GEdwardJones

I have big hands and a recurring case of tendonitis. The LAST thing I need is some reed thin neck. It's just not comfortable. The Wizard II isn't that bad, but the Wizard is HORRIBLE.

When buying paper to put in your printer (especially transparencies and photo paper) check to see it's compatibility with your printer. Many specialty papers (transparencies, cardstock, photo paper, etc.) are made specifically for different types of printers and with photo paper ever BRANDS of printers (that is HP optimizes its printers for HP photo paper, Lexmark optimizes its printers for KODAK paper, etc.)

It's not really fair. I like everything about Ibanez except their necks, which I am starting to LOOOOOOOAAAAAATTTTTHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEE and given that that's the most important part of any guitar..... ugh, I'll have to vote multiple times..... By the way, Jackson is not "now Fender" Fender owns Jackson, but they plan to keep the two lines completely seperate from all I've read, they deserve to be considered two seperate entities as far as playing.

Did you get the Debbie Travis book? That contains a buttload of cool finishes.

He has a disturbing tendency of treating possible customers like utter crap. This does not make him popular. Also he has a tendency to make "reproductions" which often find themselves being passed off as the real thing (this may or may not be his fault, don't know) either way at least two fairly high profile guitar forums (jemsite and the PRS forum) have over the course of their existance put a permanent "Do not buy from this guy" out and just talking to people I know and trust who HAVE delt with this guy, my impression is that he's dishonest, rude and not to be dealt with.

I hear this a lot and it hasn't been my experience. I have nothing bad to say about the Edge (well, except that I can break the bar holder just by looking at it, apparently) but I've found that 90% of the double locking (and even the single locking) trems I've tried, when properly set up have held perfect tune under extreme use. Feel is always subjective, but for me I couldn't really recommend them over all other trems.

However, your screws will not be minty fresh.

My Faux BEM finish. If you look near the bridge you can see where I tried to touch up the clear with a brush and it didn't work out too well: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/bc/gedwardj/lst...s/Mouse&.view=l The Debbie Travis book where I got the technique from: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=books

Truthfully, it's just because a lot of people here are refugees from the Jemsite.com forum (which, in a change for me, I will NOT bash today). If Brian had been a super active member of an ESP forum then you'd probably see a lot more people posting about their M-II to KH-1 conversions. as for how is a Jem that much different than anice ESP or Jackson, it's really not.

Ironically enough I was just about to post a question about this only mine is. I recently did a test run and stained a piece of plywood with flames. The problem was that the stain bled so my flames weren't as crisp as I wanted them to be any idea how to keep this from happening? As far as your question goes (and this is what I got from taking an interest in custom motorcycle/bicycle helmets back in my freestyle days) you do multiple tape passes. That is you lay down the light color across the entire surface, tape it off then lay down a darker color, tape it off then a darker color, etc. so in this case you'd have multiple taped off "flame" sections. You can blend the colors using a fine nozzled sprayer/airbrush after you get the bulk of the big work done. And yes, I did get all of that from an issue of BMX Plus! touring the Bell helmet factor in like 1986.

I post a picture when I get home, but we did it two different ways, one on some shelves and one on a guitar. Basically all you do is put down a base color (if you want it to look kinda like birdseye maple use a white/cream, but you don't HAVE to it could be any color) Then when that dries mix up a concoction of powdered burnt umber pigment, dishwashing detergent and malt vinegar (I forget the exact recipe and again, this is just so it looks like wood, you can use any color pigment you want). On the shelves we took the burnt umber glaze and applied it directly to the shelves then took our fingers and tapped the shelves to make spots (tapping the wet glaze removes some of it leaving various amounts of the cream base showing). On the guitar I dipped my finger into the glaze and then tapped my fingers onto the guitar (which was old and slightly yellowed) leaving brown spots. I really didn't intend for it to come out looking like BEM but at least 4 people saw it and said "Dude, how hard was it to get that BEM veneer on there?" so I guess it did. After you get all the spots on it let it dry for like 15 minutes, then SPRAY a light coat of clear on it to "set" the finish (I'm saying this mostly if you're doing it on furniture, do NOT brush a poly coat on top of it the second the wet paint hits the glaze the glaze "re-wets" and smudges) . After that you just clear coat it like any other finish.

