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Happy Birthday guys! In a couple of months my 20's will be drawing to a close. Here's hoping I survive them! Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Sorry, it's a Warlock body. I just got in from work and I'm about to have dinner. Then I'll try and get some pics up. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

PM sent! I want it!

From a project I picked up off Ebay last January that I don't have time for now. In perfect shape; no warpage or twisting. The original finish was dead, so I sanded it off and refinished it with a matte satin poly. Has a very smooth feel. The only issue is that the very tip has some paint rubbed off, but can be easily fixed. I've wet sanded the clear slightly to remove some minor scratches, and will be buffing it tonight. Fretboard and frets are in good shape showing minimal fretware for its age. A couple of dings at the first and second frets, but nothing too bad. It was a non-locking nut neck and does not include any hardware except neck plate. I also have the body, but it's in the process of being repaired, and will be putting it up for sale as well. I'm not sure of the exact year, but a previous owner wrote his name in the control cavity surround (where the cover sites on and the screws go in) with his name and the date 1988. Thank you for looking. Also, I'll post pictures tonight, as I've got something else to post about. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

It's looking really good, though the color eludes me. Does it look different than the pictures? Either way, the guitar is beautiful. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Looking good. However, in this picture: pic 2 it looks like the lower body part and the neck don't have a good join. How big is that gap? Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

You can send it via www.yousendit.com and post the link they give you once it's up. It will ask you for two e-mail addresses, but they don't have to be valid. They're just for sending a notice to the person you want to receive it, and for getting a note when the video is downloaded. GBT

Video! Video! Video!!! GBT

My neighbor used to do custom autobody and motorcylce paint, and he used a variable speed polisher with a dimpled pad for cutting and polishing. He said it helped decrease the load across the surface and reduced heat, thereby reducing the risk of 'burning' the finish by staying in one area too long. Of course, I assume that if you keep your RPMs low you'll be ok. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

I'll take a Fender Jazz bass for crowd control over any other guitar any day. I remember the bass player for Joy Division doing something like that in the 80's to someone in the crowd. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Excellent news. Glad to hear it went so well! Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Ah, I remember that one. The Ibanez Ghostrider meets the Telecaster... The Ghostcaster. It's a beautiful guitar. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

+1. That's an unrealistic nightmare to build that will only be useful as a wall decoration if it's ever finished. It will be uncofmortable to play at best because of all the points. I salute you wanting to do it, but if you actually plan on playing it I would reconsider. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

It's got wax? That must be an older Squier then. My Squier didn't have potted pickups. What series Squie is it (Affinity, Standard, etc.)? Mine is a "Crafted in China" Affinity. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas..

The image “http://files.photojerk.com/verhoevc/BuildingaSemi.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors. N/M, I should read the whole thing instead of skim. My apologies. It looks like what Matt Vinson (guitarfrenzy) did. I know people, including myself, loved it. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

To me, comfort and tone are equals in what I desire in a guitar. If it's not comfortable to play, I won't play it. If it sounds like crap, I won't play it. All the guitars I like are a combination of those two qualities: comfort and tone. I love Strats (I now own 3 of them), but I have the same beef about Strats as most people do with the Volume knob being in the wrong place. Still, you can make your own pick guard and fix that. I don't use the Tone knobs anyway. I'd have to say that my Ibanez S470 is probably the perfect guitar for me. It's got a great profile, awesome fast neck, good tone/sustain, and overall is just about perfect. The only thing I don't like about it is the floating bridge, but I've always hated those. They make the SA line which is almost as comfortable (the backs are flat but the front is still contoured like an S) and come with more strat like or hard tail bridges. And as others have pointed out, it has to be reliable. I'm thinking of pickin up a new S470 or S520EX this Christmas to try out the ZR bridge, which is supposed to be really reliable for a floater due to the setting mechanism in the spring area. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

If you decide not to go with the rotary switch, you could always use this one for SG's. It should do what you originally asked for in your first post and still fills up the hole. It requires 13/16" depth thought. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

I lucked out and bought a Spinet and located a piano dolly for rent @ $18 for 6 hours. I looked into renting a lift gate truck, but it was going to be $89 minimum plus an insane mileage fee and I needed to reserve it 48 hours before I needed it (I bought the piano on Thursday and moved it Saturday), so I built a ramp from 2x6"s tied together with 2x4"s and wood screws spaced every 12" ($60) to get the thing into the mini van. It worked with the help of two of my friends, but I don't EVER want to do it again. And I couldn't imagine moving a Grand or Baby Grand. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Having just moved a piano, I can say this: There are two ways to move something heavy - 1) expensive and by yourself with pallet jacks, lift gate trucks, and your friends' muscles. 2) expensive and paying someone else to do it. I would take #2 any day, because renting the stuff you'll need isn't cheap, especially a lift gate truck from one of the big rental places, and talking your friends into it is sometimes a losing proposition. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Noted and thanks. I'll have to check them out. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Or he could pick up a spool of wire if he shops around and rewind them. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Yes, it's possible. The question is: Is it worth the effort? Would a master volume, like the stock strat wiring, still be good enough? If so, just desolder the tone circuits from the switch and you're done. If you want three individual volume circuits, just put them between the pickup hot outputs and the switch, then run the switch output to the output jack. EDIT: I was sitting on this for over an hour not realizing I hadn't hit the submit button. DOH! Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Do you know who made the pickups? They sound like StewMac golden ages. If they are, the red wire is for full hum output. I'd have to check for another manufacturer. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Well, the Petrucci video is about discipline. It's in the title! And I needed some discipline. The video is all about developing and honing technique, and while it wasn't exactly what I'm looking for, it's definitely improved my playing and even made me a fan. Maybe I'm just getting older and my tastes are maturing? I want to play musically, no matter what I play. I've been known to play everything from country to thrash. The issue is that I want to start playing the stuff that I have inside, not other people's stuff, and unfortunately after all these years of guitar playing (probably more appropriately labelled as guitar dabbling) I never developed an understanding of the underlying musical concepts of why. Right, but scales have their place, because they are relatively easy to learn. They present the notes in an orderly fashion to learn, and then you can make lines and phrases out of them. It's like learning the alphabet before trying to spell. Actually, the Petrucci video has gotten me focused for the first time in a long time about my playing. At 29, I have few delusions about being a rock star anymore, but I have finally come to appreciate being able to truly play. Thank you for the suggestions though, I'll look into them. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

All four just got added to my "must have" list. They look like exactly what I'm looking for. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...