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Makavelli

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  1. Ok i have ran a forum search on basswood. I am aware of the tonal qualites and the fact that it is lighter and softer than alder or mahogany. My question is how soft is this wood? Does it take much of a bang to dent a basswood guitar? I am a bit wary of buying a basswood guitar in case i knock it into something (my guitar room is pretty small and i have already chipped the paintwork on my mahogany body, no damage to the wood) and put a big dent in the wood.
  2. I am working a standard 2 humbucker, 2 vol, 2 tone, 3 way toggle setup using the following schematic - ommitting the coil tap. Wiring Schematic My problem is this - the volume pot for the bridge pickup works fine but when i switch to neck it is always on! Any ideas? Other things i was wondering are as follows On the above schematic the cap is wired from the the vol to tone pot but on other versions of this setup the cap is wire for the tone pot to the tone casing - which is the best arrangement? Also every pot is grounded to it's own casing, then everything is grounded to bridge. Can i not just run a daisy chain around each item to bridge without also having to ground each pot to the casing as well? Lastly the caps used in this schematic are 47 whereas i thought .22 was the standard
  3. Such as?? The other thing i was wondering was i read somewhere about cutting the polepieces (screw in ones) all the same length so that they are not protruding out of the base of the pick-up - anyone any experience of this - if so does it make a difference?
  4. if i glue the plastic ones on does it matter if the glue covers the polepieces?
  5. Ok i ran a search but couldn't see very much in the way of installing these things. How do i go about installing these things? I have seen on Stewmac that they solder the pickup to the metal cover - but do i also need to fill it with wax? If i'm installing plastic one what do i use to stick it to the pick up with? Humbucker covers by the way?
  6. Thanks for the replys guys - i was already aware of the stewmac link, thanks anyway though. I guess i'll just have to wing it. I had just thought that given the precise nature of scale lengths etc there was a magic formula for string spacing, neck taper etc.
  7. It's a guitar i bought of e-bay as a project , respray gone wrong with no hardware, i didn't think that this included the nut!! Washburn WI64 to be precise - i have tried contacting washburn but they haven't been very helpful. So i was going to make one.
  8. I have found a site that will calculate your string spacing for you if you know your E-e measurement at the nut - unfortunately i don't as i am fitting a new nut to a used guitar i bought without a nut - is there a way to calculate these measurements using the E-e from the bridge? The nut is 42.5mm wide and the E-e measurement at the bridge is 52mm
  9. Ok first of all many thanks you guys for replying to my thread and offering me some advice. Secondly my comments were not directed at any individual in particular, it was just the general feel i was getting from this forum particularly from reading newb/help posts. Thirdly i would like to try an bring some understanding to the whole argument that i have generated. I realise that probably every topic under the sun has already been covered at one stage or another in this forum, but as you said doc there aren't a whole lot of absolutes - and for every person that says yeah there is another one somewhere saying nay so one reason for posting a new thread would be to try and get a general consensus rather than having to sift through the archives. Leading me on to my next point, i know there is a view out there that this is the lazy man's approach and in some cases that would be perfectly valid, however there are people out there that are not academically orientated and are unable to read through masses of articles and tutorials, finding it easier to learn in a more personal environment which in my view would be the reason for starting a new thread. Another thing is that some archived threads may have contributors who are no longer members of the forum or have maybe changed e-mail address and cannot be contacted with any follow up questions - a new thread may necessitate the regurgitation of already discussed topics but at least the information is being discussed by current users and, as doc has kindly offered me, can be taken outside the forum to e-mail or whatever. Also terminology can sometimes be a bit confusing given that i imagine the majority of people on this forum are from the US, but again maybe that gets back to your argument of asking the right question and stating what country you are from. I realise there is a fine line between the two arguments but i think newcomers who post already discussed topics could be cut some slack - i mean if you are going to bother posting comments such as 'use search' or 'this topic has already been discussed' then you might as well just post a link, seems to me as they would both take about the same amount of effort. Again i'm not pointing fingers here as i know you were kind enough to post the link Maiden . Anyway that's about all i have to say on the matter, the last thing i want to do is cause any ill feeling on this forum - and once again thank you for your contributions
  10. Thanks for your replys guys. Maiden69 believe it or not but i did read that thread. What i don't understand is this. Maybe i have picked this up wrong but i thought primer was used to provide a painting surface so that the paint does not soak into the wood (please note i live in the UK and so primer might be different here) if i am just scuffing an already primed and painted surface why do i need to prime it again before applying colour? On the subject of Primer is this sprayed on or painted with a brush? I was able to find out that the majority of rosewood fingerboards are untreated and can be touched up using wire wool. I'm assuming colorsand means polishing the colour coat before applying clearcoat? I have been reading about the number of coats etc in your thread Maiden and was wondering does this refer to Aerosol or Paint Gun? I have a contact in an auto shop who said he would spray my guitar for me if i prepped it however i had thought it was something that could be done in 10-15mins and don't really want to put him to too much bother if he has to keep coming back to it every hour or so? One final note i see you are a both regular contributors Maiden & Doc and i have come across your posts in numerous threads so i am assuming you may be or have contact with forum moderators. I have to say that this is quite an intimadating and obnoxious forum. The amount of new people posting that get sarcastic and smug comments directed at them regarding using search or oh no not again doesn't really give the impression of a friendly community - i myself had to think twice before posting and to be honest, i know you were nice to me doc but i almost expected the response i got even though i had done the homework - i have been on the ReRanch site, Stewmac, Project Guitar etc Sometimes people just want a more personal approach rather than reading he said she said. Anyway that's just my observations and i hope they are taken in the spirit they were given - constructive criticism. I am grateful for any help i can get from the wealth of experienced members that contribute to this forum
  11. Hi there, as thread title suggests i am about to undertake a refinish for the first time and i need some help/advice. Now before anyone says it i have used the search facility on this forum after having read many other first timers getting slated for not looking for themselves - i have also read the tutorials but i have to say that i have not been able to find the kind of answers i am looking for so i will explain my situation and hopefully someone can help me. I recently bought a Washburn WI64 of ebay as an unfinished guitar project. It has a solid mahogony body, set mahogony neck and a rosewood fingerboard. I would like to respray this guitar. Mostly all the posts & tuturiols here discuss prepping the guitar i know but they nearly all talk about going back to the wood, seal the grain, prime and colour - however is this really necessary?? Can i not just sand off a layer of the existing paintwork to rough it up a bit and then apply a new colour over the top? Also if i were to sand back to the wood, being a factory guitar surely will the grain etc not already be filled? As said i have a rosewood fingerboard, however it is a bit grubby for my liking and i can't seem to find any info on cleaning it up. Can i use sandpaper/wirewool? Is a fingerboard laquered or is rosewood supposed to be left natural? On the paint side of things i want a matt black finish so i'm assuming there is a non-shiny laquer out there to coat the colour or does the shine come from polishing? Does the colour need polished before the laquer is applied or is it only the lacquer that is polished? Any help you could give me on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
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