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How far back should the bridge be from the nut? I just kinda randomly placed the bridge where it is...

Well, that depends on the scale length.

I hope you're familiar with what that is....?

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i havnt decided completely what i want for the final guitar, but the one in the picturei s a 25" scale length neck

hmm....longer eh...

i definately dont want it to be a Baby-Dean size body, is that what it looks like to you guys?

I think i'll try to scale it a bit bigger

and just for the record, how far back should the bridge be from the nut? i just kinda randomly placed the bridge where it is so it might be making the body look smaller than it really is

I like my headstock design more:

http://xs47.xs.to/pics/05382/flip2.JPG

now thats just silly

I think that if you don't have the neck all the way down the body, it's called a glued in neck.

A through neck goes all the way from one end to the other of the guitar.

I'm pretty sure that the truss rod is the same as any other though - it shouldn't need to be longer I don't think - I may be wrong though mate!

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+1

Good luck with everything.

I just wanted to say you didn't really need to make a whole new thread about the same guitar.Same guitar different thread.  In your other thread they told you they felt too big headstock, and knobs placed funny. Why ask again and get the same response, even if you changed it you should just keep it on your other thread. ANyways just a suggestion.  Hope it works out for you.

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sorry?

what do you mean - send it to doug??

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Doug here is gonna be making it (or at least thats the understanding we have at the moment)

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Do you mean Doug at Soulmate Guitars? If so, why not discuss this stuff with him, since he's the one who's gonna have to deal with it? I mean, we can tell you anything, but we don't have to translate it to wood.

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i'm just looking for suggestions visually

i figured a collective opinion on the design might help a bit

of course, when doug makes it i'm sure there will be on the fly construction-related changes, but thats a given

well im not replacing the V headstock

ill try smaller again. and see how it looks. i originally had to make it bigger to get a good symettry with the tuner placement but i'll see what i can do and how it turns out.

thanks for the input.

well i doubt whooever paints this thing will have any idea about guitars

thats why i wanna know if i should spend the money and bring it to another luthier to prep it before bringing it to the paint shop

what do you mean - send it to doug??

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Doug here is gonna be making it (or at least thats the understanding we have at the moment)

Okay, after I get my planned guitar done and sent to me, my understanding is that it will be completely unfinished

whats the next step i need to take before i take it to the paint/airbrush place?

Any last alterations I should make before putting this to MDF and sending it off to Doug?

Thanks,

Mat

also, I'm trying to name the thing

Right now I'm torn between Jawbreaker and Sentinel

whats better?

Yep, thats about right, 843 mm = 33 inches.  Ya hafta think metric sometime, ya know.    But thats still about 5 inches short for a tele.

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i just pulled the 843 number outta thin air. it was still hundreds of inches

my program was set to inches, so shouldnt it have resized itself accordingly?

seriously. i copied and pasted one of theirs next to a 100% scale guitar i drew, and it was thousands of times bigger than mine.

well now that im not gonna get an aural exciter

what should i get?

hmmmmmmmmmm

i dont mind it actually, it is reminicent of eddie van halens music man/wolfgang

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yeah, i like the shape and i thought Wolfgang too

but its too big for a wolfgang. its like a beefed up fatso wolfgang.

note: guitarbuild.com's CAD plans are all completely out of scale. their guitars are like 843 feet long.

yeah, a lil big on the top-back

well i already bought a BEE 411 off ebay for $20

i was recommended to get one of either from a friend of mine whos a guitar nut. he's pretty knowledgeable so i'm surprised you'd say the complete opposite as him :-S

Between these, which brand makes a better product? or are they completely different sounding effects?

Anyone with experience using either of these?

I have a Rocktron Hush Pedal. One knob, one footswitch. A lot of people don't like them , but I'm using it just to kill the natural hum of my Strats. It works for me and it was cheap.

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i have a rack mounted HushII and it feels like the only thing it does is act as a volume knob

well thats good news to me seeing as i do a lot of hi-gain metal

for blues, everythings fine when clean so i'll just turn it off and let it all ring out.

any brand suggestions though? just so i know where to start looking?

whats a good noise gate to get then?

i dont notice or mind it when im not playing. its mostly when im not playing, or when just playing simple non-chord material

If you're having the problem with guitar and amp in separate rooms, it's almost certainly not feedback - Paul and Bill have both made some good suggestions based on guesses about what you have going on, but it's going to be impossible for anybody to do more than just guess without a clear and accurate description of your problem. Did you have the same problem before you "dialed in" your glorious new sound? Do you know the difference between hum, hiss, buzz and feedback? They're not interchangeable, and they all have different causes and solutions. If you'll post your entire signal chain and the specific noise problem you're having, one of us is bound to be able to help - until that information is available, this thread is pretty much a waste of time.

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its a buzz, my mistake.

my chain is guitar >> amp >> furman EQ >> speakers

its not the EQ cuz i have the buzz w/o it

but the eq does amplify it

i'm guessing it has to do with my computer or bad wiring in my house from what you guys are telling me..

Sounds like a buzzing problem rather than feedback.  Feedback is a high pitched squeel caused from an interaction (accoustic coupling) between the amp and the guitar (strings or pickups).  Buzzing is electrical noise.

I would suspect a faulty ground somewhere.  The power supply in your house could be noisy and that's a huge problem.  If you have flourescent lights or a computer on near your guitar or amp, turn them off.  Neon lights also cause buzzing.  A hair dryer running on the other side of the house will also make the power lines noisey.  Your house could also just have crappy wiring.  Try plugging in at a different place in the house.

Does your amp buzz reguardless of how you have it "dialed in"?

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well it does squeal, believe me!

but yeah. if i turn my guitar to the right angle it will disappear, regardless of its proximity to my computer.

this goes for any guitar i have.

and its a peavey XXX

no, this is on my regular guitars

i turn the volume way down and im still getting a humm thats louder than the actual guitar output

it probably has something to do with my gain/eq but i dont wanna eliminate the sound i worked so hard to dial in

i just get maassssssive feedback. even when my guitars taken out of the same room as my amp....and wrapped in a blanket lol

I just get it and it's driving me insane

will a compressor/limiter (like a dbx) help me out?

i already got a Rocktron HushII and that thing is just useless

so will a limiter help? yes? no? noisegate?

thanks