Pestvic

im not sure... all i know is when i was testing it. it was killing the signal. but maybe that ties into why it was wired wrong :-P

ohhh weird.. crazy.

oh and before i forget. my favorite shape has to be the Prs custom 24 its so subtle and amazing. and the arch top is an amazing shape. and looks better in quilted maple!

agreed the reason I'D build something i can buy off the shelf is because its cheaper. i tallied up the cost for the guitar build im doing right now and it came out to about 550 bucks. im going to do a prs copy. but 550 is a lot cheaper than 3000 :-P

oh well i have the gents saw or fretting saw that your talking about and i see in videos everywhere. it cuts an extremely thin line. thats the one your talking about right? the one that cuts as thick as a line drawn by a fine tip pen or something or actually i think thinner but yeah ill try the razorblade method. its not that i dont want to spend less money on buying a 25" scale length preslotted fretboard. i just want the satisfaction of a purely hand crafted guitar and so far its comming out pretty awesome Thanks for all the info guys if there are more tips also on the slotting and doing it by hand id really appreciate that ill go search the board about it too while im at it

dang... thanks haha. i guess im gonna get the stewart mac scale template. :-P does anyone have pics of how it looks or how it works? are there different scale lengths printed on it? Thanks again guys what if i use a print out template? i got one that came out Exactly to scale. how would i use that? like the razor blade method he talked about? thanks

dang... figured. thanks for the info though

The nearest 1/32 will not be accurate enough - 1/64th is more than half the width of your slot, it might be OK but you can do better than that with the StewMac template. With Fret Find, print out your paper template using the very thinnest line your drawing program will allow - it should be no wider than your saw kerf (~0.023"). Then either cut to eliminate the line, or score your lines onto the board with a razor blade using a flexible metal machinists ruler as a straightedge, then cut it using a wood block as a fence. yeah i tried printing it and i dont know if its the printer or what not but the printed fretboard threw off the frets a little

I really don't think the nearest 1/32" is going to be close enough. actually ive been measuring and checking Cad diagrams and pictures and the frets are lining up perfect but just incase ill go up to the nearest 64th?

actually Thanks alot guys! i found what i needed! http://www.fretfind.ekips.org/original_tools/newFretfind.php the scale is now rounded to the nearest 16th of an inch. i might go 32nds but now i got my ruler mesurements like i wanted! WOOT haha i love this forum Fret #: Distance from bridge: Distance from previous fret: Distance from nut: Neck width: 1 23 5/8" , 1 3/8" , 1 3/8" , 1 5/8" 2 22 1/4" , 1 5/16" , 2 3/4" , 1 5/8" 3 21" , 1 1/4" , 4" , 1 11/16" 4 19 13/16" , 1 3/16" , 5 3/16" , 1 11/16" 5 18 3/4" , 1 1/8" , 6 1/4" , 1 3/4" 6 17 11/16" , 1 1/16" , 7 5/16" , 1 13/16" 7 16 11/16" , 1" , 8 5/16" , 1 13/16" 8 15 3/4" , 0 15/16" , 9 1/4" , 1 13/16" 9 14 7/8" , 0 7/8" , 10 1/8" , 1 7/8" 10 14" , 0 13/16" , 11" , 1 7/8" 11 13 1/4" , 0 13/16" , 11 3/4" , 1 15/16" 12 12 1/2" , 0 3/4" , 12 1/2" , 1 15/16" 13 11 13/16" , 0 11/16" , 13 3/16" , 1 15/16" 14 11 1/8" , 0 11/16" , 13 7/8" , 2" 15 10 1/2" , 0 5/8" , 14 1/2" , 2" 16 9 15/16" , 0 9/16" , 15 1/16" , 2" 17 9 3/8" , 0 9/16" , 15 5/8" , 2 1/16" 18 8 13/16" , 0 1/2" , 16 3/16" , 2 1/16" 19 8 5/16" , 0 1/2" , 16 11/16" , 2 1/16" 20 7 7/8" , 0 7/16" , 17 1/8" , 2 1/16" 21 7 7/16" , 0 7/16" , 17 9/16" , 2 1/16" 22 7" , 0 7/16" , 18" , 2 1/8" 23 6 5/8" , 0 3/8" , 18 3/8" , 2 1/8" 24 6 1/4" , 0 3/8" , 18 3/4" , 2 1/8" Width of Fretboard End: 2 1/8" Cumulative Fret Length: 46 1/16"

