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    Wez, you UK chaps have all the cool axes, eh? Thats about what I'm doing only backwards ( me - not them .... ) Thanks for the linky.
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    Neato. I am utilizing this in my present build. but only on the bass side of the HS.
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    Just taking a guess here, but it looks like the screw-head and the gear are not perfectly centered. Could be the angle, but maybe there is a bushing that used to go in between the screw and the gear? or maybe you can change the screws to something with a bigger shank but same thread size/count? just passin on some ideas...
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    One of my first builds was a neck through. one piece Teak. Done a small batch of bolt-ons and set-necks since then. To me - its about the type of bridge being used. I like neck through for floyd rose tremolo set-ups or a good hard-tail bridge. ( no neck angle needed ) For a TOM bridge I like the set-neck over the neck thru. or a bolt-on neck. More due to the ease of angling a neck pocket Vs. angling a neck-thru blank. Now, none of this means anything as far as sustain/tone goes, just ease of building ( to me at least ). So, in my opinion, set Vs. thru is up in the air , more dictated by the type of hardware I'm going to use. I've seen no 'proof' that one was better than the other so far.
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    Make an SG.
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    heck, keep it rollin. As long as its going well, why drag it out? how long till its done?
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    Rockler huh? Thanks for posting that. I went through nearly 10 oz on the bear. I needs some more. SR yeah, but that bear was awesome!
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    Pine? my opinion is to pitch it. well, don't pitch it. Guinea pig candidate tho for sure.
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    coooool. waitin to see these inlays.
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    I was actually refering to the other neck ( post#11 picture 1 ), it looks like BW with Sapele stripes , sorta the opposite of this one. I was wondering if you were going to build another one like this, but with the other neck......
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    I'm working on a chambered bass right now myself... I hope it turns out anywhere near as good as this one is looking. Love the drilled relief holes for the body cut out too. Thanks for sharing. Even if I don't use it on a whole body, the inner horn radii and other tight turns will definitely benefit from this.
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    Death Pool on the points is still going on..... the only way they're gonna break is serous blunt force trauma....... I've used it a bunch - no neck dive, no broken points, but the upper fret access isn't all it should be either. Good till around 18 to 20 then its a bit awkward getting to the last 4...... o wells. can't win em all. If I ever build another , I'll do more of a scoop out on the bottom horn. Great tone tho. Mixing down several tracks right now - will be youtubing them soon.
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    RAD - sorry I didn't remember this wood combo when I started my bass. Seems like I copied your choices , but it wasn't intentional. Like all your threads, this one is looking good as it goes. I must've missed it , but whats the reason for the polar-opposite neck? I like the looks of that one. All red n stuff. The reverse HS looks good too. Although I hope the new owner isn't a 'axe-spinner' .... could kill the singer or bassist. lookin forward to more of this one.
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    That "Map" Strat was actually posted here by me just because I was in total AWE when I saw it. You are a true artist in my eyes. Thanks for posting.
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    ...or, y'know, don't. Use a wood dye designed for the purpose that at least has some history of remaining colour fast over the years. Your kool-aid guitar may look good in 10 years time, but it may look really, really bad. A bottle or two of trans tint aren't that expensive. You must not have kids.......... but you have a good point. Even though red 'professional' dyes fade out , the kool aid might fade too. It hasn't yet ( 1 year ) , but we'll see in a decade more.
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    The PH is just going to be two accent stripes in the body to seperate the BW stripes and the padouk. I'm doind a side-rout chamber-job... attempting to chamber the body without putting on a top. Right now I have two wings, and a center section made of 5 strips laminated. I'll leave the bridge area untouched, but want to hollow out the body to take some weight off.......
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    don't laugh, but try red kool-aid. ( wear gloves.... for cripes sake wear gloves... ) I built a red ML out of birds eye maple ( very blonde ) and Teak ( very brown ) and the red kool-aid blended them together great. Not identicle, but certainly a lot closer than what it was. Try it out on your scraps. you never know...
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    http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...=44336&st=0 check that out. its black limba and mahogany.
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    Couldnt you just stick upraised lettering on the wood master to get the same effect on the molded version?
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    Neither doesn't Leo Fender...........
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    ... and here we are. The neck-thru blank was pretty hefty. Still uncarved it had a nice ring to it and nice straight grain. it was just heavy. so, I thought out a solution and cut it short enough to do a bolt-on version instead. With that completed I now needed a new construction method for the body , which caused me to evaluate what wood I have ready and go from there. So - my current thoughts are : Neck - BW Body - Padouk wings surrounding a laminate strip of purple heart / BW / Sapele / BW / purpleheart The body will be chambered heavily , which will be fun since it aint gettin a top. Should weigh a lot less now than it was going to , but we'll see I guess....... for fretboard wood I have Ebony ( coffee-bean colored stuff ) Rosewood ( orange-ish ? ) and purple heart. Any favorites out of those?
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    Nope. Spanish cedar is realy cool. makes a nice neck & a realy good sounding guitar overall. I use it for Les paul type builds with maple, beech or birch tops.
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    Not sure if you're familiar with this technique or not yet... I just found it today and though I'd share... I hope the owner of this site doesn't mind being linked to because this is cool as heck as far as I'm concerned..... http://www.grevenguitars.com/GrevenGuitars.html Guess its a Martin thing from many, many moons ago. Click on the "Extras" tab to see a detailed tutorial on doing them yerself. Interesting reading on the site also includes the tidbit about spanish Cedar being used for guitar necks. I thought cedar would be too soft for a stable neck. Learnin' every day.......
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    Definitely drool worthy. Love the Gumby headstock, it looks great with the traditional-ish body . Very simple, yet it looks like its got a huge tone. I think of Molly Hatchet when I see P-90's . Craftsmanship looks to be top notch, - and I knew you meant Mahogany neck, I was just funnin. My only criticism is that you used Dimarzio strap locks, which I hate. No plastic clips for me thanks ! lol ( I know, I know , Steve Vai uses them.... ) I just like the ones I use because you can still use a normal strap if you want to......... You definitely made a beautiful V tho.
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    Dude - is that Wes?
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