Alchool

And, before any other post it:

"Measure twice, cut once"

I always wanted to say it one day

yeah, not necessary

but some people like to do it

and some people like to see it

that's what i'm saying

Well, I get an infarct every time I see someone smashing a guitar

No one thinks about my poor, little hearth?

the 'stars' do give away a lot of guitars

but it can be fun to watch someone get 'crazy' in a song

If you see me playing, you'll think that I'm insane... I mean, I always went crazy when I played live, even when I'm rehearsing with my groups... You know, it's like I'm raping my guitar, I play it on my shoulders, or make a lead licking the strings (tasty),lol we often play slayer songs and my guitar is mounting a vintage trem so you can figure out how bad it seems I'm threating a $200 guitar... but she's still ok ... it's not necessary to throw it in the air to entertain people

why would you even play a guitar you didn't love?but my biggest gripe is that when i was a kid i couldn't afford a decent guitar and i wanted one soooo bad,and here were a bunch of spoiled rockstars smashing really good ones just to make a scene.a musical instrument is made to be played and if it's not good enough for the person who owns it he should give it to someone who would cherish it.just my opinion.besides how long is it really going to be before we run out of suitable whole pieces of wood for guitars?

That's the point!

alchool, are you saying Vai and Hendrix don't REALLY love guitars?

Surely they love playing guitars, but... if you love someone, you don't set her on fire....

excatcly wes! it pisses me off when i see guitar player or bass player throw thier instrument! i guess when you dont pay for them you dont really care, but i take as best of care to any instrument be it a prs or a harmony it doesnt matter i like hendrix's music but when he used to burn them thats when i lost all respect for him. as all the others out there that do that stuff!

I would NEVER smash or burn my guitar. I have I Yamaha Pacifica 112, one of their cheapest model, but I would not destroy her even if someone will give me a Jackson Kelly handmade from the custom shop.

I may seem stupid saying this, but only a person that REALLY loves guitars, even if they're cheap plywood ****, can really understand me. Consider that it's since four years that me and my guitar are thrashing the **** out of all that people that buy high end guitars and can't even play a MegadetH riff...

I also saved a $15 guitar that (even if it has a solid body) plays like **** and was going to be smashed by some punk... of course I buyed it, but even stealing it would not have been a crime...

Sorry for the long O.T., but I agree with westhemann and ryesnotcool2

Anyway, I forgot to say, Kerry King of Slayer (that as many of you know is a heavy whammy bar addict... I mean, if you see it sometimes it seems like he's going to pull that f****ng bridge out of his guitar) uses Original Floyd Rose and Kahler.

But now there's the new Speedloader Floyd Rose. With no need of allen wrenches. You can change a string in... mmm... they say a couple of seconds, but I think a little more time is needed.

But you have to buy Speedloader strings

Yes you can and the difference is the number of pieces, if you look at the picture below you will see a 3-ply neck all made in Maple

I knew that the main difference's the number of pieces... I guess that this time westhemann reply was more explanatory

But as always, thank you!

Can I make a neck with 2 laminates of maple?

What are the differences between two-ply laminated neck and three-ply?

Yes, I got a manual, but I lost it

I think that it needs a flat channel too.

It's the first (A).

Hi all, got another question.

I have a warmoth double expanding truss rod and I'm ready to route the channel on the neck. Does it need a curved channel or a flat one?

If it needs a flat channel, can I glue fretboard directly over the neck without using a filler strip to cover the truss rod?

Amazing work... I can't believe it's your first homemade guitar...

Mm thanks guys!

I'm drooling...

Hi all, tomorrow I'm going to start working again on my guitar.

I'm making a neck-through, and I've already made the wings (even if I'm going to do again the upper wing 'cause it came out bad ).

So I was thinking... what if I make some bad routing on it? I'll have to do all the work again?

Since I think that to prevent is better, I was wondering if I have to buy one of those ball bearing router bits that stewmac sells (I can't find it near where I live...), but is there another method to do all the routing stuff well (pick-ups, recessed floyd rose, controls) without the ball bearing attachment?

As always, if my english sucks, it's not my fault

Melvyn Hiscock's book shows the difference too.

Nice looking guitar. Hope that the guitar I'm building (it's my first) will be as well as yours.

I ended up in another way. Since the top of the wing was already planed flat, I carefully used the router freehand to remove much wood as possible near the edge line, not too deep. Then, using a ball bearing bit, I finished routing following the already routed part, and then removing imperfections with a rasp. Since it's the first time I work with wood, and I never used router, rasp and jig saw before, I'm quite satisfied with the result.

Mmmm no, but I can make something like that. Thanks for the idea.

Just cut one of the mahogany wings for my guitar (wich is gonna be a neck-through) with a jig saw. I cutted away from the line I marked (and it was good 'cause jig saw blade was always bending), and now I have to take off those wood around it. How can I keep the edges as square as possible?

I agree with you all.

He's always giving answers.

And he's doing a nice work with Universal Jems too.

Something like RG620X, it has just two humbuckers.

As always, thank you