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and is it light or not

is american white ash any good for guitar body's

anyone know what there made of

like what wood

yes i did that

but you need some string blades and to take it very slow

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*strong blades* stupid me

im just gonna order some wood online

i lent me guitar building book to a friend

anyone know if Ash - American White is a good wood for guitars

yes i did that

but you need some string blades and to take it very slow

also drill the holes a little deeper, the same amount your cutting off

im sure you can cut a bit of the block, it will probably cut down on the sustain though

and you can bend the tremlo arm or bend it completely streight and make it bend further up the arm if you get what i meen

the small pots were made for guitars that dont have allot of room to fit controls in,

they dont make any diffrence to sound or anything as far as im aware iv used big and small in the same guitar aswell

go to http://www.highlystrung.net/ neck are £60

got all parts now just waiting for laquer to dry,

also wireing up LED's in fretboard for guitar 2,

22 damn wires and 20 damn LED's to put in

www.jcguitars.tk

Doubt it's a magnet. Most slides are glass or brass. Ie, not ferrous, ergo non magnetic

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mine's steel, and it looks like steves is too but it would probably have to be a stong magnet to hold a slide

I'm surprised if it's Velcro.  I would have thought Vai and his techs would have come up with a clip.  There are literally thousands of different kinds of clips you could easily retrofit to a headstock; however, I guess it WOULD stick out a lot compared to a simple velcro strip.

Seems to me that if it's a stainless steel slide being used, the best option would be a magnet.

Greg

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yeh i saw the motion of his hand and thought it may be a magnet or something like that i didnt think it was a slide holder it could have been a clip or even velcro but i carnt see any on his slide

anyone know what this holder thing actually is

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It's an allen key holder

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how does it hold the slide though

on the steve vai video for bad horsie he uses a slide and then puts in behind the headstock till he needs it again anyone know what this holder thing actually is iv seen slide holers for a mic stand but not the headstock

im building my own guitars (www.jcguitars.tk - if ure interested) and want a custom strap or strap logo i want it to say JCG somewhere near the beggining of the strap

anyone know where a place that offers this service to the uk

Where can i get a CUSTOM (note that word, don't rip my head off!) Headstock decal for a standard LP custom head in australia? I only want a fairly simple design.

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you can get a custom decal from MOD NOTE - Please do not ever mention that name on this forum again. and theres no extra shipping for overseas - move mouse over headstock of guitar on website

Did you sand the body with any lower grits besides the 2 you mentioned? You could probaly still have lower grit scratches on the body.

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i used 1000 1200 1500 and 2000 grit wet and dry before hand and the surface it perfectly flat and all the same dullness

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Then you went straight to 8,000? How long did you sand for. It really sounds like you still have 2000 grit scratches left, but a pic would be nice to see also.

EDIT:Even with MicroMesh, I would still buff the paint out with compounds, regardless.

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i sanded with 2000 for ages and its all flat with hardly any scratches visable i men you can see where the paper has been but there arnt any noticable scratches but when i start to buff it up i looks reflective head on but at an angle you ccan see lines when it has been rubbin

+ do i have to use it wet or dry iv tried both but im not sure wich is best

Did you sand the body with any lower grits besides the 2 you mentioned? You could probaly still have lower grit scratches on the body.

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i used 1000 1200 1500 and 2000 grit wet and dry before hand and the surface it perfectly flat and all the same dullness

What grit are you using?

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i got the highest grit and the one bllow it it think its 12000 and 8000 or something like that

i bought somw micro mesh to buff up my guitar but iv tried useing it wet and dry but it doesnt really give a good shine to the guitar it still looks a bit scratchy

anyone know exactly how your supposed to use the stuff

A buddy of mine wants me to custom build him a new bass, i have the wood and everything picked out to make this the mother of all projects. But i started wondering how different is building basses then guitars? I can build guitars good (least from what im told when people play mine) so any help would be great.

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not that diffret just got to thid about scale lenght and pickup placement and also u gotta make sure the neck is secure

im putting LED's in a fretboard that move further up the fretbord the harder you play like here http://www.simscustom.com/html/simsleds.htm click on video at bottom right of page

i bought a Super Sensitive 2 x 8-LED Mono Audio Level Indicator from http://www.canakit.com/ and have built it and it works fine but i want the leds all the same colour now i dont know what type i need

as in opperating tempreture if theres any type of voltage issue to deal with or anything. The leds will be covered by clear plastic aswell to get them level with the fretboared so they may start to get hot after a while

can anyone tell me the LED's i need

guitar ready for buffing up - waiting for micro mesh

done some prelimenary wireing

and im still waiting for my damn pickup

yeah,just give it a surface to stick to,i used a small craft knife,and just made a star shape,

have u fixed it?

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yeh i roughed it up woth sandpaper then i i got a craft knife and made diagonal lines accross it aswell and it worked fine

i had to do it on the side of the pot though cause its two pots in one but on the top there not really any metal so i did it on the side