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mukluk

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  1. i will be hammering it in, so you think that 9" radius that's going into my 12" fretboard will be good?
  2. On that note, what do you think is a good radius to bend the wire to? My fretboard has a 12" radius, should i bend my wire to 12" as well? I've heard you should bend it at less of a radius from some places. The fret wire i am getting is pre-radiused to 9" so it would be fun to not have to do anything further.
  3. i suppose the best step would be actually trying them out myself haha any suggestions for guitars to try out? specifically what they have for frets, medium - jumbo - extra jumbo and such
  4. i would say metal and hard rock, but i would also like to be able to do chords nicely....that and i don't want the notes to go sharp
  5. it's kinda hard to keep the same pressure on every finger when trying to do some chords...at least for me anyways
  6. I'm doing a guitar project and I don't know what fret wire i want! http://www.lutherie.net/fret.chart.html Just say which size you guys prefer and why. At the moment i am leaning towards something Jumbo, but i have been hearing that it is hard to slide up and down the neck. Also, i hear that Jumbo's tend to go out of tune if you press to hard and also go out of tune when you try to do chords...is this true? Whats the biggest Jumbo that is decent with chords, sliding and don't go real sharp if pushed down? Well that's my speech...so what types of frets you guys like to play with and why? You guys like Jumbo? Medium? Stainless steel or Nickel Silver? Any opinions greatly appreciated! (take note of the link provided for wire sizes)
  7. jackin my thread are we? anyways, i was swamped with classes about a week or two after i got into the shop before. i will probably get into the shop in the coming week.
  8. Alrighty, thanks for you speedy reply To be honest i just wanted to make sure the tuners would fit, so i will wait to do any cutting until i actually have the tuners with me. Just out of curiosity at the does it matter if the headstock scarf joint is below instead of above the rest of the neck (strange wording, but i can't find any other way to express it haha)? I had read in Melvyn Hiscock's book that if the scarf joint is above it sometimes makes the first 1-3ish frets buzz from time to time...got any insight to this? I also figure it would make getting the top of the neck nice and flat with the scarf on the bottom. Either way, do you have any techniques to getting the top of the neck nice and flat before gluing on the fretboard? Edit: I just remembered some other things i was not 100% on. First, the neck tenon should go right under the neck pickups right (do you remember how thick/wide/long your tenon was by chance)? Second, where would you say i should start the truss rod channel? Thanks again man.
  9. Where is the neck joint? 18th fret right? Also, how thick is the headstock?
  10. Did i mention how dead sexy you are for that long post? Are the 60s good with solos? i had heard they weren't too great for solos compared to the 85, but better at getting cleans than the 85. Do you have a preference between 60s and 85s for solos and/or cleans or is it just based on volume changes? I had seen on ESP's website that all their guitars use the dual-action truss rods, so i figured i would just go with that. Doesn't hurt that there's lots of instructions on how to install one of these. I am relatively new to woodworking... i understand the whole scarf joint idea, but could you link me to some information on short grain (pictures of)? Needless to say i am having trouble picturing your scarf joint angled like you put it, I don't suppose you have a picture or diagram of this. As for the set of pictures showing different spots on explorers, they are very helpful. Do you have any plans from when you made your explorer neck/headstock (side view/top view) that you can scan or something? I will take any of you old plans for your exp, might as well make mine better haha.
  11. I take it this is enough width for the whole headstock? The Gotoh tuners are the ones with the 16:1 gear ratio right? I will look into those if they are around the same price.
  12. I am planning on making a pre-lawsuit ESP Explorer. I have all the plans done in full scale drawing on large sized paper. Mahogany body Maple neck Ebony fretboard (24 3/4" scale, 12" radius) Earvana Compensated Nut White body and Black hardware Emg 81 and 85 pickups 2 vol, 1 toggle and master tone Sperzel locking tuners Set neck Just have a few questions before i start cutting, this is my first build and i figured i would post questions here and then document my guitar build. 1. What size of a body blank should i get that would fit an explorer? (i am not opposed to using scrap from the same blank to make wings for the body, although i would rather 1 solid piece with no joints) 2. What size of a neck blank should i get? Pretty much asking this because of the hockey stick shape headstock. Also 1 solid piece of wood, or 3 pieces laminated? Stack up scrap to make a heel? 3. I also would like some opinions on the Earvana Compensated Nuts and Sperzel locking tuners, anyone who use these that like them/don't like them? If not, any recommendations? Any help would be much appreciated, hope to be able to get this project started by the weekend!
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