TenderSurrender

Any one think about making a virtual band here??? I think someone should... I'd join it!!! I just dont have enough skillz to make one... or be in one for that matter... I made a few riffs here and there but they're not to great mostly soft rock type of songs.... Well I think someone should do this.. It would be a great experience...

I think the idea COULD be good but to be honest, as discussed many times before, playing together is near impossible with latencys created by the internet etc, so perhaps more "sharing riffs" than a virtual band is more realstic

Also check the signature rules dude, only 2 lines allowed

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Wow, deja vu, totally!

Discussed Wednesday and yesterday here:

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=22065

Sorry LK

I have closed that part of the board since i rarley ever read through that section, so never actually saw that thread

You could just use a TRS stereo jack as a switch, stompbox style - simply hook up your batteries' (two AAAs will probably take up the least room, unless you want to use button cells) positive side to the current limiting resistor in series with the anode of the LED(s), and hook the cathode to the guitar's ground point, then hook up the battery negative to the ring terminal of the TRS jack. When you plug in, the mono jack will short the ring to the sleeve (ground) and complete the circuit, lighting the LED.

This seems simple enough, cheers once again LK!

*feels even more stupid that he keeps asking questions and THEN the answers are right in front of him and doesnt see em *

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Hey and welcome aboard dude

The people here are great, so no doubt you will enjoy yourself here

Any questions you have, shove em in the search feature first, if you cant find it, create a new thread and im sure the guys here will be more then happy to help!

Welcome once again man!

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Evening all!

Was wondering (inspired by stomp boxes how easy (and if easy) how would one go about making a simple circuit that goes in the control cavity, which has an LED that lights up when the guitar cable makes connection with the Jack

Cheers in advance guys

P.S (im suprised you guys dont hate me with the amount of questions i ask here )

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Organisation is definitly key when getting a build done!

I can really see this being a great project!! Keep up the great work dude!

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I really like the look of that guitar, very beutifal

Ive recently gone away from "V's" since getting annoyed with my own KKV (i like tobe able to sit with my guitars without being hurt ) but this is a very pretty guitar!

Good job dude!

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certainly the right place for questions, it's the answers you got to be careful of...

Hey Mitch and welcome to the board

Some great people here when it comes to refinishing, good luck dude!

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Damn...

My heart is out to the family and friends

Only spoke to him once or twice but you could tel he was a great guy!

Peace brother, keep on rocking

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It kills the extra vibrations after the bridge and before the nut. Alot of trem users stuff the trem cavity with foam/tissue to keep the trem springs from vibrating. (same principle)

Our dear friend Vai packs his trem cavity on EVO with tissue paper, deading the trem spring noise

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Hey and welcome to the board

Glad to see you are already getting into a project, make sure to get us some pictures

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Off the top of my head im not sure, but do a search (top right) and you will find lots dotted about these forums, no doubt some of the more knowledgeable gurus on here will jump in with some suggestions

Good luck with the build dude

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I also need to buy/bribe a good artist at my school to paint the design on the body & headstock.

I had the same problem when i refinished my JEM/RG project, the best thing i found was to go to the art dept' and talk to the art students. Explain to them what you want doing and 99% of the time they are more then happy to just draw 'cause they need the practice for exams etc.

Good luck man

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Hey man those pics looking good,

I'm sure you could give it a nice new home, I don't think I will let you though!

Damn, was worth a shot anyway

Good luck with the build dude!

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Happy birthday LGM and GBT

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Nothing much to report, other than I am still waiting on the bridge/tuners/nut to arrive.

Won't be buying a bridge pickup just yet, and when the time does come, I'll be buying either an Evo, Evo 2, or FRED, depending on what is on ebay at the time. There is always at least one or two of the three somewhere on ebay that will ship to Oz.

Glad to see that this thing is rolling, im really looking forward to seeing progress on this one dude... Who knows... i could give it a nice new home when your done?

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Hey and welcome to the forum dude

Im not sure how easy the explorer would be for the "first build" but my mindset is that if you are keen enough to do want to do it and you take your time and do your homework, theres no reason why you cant build ANY guitar you want for a "first build"

Look forward to seeing some progress dude!!

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the infamous.. For the love of God.. seems to me like THE easiest one he plays.

The first parts are easy to play, but getting them to sound right using the proper phrashing etc is quite hard. Also have you tried the other sections.. there certainly not "easy"

Greg, I definitly recommend "tender Surrender" if you like chords etc, it uses some very nice techniques as well in the solo, good fun to play

Theres also Bad horsie from "Alien love secrets" album, quite a heavy style song but awsome to play, (more fun if you can grab a bassist to play at the same time)

I recommend you buy the Alien love secrets and possible the Sex and religion album as well!

Good luck Greg!

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Its definitly not impossible, a search might reveal some more threads...

But as Gorecki has already said, its not just the bridge that is causing your guitar to go outta tune when you use it, but also the nut. Hence why a locking nut is implemented for the floyd rose

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Well, like I said, my uncle is supplying me with the neck bucker and single coil for now, as I'm not really too fussed with those at this stage.

Yngwies tone? They call that a tone?

Lol, jks.

I actualy like that Yngwie tone he gets when using the SAME arpeggio

Each to there own

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Taking apart a guitar should be fairly self explanatory, the majority of parts are just screwed in, so take your time and take them off the body of your guitar, MAKE SURE you keep all the parts safe ready for when you have refinished your guitar

Heres the refinishing tutorials

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Hope this helps dude

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Less nifty but also cheap are the new Behringer offerings, worth at least considering.

+1, Ive heard a lot about these new behringer pedals, and almost all of em have been saying they are great value for money

Behringer line of stomp boxes

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Just thought id help organise things for you bro...

If you ordered 5 pickup bobins for your project in green, shipped to you (australia right?) then itd only cost $13.50 (usd)

I said 5 since 2 x 2 for the humbuckers and one for the single coil, thats if you make all of them full green

Pickups - Dimarzio, Tone Zone or perhaps evo for bridge, (any suggestions for neck pup?).

Now the pickguard I have is a H/S/H setup, I know nothing about single coils, so can anyone suggest a single coil that will work well with dimarzios?

I only just caught this part of your thread... have you decided what SC your going with yet? if not may i recommend the YJM? Ive been using one for a little while now in my backup guitar and i absolouty love it, definitly considering adding one to the rest of my guitars

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minor dents but i may refinish it anyways

That seems strange to me, I usually buy a guitar for all its good qualities, if i dont like the finish then i dont buy it, if im spending my hard earned cash on something, it has to be good to me.

That said im a big fan of charvels and if its a very good player, for that price you should perhaps go for it, but if your dead set on refinishing it, try and get the price down from the seller based on the fact the finish isnt perfect

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google has it, took me less time than it took you to write that post.

And with all that time it took you to type that reply weezer, you could of at least given a link

Dr tube, lots of schems for guitar and bass tube preamps

Hope this helps baggman! Good luck with the build

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I just thought i'd bump this thread, and show you guys my next project after this one

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v460/AlG...ter/Nextone.jpg

Hollow body carved top tele No "real" specs on it yet, although it'll be a carved top hollow body with binding on the body and neck, along with full blown inlays (I hope). I also amde about 30 spool clamps today I love them.

Oh, expect an update and pics tonight, i drilled the truss rod adjustment slot, silicone'd in the fretboard and may glue the fretboard on tonight.

Like the look of the next project man!!

Also glad to see this thing is definitly getting somewhere now, i can see this being a killer guitar when its finished!

Good luck with the rest of the build Algee

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