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  1. javacody
    I disagree with the "its probably plywood statement". Early 80's Squiers were made out of Ash and they are rapidly gaining in collectibility. They easily outdid American Made Fenders from the same era. EASILY. Granted we aren't talking about an early 80's JV, but still, you can't just throw out a blanket statement like that. There was also the pro-tone series (Ash), the MIM series (poplar), and now the MIC (Made in China) Affinity guitars are made out of Alder. Squiers CAN be a whole lot of guitar for a little money. Back to the question at hand, I agree with thegarehanman's recommendations on wood to use. Even poplar might be a good choice, as it is very inexpensive.
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    Pear wood could probably be substituted for Maple. It was good enough for Stradivari.
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    I think the poor bass response in a Les Paul is the PAF type pickups along with the 24.75" scale, not just the wood. Also, I think that a Limba body with Walnut top would be killer, personally. I agree with Drak on the scale.
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    See, I can't even tell that that thing is a radius block. It looks like a piece of metal of some kind, and I'm assuming that you have to bend it to fit your neck while you are leveling? Why else wouldn't they sell a kit for a particular radius?
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    Heck, for practice, just get some wood scraps, cut your slots, radius the wood, and practice putting in 5 or 10 frets and get a feel for it. We'll see if I'm smart enough (and patient enough) to take my own advice when I get ready to do my neck. LOL
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    On the sperzels causing your strings to go sharp, I've read that you have to tune slightly differently with sperzels: With regular tuners, you want to get slightly lower than the pitch and slowly tune UP to the pitch. If you go past, then you detune past your target pitch and try again. With Sperzels, you do the opposite, you overtune, and then slowly tune DOWN to pitch. Does that make sense? That would probably fix your problem. Also, on the 4 + 2 combo, mixing and matching is how its done. I too also want the staggered 3 + 3 combo and ordering a righty and lefty 6 inline set is a great idea! Thanks for that gem.
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    I think anyone can enter in GOTM. However, don't you think you might be getting a little ahead of yourself? LOL You can make do with a jigsaw. If your sides truly are square, you must have a really good jigsaw and you must have taken your time. What kind of wood are you using? Is it 8/4 (1 3/4" thick)?
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    I used a jigsaw on my first body. I'm not making another body until I have a bandsaw. That should speak volumes! LOL
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    I would think you would use it as a top, unless you want a very bright guitar?
  10. javacody
    Thanks for the additional fathers day gift! I just got a chance to try the saw. I need some rollers or something for ripping, but I just ripped a 36" long x 18" wide 8/4 rough cut Cedro board into a rough cut neck blank and crosscut two body blanks. My new saw worked like a charm! Now If I could just lay my hands on an inexpensive planer wide enough for a body blank! I took my son camping yesterday at a cub scout camp. Man, it was a lot of walking in the heat and I'm pretty darn out of shape. We slept out under the stars though, and it was great spending time with my son. Then we hurried up and packed everything this morning so I could use my new saw. Happy Father's Day!
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    Yeah, I don't care for that headstock either. I think the headstock fits the design, but I don't think mechanically it makes good sense.
  12. javacody
    Well, violin makers use pear wood. Even the great Stradivarius used Pear wood on occasion. I say go for it.
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    I just got a 10" table saw from Lowe's that came with a stand and a blade. It's not top of the line, heavy duty, industrial, but I'm excited. If the guitar building thing doesn't work out for me, I can still use the saw for household type stuff. If guitar building does work out, I enjoy it, and I get good at it, well, I'll just toss this one and get a good one. It was only $80. Also, picked up a mini-shop vac for dust control, a plastic faced hammer for fretting, and a mini jigsaw, all from my local Harbor Freight. I'm getting excited, next I need a small drill press and a 12" tabletop bandsaw, then I think I will ready to start my first neck and square up the body I made with the jigsaw. Anyone else getting anything good for father's day?
  14. javacody
    The Mighty Mite PAF pickups are the same as on the Cort Matt Guitar Murphy signature model. They are ok. I've got some in an Agile Les Paul copy.
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    It seems like many folks here are highly judgemental and if you don't like something, just don't vote for it. GOTM isn't a photography contest the last I heard. It's supposed to be fun. When I read stuff like this, it becomes NOT FUN real fast.
  16. javacody
    OK guys, did you notice that Brian's tool has two working surfaces? One at almost 90 degrees so that you file the sides of the frets, and then turn it around and its at 35 degrees for the fret bevel. His is a recreation of the stew-mac tool, hence going the "long way around". Also, what is the "grit" of the file you guys are using? I would think fairly fine?
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    Can you buy the crushed stone and mix into epoxy yourself? You could then just pour the material into your cuts.
  18. javacody
    That is a beautiful guitar. Looks like you did a good job lining up the string ferrules too. Good work!
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    Limba is a great mahogany sounding wood with sweeter highs (I don't know from personal experience, only from what I've read). From what I understand , swamp ash is similar to mahogany as well, except not as dark. (again from what I've read). If you like mahogany, I would stick with that. That, alder, basswood, poplar, and maple are the only woods I've had experience with so far. You can find descriptions of on that list on warmoth.com.
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    Drak is using Spanish Cedar on an electric. I am too (actually have enough for two bodies and a neck). I've never used it before, but it does have a nice tap tone.
  21. javacody
    I'm going to settle on my first being playable. Man, people feel special if they slap together a Warmoth neck and body. That's NOTHING! LOL. I'm still scared sh*tless about building my first neck.
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    http://www.guitarbuildingtemplates.com
  23. javacody
    Ok, now this may seem like a really stupid question, but what do you draw it out in?
  24. javacody
    Dan Erlewine built a guitar made out of one piece of wood (if memory serves). It's been done. Check out Dan's forum at www.lespaulforum.com (his is a subforum).
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    LOL. Spoken like a true artist. I've been thinking about some kind of penguin inlay on the headstock, I think it would be very cool (on a rosewood headstock). Maybe with white pearl of some kind as the white on the penguin(s)? Or maybe penguin fretmarkers?
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