ok so i was doing it right but it WAS just a crap load of work. i knew my math skills were up to par but damn... anyway so your saying that the frets are wide enough so that it will be accurate enough anyway? as long as its in the general area of where the table is marked? Thanks again guys

beautiful thanks!

the simple answer is yes. right where the nut meets the strings to where the strings leave the bridge is what you measure

how do i conver these to read on a ruler? Distance in inches from the nut to each fret for a scale length of 25 in. Fret 1: 1.403 Fret 2: 2.728 Fret 3: 3.978 Fret 4: 5.158 Fret 5: 6.271 Fret 6: 7.322 Fret 7: 8.315 Fret 8: 9.251 Fret 9: 10.135 Fret 10: 10.969 Fret 11: 11.757 Fret 12: 12.500 Fret 13: 13.202 Fret 14: 13.864 Fret 15: 14.489 Fret 16: 15.079 Fret 17: 15.636 Fret 18: 16.161 Fret 19: 16.657 Fret 20: 17.126 Fret 21: 17.568 Fret 22: 17.985 Fret 23: 18.378 Fret 24: 18.750 The compensated distance in inches from the 12th fret to the center of the saddle is 12.650 also can someone tell me what the distance from the 24th fret to the saddle would be? or even better. does someone have a printable full scale template i can use to make this fretboard? i want it to be dead on Thanks a lot guys.

do you still have this? and will it fit any dremel?

no no no that chip. is connected TO the switch haha. like that green 6 prong thing under it is the switch its connected too.

crazy. is it hard to cut plexi smooth?

definately take the rest of your woods classes. that helped me a LOT. but if you have the tools and you read the tutorials and forums a lot, and you have the time and drive to build. im sure you can do the job with a lot of patience. as for starting on scrap DEFINATELY start on a scrap project. thats what i did and i came up with this guitar its not hard to do, it was fun too. plays and sounds great. so you'll just have to invest in some basic tools like a router and what not. then just go for the project Good luck!

Sorry, I gave away a ton of them and only kept a few for myself. I have my first inlay project coming up soon so I need to keep the ones I have. I'll hit my dentist up again and if he can give me another batch of them then I'll post another message. sweet well is it that easy to just go to the dentist and ask for them? cause i might try that tomorrow haha. but yeah thanks again! let me know if you get any im sure they are just in a drawer or parts box of mine somewhere

http://www.gilmerwood.com/instrument_wood-maples.htm

if there is still more. id like to get more i seemed to of misplaced mine. im sure i can find it. but im willing to pay for more if you want

me neither.. it was a friends guitar. but oh well its all over... but just for the sake of information. if someone does figure out how to wire this chip in with two single coil and 1 humbucker pickup, either as a coil tap or kill switch please let us know

sweet well thanks for the info i still dont know how to wire it in but i just did without it. and wired it like it should be without that switch

yeah its all wired right like the diagrams. its just that 6 pin killswitch with that switch/chip on top thats confusing me... this is what it looks like top of the chip

ok so i got this guitar in and it needs to be rewired.... there is no sound comming from it... so far i found out that the wiring was done wrong... i fixed it and have everything wired in perfect... except.. now i got this weird... switch thing... its a 6 prong killswitch with some sort of chip on top of it... that i need to wire in with it... here is a pic. if you need more pics let me know and bump so i can post more.... i REALLY need this wiring diagram...