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I had the same idea a few months ago. I think it would be better to not paint the insides black and to just leave it natural, especially since if you play it, the inside of the F holes will look pretty dark non the less. I think those fake f-holes on that ibanez and other guitars are tacky. You gotta have the real thing.

I'm making one out of pvc pipe. Don't know how it will turn out, but I'm hoping it does work. I really like that idea of that guy's wine rack shelf for his guitars. There is one guy who custom built his own guitar out of metal and sold it on ebay. I believe he had a tune-o-matic, but still routed a tremolo cavity in the back where he added a few pieces of metal so it could stand up on its own. Really cool. If you don't want to make one then I suggest buying a Quik-Lok 7-slot universal multiple guitar stand. It can hold any guitar. I'm not sure if they can hold double neck guitars though. I emailed them and asked but they haven't replied. That was last year. -Jamie

interesting http://cgi.ebay.com/Acoustic-Electric-Guit...1QQcmdZViewItem

I took it upon myself to draw a schematic of how the teisco is currently wired. It looks like a bomb. I'm going to spend some time looking at schematics, and draw up a new schematic. I'll post it here and see what you guys think if it's correct or not since I am learning. Surprisingly the 2 way switch is different from Fender, as Fenders have 6 lugs and this one has 3. If this is correct then I'm going to shoot myself, but I believe 99.9% that the way it's wired now is wrong. Picture

3698 dollars! GEEZ. I think I'll get the one from raven west (when I have the money), even if it doesn't sound as good lol. -Jamie

Maybe getting the book on building guitar amps vol. 1 by Zottola will help. I'll probably email him and ask him a few questions. -Jamie

Cool. Keep us posted.

Anyone try a Raven West guitar? They look like they're part of the same story as Sanatoga and Jay Turser. The reason why I ask is because of this guitar http://www.ravenwestguitar.com/rg2180ae.html I've only seen Godin make nylon acoustic electrics look like electrics, along with one or two Yamahas and I believe Gibson had one with Chet Atkins. Some of their guitars look too good to be true. http://www.ravenwestguitar.com/rgwa.html -Jamie

I got an old teisco here that I want to rewire. The guy who had this guitar last installed a humbucker in between the two single coils and didn't add its own switch or knobs, so basically it's controlled through the singles (if that makes sense). The wiring is also very butchered. I'm no wiring expert but as you can see there looks to be speaker wire being used, a few wires with different gauges, one unshielded wire, and a car wreck of wires being crumbled together and maybe even blended together. It just doesn't look right to me and if it wasn't, I'd still want to do this as a nice project. Here's a picture of the wiring job. Picture Questions: The pots say 8500k ohm (I'm guessing just 500k right? lol) The orange cap says 503M R50 (little help here?) Basically I am going to leave the humbucker for decoration only. It won't be wired. The reason why is because it's left its mark with the faded pickguard gloss and drilled hole for the wire. I would need something to cover the tip of the wire on the humbucker I'm assuming so it doesn't touch other wires or solder and what not. Maybe electrical tape? Does anyone know where I could find a schematic to redo this guitar? If someone could draw me up a schematic that would be even more amazing and I'd appreciate it very much. If you can't figure it out with the picture, then here is what I gather; 2 fender jazzmaster style switches (3 polepieces) 2 single coils (3 wires each) 2 tones (3 polepieces) 1 volume (3 pole pieces) 1 mono jack similar to this 4652 Thanks. -Jamie

Hell, you seem like you know what you're doing lol.

How was the book by Tino Zottola? I was thinking of buying his books Vacuum Tube Guitar and Bass Amplifier Theory Building Tube Guitar Amplifiers Book (Vol 1) Building Tube Guitar Amplifiers Book (Vol 2) Vacuum Tube Guitar and Bass Amplifier Repair

Damn right. I haven't listened to that album, but I did like the single St. Anger, but man do those Diezel amps sound terrible along with that drum kit. That diezel sounded like a bad Solando. The best thing about being 15 is you have the right to be crap lol. -Jamie

