jamgie

Thanks for the advise. I don't wanna screw up my only working guitar!

Thanks for the help so far. When cutting to accomodate a locking nut, can I cut into the first fret, making this smaller? or do I need to build up the height of the headstock to make a big enough flat surface?

Oh and the other thing... Is it possible to add a locking nut where a normal strat style piece of plastic is currently? it this labour intensive etc? Thanks

I have a strat style guitar, I know that if I wanted to add a floyd trem I would need to alter the area routed for the current bridge, what changes would need to be made? Would it be different if I wanted to put an Ibanez Edge or Edge Pro on? And where can I buy an Edge/Edge Pro? I cant find one anywhere without the rest of an Ibanez attached!!!

Again, thanks for the feedback. I hadn't thought about filling the pickup route with a block of wood, so obvious as well! Those singlecoil pickup rings are a good idea. This guitars gonna look sweet! I'll post picks when its done, not gonna be for a while though, got a few other non-guitar related projects on the go. oh does anyone know where I could order a 1/4 thick piece of flame maple? Krazydereks may be crazy, but I like his idea.

thanks for the feedback, thats all exactly the kind of help I needed. Im not too sure about having a clear scratchplate, good idea though. I quite like the idea of a propper cap, but obviously there are some pretty big risks involved with sanding down that much of my guitar! Any ways I could make this easier for myself? If I filled the pickup routing, then added the cap, then rerouted the holes that would work yeah? The problem then lies with how I would mount the pickups. They are attached to the scratchplate at the moment buy bolts, the bolts go through the scratchplate into the pickups, so the pickups themselves are bigger than the cover that you see from the top, if you know what I mean. How do I mount these and keep them looking good? Because if I make the hole they fit into bigger, you'll be able to see the rest of the pickup (currently under the scratchplate) wont that look messy? If I added a thick cap like that, could I add binding as well? How? Thanks

About two years ago I bought a Yamaha Pacifica 112m. It has been seriously battered around, with some massive chips and a crack by the neck socket (that I have repaired). I want to totally overhaul the body, and was looking into adding a flame or quilted maple veneer (which do you think looks better?). The problem I have is that I want to get rid of the scratch plate, so more of the veneer is visible, is it possible to do this? The pickups will then have to be screwed to the body Les Paul style, is this possible with the pickups already in the guitar, or will I need to budget for new ones? I take it I'll have to change the shape of the routed area the pickups fit into now, what changes do I need to make here? the control cavity will need to be accessed from the back of the body, is it possible to just route the shape of the current cavity right through the body, or is it not that easy? I want to do this but I cant affored a new guitar if it goes wrong (which is why I'm just changing this one in the first place), so all the help I can get will be good. Thanks, Jamie