olyen

[congratulations,good luck with with the new place.

speechless,it is reallya beautiful bass erik, ART that s what it is.

[well, i finally did the final sanding and the buffing today and i started to put it together,i took my time with the sanding and iam really happy with the way it turned out, my best finish so far ,i haven done the back i am gonna wait for one more week,anyways here is some pics

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Yes ,I am from the distant lands of Peru,english is not spoken in my country,currently living in PA for the last two years ,so yeah i have problems with my english still ,but also i never learned to type the right way,so I do what i can, anyways I am gonna wait and today i decided i d put a darker color in the back just to hide a couple of things i didnt like, and man i hate runs ,with all my heart,i really hate them ,i was careful ,because i happened to me before a number of times ,do you know if it is that the mc fadden laquer is thinner than the behlen and more likely to run ? cause it s been happening to me more with this brand since i got it just recently,thanks for any comments.

maiden i really like your blue guitar,man u did an awesome job, i dont know how u could pull that off in ur first try, i ve read a lot about it , but i guess you gotta have the touch or do it a few times too till you get it nece ,wich is what i do for the most part ,i just keep trying and i is getting better everytime ,i am waiting for my pickups for this guitar and i guess another week of drying time cause that is something ive been doing in the past just waiting for about 3 or 4 days and buffing the guitar ,and it hasnt been a good idea to my experience anyways.

Did you made this neck? Or the engraved name is from the person that made it? Very nice top also, how thick it is 1" anyway, post more pics once you are done, great job so far!

yes that is my name and i built the neck from scratch ,it is my sixth or seventh, the first i do with flame maple cause iwas told it was like super hard to do and it is harder than mahogany but not imposible,the top is very close to 1 inch , i love it and i wish i could do more justice to this wood ,but my finishing skills are just not there yet, i only have nine months since i got into this whole new world for me ,i played since i was twelve but i ve never known anything about a guitar except for tuning it ,anyways i will post more pics when i finish it,thank for your time.

Olyen, that's why they invented pickguards...

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Olyen, how thick is that "gauge" you're using? If it's as thin as it looks (thinner than a business card), I wouldn't worry about the gap. As far as sustain, there's another thread containing words like "opinion" and "theory" and "voodoo." We won't rehash that here. If the guitar sounds good to you, that's all that matters (unless you have a paying customer, but that's another thread entirely ).

It looks great to me. I hope mine comes out that good.

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thank you all gentlemen for your replies i dont think i wanna put a pickguard on this guitar but it is a good point, also the fingerboard i was told buy my wood supplier it is bolivian rosewood,the i have seen pictures of black limba that looks like that too ,but i dont know ,the gap is as thick as a business card but i am not gonna worry anymore i ll put a maple shim on it and get done with it ,i will put the guitar together the next week when i am ready to buff it and all,

How does it sound?That is the real issue. Plug and play to find out for yourself.

Some guitars (basses especially) have virtually no "pocket" they are just bolted on, the most important contact areas are the bottom of the neck pocket and the heel of the neck. If those are solid then it should be ok, that is not to say that a tight neck pocket is not desireable. You may have problems with the neck twisting within the pocket if it is not secured tight enough, I have seen this problem in a couple of Fenders.

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true ,but you also want it to look right ,specially cause you are always gonna know its there and be thinking that is a sloopy job, i ve been checking the strats in the store and they all look pretty tight to me ,but then again ,i have many more guitars to come ,it is a disease already started 10 months ago now i cant stop it.

i have this question,do you guys think this wil improve or otherwise affect the sustain on the guitar or it really it s not that big a deal ?

olyen, its not that bad from what I can tell. Production bolt ons have come with much worse gaps than that. I think it looks like a pretty good guitar.

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thanks, i think i looks good eventhough i am aware of the many things i d like to change or do better i would just like to improve that area in the pocket , i ve been thinking of maybe a dark wood veneer glued to the sides of the pocket, i dont know yet,any other opinions?

i ll try that thanks. i didnt think i would have room for the tuners,i luckily did

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i ll never unveil the mistery making the recessed knobs they are always terrible

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there s the gap i was talking about

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i ll try that thanks.

Gentleman i made this bolt on guitar and ended up with a huge gap in the neck pocket ,i would like to have ideas of how to fill this out or really i shouldnt worry,i made 4 set necks guitars and this is my fifth guitar you wouldthink i learned by now but i didnt and theres always something that goes wrong in my buildings but anyways i know i am learning, i would appreciate any thoughts on this, and if someone could tell me how can i post a picture? or am I not allowed ,i dont know i am very new to all this, thank you guys!

hey man ! that guitar is awesome i always wanted to have one of those in fact do you think you coudl share the neck dimensions for this guitar? i would really appreciate that ,thanks man.

thanks Mattia! ill go ahead and buy the bridge,i drew it also cause i needed to get my neck width and it looks fine to me,thanks for the advice.

has anyone tried this wilkinson wraparound bridge that stew mac sells? the string spread is 1 15/16 and i wonder if the strings will still align with the polepieces in the pickups or would i need different spaced pickups?any ideas ?thank you very much.

[makes a lot of sense, and yeah i havent been that careful with the wheels,and also i did use more than one compound on it, i actually used rubbing compound no7

something i guess it s not sauppossed to be used with nitro, i just didnt know better, it wasnt really abrasive on the finish, and i guess i thought this would be my course grit and then i moved to the fine white compound on the same wheel though, oh well i guess i know for my next guitar, thanks a lot for the help,

PS i forgot,i talked to a friend( person) that builds yesterday and he claimed that there is no way of getting a good finish out of those little wheels anyway its gotta be tha real stuff,what do you say, i know someone told me here already i can and i kind of feel that way too ,i dont know thoughts anyone?

thanks mattia, just one question,a flap wheel ,what exactly is that ,is that the same cotton wheels i am using? ,i have one that is a little stiff ,and another one is more like a flexible flanel,and thanks for the advice.

gentlemen i am having trouble with buffing my guitar to a high gloss ,i am using a small wheel that i bought at home D, and the white compoundat 1750 rpm on my drill press ,of course after wet sanding to a 1500grit, then i use the swirl remover or something like thaqt polish on my drill with a home made foam pad i get pretty good results but not quite the one i would like,i wonder if there is a big difference between the big buffing wheels and these small ones in terms of a better gloss finish,or can i achieve the same results with the small one? thanks for any advice.

thanks a lot guys,i guess i ll scrape that binding,i was was onl hoping for a miracolous way to get raid of those glue traces but i guess there is none,also i ll need to be more careful next time i do binding and hold the binding really tight on the groove cause this came out really bad and i have a lot of gaps,anyways live and learn ,y plan are to make plenty guitars,it s a disease already, so my nxt binding will be better,thanks for yor support.

hello everybody,i would like to have a little info on how to get rid of the duco i used to install the binding on my solid body,i sanded it ,but as i was putting the dye on the maple ,i could see some spotts really stand out as non staining ,i am really having a lot of trouble with binding ,it didnt seem that hard before i decided to go for it,is there anything i can do to get rid of those glue traces? acetone maybe?would it hurt the binding?or should i just try a sunburst to hide all that,i would really appreciate some help in here ,i am just a begginer,than you!!

I apologize ,ithink i should have posted this somewhere else,sorry.

that was great ,thanks for your help,i have a better picture now,this forum rules!!!

hello everybody, this is my very first post so please forgive if i make a couple of mistakes on top of that i m spanish so my english is not the best,my question is ,how do install the electronics on a chambered guitar like a les paul supreme without F holes? i d appreciate any help thanks!