Pestvic

anyway here is a finished pic so far. im using backup tuners here the final tuners arent in yet. im still waiting on a set of auto trim tuners and a prs wiring kit to come in the mail but here is a cell phone pic. ill update the build and post the pics of me meeting paul reed smith, also ill post the pics when it was done and i put it next to my friends 10,000 dollar private stock prs 805 the body looks a little weird (due to the cell phone camera warping the pic) it looks way better with the real pics ill post tonight or tomorrow

met Paul Reed Smith and he loved my guitar! its done now (not when i met him) but ill update pics soon if anyone cares :-P

i used minwax poly spray and it comes out awesome thats just the second coat. i cant remember if this was leveled at the time. but you can see how shiny it is. ive sanded down this coat and bufffed it and its like glass its just about how well you spray and how well you level it now i got about 18 more coats to go haha j/k but i still got work. but anyway i hope that helps?

haha no no. im using the prs wiring kit. with the rotary switch :-P i guess i asked wrong :-P umm my question was. is the diagram i made (the colored one with red and grey) correct? to these specs? 1. Neck humbucker 2. Outer coils in parallel 3. Outer coils in series 4. Inner coils in parallel 5. Bridge humbucker

ernie ball Hybrid slinkys. no question its all i use. besides dadarios (sometimes) it has a decent heavy bottom and light top. great for dropping down to D tuning. sound Great too

cool thanks for the info man finally makes sence to me now haha well its not going to be hard for me to achieve cause this is what the prs rotary wiring diagram gives me :-P and im ordering that wiring kit. just want to make sure is my diagram correct to these specs here? 1. Neck humbucker 2. Outer coils in parallel 3. Outer coils in series 4. Inner coils in parallel 5. Bridge humbucker (one starting on the left going right) Thanks again

basically i was going after having a pickup diagram made like this one i made off of your information you guys gave me 1. Neck humbucker 2. Outer coils in parallel 3. Outer coils in series 4. Inner coils in parallel 5. Bridge humbucker pos 1+5 are the same as the ibanez. pos 2 outer coils grey pos 3 outer coils red pos 4 inner coils grey Is this diagram correct? also can you guys get more in depth about what parallel and series are? Thanks again guys

1. Neck humbucker 2. Outer coils in parallel 3. Outer coils in series 4. Inner coils in parallel 5. Bridge humbucker could someone explain this combination in a diagram form? much like this ibanez one with the pickups being red?

looks good! its going to sound great i have some rg parts. making a new body might sound like an awesome idea

ill get some updated pics of the body. sanded down the orange peel and buffed a little for fun looks really good

do i need a buffer post? or just keep going? ill keep it 4 pictures per post i guess? anyway after i had it stained i thought it came out pretty good! not as dark of lines as i wanted but close enough. good enough for my first guitar plus it came out WAY better when the clear was on http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0522091539.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0523091019.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0529091408.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...0529091408a.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures016.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures017.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures018.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures019.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures024.jpg haha this was at tahoe. we took a trip to sac and got stuck on the highway so we tooks pics and i decided to get a "scenic" picture hahaha http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures319.jpg (first coat- sealer) hmmm. i guess i forgot to take pics of me masking the front off to paint the back satin black, anyway here is a pic to show it you get the idea :-P at this point i had i think a second coat of clean on (routs were done and cavitys and what not) anyway after painting the guitar black i started finishing the routs. (this is me pre drilling the cavitys for the router) http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures002.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures006.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures003.jpg and then the routs started (probably the least favorite thing i like doing... router shavings suck) http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures012.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures013.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures014.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures015.jpg (this is where my gf started taking pictures of me she got some really cool shots (you'll see later) like this one after the routing. i added a second coat of clear http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0529091408.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0529091456.jpg now for some cool pics http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday096-1.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday095-1.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday094-1.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday093-1.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday092-1.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday091-1.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday090-1.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday089-1.jpg i had to make sure the little brothers didnt mess with the guitar or use the computer (so there was no "accidents") while i was gone hahahaha http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday087-1.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday086-1.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...iceday084-1.jpg Next the neck started

