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......maybe he thought he'd be smart and play the supply and demand rule to his advantage....

Damn I thought I had it!

Ya, I have been checking him out. Did you know it's Jack Black?

The amp is a (tube) peavey ultra 212. I actually have 2 wahs vox and dunlop. For distortion I am going for the mxr full bore metal. And for reverb I am currently bidding on the holy grail reverb by electro harmonix. Now for other stuff, my mind is blank.

Noise gate?

Compression Sustainer?

Eq?

Please enlighten me on what exactly these do, and what are some good brands?

I play (at least try to) blues-jazz-metal/prog. metal(a bit ambiguous)-christian worship music.....all around

I'm beginning my pedal collection now, starting with a dd7. I'm bidding on a Holy Grail Reverb, and a compression sustainer.

I'm looking to pickup the mxr full bore metal pedal as well.

Anyone have suggestions on what to add? And where to get a decently priced board?

Haha, good one. I just grabbed this pic from a google search.

A friend of mine got inspired by my build and decided to build a body. He has the skill level to do, and the dedication. And for his first project it seems that he will be taking on quite the task.

His goal is an Ibanez Saber.

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a18/furre...ilkywithtks.jpg

I like the look of this one, so I'll be trying to push him towards the fade+faux binding.

The main problem that I can see is routing/?sanding? the top.

Does anyone have any experience making a top like this?

I would really like to help my friend out.

ps; he is french/stubborn, so he won't settle for any less than his original plan.

IT BEGINS WITH A BLOODY S!!!!!!

Too bad you didn't leave the mahogany bare, it looked very nice!

Like I said, stupid midnight shift! No progress but parts....

http://s745.photobucket.com/albums/xx96/Un...nt=P1000611.jpg

Quick story about the parts; Ordered my switch and pots from rsguitarworks. When I ordered, the 500k "super" pot , as well as the 500k push/pull pot; the site said it was out of stock (I expected they would back order or something).......When parts came in I recieved a 250k push/pull pot and a 500k "super" long shaft pot. They said I got what I ordered....not true. Now, to return them for the right parts I have to pay around a total of 35 dollars for reshipping and restocking fees. I really just want this done so I don't mind paying, but now they won't/taking a very long time, returning my emails.

http://s745.photobucket.com/albums/xx96/Un...nt=P1000612.jpg

http://s745.photobucket.com/albums/xx96/Un...nt=P1000615.jpg

http://s745.photobucket.com/albums/xx96/Un...nt=P1000613.jpg

I'm going to glue it up one of these days.....no days off for 10 days

And...the head is 885 here in Canada.

for another 175....but then there are boarder fees....I hate boarder fees! I've paid an easy $300 on parts for my new guitar I'm building.

Thanks for the advice, I'll go try one out tomorrow.

Prog metal is what I'm getting into..... but blues and classic rock and jazz are my roots. If I bought the "fullbore metal" pedal, and maybe an eq would it produce some better metal tones?

Metal aside; is this a good deal?

A guy near me is selling his head and cab for $900. I have been playing out of a spider 2 30 watt for the past while and have been wanting a tube amp for a while.

I would use this for shows; mostly metal.

My guitar (as of now), has an evolution bridge and paf neck and its a mohagany body with a maple cap, maple neck/ebony fretboard.

Would this amp be a good buy for me?

They've been working on it for over 6 months! Check the jem forum site; you'll find it there

So, my guitar teacher went to a private factory tour of prs. While there he asked how the "grain pop" is achieved and described what I told him about the black dye and sanding and stuff; what I learned from this forum. They said they don't do that, but rather its the grain filler that they use that creates the finish.

Can anyone enlighten me on what they are talking about?

Funny you mention that; about 2 hours ago I was thinking about future balance problems and came to the conclusion that the body wasn't big enough. Today I will be widening the lower half of the guitar.

Glueing will, hopefully take place on thursday or saturday.....stupid midnight shift!

Headstock has been designed...

My parts have finally started to come in;

The Floyd Rose is very nice, has a brass tone block and came with everything except the locking nut. So I'll be ordering an R4 asap.

A few hickups now; my knobs are for solid shafts and I believe I ordered split; will this be much of a problem? I could always stick a strip of thin sheet metal into the splits....

I once saw a site where it shows how many shims to place under your FR saddles to adjust the radius; does anyone know the site?

Pictures of my new parts will come soon!

Really digging the design bro!

All the best!

I'm have a problem designing a 4X2 headstock now

It just looks stubby, any pointers?

measure from the saddles not the posts. My d string sits at 25.5 on the saddle and the low E sits around a 1/4 inch behind the d.

Hope i helped

A few pics:

The wood (maple cap is in the mail)

The design

I'm torn between 6 in a line or 3x3 for the headstock/tuners. Judging by the design, what would be more complimentary?

The bridge, truss rod, and frets are also in the mail and I'll be ordering the rest of the parts on September 4th (pay day)

make excuses to do it, not, not to do it!

j/k

I gotta do it because I hate my acoustic(wwe never got along). I gotta do it because my other guitar isn't holding its tune as well as she used to. I gotta do it because chicks dig red guitars. I gotta do it because my last guitar I was building got lost in a move....it must be avenged!

I think the tuner looks out of place. I'm with pukko on narrowing the headstock.

I don't have a camera to take photos but, pics will be posted soon.

Body:

2" mahogany strip

Alder wings

Quilted maple cap (book-matched)

Dyed red with grain "pop" + black burst (not too over powering)

Neck:

Mahogany

Ebony Fretboard

Dual action Truss rod (accessible at the body)

Electronics:

2 Custom Humbuckers med-high output

Graphtech acousti-phonic Floyd Rose

3 way toggle combined with a tone push/pull pot

1.bridge+push/pull down; bridge pup

1a. Bridge+push/pull up; inner coil of bridge pickup

2.middle+push/pull down;bridge+neck

2a.middle+push/pull up;inner coils of booth pickups

3.neck+push/pull down; neck pup

3a.neck+push/pull up; inner coil of neck pup

3 way toggle

1. bridge position; magnetic pups

2.middle position; mag+acousti-phonic bridge

3.neck position; acousti-phonic bridge

Magnetic volume pot

Push/pull tone pot

Acousti-phonic volume pot

Stereo output+mono output

Hardware:

All hardware is chrome except for strap locks they are black

haven't made up my mind on knobs yet

Schaller "style" tuners from axcessories.com

Allen key holder behind the head stock

Schaller adjustable claw (to maintain a perfect tune)

Thats about it....

The shape is custom, and offset; I love the look of offset.

Pics will come eventually.....

Progress will be slow as I work 32-56 hours a week on midnight shift

Peace for now