ToneMonkey

True, but I know for a fact that most of us home builders will be on single phase, well in the UK anyway, don't know how the rest of you work. What I was going to say about all the explosion proof fans that I've had dealings with is that there is often a (I think it's) copper coating on the metal surfaces of the stator. So that if the rotor flys off it still doesn't creat sparks.

Right then I'm back, still drowning under a see of paper and I've just lost about £1000 sorting out something that went tits up when I was away Anyway.... .... I was intending on using 1 tone pot and 1 volume pot per pup so that I can mix them into each other to produce different sounds. Loads of neck pup with a bit of bridge/loads of bridge with a bit of neck/half and half etc. I figure that with set up a switch isn't needed. I don't play live so I don't need to easily switch between sounds. Another reason why I want to go this route is because I've already drilled the holes for the pots I suppose I wouldn't mind adding a microswitch for each pup to switch between single and double coils if needed. Basically, I haven't had any real experience with guitars with phase swiching etc and I wanted to have as many options as possible so that I can just experiement a bit. Well, I'm crap at electronics so all help/ideas/opinions are appreciated, so please keep them comming. Kaj

Cheers guys, I've not ad a chance to look at this properly yet, I've been ill for the since lastFriday and this is my first trip out the house. Unfortunately the first trip out actually means going to work I'm absolutely snowed under at the minute so it might take me a day or two to get to you. Anyway, the help is always apreciated. Kaj

I've just bought 2 HB's (Dimarzio PAF and a Dimarzio X2N) from Rob. Cheers Rob They're both 4 core conductors and I want to wire them up with a tone pot and a volume pot for each one. What I want to do though is use push/pull pots and have LOADS of switching options so that I have something to play around with (rather than actually being able to play the guitar properly, I don't think that's ever going to happen unless I can actually find some time from somewhere to practice ) Anyway, heres the link to an old thread that I posted: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...topic=11111&hl= Any suggestions, or even better....any wiring diagrams? Cheers guys

The bigger the problem, the bigger the hammer I've never attempted anything like this before, so I wouldn't actually take my advise, but it might be worth having a look at drilling out the dowels if all else fails. We'll if they're wood anyway.

Godin would have got my vote, be he can't be forgiven for the worlds most butt ugly tuners Nice axe though.

That's what I was on about. I would have a plug made by CNC or Rapid Prototyped so that I could make the mold and keep the original (dead accurate) plug save somewhere. I'm doubting that you could make the plug yourself, but personally with a complex 3 dimensional like this, especially with dimensions that have to be so accurate, I'd ship it out to be done. I think that if you take into account the radius of the fret board, the distance between frets, getting a constant and uniform shape down the length of the fretboard etc then it'll be a nightmare to make the plug yourself. Not impossible, but still a nightmare. Anyway, keep us posted on this as it seems like a very cool idea. I'll help where I can as I want to see this Kaj

Oooh, me likey that fretboard. I'd have a plug for the mold CNC'd. Id also consider making the shape more of a zigzag, with the top of the zig acting as the fret and the bottom of the zag being halfway between the two frets. You could also cast normal frets into the fretboard while it's in the mold. Keep us posted on progress, as I think this is an interesting concept. I'll also help out as much as I can (if you send me a fretboard ) Kaj

I had time for the usual half a and half a cup of tea this morning. The bloody cat eats more than I do

I used to raise pheasants and they seem to lay about 5 eggs a day. With 200+ hens that was a LOT of eggs! We used to cook them up and share them with our dogs. Very tasty but it takes about 10-12 of them to make a decent sized omelot!! Never had a goose egg.... ← The bloke who bought round the goose eggs has pheasants running about in his garden (he lives on a farm, but he's not a farmer). Until recently he had 10 hens and 3 males. Now hes got 1 male and 2 hens as the others have moved on and set up on their own. He's also got a partridge and a woodpecker somewhere (as well as a partridge or two in the freezer ). A goose egg has a very distinctive flavour, it's gorgeous. Think of it as a giant chicken egg that's about two thirds yoke.

Is your dorm individually metered or is the whole block group metered. How I'd imagine that the electrical layout in the block goes like this (this is for UK, but I should think that barring a few values, it'd be done the same way over there). Connect onto 11,000 Volt HV cables. Run HV cables through a Ring Main Unit and into a Transformer (Tx) that will step down the voltage from 11,000V to 400V. LV cables run from the LV distribution pillar attached to the substation, to cutouts at the entry to the building LV cables exit cutouts and rise up building on steel tray LV cables attach to cutouts at the bottom of a Multi Service Distribution Board (MSDB) The MSDB has for example 24 ways comming off it it (8 No. ways per phase) 1 way for each room supply Ground path is connected between various MSDB's so that there is always a return path should it be disrupted. I would say that from the quick reading of the thread that I just had, that the problem will be somewhere between the MSDB and the outlet. Get the hybrid cable checked (as someone said, someone has probably put a nail through it). You haven't put any pictures up directly above the plug socket have you?

