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I figured the taper would come out as an illusion with my build because of the pins triping. I would have tapered it if I had the knowhow at the time I guess. Overall, I think its more comfey to not have something that narrows into your wrist. I like the belly carve on Drak's

you should go buy a really crappy copy guitar and fix it up to your playing standards

I'm just used to having all the weight on the body side and none at the neck.

Note the position of my strap button

It doesn't really dive, but it doesn't want to sit with the headstock as high up as I'd like it to. I play my bass that way, and I just kinda worked it into my guitar playing. For any other guitarist, it'd probably sit perfect for them.

You know what? I totally posted that rhoads comment in the wrong thread.

I'm just used to having all the weight on the body side and none at the neck.

Note the position of my strap button

It doesn't really dive, but it doesn't want to sit with the headstock as high up as I'd like it to. I play my bass that way, and I just kinda worked it into my guitar playing. For any other guitarist, it'd probably sit perfect for them.

Cool build! I'm a big fan of the Rhoads style shape. Its a little difficult to get them to balance correctly, so i'm interested to see what you can do with the thin body.

Looking at the design first, and then looking at the question, no it doesn't bug me at all!

But since you pointed it out, I can't stop looking at it lol.

I guess you could plane the body down as well if you were paranoid about the angle of the neck not matching the angle of the body... But at the same time, i think its a sort of wasted amount of effort.

Most will just work with the heal or the neck pocket.

On Ibanez's site, they have a trem manual mesurement for the ZR and EDGE trems... I haven't looked for a 7 string version though. I'll let you know what I come up with!

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fail. If no one has posted anything by tomorrow, I can go out with some calipers and measure a jem or a k7 at Daddy's if you want.

and if jumbos make ya go sharp learn to use a lighter touch.

it's kinda hard to keep the same pressure on every finger when trying to do some chords...at least for me anyways

practice makes perfect

Some professional guitarists found that they can intonate their guitars according to how much extra pressure they're putting on the strings as well. That's a little above and beyond my level, but its interesting!

Other than that, I'd have to say, go out and play some guitars and see which is most comfortable to you. You can get a feel for the type of end dress you want by doing this as well.

Woah wait, where is this? Id like to check it out!

I think the scariest part about a neck through is the final carve of the heal area. On an explorer, it shouldn't be too bad though. I personally think neckthroughs are more fun to make than set/bolt-on.

This one looks nice though!

You should make a multilaminate neck through sometime

I wasn't a fan of the carve at first, but now I'm convinced! This thing is pretty sweet looking!

I voted for John's. Nothing else really jumped out at me, or inspired me to build, or made me want anything this month though

spoke, respect gets respect. You deserve respect for your knowledge and skillset, but you are losing my respect by putting me in a category of "jokers" just because of where I buy my router bits.

lol, sorry, I had to

I got my 1/4" double fluted template bit at Home Depot (my workplace). It was $16.

If you need a definition on what a template bit is, Its a straight cutting bit with 1 or 2 flutes, and it features a barring on the top of the bit. There's also bits that have the barring on the bottom. I haven't found a good application for those yet though.

We also sell a bit that I just found that has a barring on the top and bottom of the bit. Its a 1/2" flush cut bit, and it has a 1/2" shaft as opposed to a standard 1/4"

But yeah, you can normally find template bits at your local hardware store. Do some measurements on the curves on your guitar, and you can determine the largest bit you can use to get the job done the quickest and most efficiently.

I had a cat food can pulloff lid accident when I was 12. I felt it rattle against the bone when it sliced into my right ring finger. I have a scar now, and it reminds me every day how lucky I am to have all 10!

Other than that, i worked at mcdonalds, and those clamshell cookers are pretty easy to burn your knuckles on. I remember washing my hands one day, and the top of my middle finger near the fist knuckles just fell off. It was pretty freaky to see the dent and the giant piece of flesh that fell off of there! It all grew back, and it didn't hurt at all, but it was enough to make me jump!

A template bit

Yeah, its a weird question. But I got someone to admit that they stick a fork in their ear

yeah, i figured you guys were a little more level headed... minus the "ear pick"

I personally would put the pickup(s) on the instrument somewhere.

On a serious note, I would test out a few instruments in a shop to see different placements. True, they'll all give you different sounds with the different pickup shapes (p, j, hb, ex-housing etc.) but you can get a basic feel for it that way. Another thing you can do is try picking at different parts on the neck to see where you can get a desirable acoustic sound out of it. Developing an ear for bass on a record helps you figure out what sound and placement you like as well, because you can figure out what bass the artist is playing, where the pickup is and what kind of pickup it is.

Towards the bridge will give you a brighter, less bassy sound.

Toward the neck will give you a lower sound, with less distinguishable highs.

Also keep in mind, where do you feel comfortable picking? With a bass, the size of the strings makes it a little more difficult to pick consistantly, so when you switch basses, its scale, action, string spacing, guage and a bunch of other things can affect the way you play. If you're planning on playing finger style, and you plan on pivoting off of the pickup with your thumb, then take that into consideration when deciding your placement. If you really like a certain place to pivot with your thumb, but you like the sound of the pickup in another place, you can install a "thumb rest" or build one into your bass with the shape of the wood. David King does some pretty elaborate thumb rests.

Good luck!

On another forum I used to go to, I asked what people thought about ear care, because as musicians, ears are pretty important. I use a q-tip after I get out of the shower, as i can place it at the edge of the ear canal, tip my head and work the q-tip around the outside till it picks up any deluted wax and my ears feel dry.

Others started mentioning ear candeling, water guns, little forks and all kinds of weird **** lol.

What do you guys think?

Hey Prostheta, can you post the individual distance between all 22 frets in nautical degrees?

I've heard Metallica sung by Avril Lavine... and Sum 41... and Korn...

There's a pretty good version of Battery with Dave Lombardo on drums. There's a version of Seek & Destroy with Chuck Billy on Vocals.