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I wasn't sure exactly where to put this and I know this is a dumb question but... I have a LP neck that has a slight yellowing of the binding problem near the headstock. I assume that using thinner or something should correct this problem. Any ideas?

Hey, I'm willing to just give it away as long as I get covered for the shipping. PM if interested.

See? What did I tell you?

No worries man. My first build was a bear which turned into two bears. I got a complete body that all it needed was a neck. SO I went and found a neck, except it was the wrong scale. So I found another neck at the right scale and planned to trim the heel to fit. Then I found out the neck was from an old discontinued line of Fernandes basses and I felt guilty for wanting to mangle it. The somebody I found sold custom bodies. Long ardiuous story short, I built a sweet bass and one semi crappy one. If at first you don't succeed, just wait...it'll happen anyway. Seriously, where is this guitar part yard sale and when is it??

Well, that was a waste. All I was looking for was an answer to a simple question.

Hey. This is a great idea since my Upright Piezo screams like I'm going to kill it. I only have one problem. When I click on the PDF file of the layout, it tells me the file is damaged and doesn't load. Could you send it to me or somehow fix it/make it public? Thanks.

I can't get a pic of the Headstock to load. The overall is similar to an explorer, but not as tilted.

Even if its a copy, a steals a steal. A student Viol at any shop is around $600. Plus even a copy that old is worth something. I'd say have it appraised if possible and learn to play.

I believe they used etching tools and very fine chisels. You can find these at any woodworking shop. Back in the old days they didn't have the best tools but they made some of the most ornate designs.

Since nobody ever got back to me on my Telecaster Clone neck, I got a broken neck if you're interested.

It's only fraud if I attempt to sell it off as a Genuine Fender. (See the Gibson v. PRS lawsuit post) I'm only asking about repairing it.

Okay, I can glue the wood back together, but, I probably will need to do something about the Truss Rod. I can replace it or would placing shims around it work?

Yeah, the break is right along it. The guitar isn't in bad condition but its not in the greatest. I've never seen a Epiphone Tele clone before, thats why I thought I'd ask here. I mean the whole truss rod slid right out!

I had someone hand me a guitar the other day that had a broken neck. At first, I thought it was a Telecaster until I noticed the Epiphone logo. Anyhow, I ended up removing the neck and the truss nut and seperated the headstock. The break is actually pretty clean along the scarf joint, but I was surprised when the truss rod slid completely out. Am I wasting my time with this one?

Couldn't find an obvious answer to this one. I was looking under the Repairs tutorials and I wanted to look up the Complete Refretting on the bottom of the screen and It took me to a 404 error. Damn. Anyhow, I just couldn't see where to report it.

I can get you a multi ash body thats pretty one of a kind. It's slick for whatever you need. Maybe we can worksomething out. I have other sparts kinda lying around. I would really like to get my hands on a bass trem.

My two cents... I had a three plank body that didn't adapt very well to the change in climate and one of the pieces warped. I had to do a lot of work to repair someone else's little mistake. But in contrast, the multiple planks are fine as long as they have been aged about the same and are nice and dry. Between the single and multiple plank bodies, the only difference I had always thought was the way people wanted to make the grain and do the finishing.

Pine isn't really good for much. Except burning. I was at the wood store and they had these boards caught my eye. I looked at the name on the sitcker and it read simply "Bloodwood". Deep crimson look about them. Has anyone worked with that on anything? I gathered some ideas on a really slick blood red bass axe quickly after I looked at some of the curly maple and other darkwoods.

I had the same prob with my finished LP neck and block pearloid inlays. Here's what I did. I took a radius block for the same radius and clamped it to a table with 100 grit sand paper and worked up to a 600 grit. I made a small "jig" if you will out of a scrap piece of wood about 3/4 in wide by 1/2 in thick and about six inches long. I cut out a shape of the inlay and wedged the blanks in place and sanded them against the clamped radius block ignoring the neck altogether. You could do something similar by simply drilling a very shallow hole and slipping them in. I also found out that it helps to have a regular flat sanding block handy. If you radius them just right but are still a touch thick, you can sand the backs with the finer grit to the thin them. It actually worked perfectly for me. Good luck man!

Look at the bright side. you know what not to do next time, and you have a short scale neck for a new guitar.

I think that depends on the results he's hoping to achieve --unlikely he'll get something that looks production-perfect, but he may come up with some very cool nonetheless... Actually if you only work on the underside of the base plate, the homemade part doesn't necessarily have to show.... Okay, so you want to divebomb, eh? In that case, how about a combo--you have your bigsby springs (because they're heavy duty) providing downward support...then you weld a three or four hooks into the bottom of the plate, and you attach Fender style springs to them...this way you'll get the best of both worlds.... I'm just assuming that since they're bass strings you'll need heavy duty springs to handle the stress. You don't even need to weld-- you can also drill through the plate and bold something on.... ← Excellent suggestion. I was just trying to figure out which springs to pick out. I am already forming a mental picture. Ma and Pop always told people that only their son would attempt such a thing... Heh

I dunno, I kind of like the idea of a trem arm...Then you can do dive bombs.

Well, heres, the deal, I have a drill press and grinder plus saws and files. Pops liked to do a lot of aluminum work and such. I figure drilling a few holes in the center of the bridge plate and bolt on a flat piece of steel about 1/4 or so thick for the springs.

Okay. I was doing my regular brainstorming when I suddenly decided I needed to build a bass trem. I was looking at the costs of simply buying one outright, but they are in the $200 - $300 range. I had thought that perhaps own could undertake building a trem system. Well, I have a spare bridge plate handy... and I can pick up springs and such from Stew Mac... Now, am I just crazy for trying to save a few dollars or has anyone else tried this before?

Get this, I just had another guy hand me another Banjo Uke because he saw me taking the first one. This one is a Gretsch Claraphone. Hey, I thought of something here...Can't we just use those small Tom heads that they use on drums?