Fluke

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HA HA HA! No, my few few instruments will probably be copies without my name on them (If I give them away I'll put the the name of the person I give it to on it, but your idea was ammusing ,too. I don't believe you know what my outlook on guitar-building is, I'm not even so sure, but want to. BTW, I have an orginal design that I really like, but when I drew it for some reason I drew the body left handed and I cant seem to re-draw it right handed, maybe I'll scan it onto the computer and "flip" it? -Fluke

I just can't tell from the pics, I'd need a "side-saddle" view to be sure but I think the stew mac ones may be what I'm looking for....

Yes I want to keep or give away my first several builds (or maybe destroy them at a gig or something), And I don't plan on putting my name on them for a while anyway. What I'd really like rightnow is to build custom versions of copied guitar to sell without being sued, does that happen much? Thanks for all your help and feel free to give further advice on building and selling.

I'm look for a strat 2-point (or 6-point) standard tremolo bridge with bent saddles instead of solid ones I've only seen it on one instrument before (a highway 1 strat of all things), and its owner said it was stock. any does anyone know where I can purchase a bridge or bridge-saddles like this? or perhaps how one could make them? The reason I want them is just because of tonal differences. -Fluke

Ok, I seemed to have forgotten my original plan to just save my money to buy some tools, equipment, wood and parts, but could I just start selling them or is that hard to do? I live in a very small town, so I know I'd probably have to move (or shipping would be an option).

Hello, (getting right to the point) I want to be a professional luither. I don't really know how to go about that. I was kind of thinking about saving up 14 grand to aprintice at mid-west guitar and starting my own intrument shop or maybe tryin' to work for Fender or something for a while. But I just don't know how this would work. has anyone else here done anything like this or anything?

Personally, I see people who hate stoners as just as prejudice as racism, and all those other stupid social taboos -- BUMP

i appreciate your tips, but i needs audio files that can be burned onto a cd a taken with back to "the seventies" (my grandma house, where i usually live... no computer there) I know, no cd's in te seventies....

All that would do is increase the sting angle over the nut, possibly eliminating the need for a string tree. But shouldn't harm the sound.

Hello, I am trying to find Audio files on the internet of the open notes of a standard tuned guitar that are the right format to burn on a disc. I had found some that would be perfect but they arent the right format and I dont know how to change that.

Bone is supposed to create a bright sound, as should brass. I wonder how well a wooden nut would work. Rock hard maple might be good. Think about it...

I think a brass nut wood look good with a natural finished tele.

if it isnt metal or something, sand it down with some sand paper or a file, otherwise, if your willing to deal with the overhang, go for it. -Fluke

I have a small problem with the nut on my guitar. The small e-string slot was cut just a tiny, tiny bit to deep and the open string sound dim and buzzy. Currently, I am using a very small piece of paper stuck in the slot and holding the string a bit higher. is there a better way to fix this?? -Fluke

I just replaced the string nuts of my guitar and bass from crappy plastic ones, to a "tusq" nut on the guitar and a graph-tec nut on the bass. It made a lot of difference in the tone of both instruments, And I recommend to anyone who has a plastic string-nuts on their axes to change them immediately to either bone, brass, nickle/steel (to make open strings tone blend in with frets better), or the above mentioned graph-tec ones. To remove old nuts, tap firmly, but lightly, on the old nut in a downward direction with a hammer to losen it from the fret board. Then file the new nut if neccessary (many are pre-filed or in need of only resizing to fit into its slot). The nut should been held in by glue, but it isnt always needed if it fits the slot snuggly. Most factory guitars in the low-to-medium end come standard with plastic nuts, so if you think your guitars tone is being sucked up by a nastly, cheap plastic string-nut, replace them and enhance your tone. I know to most of you this is somewhat elementary, but its often over-looked. -Fluke

theres a nice new 50 watt tube amp by peavey, very nice features. check it out, its called the value-king 112.

Is that sixties strat (middle) "lake placid blue"? if so it looks alot better there than in a catalog. Wish they had maple fretboards. Candy apple red looks good, too. I dig the vintage sound so I might just go with that. BTW thanks, you guys, for not calling me a retard. I knew it was a crappy idea to put this in poll format. -Fluke

I have mulled over those vintage ones, i guess i just forgot about them. there way to many choices

thanks, for some reson i just thought every one would call me an idiot for this thread

Hello, I've found two mid-priced Fenders I like and cant decide what one to purchase. The highway 1 http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home...ase_pid/511010/ I love the satin finish on the thing, but I hear it nicks easily (the one I played was nicked pretty good on one end but only because it was dropped onto concrete) sounds great, neck is wonderful. The Deluxe http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home...ase_pid/511597/ good finishes hear, too. no bad reviews either. haven't played it yet but i'm willing to risk it... The one purchased will be played thru a fender twin reverb 100w (tube amp) Thank You!! -Fluke

Very true, My version of this is "Don't hate the game, Hate the player" that makes about a million times more sense that the other way around.

Well, it looks like we've decided to be civil. Glad I didn't post as mush as I planned to; would have made a fool of myself. but I can say that with my 3 yrs experience with herb and my hours of researching info and dis-info all I can really say is "it's good for me" and noone else can ever challenge that. I hate when people lable this as "bad" or "good," because, although in many ways all humans are the same, equaly we are all massively different. An unimaginable amount of variables and experiences and the way we seem to just set our minds to an opinion and just wont budge no matter what (its annoying).... As a species, the biggest accomplishment we could ever hope to achieve is to forget all our insignificant little differences a love everyone unconditionaly and not worry and how they like to enjoy themselves. That's my problem with the "war on drugs"(isn't it weird how america's government likes to declare war on everything?) I will not allow a bunch of cRaZy government officals to tell me how i can and cannot live (thats what god is for). Anyway I'll wrap it up. I LOVE YOU ALL

I'm pretty much discusted with everything involved in b.c. rich, they are just to out-there, not in a good way, in a cheap and crappily made way with a false sense of being "cool". Strats are the definition of style. I really dont like hardly any "newer" companies. I also hate LTD/ESP (its like the ripoff strats and LP's and SG's but about 1000 times uglier)

And what of these new "laws" saying medical users once protected, are now being arrested?