I think it's fair to say that Ed Roman has been caught, uh, exaggerating about things before. I'm not going to call him a bold-faced liar or anything, I'm just saying that I wouldn't believe him before getting a second opinion. I actually didn't marbalize anything what I did was more of a faux birds eye maple finish. My best friend in college, however, had a buttload of stuff she'd marblized. I'll see if I can post a picture sometime tonight as well as get you the names of the boosks that my fiance has on the subject.

Due north of you in Atlanta, Georgia, although originallly from Birmingham, Alabama.

Step 1. - Go to art/hobby supply store. Step 2. - Ask where they keep their "marblizing kits" Step 3. - Buy kit and read instructions. Step 4. - Follow instructions. I'm not kidding, there are a billion kits out there that are made specifically to achieve that finish. Also, go t a book store and go to the decorating section and look through them. My finace' has a couple of books by (I believe) Debbie Travis which have some super cool finishing techniques in them, one of which I used on my never-ending project RG450.

That Is GORGEOUS

The second technique is the one used for those swirl kits you see on tv and at least one person out there uses this technique that I know of. Obviously it's painfully inefficient and potentially horribly messy.

A nice, rear routed Flying V with no pickguard. Yummy

The ATVs are hybrid amps, no? Unless you're a tube snob a 50 watt hybrid amp is plenty plenty enough for bedroom use. In fact, some would say it's too much, but on the off chance that you want to go jam with people it'll give you plenty of volume to play with in a full-band situation.

It's not illegal to know, it's illegal to *tell* it's also illegal to *sell* the services unless you're an authorized installer for the next, oh, 13 years of so.

They system is patented. To know how it does you have to become an authorized repair shop. So youmight be able to find out "how" on the 'net, but ti'll be one of those underground/illegal things

You're kidding, right? The idea of makig a guitar from scratch came from *My fiance'* I was happy customizing. She'd probably give me the old dining room table if I told her it'd make a good body.

The key is to realize that what you have isn't bad. There are a *LOT* of kids your age (possibly even most) who are playing Silvertones that their parents bought them from Circuit City instead of a music store. You've actually got a *GOOD* guitar (and make no mistake about it, the RG470 is a GOOD guitar). Check it, my personal experience. I have a lot of guitars (14 and 3/4 as I am often reminded) most of these guitars are solid mid-range guitars. I don't have any super high end gear. Most of my guitar playing buddies have either more gear than I do, higher end gear than I do or both, even people who make a lot less $$$ than I do. I'm not angry about it, I have good gear, it fits my needs right now. When I need new gear (and I will) I'll just have to save up money for it and buy it, but for right now I just appreciate what I've got, because eventhough it's not the best, it's probably *better than most people's.* Sometimes people get so fixated on what they don't have that they totally miss out on the fact that what they do have is really good.

Well part of what brought this on is that a neighbor gave me "How to Make Your Own Guitar" by Melvyn Hiscock and he said that some of his favorite wood finds have been leftovers from when people built/tore down houses. After removing the nails he said that it was generally good stuff. I figure, shoot, we've got a 30 foot by 8 - 10 foot deck worth of wood with easily removable nails

So probably the first thing that my fiance' and I are going to do when I move in is replace the deck, which just can't be saved anymore. The wood is in crappy shape for a deck, but that still leaves about 8 guitars worth of GOOD wood left (each plank is roughly 1.5 inches deep, by 12 inches wide by 3 feet long). Martin made a guitar out of scraps of wood by the dumpster. Paul Gilbert has a guitar made out of a shipping crate Brian May's "Red Special" is made out of a mantle. what's the wackiest material you've ever used for making a guitar?

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