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Hi guys Saw this in the stew mac catalogue. any one tried it out? safe T planer Travis
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Thanks guys , that makes my life a lot easier. Sorry about my dodgey explanation. Wicked Travis
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Hi guys I ws routing out the truss rod and it ripped a chunk out the end of the neck where the adjusment knob of the truss will be. The chunk effectively opened up the end and made the rod exposed along its whole length. In all the pictures I have seen of truss rods this end is usually covered by wood. My question is will I have issue with the truss rod have the nut of the truss exposed to the finger board? I am thinking of making a cover of wood to fill the top of it if necessary. Comments ? Thanks a bunch Travis
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Hey thanks Guys RGGR - didn't take it as a flame at all, in fact it sparked me thinking more. I don't have my head around the how yet, so I am just lacking in confidence to do it. I have already lost a weeks worth of work to a severe tear out, so I am just doubting myself. Thanks for all the posts guy, I am going to take all the measurements and cad it then print and use that as my shaping guide. I will find one that I think I can copy with my dodgy woodwork skills. Big ups Travis
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Hi RGGR I live in South Africa, and the store in my town don't have any tele's.. The only decent guitar here are epiphone Lp. All the other are knock of copies. I am just scared of making it too thin or too thick, after all the neck it where you spend most of your time. I do prefer a thicker neck like the 59 round back as I have big hands. I am just really looking for a bit of comfirmation that I am thinking on the right kind of lines in terms of strength in the relevant places Ie neck pocket and nut. Don't want it to break on me. Thanks for the response Travis
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Hi Guys After many hours of searching here and on google around I am stumped on my first neck build. I am busy with a thinline tele, got the chambered body out of Kiaat (type of african rosewood) with a Jacaranda cap. That all went smoothly. The neck on the other hand has got me doubting myself. I have searched the forums and only found some dimensions on the Jem wizard neck. I am using a dual action hot rod truss and those dimensions seem a little thin. I read that it is advisable to keep around 5-6 mm of wood behind the truss rod and the jem dimension will be a little too close for my liking and skill. Does anyone have some insite into the Tele neck thickness at nut,12th fret and heel? or a neck plan of some kind so that I can make sure it is right before I toast another piece of wood. Thanks Travis
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Thanks for the input guys. The metal box is sounding like the the best solution at the moment. I know I can get hold of something workable. I have to look hard to find some shielding paint out here, and ordering from Stu mac is an exspensive 'cos of the shipping. ( I am in South africa). Thanks a lot Travis
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Hi Doug thanks for that. I will make a box and house all the goodies in there then. Is copper the best for shielding? Regards Travis
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Hi all I have already posted this in the electronics area to no avail. I am building a thin line tele and am almost ready to glue the cap on. My question is do I need to shield the cavity that will house electronics. Being chambered do I have to shiled the whole thing ? Thanks Guys Travis
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Have you thought about making a electric drum set. I played around with some a while back using Piezo element from those buzzers. wire them into a jack plug. Really simple to make the pad itself. Just a round disk of mdf , a metal plate and a rubber top ( i used a practise pad rubber, like the ones you fit over your set to keep the noise down) Only thing is you need a drum box, which is fairly pricy but loads of second hand one around. once you have these you can do what you like, easier to transport, and you can make your own drum sounds, and even hook it up to your computer sampler etc... Travis Ps just found this link piezo drum link
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Hi guys I am busy with ha thinline Tele and I am getting close to guiing the top on and so I am trying to get everything that needs to be done finnished before I close the lid on it and have to do everything through the back covers. Do I need to shield the whole cavity that the wiring will go in? How do you guys do it? Thanks for your help Travis
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Thanks for the info guys ! I guess I will go with the stew mac option seems to be the easiest. I tend to get carried away with elaborate ideas that can be done more effectivly with half the effort ... hehehehe Travis
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I was thinking about cnc machines, looking at crankorgan.com and thought it might be fun to use a roller bearing and a bit of pipe to guide the dremel. It should ensure a straight cut. But my concerns were more along the line of how much play there is in the dremel collet. TRavis
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Hi all I saw site somewhere where the guy was using a cnc milling machine to do his fretting. Got me thinking about using a dremel and a straight edge to do the fretting. Would this work? unfortunately I don't have a dremel to test it with yet, it is in my budget though Thanks Travis
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Give this a look : Myka guitars it is how to make a neck pocket jig from Myka Hope this helps
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Thanks for the insight and the curcuit guys If we do move on it I will make it from scratch so I can pretyy much do to it what I will. I was just curious to know if it was posible, or if someone has done someting simliar. Regards Travis
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HI there I was talking to a mate who loves Les Pauls but swapped his for a strat. REason for this was quite simple - he needed a brighter funkier sound for the type of music he now plays. He still loves the les paul shape though. Now,I don't want to stir up a hornets nest or upset any purists (I have seen how the threads regarding tonewoods degenerate ) But, my question is this : would it be possible to make a strat sounding Les paul ? If you used the typical strat wood and a fender signle coils. could you end up with something similar to the strat ?. Thanks Travis
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Hi there I am busy making templates for this plan : Gibson double cut I am having issues getting my head around the neck joint and plan of this drawing. It doesn't have angles of the neck or how to make the neck joint. I don't have the confidence or experience to try and wing the neck joint or design. Before I give up and try something else, am I just not seeing the plan right and need to think about it more, or does someone know where I can get a plan that a newbie might find easier. I have looked at mimf for plans but to no avail. Thanks Travis
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HI there Am i right in asuming that to make a lefty all you have to do is invert a right handed design. IE : Les paul - the curve at the neck will go to the right hand side of the guitar. I have only ever used right handed guitars played lefty and strung upside down ala jimi henrix style. Is their any else to watch out for ? Thanks SA
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Thanks for that. The mm mesurements really makes more sense to me. SA
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Howzit Keith I am in Pietermariztburg. I have looked in mica,makro,game,servistar... I thought that about a PVC pipe, but got all caught up using end caps and sleeves.... got complicated .... but your way sounds perfect. Did you order your pups and electronics from a music shop or did you bring them in from outside ? SA
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Hi there thanks for that, I guess I should get the plans and have look.... SA
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Great stuff.. I will give it a go this weekend. thanks a bunch SA
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Thanks guys. The worst part is that I live in a smallish town, so when you ask people for stuff your would swear that I had a green alien on my forehead . I thought it may be a mission, so I will look round and try order on on the net. Thanks for the help all !! SA
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Hi all. I am just starting out here, but I am definately keen on a Les Paul copy. been wanting one for 15 yrs... Ok, I went to my wood merchant and they have all the wood i need. I am thinking of using a african mahongany body and neck, rosewood fret board and a birds eye maple top. Now they have given me the price list in metre cubes ie m3. what I need to know is how much wood would I need to build the les paul. I don't have plans yet as I am still pricing the build, but if anyone has a rough idea past experience how much wood was use I would appreciate it. Thanks SA