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That's interesting. I like it. The electrosocket jack is an excellent choice. I used one on the guitar I'm rebuilding right now. Remember the Alamo, and God Bledd Texas...

Here's a list of diagrams I always find useful for references to double check my work. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

That makes entirely too much sense. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

It's actually pretty easy. On a 4-wire pickup, you'll most likely need to solder two of the wires together and tape them off unless you plan to coil tap, which does not appear to be the case in your scenario. You'll need to check with the pickup manufacturer for this info. On a three way switch (gibson style) you should have two sides of contacts on the bottom. One side will have one contact by itself, and this is connected to ground. On the other side of the switch hthere will be 3-4 prongs (I've only seen 4). The middle prong(s) will both be wired to the volume pot input. The outside prongs will be the pickup output wires. I wire it depending on which way you orient the switch in the body so that down is bridge, middle position is Neck & Bridge, and up position is neck only, and the orientation will determine if you attach the neck pickup to the top or bottom blade of the switch. Kinda hard to explain, but if you look at it and the way the switch manipulation opens or completes the circuits, you'll see what I'm talking about. I always put the ground connect side facing a tone pot so it's a shorter run to ground it there, and so the pickup lines from the pickup cavity don't have to go very far in the control cavity. In some instances where space is tight or akward, it has been desirable to run the switch in the opposite direction, especially when I want to retain a good length of pickup lead length. As for #2, you'd really need a wiring diagram to explain it, but from the ones I've seen, you need to wire the switch differently than normal, where second or third position activates both humbuckers and then the first or fifth position turns on the single coil by itself. Or, you could use a different switch I suppose. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Limba is Korina, and Gibson made many guitars (Explorer, V, Moderne, and Futura, out of it. It should fit in with the tone you're after. Bubinga has qualities similar to rosewood, and also should fit in nicely with the sonic characteristics you're looking for. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

mexican version, detune tremelo only with the 6 screws holding it to body ← Then a dual post mounted Floyd will obviously not just drop in. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Yes, you have to warm up. It's just like stretching before exercising. I try to be very careful with my hands when typing. It's too easy to get carpal tunnel or tendonitis. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

The only thing bad about ibuprofin is it's tendency to cause the stomach to bleed if it's not taken with food. Do not take it on an empty stomach. I had a friend who nearly died from it and spent a few days in the ICU because of it. Scared the crap out of all of us. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Pros: Simple setup/No knobs or switches to get in the way. Full on shred all the time. Just crank the volume knob to 10 and play. Cons: Limited tone options, since most single bridge humbucker setups are the pickup and a volume knob. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Indeed. I made the assumption he was using powered speakers. If he's not, I don't see how he could even get sound if the unit was driving an external, non-powered speaker through the headphone jack. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

There are not words to describe how cool I think that is. Please post sound clips when you get it done. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

When you say monitors, do you mean real, transparent studio monitors, or regular speakers? My guess is that the speakers aren't nearly as faitful to the tone as the headphones. When you plug in the headphones, the circuit connecting the amp ouptut to the speaker should be cut, so there shouldn't be any problems with impedence. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Uli Jon Roth's Sky Guitar has 7 strings and 27 frets, and that guy is pretty awesome. If you're into neo-classical guitar work, you should check him out. Yngwie Malmsteen has a custom Sky Guitar. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Checking here might help a great deal. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

I have no experience with their guitars, though I have always wanted a Vandenburg for some reason, but my Peavey amps have always been solid, even the cheaper solid state ones. I played out and beat the heck out of them constantly, and they never had a problem. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

EMG Selects have a 3 conductor output wire, as opposed to the traditional 2 or 4 wire output setup. I'm assuming your pickup is used and the red wire was cut short because it is not used when using the select as a humbucker only, and I believe you can use the red lead to coil tap for single coil sounds. White is hot, the black with yellow mesh is ground. Wire as normal. Yep, just confirmed red wire is for coil tap output. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

I agree. That Ironbird inlay is beautiful. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Doh! Transfer limit exceeded. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... But today, like so many around the world, I'm British.

The original Pallet Guitar was made of an old pallet. The link goes to the limited edition of 2000 Pallet Guitars inspired by that original guitar that is made similarly of common pallet woods, but not necessarily wood that was made into pallets. Going price on those is $10,000 USD btw. They look ok until you see the back, but has anyone actually heard how they sound? That's the real test. To give you an idea, go to your local Taylor selling guitar shop and play a 614ce (top: sitka spruce. body: big leaf maple) and a 914ce (top: engelman spruce. body: Indian rosewood). The 914 is more expensive by a decent bit (about a grand at ~$3700), but the 614 has a more crisp/bright tone that really sings. Everyone I know who has done the Pepsi challenge with them has said the 614 is the better sounding guitar. The only real difference in those guitars is the woods used, as the bracing, body style, and electronics are all the same. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

The Warmoth price for a white perloid pickguard is $28 USD. That's where I plan on getting mine from. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas.

Do you have a source for the pickguard already? Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas... ← what do you mean by 'do i have a source'? I've already purchased one via ebay and it's on it's way, if that's what you mean. ← That's what I meant. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you give for it? Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Lovekraft, that article I linked to at Macworld is from the NAMM show in January of this year, and Gibson claims they'll have models for sale by summer/fall. We shall see. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Yeah, you probably will need to reground it.

Do you have a source for the pickguard already? Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...

Back in the old days, I used to use a dead 9v battery wrapped with a little bit of electrical tape when I wanted a fixed bridge, since the 9v battery is just about perfect for setting the trem to the proper angle, or at least it was on my guitar. Sustain was increased a little bit (you could feel the body vibrating more), and probably would have been better if I'd not insulated the vibrations with the electrical tape. Your bridge may be different. It's best to measuer from the end/back of the trem cavity to the rear face of the trem block and have something cut that fits in there. Remember the Alamo, and God Bless Texas...