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    They're made in China for export - I owned a great playing 335 copy for a while (lathough the pickups were kinda dookie), but I've played some at guitar shows that were total kindling. Don't buy one without playing it first, but check 'em out. Like Mexican Strats, there's a few real gems out there amongst the trash.
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    Polyurethane auto paint - I always wanted a Tele in Ford Laser Red!! Shoot 6 or 8 coats of clear over top and polish it up to a show shine! To me, staining basswod is like putting a tutu on a pig - it can be done, but it's a lot of work for very little gain.
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    Check these threads: Flame Drop Top. How can it be executed? Drop Top RG7/JPM7, Bent top How difficult is it to do a drop top???
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    You could use poplar for just about any Fender style bass - it's very close to alder, and I think Fender made some poplar basses in the '70s, and you've got maple for the neck. But you have to finish those other projects first
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    Something to consider - if you adjust the bridge radius, once it's right, you're done, but if you redress the frets, you've got 24 chances to screw something up! I think I'd go for the bridge mod.
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    D'OH! I wasn't paying attention - you want the whole fingerboard blue. I somehow misread that you wanted a two-tone f'board. OK, why not just use maple? You could dye it, then coat it with CA like they do on fretless bass necks to seal in the dye, then finish normally. And save the ebony for another project.
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    Fender Olympic White was originally a DuPont acrylic lacquer used by Cadillac from 1958-1962 - Reranch has it in a nitro formula. You can probably get a close sub in acrylic or poly auto paint that'll work fine. If you want a "vintage" look, clear coat with a tinted clearcoat, or use a light amber shellac between the color coat and the clear.
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    You'll never bleach ebony anywhere near white, you'll be lucky to get it any lighter than EI rosewood, and I'm not sure you won't destroy it in the process. Why not use a two-piece f'board, then you can even use figured maple to dye blue?
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    Yes, mahogany will need grain filler if you're going for a smooth gloss finish. No, red oxide primer will not dry translucent, but it comes close to the color we associate with mahogany, so lots of people have used it. It'll only be in the pores, so it won't color the whole surface. If I'm not mistaken, SG Heritage Red is Gibson's cherry red translucent over unstained mahogany. Try Guitar Reranch for rattlecans and info on how to reproduce that finish. I'm fairly certain that stain, or even dye applied directly to the wood won't get you what you want - it'll be muddy and lack depth. I'd fill the wood, seal, sand smooth and then shoot some kind of tinted clearcoat over the top until I got the color I was after, then clearcoat, cure and polish.
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    I think what Weezer's trying to say is that American "English" is closer to it's Germanic/Anglo-Saxon roots, while the Queen's English retains the influence of the Norman Conquest in it's French-inspired flourishes (hence; catalogue, colour, etc.). Oh, and my favs ( that's short for favourites) are saphire blue and cherry red. Sincerely, Weezer, sorry about all that tea in the harbor - you should have known a bunch of Colonials wouldn't know how to brew a decent cuppa.
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    OK, this is for Canuck, Jeremy, Derek and any of you other guys up there: Just right-click to download it, or get it posted to the Emoticon list (I have no clue how to do that, so it's on you). Yeah, I know it's not animated, but it's the best I could do - I'm a brain-damaged Metalhead, not an artist!
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    I don't know if they sounded good or not, but the original Dan Armstrong Lucites definitely had a unique sound! You either loved 'em or hated 'em, but they were absolutley inimitable. Very cool slide guitar, especially open-tuned, but they had to be your second axe cuz there's no way you could play one for more than one or two songs, they were just too heavy.
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    Kahler made millions of flat mount trems back in the dark ages, and many a nice vintage Gibson and/or Gretsch was outfitted with 'em, but they all seemed to disappear sometime in the early '90s . If you really want one, I may be able to dig one out of my parts bin (I think there's one in there, but I might have to get backhoe to dig it out.). I don't think Kahler's still making 'em, but I'm never sure what's up with them.
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    You can use Acrobat to print 1:1, but you have to explicitly tell it what to do. Try setting your margins to zero, on your printer properties, and turn all the scaling otpions off in Acrobat (under "Copies and Adjustment" on the Print Menu). It works in PC Land, should be the same in Mac world, but I could be wrong.
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    And here's John Fadden's take on a Tele: "As I remember there are three chambers. I was concerned with retaining a solid attack sound in the chambered Tele's, so never bothered to implement f holes. I have never found a Tele with f holes that has a good body resonance, I think they sound thin. The chambered design makes a Tele sound much fatter." (Notes on drawing: The thin part above the bridge is 1-3/8". The solid area under the bridge is about ½" wider on each side of the bridge and ½"longer at the base of the bridge. The rim around the body is about ¾" thick.)
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    Here's how one well-known "hand-builder" does it. (yeah, that's right, doctors have PRS's and access to x-ray machines)
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    Here ya go! Complete plans for the CopyCarver. It's for carving fish, but it looks interesting, and evidently it's scalable. "Easily built in 4 hours with common items found in any home / hardware store for around $150 US", so the price is right! Update us if you decide to build one - if it works, I may make one myself, but I'm not brave enough to attempt it at this point.
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    Before you get rid of all that awesome burl, you might consider a 4-way or even 8-way design, like they did in deco furniture. Just a thought, might look very cool, though...
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    OK, my apologies to the UK and Colonials - you gotta remember, we stopped recognizing that "empire" over here a couple of centuries ago. Soorry, mate
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    Hey, Mike, if I'm not mistaken, under US copyright law, you have statutory copyright on anything you produce that is copyrightable, until you either release it to the public domain or register the copy right, so he's still in violation. Not that axe handles and the odd soldering gun don't sound like an attractive option, but Georgia law enforcement doesn't have near the sense of humor they did in years past - somethin' about "damn yahnkees blowin' up th'Lympics".
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    So in English measure that's 23" x 5/8" and 8 feet long for 60 bucks - I don't even want to think about what tha would cost here, or how many one piece tops it will make. I could drop top almost everything I own!
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    Can you be a little more specific about what you're looking for? If you want the vintage warm blues tone of the Three Kings (Albert, BB and Freddie), then two humbuckers, and either a Page setup or PRS McCarty setup. If, no the other hand, you're a SRV fan, then stock Strat wiring or an RG/JEM style HSH setup will give you almost everything you could ask for. Keep in mind that most blues sounds owe a lot more to technique, heavy gauge strings, and lower gain pickups than to your wiring. And don't forget, before he became shred central, Grover Jackson made some serious single coil Texas Twangsters.
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    Yeah, Vari-Tones work well. It's basically a noch filter with a switchable center frequency, easy to make, you can even assemble one from a 600 ohm submini telephone matching transformer, a rotary switch and a handful of resistors and caps. To find out how they sound, sneak into your local music store and play a Gibson Lucille (BB King Signature semi-hollow). It's one passive alternative to active EQ. Dan Torres used to have a kit that wasn't too expensive, don't know how well it worked.
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    If you get the chance, check out Trey Gunn's Stick work on his solo records or with King Crimson - not too shabby!! I think Trey's playing Warr touchstyles these days, for what it's worth. Adam Levin with Dark Aether is another accomplished player - it's a unique sound, kinda like Charlie Hunter meets EVH.
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    Here's one way; after priming and shooting the base color (white), shoot a couple of coats of clear for insurance, then mask the stripes out with tape, frisket film or a template, and shoot the black stripes. Alternatively, if you're an airbrush wizard, shoot the stripes freehand. Either leave the neck natural, or continue the stripes up the back of the neck, any way you want it.
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