

I'll be building a 1-piece Strat neck this weekend, but I still need a trussrod for it. Does anyone know, where I can get it??

Thanks.

its 38mm...the neck laminate sounds good. thought about that, too.

@RGGR: the inner horns aren't finished, neither is the rest. that was the rough cut mit the rasp, and a little sanding on the outside. will post more pictures later...

thanks, actually i did the lamination thing, because "the wings" werenot wide enough. looks really cool in my opinion.

The bridge depends on the pickups. i thought about using p-90s...then i might go for the wraparound. otherwise tone-o-matic.

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Hi,

i started my new project this morning. It is a copy of an sg. there's actually nothing really special about it. The specs are:

Standard Dimensions (Body, Headstock, Poti, Pickguard, aso.)

Body: mahogany - maple - mahogany - maple - mahogany

Neck: Set. Not sure yet about the wood. Maple or mahogany (What do you think??)

Hardware: Depends on how good the guitar turns out. :-) If its really great, i'll go for the best stuff i can get. If its suck, i might sell it on ebay.

Finish: Translucent Red

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Would be great if anyone could give me an advise where to get great finishes and epoxy filler in germany. Thanks a lot.

Helge

i would keep it the way it is. maybe clean it up a little and then put in a display case. the cracked top is part of this instruments history.

would love to see some pictures.

ok thanks...is there a way to use the pod without all these amp and cabinet models...just the effects and does the pod have a bypass???

hi, might be a little of topic, but i'm still putting it in here. my problem is. i'm going to buy a engl powerball in the next couple of weeks and also would like to buy a pod xt pro, because when i tested it out, i really like some of the effects. i also have some boss and some 19" effects. thats not much of a problem so far, but how to i plug them all into the engl amp??? i really dont need all the amp and cabinet models from the pod, because i cant think of a better sound, then the engl already has. can i use just the effects??? would be really great, if you guys could help me with this. thanks a lot.

i can adjust them with the screw-nut, but right now its the highest, so that the cover still fits on it...

hi,

thanks for the quick answers...i'm also still thinking about the finish of the wood...its just, that i dont like it black or dark in any way...the idea with the aluminium is great...might do that...the pedals are holded down by screws...i kept two original screws in the pedal and got me the exact screws, just longer and then drilled them through the board into the original holes in the pedal...its really save and they will never come off, unless i want them to...and yeah, there is space under the raised bits...the powercables are there...hate it, when they are all over the place...i can take some more closeup pictures, if you are interested...

Hi,

if anyone is interested, i finished my new board last weekend. as you can see the pedals are at three different heights, so that they are all easily reachable. well, heres the pic. let me know, what you think about it.

Hi, does anyone have a tutorial on how to build a one piece strat or tele neck??? its for a 50s tele and my problem is the trussrod and trussrodadjustment, which is at the heel. how do i have to route the channel and what kind of trussrod do i have to use. for what else do i have to watch out?? thanks for your help. hav ea nice sunday, helge

but where do i find things like these in germany or the EU??? the stuff you get in the us is forbidden over here. at least the stuff you get on stewmac, aso....

do you think its possible to do it without the grainfiller??? i havent found anything here in germany. any advices!??

hi, did you use grainfiller?? i talked to a luthier here in germany and he said, he is not using grainfiller, just sands a lot more. thanks for your reply.

hi, i think a have to add, that i already have the schaller tune-o-matic. :-) and i saw the bigsby on ebay for $69. with international shipping it would be around $80.

a bigsby is cheaper that the wraparound. i think i will just go for that. if the body doesn't turn out as good as its supposed to, i can still use the bigsby for other projects or another mosrite, because i want one really bad.....

this is something i'm thinking about.

i got an update on the hardware. since i'm not using original pickups and since i hate the look of P90, i will use a p90 in humbucker size in neck position and a humbucker in bridge. then i will use a schaller tune o matic bridge and dependend on how good the body turns out a bigsby tremolo or a string through thing. hope i can post new pictures tonight of the wood work.

wow, looking really good. i will definatly do it that way. thanks a lot..

got the lower cutaway up to the "ass" done today. didn't do it like on real mosrites. a little different. but i like it better this way. will show pictures tomorrow.

btw, if anybody has questions, heres my icq number: 105727833

the wood is red alder aka european alder. usually it doesn't have to dark spots in it. i wont use a translucent finish though.