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  1. Batfink
    Hmmm....for a first guitar that's a brave move indeed. FYI Hamer's Virtuoso (36 frets) used a 26.25 scale length to compensate for the string tension and perhaps also the space problem, as Rick500 pointed out, as they all came out with a single 'Hotrail' type pickup because even with the extended scale length you couldn't physically fit a traditional sized humbucker in the available space. jem
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    Hiya Stike, Nice to see another HFC migrant on here ! Jem
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    Ah, the wonder of Mike Reid - always top notch stuff from him !
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    Totally agree with Wez about laminating it with something else but mainly i'd say to hell with making a neck out of it............. EAT IT !, man that looks yummy. Jem
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    Talk to your local paint factors (look in the yellow pages under car paint or something like that), any automotive paint supplier worth his salt should be able to knock up something for you. If not PM me and get down to Kent ! Jem Oh, have you tried Behlen's ? - i'm sure they do some in aerosol's. Just had a quick look and heypresto must be something thats close enough (golden oak/fruitwood/maple ?) and half the price that DM and Manchestertech will rush you for it.
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    Yep, you should and yes it does - run for cover is my first reaction....."nasty chinese bass butchered by blind man" should have been his ebay description line. Jem
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    Yep, most of what 'accessory' shops sell will nowadays will be acrylic. There's lots of tut's on using 'rattle cans' on here - READ THEM ! As for length of time to dry, if it still smells of thinner when you sniff it, it ain't ready yet - it will all depend on how much you chuck on there at any one time and to a lesser degree what the general conditions are in the area where it's drying. Jem
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    No, it's nowhere near consistant enough. Fine for nuts on banjo's, mandolin's and the odd acoustic but as frets it'd disintergrate.
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    Fibre optic side markers Jem
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    Er, that's just a bridge 'bucker put in the neck position.
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    If anyone is tempted to buy from Vintique, I have a suggestion: take whatever money you planned on spending with him, burn it, and then repeatedly whack yourself between the eyes with a 2x4. Believe me, doing that will be less painful than actually having him take your money, hold it for years, treat you with contempt and not deliver the product. If you doubt this, just go to the TDPRI and search for Vintique or Jay Monterose. Better yet, just have a look at this thread from January (and it's still unresolved!). Jesus, and i'm feeling bad about giving a 6 month lead time that's turned to 8 ! at least mine'll be out the door in the next couple of weeks, what has happend between this guy and Vintique is just plain wrong. Sorry, really nothing to do with original thread i was just stunned by reading that telecaster board thread. Jem.
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    I've never, in over 20 years of 'Floyd' ownership, found anyone do a neck 'F' spaced pickup - basically that far up there is no difference, or virtually bugger all, whether you're using a Gibson, Fender or anybody else's bridge. As for the question i'd concur with the masses and say if you've got a choice get an 'F' spaced but if you don't have that luxury don't sweat it. The double lock 'Floyd' came into being around '83/4 (i haven't bothered to look this up but i was there-if you see what i mean) whereas 'F' spaced humbuckers didn't appear until some years later and i've got at least 6 guitars that we're made between 85-89 that have normal spaced humbuckers as standard where i get no drop out or anything like that at all. Jem .........sorry, slow day in the office !
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    Xanthus, you're quite right, all the electric problems we're fixable - i just junked the whole lot and replaced them with CTS/Switchcraft stuff and the binding was just clamped up with a bit of CA and is still holding fast. My point to IbanezFreak666 was that if he was thinking of shelling out £600 ($1200 Usd) on a NEW Epi LP i'd hold out for a secondhand Gibson LP that i'm sure he'd be able to pick up for around the £7-900 mark depending on how fussy he was about spec or colour etc. Me, being extremley bias after using nothing else since '84, would still recommend him to look at a secondhand Hamer for playability and reliability. Jem.
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    Not wanting to diss a brand at all but my singers got three Epiphone's (2xLP 1xExplorer), two have had the pickups die, all three have had electrical problems of one sort or another (scratchy pots, intermittant loss of signal or just giving up the ghost mid gig completely), the two which have gold hardware lost it almost immediatley, one's lifted it's binding in two places blah blah blah - overall for 600 quid i'd save a wee bit harder and buy a real one, at least you'd get a reasonable return if you sold it on or better still buy a Hamer ! Jem
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    To be honest i wait until the neck's ready, bolt it on and just measure from the nut just in case something hasn't gone as planned. If you're buying components rather than making from scratch yourself i'd 100% wait until you've got the neck and body together before you start drilling anything. Jem.
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    I use Ezlok's 4-40's to surface mount pickups but i've never considered them to actually attach a neck to a body. Is there any reason why traditional screw's won't work for your application ? Jem
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    I've used them in a few builds without a hitch and also as retro fits in a bunch of Epiphone's. Only grumble is they don't seem to get really 'creamy' when pushed hard but that may be just the guitars that they're fitted to. At the end of the day for the price you really can't go wrong. Jem
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    Sorry, it read (or i read it) like you wanted to use an alternative to a piercing saw. Just google 'piercing saw' or 'jewellers saw' or 'jewellers supplies' and it should bring something up - hell, you could even try your local Ebay if all else fails. Jem.
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    You'll probably be able to find an adjustable one cheaper than Stewmacs (last time i looked it was a fixed frame they sell) but at the end of the day you NEED a peircing saw.......period, it's such a false economy to try anything else. Basically you could quite easily waste $20 worth of Paua or Abalone trying to 'make do' with the wrong tool and your results, chances are, will be poor compared to using the right tool. Jem.
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    400 grit and 000 steel wool here as well. Jem
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    Chris, Be carefull, acrylics come in a number of differing compositions. True, some are waterbased - i think these tend to be 'craft' type paints - but all of the 2 part automotive acrylics i've come in contact with have isocyanates (cyanide) as a part component and these can be lethal so please check with your supplier before committing yourself. Oh, on a side note, if your spraying waterbased and your gun's internal's aren't stainless be prepared for some premature component failure. As for physical brands i can't really comment, i'm no paint expert. I use Chestnut's stain's quite often and have always had good results but i've never tried any of their finishing products as i use high solid automotive nitro. Jem
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    Hmmm...think you still may struggle. Depending on what you're actually spraying you may need to up the thinner content - test on scrap first etc etc blah blah............................ Still, at the end of the day, you could always make your money back offering your partner and their friends a fake tanning service Jem
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    I think you've got to bare in mind that that's primarily designed for household decorating. It's hard for me to see that such a little compressor will actually give you true HVLP. For the price it's easy to say have a go but i think you'll find it's simular to just chucking the paint at the guitar rather than spraying it especially with a 2mm tip and no great adjustment or control over the fluid / air flow or pattern. I'd consider buying a low cost proper automotive gun that would come with a setup more suitable to guitar spraying 1.3 or 1.4mm - (Sealey gold line can be had for around £40 and even the Devilbiss entry level FLG will only pop you around £70) - and a smallish 25 litre compressor that could be had from Machine Mart or simular for not much more than a ton. Jem
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    That's alright mate, some of the American brand names that get thrown about confuse the hell out of me and normally when i check with a freind of mine in the US it's glaringly obvious ! Anyways, you're in the best part of the world to start dabling around with pearl work - i wish you well. Jem
  25. Batfink
    Hamer Californian...............
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