so here it is when it was half done (one coat clear back not painted yet) but this video is to show the stained figure of the wood) it came out great http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures023.flv So anyway here is where i left off the archtop came out great hand carved with sandpaper. and files and a chisel haha http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0520091706.jpg after i had that done i masked off the back to satin poly the natural binding http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0520091720.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0520091721.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0520091732.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0520091751.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...0520091751a.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0520091800.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0520091800.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...0520091800a.jpg heres how it came out sorry the pics are from a cellphone camera. there is more better ones comming from a real camera anyway after that cured i had a test piece to test the stain/ color i wanted. this is how it came out http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures009.jpg looked awesome! i liked it so i prepped for stain http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0521091353.jpg then started staining http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures008.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic...pictures007.jpg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b116/Vic.../0522090014.jpg my work station

wow seems extremely small??? so that means i can carve my uber thin neck i like?? similar to the RG series ibanez guitars? sweet thanks for the confirmation also whats the difference between a one way and two way truss rod? http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Truss_rods/Adj..._Truss_Rod.html i was thinking that truss rod but its one way? not sure what that means? haha one last question before i post pics later haha about how many feet of fret wire do you need to complete a 25" scale 24 fret guitar neck? Thanks so much again guys i cant wait until i get your responses about the pics

so i got some major progress! the body looks GREAT! im going to post pics for all of you either tonight or tomorrow night. but for now i was going to ask you guys and gals. has anyone used this truss rod? http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Truss_rods/Adj...Truss_Rods.html and if so can you verify its straight 7/32"-wide x 7/16"-deep slot mesurements? also pics would be great! thanks guys! anyway yeah pics soon! and they are AWESOME pics thanks to my amazing girlfriend and her awesome photography :-P

im using the stewart mac transtint liquid dye the way i did it at first ended up looking great so ill post pictures for you guys with a REAL camera :-P

cool thanks man. well its hard to see in the cell phone picture but after testing and testing clear coat and polishing and buffing its actually comming out pretty damn amazing ill go ahead and make the mix a little stronger but im liking the way it comes out Thanks for the help man the baby food idea is great also should i use the old t shirt with paper towel on the inside wrapped with a rubber band as an applicator?

what should my concentration be? i know it should be strong the first coat to bring out the high grain maple tiger stripes. but what about the second coat? shouldnt it be a tiny bit let concentrated for that Grey/silver look? a ratio guide would be nice like 1 part water 2 parts stain etc. Ill be searching while i wait for an answer thanks a lot everyone!

i want to use shellac now haha

yeah thats what i watched! that green crazy peice

oh sweet so its better to stain dry. I forgot where i read it here to stain while wet, almost like stain conditioner. But thanks man . So how much dye should i mix? Oh yeah im using water ask a mixer. Also how shpuld i apply it? I used a paper towel on this one

cool man thanks a lot

hey guys and gals. i just received my black stain from stewart mac (i love presents from gfs haha) and i was wondering do you guys prep the figured maple first before you stain with water so the stain soaks better? or do you stain right away (stain on dried wood) let me know! this is what i came up with, but i cant help but feel like i can do better. this is watering the wood raising the grain then sanding it down and i think i stained while it was half dry sanding the top coat down keeing the high grain (tiger stripe looking ones dark) then re staining again a second coat to get that light and dark figured maple POP the grain look :-P. sorry bad pic it was with a 1mp cell phone camera :-P anyway thanks everyone! im looking to get a top like this

just to seal the deal i did mine from 12 up and it came out great. i think ibanez has thick dots/ fret markers. good luck! (unless this is old then my bad haha but lets see pics?)

haha i dont mean to bash on him or be the one to bring up his name again, but is there links to his guitars? i want to see all this you guys are talking about :-P. and also to stay on track. are there any other places besides woodcraft that would have them? like locally? ace hardware? lowes? home depot? (i doubt all these) but you get what i mean Thanks a lot guys

Not to try and drag this trip down memory lane back on track, but... If you have a Rockler or Woodcraft near by they sell wood dyes. They sell them as TransTint I believe. Same stuff StewMac sells, just with a different label. You can also find analine dyes at places that sell leather working stuff. haha Thanks a lot im pretty sure we have woodcraft here so thanks a lot