Apparently they used to make cotton reels and bobbins out of it. It's soft and easily worked, flexible but not very strong. I think I might have to make space in the shed. It's going to be getting a little full soon as my mate is a groundskeeper and keeps giving trees the chop. He's got a HUGE log of yew that is partly mine for a long bow (which is good because you don't have to wait for it to dry ) Well it'll probably take the landlord a few months to get round to picking it up so well all have to put our heads together and see if we can come up with any uses. I left the 12 foot trunk sticking out of the ground and nailed a birdbox to it. If I find a use, that'll come down too (as long as no birds have started to nest in it). On the plus side, it's made a nice sunny space at the bottom of the garden, so now I have a veg patch smeg, I've been living in the country for too long. Anymore suggestions?

Well, a Silver Birch tree fell down in my back garden about a month ago and the landlord (being the lazy git he is) hasn't moved it. So yesterday, I went out the back armed with a dodgy handsaw and finished the job (the tree was just snapped in half but was still held up by a small bit of trunk about 12 feet off the floor). Damn good job I used to be a climber because I was balanced on the fence next to the tree like karate kid doing swan kicks on the post on the beach. Anyway, I've got a log of Silver Birch about 300mm diameter and about 2m long (as well as various other bits and pieces). Is there any use for it for anything (not just guitars) that anyone can think of or should it go to the great lumber yard in the sky?

I like to cook too! Its not stupid at all. ← Hey, I do 10 hours days at work and still come home and do the cooking (I like cooking and I find it's a good way to relax after a hard day - but I do always cook with a beer and a next to the cooker so that might help a little) Anyways, I only ever have breakfast at the weekends. On occasion, I get time for a cup of tea and a ciggy in the morning but it's rare. At weekends it's usually a bacon and egg butty with brown sauce (my girlfriends favorite). Extra nice if you add a bit of balsamic vinegar just before the bacons finished cooking Had one with goose eggs last weekend (my mate brought them round). If anyone here hasn't had a goose egg, I can recommend it highly. There massive.

I never saw it

Ahh, that's where it all went wrong. I was half way through my first build, got stuck in the absence of some tools, so I chopped up the only working guitar that I had. Now that it's nearly finished, I've started work on my brothers so I've 3 project and no working guitars Actually, I haven't done any work on any for ages - been doing a minimum of 10 hour days at work for the last few months and I just want to sit down and mong out when I get home. But the weather's picking up which normally goes hand in hand with my work rate, so there's hope yet.

sure thing.but you can learn alot from the quality of the website and by making a few phone calls to size the people up. look at ormsby...he is not well known at all(although i think he is getting there fast),but he is very honest and has enough pics of his creations that you can tell he builds quality instruments. ← And he builds an absolutely kick ass V

mmmm, might be worth having a look at modified backplates as a nice little side line to the tremol-no. Could be quite a good option and I'm sure that if someone buys the unit, for $10 or so they may well get a backplate too. Just a thought. Kaj

Loads of people have got them, I know the person that designed it. Hell, they work from further away than across the street too.

I'd drop Myka a line. His guitars make me weak at the knees with delight

Christ, I can play that so it must be easy. Peaches by The Presidents of the United States of America easy peasy

Mah, you can make a laser out of jelly and a jar (Gelatin to you americans)

It's always a good idea to use some sort of releasing agent. As for the latex molds, just turn them inside out and out pops the item (although nothing is ever that simple). Remember that if you're casting them that the very top bit of the mold (where the resin touches the air) wont set so you have to make allowances for that. As for the silicone, I'd leave that for baths and fishtanks

Not a clue on the tone, but I'd say that the wound strings would start to cut through it leaving little notches (which would start to sound quite nasty after a while if they were to catch). I'd also build a plug and make a mold out of plaster of paris or latex. Actaully thinking about it, I'd make possibly a 3 piece mold. One for each side and one for the hole up the middle. I'd also cast some little blocks with various amounts of hardner and rub them over some strings to see if they are OK. Never know until you try

http://lollarguitars.com <---- Probably best place to start Kaj