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  1. genbloke
    Hi urmymonkeywrench, I'm in England too. The pound is pretty strong against the US dollar at the moment so it could work out cheaper if you buy your stuff from the US. From my experience stuff like hardware and pickups are a lot cheaper and if you buy from one place you'll only get stung once with the dreaded import duty. genbloke
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    nice work! genbloke
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    Hi guys, Got some more work done on my tele project. The flame maple top has been glued on, I've routed out the rear for the controls and a hole in the side for the battery holder. My next job is to route out for the neck/bridge pick-ups and also for the piezo transducers that will go under the bridge. more images: glueing top another view of the top genbloke
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    Fantastic guitar! Genbloke
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    What is it you are trying to achieve? A normal guitar is a MONO sound source. Lets say you just plugged your guitar into 2 amps, that will still be mono sound, but through 2 speakers. The only way I can think of to get stereo sound would be to use an effects pedal/amp with stereo effects like stereo reverb etc. genbloke
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    The 2" cutter you suggested would be great for doing the body shape with a template but seems too long for pickups routes and the neck pocket .A shorter cutter with a top bearing would be better for this. genbloke
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    unclej, yeah that is what Drak does. This is what I need to do to flatten my bookmatch maple top. I've just read on the net that that there are 2 types of moisture, free water (water inside the cells of the timber)and moisture vapour (water between the cells of the timber). Tdog, so you're saying that when timber is wetted or steamed the moisture remains as free water and doesn't penetrate the cells? I need to ask these questions for a peace of mind. genbloke
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    Ok, It's widely agreed that the less moisure there is in wood, the more stable it is. My question is that there are many techniques to manipulate wood eq steaming wood to do arm contours on drop tops and I've read a post from a couple of months ago where Drak said he used water to flatten warped boards. How does this intentional introduction of water effect stability??? Thanks genbloke
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    Squire Strats have maple necks don't they? Maple is very prone to warping due to humidity change etc. Leaving maple bare is regarded as not a good idea. genbloke
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    Read through here for a start> PG tutorials VERY basically: 1. Set up the neck relief using the truss rod (the frets may need levelling if not done already). 2. Check nut slot depths are OK. 3. Set up string hieght / action to suit your taste. The saddle hieghts should follow the contour of your fretboard. 4. The 'placement of each saadle- distance from the bridge' is called intonation. this should be set so that ther note fretted on the 12th fret on each string is exactly an octave above the open string note on the same string. Do a search on 'intonation', you should find more detail on the procedure. 5. Set up the pickup hieght. Genbloke
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    Ok, he's my project: Spec- Body Telecaster style body. Swamp ash with flame maple top. Rear routing for pickups, no pickguard. Schecter style recessed controls. Acoustic chambering. I originally planned to have an arm and rib contour but abandoned the idea. electrics SD Quarter Pounder pick ups Active Peizo pickup. Body chambered, battery compartment and wiring channels routed links body blank Template jigsawed body Genbloke
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    PerryL, I'm not using a pickguard so my routing will be under the maple top. My channels are quite narrow cos I've got piezo pickups going under the bridge and I've got the battery wires running between the bridge and the bridge pickup. See photo below My thinking was to leave as much wood intact around the pickup and bridge area, have I gotten carried away with this? The technique desribed by frank falbo sounds good. I'm using titebond, how thick should I apply the glue? Thanks Genbloke
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    Hi guys, I've just finish routing out the wiring channels in my tele (ash back, maple top). My question is how do I prevent glue getting into the channels when I attach the maple top? I thought about masking over them with masking tape prior to glueing but there must be a better way than this. Things are going well with the project, when I sort out a host site for my photos I'll post piccies in the "in progress" part of the forum. Genbloke
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    exhaust_49, try logging onto the seymour duncan site, click here. they have loads of sound clips of various pickups which you can download. It's a great way to assess the differences in tone between the pickups. genbloke
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    I think a bookmatched maple topped LP would look great with that wood. Genbloke
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    I got my titebond (and many other items) from here> poolwood The website is a bit of a maze but in my experience they are very fast to deliver, and service is good. I've had no problems with them yet. hope that helps Genbloke
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    Thanks guys, I'll do some practice runs on a bit of scrap maple. I'm not due to do the recessing for a couple of weeks, I'll keep you informed on how it goes when I get there. Genbloke
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    Maiden69 & Gigabyte, Those recesses are exactly what I'm looking for. Did either of you have any problems with tear outs using this method? I'll be trying this on a flat tele body with a burl maple top. I'll try the method as described by Gigabyte on a bit of scrap, if that doesn't work I'll get one of these. Thanks once again. Genbloke
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    Hi mate, I don't have a drill press full stop! I don't really have room for one so I did a search for options and came up with this: Wolfcraft thingy! A pdf can be downloaded from the site for more details. Genbloke ps I havn't tried one of these yet so I can't vouch on it being any good. I have tried other wolfcraft stuff before and I think the quality is OK. They are more DIY that industrial build quality.
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    Thanks Lex, I'll keep a look out for them. genbloke
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    I would use thread lock too. Go for a medium strength thread lock. Don't use high strength stuff, you might never remove the socket again! Genbloke
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    Thanks guys Looks like I'll be drilling then rounding off the corners by hand. Lex, did you take a normal spade bit then grind off the outer points? Thanks Genbloke
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    Will using a forstner to create the actual recess give a very 'square bottomed' and 'square topped' recess? I'm looking for a way to create a smoother more radiused edge. Genbloke
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    Hi guys I want to recess the controls on my guitar, similar to schecters eg: schecter 00 series I remember a member doing this using a forstner bit. Has anyone else tried this using other methods? I just want to weigh up all the options. Thanks Genbloke
  25. genbloke
    My first guitar was a classical that was given to me from my sister. I killed it a few weeks later when I put steel strings on it, The neck snapped clean off! The first electric I got was an Encore strat. I was horrendous, the trem had a mind of it's own, it was a miracle if it stayed in tune for longer than one song! Genbloke
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