The singer doesn't need to be more metal, he needs to be better overall. Singing and playing guitar is tricky, which is why I'd rather have one job of being either the guitar player or the vocalist, and not doing two things at the same time. It's just easier on my part. Also, when you do sing live you're supposed to resemble the song as best as you can to the recorded version, and his timing isn't great in the littlest spots, that it throws the whole thing off. I think it's either because he's so pumped, or he's too nervous That drum kit sounds like kleenex boxes with a tinfoil pie plate as the symbols lol The guitar on clean sounds like nintendo tunes (not bad, I like that lol). Not bad for 15 though. Just my two cents, and I know I sound like a negative bugger, but I guess that's why they call it criticism lol. -Jamie

didn't they just release a new album? lol Please don't say that. I'm sick and tired of the Hip and the Barenaked Ladies, probably because 1. The Hip is played here almost 24/7 by my dad and 2. The Ladies though are talented need to stop releasing strange videos with monkies talking about God knows what lol Canada has had its problems, such as the following you all mentioned, and Avril Latrine, I mean Lavgine. She was so rockish until a year later when she changed her look and now looks like every other female pop star. It's good she got a year and a half after her first album to actually learn how to play a few chords on the guitar and piano, learn how to use a pencil and stop lieing that she writes all her songs. I didn't realise there were hillbillies until Bubba Sparks came along. We didn't have to climb that mountain. We just shipped her off to the U.S like how Toronto ships all its garbage to Michigan haha. Isn't Michael Bolton Canadian? lol oh man he was considered on much more music the worst of the worst before Celine Dion. Wasn't it the U.S that produced the new kids on the block, vanilla ice and that rico suave guy? lol oh man that was hillarious. Just read the lyrics to Ice Ice Baby, that has to be one of the funniest songs ever, especially since he was serious, unlike Weird Al. If Weird Al was to do a parody on that he'd keep the lyrics the same and just sing and do those dances haha.

Agreed. If you want to also do intermediate and expert level tutorials, you should have a ratio as to how hard it is. So something 1 out of 10 is easy, 5 out of 10 is intermediate and 10 out of 10 is hard. Simple, nice, and easy is helpful. -Jamie

He could have smashed it and started his own site called smashmyguitar.com like smashmyipod.com lol

I'm going to laugh if ever major manufacturing guitar company filed a lawsuit for 1 million each (over 10-20 mill maybe in total? lol)

I never knew that about Garth Brooks. I'd pay him royalties to lay off that flaming shirt I always see him in lol. In the end, I think the MPA will lose, because if they win, then the entire internet should be shut down since one person is typing up information of news, how tos, what nots and references, which is simply what tabs are; a how-to what-not, and lyrics are references. Imagine this, authors should be paid royalties for a student to reference their book? Crazy.

I would like to know some Amp tutorials and all, and simplified reading as what to dos and what not to dos. I have some links about basics but I find it hard to follow from time to time. I hope you get these tutorials up and running and if you can, PM me the link when they are.

for the fun of it you could throw it on ebay and put a 1 million dollar reserve, just so you can find out how high it really does go lol.

Lame. Crap like this makes me not want to even play music.

I tried one Krank, the krankenstein or something like that, and it was terrible. I suggest the Fender Metalhead over that. I really want to try a bogner uberschall. -Jamie

Curtis, I couldn't agree more with you about Simple Plan. I find it so crazy how kids are listening to that crap and they think their life sucks, and get all depressed and blah blah blah, yet if they were to watch an occasional Dr. Phil they may realize that their life isn't that crappy after all. Green Day out of all of them are more talented, especially in the writing field, but still, I'd rather listen to the Polyphonic Spree (if you can believe that) than have to listen to why the world sucks and all. It's funny because bands usually say "we're just making people aware", yea we get the friggan point and have for the last 10-15 years. But, on a side note, I think we should stop complaining and just go get our own record deals and write songs metaphorically speaking on how crappy they are, and maybe now and then trash them through interviews, therefore, it causes another Celebrity Boxing show where you can then beat the snot out of a band member, or the band members and claim victory over the pop-punk movement or whatever movement you want to take over. Oh yeah. I got it all figured out and I'm so tired I'm going to bed lol -Jamie

This whiney crap about how life sucks has been on for a lot longer than you think. Remember Fade To Black by Metallica? I don't care if that's about someone they knew or not, because the average person wouldn't know. Green Day is a lot better than other bands out there like Good Charlotte, and Simple Plan. The only thing I dislike about them is they have the same style since they first started. At least the Beatles changed now and then. -Jamie

Damn right. I actually use C# ala My Dying Bride. Sounds Sweet. -Jamie