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  1. JimRayden
    Yea but maybe the cheapest ones use different materials that would bend with temperature and time. I guess not. ----------- Jimbo
  2. JimRayden
    We all know Bigsby's rock. I have a simple poll to raise for a few days. Vote for your fav. ------------- Jimbo
  3. JimRayden
    Yea, it's expected that the glue line strengthens the body. How much you ask for the "to be reconditioned" neck? I'd recondition it for myself. ------------- Jimbo
  4. JimRayden
    I'm guessing that would dampen the sound or something. I bet it wouldn't be too good for tone. Yeah, doug covered pretty much the whole thing like it's usually done on hollowbodies. ----------- Jimbo
  5. JimRayden
    Alright, bringing the ol' topic up again. I found a nameless copy of a bigsby B5. It's pretty cheap but how low can the quality go? Would too cheap of a vibrato result in going out of tune, etc? ------------- Jimbo
  6. JimRayden
    Yes, I figured neck angle would be one of the difficult things at this. But there's nothing in guitar building that you can't figure out with a pencil and a paper. ---------- Jimbo
  7. JimRayden
    Hmm yea... well I was starting to consider it for my next project. I was planning a hollowbody, so i came up with this: one-piece neck, neck-through, "wings" as separate wood blocks, hollow carving and a nice-lookin' top. Then all those golden hardware and stuff on top. It won't be too serious of a project since the only piece of wood I have this size isn't too good of a quality. But who knows, the guitar could play nicely for a few years. And I need some practice. And this big hunk o' wood was an 8-dollar piece. Sadly, the pics in the neck-through pictorial at the tutorial section are gone, so I'm gonna just read the whole thread and need as much help as possible. What to consider differently than a bolt-on, etc. Thanks in advance, ---------- Jimbo
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    It's poplar. And actually, it depends on the pine. I'm sure there are many types of pine. I was using the one growing in northern Europe and it was soft as a wet sponge. Thought I guess a solid finish would hold it pretty good. ---------- Jimbo
  9. JimRayden
    "I have this guitar... I found this file.... I think I can use the file on the guitar somehow." That's a drummer talking alright. Sorry sorry, I couldn't resist. Really, sell the guitar and the file, get some more money and get the parts for a cheap guitar project from scratch. You'll love it and get really addicted to it. Unless you are totally drummerized. ----------- Jimbo
  10. JimRayden
    Lots of grammar mistakes but really really helpful stuff. And doesn't include peeing at all. Very helpful. Thanks. I'll get myself a cheapo and try the methods out. ---------- jimbo
  11. JimRayden
    It will take you a century if you do it with a file. Use a rasp. That'll take you half a century. Or borrow some power tools and be done in a few hours. I've used pine for building a guitar body. It's so soft, you need some cement instead of a finish. --------------- Jimbo
  12. JimRayden
    I've been looking around on the net for cool guitars and stuff... I suddenly stumbled upon a thing called one-piece neck. I understand the truss rod mounts from rear. Any tutorials on that? Also, that led me to a thought, what about a neck-through with a one-piece neck. That would allow some awesome carving. And that made me think... what if I also had a one-piece body. I'm wondering... are there any guitars built as a whole one-piece? What would be the issues with that? ------------- Jimbo
  13. JimRayden
    Here's your school: http://www.projectguitar.com/menu/tutorial.htm If that's not enough, here's the place you wanna look at: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/ better spend the money on books and power tools and materials. ---------- Jimbo
  14. JimRayden
    Oh yes, I just recalled... there was a discussion on aging a metal pickup cover at the Seymour Duncan forums. Someone suggested peeing on them. Maybe you can apply that method to age your plastic parts and hardware. Then just sand off some wear points and you're set. ----------- Jimbo
  15. JimRayden
    Yea, by stripping off lots of paint and really beating up the guitar, you creat a heavily gigged relic. James wants a relic that has been sitting in the closet for 50 years and played once in a while, leaving just a tad of wear. Oh, I know... James wants a studio-wear, others refer to gig-wear. hmm... the "holy grail of relics" looks really fishy too... why not have the original pick guard on it, or at least take a pic of it? Fishy stuff. --------- Jimbo
  16. JimRayden
    I'd slap the clear coat on it and have an original guitar instead. i LOVE the red are around the controls. On the other hand, never mind the clear coat. I'd just neck it and play it. Bare wood rocks. -------------- Jimbo
  17. JimRayden
    You have already been advised to use the edit button. Alright. I just thought to mention that if you're building the 100-watter, you can forget the power tube saturation at a rehearsal or a smaller gig. And the power tube saturation is the thing we live for. And some die for. I advise you to also invest into a cab with super-efficient speakers. It's like, a 50W amp with speakers of 100db efficiency will sound exactly as loud as a 100W amp with speakers of 97db efficiency. Good luck with the project. The amp building is an addictive hobby. --------------- Jimbo
  18. JimRayden
    Lol, the first I saw this pic, I thought: "Wow, that's one cool metalsheet-topped guitar", until I started to look at it more closely. Ahh, no, I'm not a buyer, sorry for the OT. Just couldn't resist commenting. ----------- Jimbo
  19. JimRayden
    I think I'm gonna go for it too. I'm getting an old guitar soon and I decided to sand off the neck while I'm at modding it. Can I use any other oil instead of lemon oil? ------------- Jimbo
  20. JimRayden
    The paint I currently have is suitable for metal, plastic, wood, etc... But I always need a primer and a clear, right? ----------- Jimbo
  21. JimRayden
    Naah, I like to be hairy as hell and rock on stage and go nuts. Well, I can sing too and I'm singing the back vocals on a few songs. But I need the bigsby to get the attention. If that won't help, I'll start wearing a chicken suit to get some eyes at me. Rock n' roll is all about ego! And music. ---------- Jimbo
  22. JimRayden
    The black hardware makes it look all metal and stuff. It needs more glam. And I love to be watched at on the stage. Who doesn't. My guitar is a looker now, I've had some compliments. I can't complain, but to draw all the eyes on me, I'll be loading the guitar with golden stuff all over. And they don't sell a guitar that looks like I want it to. My ego needs more compliments, so the bigsby will be feeding it. ------------- Jimbo
  23. JimRayden
    Yes, I've seen that LP Ugly Trem. If I wanted to have a guitar with a bare tremolo, I'd have bought a Strat. Bigsby has the looks. I want that looks. I have a sweet-looking dark red quilted maple guitar, but I don't like the black hardware on it too much. I'll be converting the hardware to gold and soon change the pickups. The guitar is by the way ESP EC100QM. I got a kind-of-rare mahogany version of it. So I thought to upgrade the thing and keep it as my fav. --------- Jimbo
  24. JimRayden
    You can say that again. After getting into guitar and guitar amp building, I've been pretty passive at playing. But I'm starting to recover from the big pause. Once in a while you find yourself staring at your guitar and thinking of what else to tune or rebuild, or dreaming of your next projects to turn out perfect. That's the time you've got to tell yourself you have to play more. ---------- Jimbo
  25. JimRayden
    Thanks. Oh by the way, plastic needs primer too? ------------- Jimbo
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