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  1. how did you build a piezo onto/into the saddle?
  2. built one into my guitar a few days ago, simple jfet preamp, screwed the piezo element to the side of the guitar. Sounds good, depending on what i plug into. Does anyone one have any tonestack circuits I could put into my rack. Sometimes it needs a bit of bass added.
  3. its finally happening .... it originally: http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/4527/image00065hl2.jpg I stripped it due to the paint was cracking in some places, being a fairly old guitar. stripped front: http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6222/img4177oa5.jpg stripped back: http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5830/img4179ba1.jpg After stripping it, I rather poorly :cry: routed a new hole for a humbucker in the neck. (routing was going good till, the vertical lock slipped with out me noticing, and after blowing out the dust, suddenly there was a deeper trench, and me screaming ..... but it will be covered by the new pick ups) guitar stripped hardware on: http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/8006/p1010083wj8.jpg I always had the intention of oiling, but after stripping I discovered the 3piece (most ibanez are like this) body are made from two different tree's, I was kind of expecting it, but hoping it wouldn't be so .... Off in search of harlequin paint, already knowing it cost a fair amount I was hoping to retrieve some extra from a body shop, failing that I have returned to oiling. Off to bunnings, returning with Danish oil a few days ago, I played around on some test scraps, and I bit the bullet a few days ago 1st layer http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/6144/p1010088ff8.jpg 2nd layer http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/3971/p1010090mb7.jpg 4th layer http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/6576/p1010094jh3.jpg
  4. no. if indeed those are 4PDT on-on-on switches, you must show all 4 poles to be able to keep track of which throws are engaged in the center position. haha, ok thanks mate, so my paint skills are pretty poor, however it will work when I plug it all together well I drew the diagram in the anticipation of hoping to find 3p3t switches instead .... I can't seem to track and on-on-on ones in australia :'( meaning i may have to buy $40 or so 4p3t switches ....
  5. first switch will give neck/(neck/bridge par)/bridge second switch will give either the mid coil by itself, mid coil blended with with either neck/bridge tapped or just the option from the first switch. is this all wired correctly? cheers fella's
  6. well the heatgun worked fine, much faster than sanding. http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6222/img4177oa5.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/5830/img4179ba1.jpg however although the 540S' are three piece, you can see the bottom piece of mine is incredibly poorly matched. Is there any point in attempting to light stain it darker, and then apply danish/tru-oil?
  7. Hey all I'm going to refinish my Ibanez S540 in natural The other guitar I refinished I sanded back, however due to the fact that this is really contoured body, and its a rather thick polyester finish, I feel I'll try using my heat gun on this one. I've been reading a fair bit about tung-oil and alot seem to write about trying to achieve a really glossy finish, I'm really trying to attempt to get a finish like on of the other S540's below. http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/1396/s540ve1.jpg http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/2192/s5403hd8.jpg The bodies are mahogany, I'm unsure of which tung-oil variant to use? trying to achieve really more matte finish cheers guys
  8. yer thanks for the idea's guys, they work, but aren't quite what I want. I primarily use neck/bridge, and prefer three-way switches to a 5way, and personally hate the murk of rolled off tone ... i'd rather have as an extra tonal option, the mid pickup in their. Basically i wanna play it like a JS (i posted these here, cause i dunno, i was nervous with tinkering with the diagrams)
  9. can't have neck and bridge mixed with a 5way edit: intially I was not going to have a mid coil, and leave a hole. then the idea came of replacing the tone pot with another switch, out of the way, giving me more tone options and still having a mid coil in.
  10. is this configuration ok? i figured it would allow me to coil tap, switch between every combination of the pick ups, and i'd slot in the second switch where the tone pot would normally reside. (all dimarzio pickup's)
  11. http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/1964/a2jwiringmo2.jpg hows this? its what im thinking of doing on a s540
  12. i decided after posting here, but didn't get back to edit my post oh i'm tinkling inside at the thought of this guitar. they just look so good.
  13. calm down i'd already decided from the replies on another forum, that i'm going to get the body copied on a mahogany piece of wood. should look beautiful
  14. mmmm i just know, alot of ibanez's are made out of 3-5 pieces
  15. does anyone know if they are a 1piece body? i'm interested in doing a natural/tung-oil finish on one, and would kill myself if i sand it back, and its a two or three piece body. really want to get a finish like this js6: http://www.geocities.com/ibanez_js_site/images/6/js6_f.jpg
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