Strange Fruit

with a glowing vine inlay, lions claw, monkey grip and hidiously bright 80's style pink paintjob. Matt

Hey, why not just give it a monkey grip, then you would have an Explorer Jem. hmm... that sounds quite good fun actually...

Or: step 1 drill big holes with aforementioned forstner bit Step 2 make lots of small disks from wood etc Step 3 buy lots of little motors and baqtteries to run little motors Step 4 affix circles to motors Step 5 affix these to said disks Step 6 Get on stage and hypnotise everyone or not...

Got a spare old drill or router? contact adhesive and spinny things: deadly combination!

cover it in pink furr, grow a huge beard and join a ZZ topp tribute band...

Considering Eddie built the body for that guitar and he and Jeremy are great friends, I think it's a safe bet that LGM KNows about it erm, oh yeah, i knew that, i was just, erm testing you, yes, that must be it, testing you... wasnt very convincing was it? Matt

Erm, Brian sells them on universal Jems. Scroll down to Humbucker covers, their the first ones Nickel Covers the holes are for 1-15/16" pole piece spacing, but if thats not right for your pick ups, then he also sells ones without holes! He also sells Gotoh TOMs in nickel. HTH Matt

Wait a minute, their using Jeremy's 911 LGM Jem on the start up page! i wonder if they had permission...

Nice deal! Does this mean REM is broken up? Erm, thats Peter Buck...

You got PM. Im also in the UK, any ideas on shipping? Matt

I use Newtone Hand wound strings. only because i get them at a discount price at work Matt

Yea, the live one is only a 7 string by the looks of it. but it cant be much bigger than that, surely...

Wow, i love that strat! I might post a pic a bit later, if i can be bothered! Matt

Wow Id hate to be the guy whos gonna fret that! Matt

i think im gonna be sick...

Ok, maybe i didnt explain properly, yes, if you want it to follow the lines, you have to put in a jumper. I personally put a jumper on the bottom pair and then use the top pair as the send and recieve signals from the effect unit. Sorry for any confusion! BTW, with it setup as i said above, ie one pair send and receive, and the other a jumper, it is a complete signal bypass. Matt

Ok, im back from college. Heres the pic, hosted by PHOTO BUCKET! YAY! dpdt Unfortunatly, this server wont allow to post, so heres a link to it! It kinda explains itself really! HTH Matt

Will do, Ill PM it to you when i get home from college! Matt

Hi guys. Well, like many people here, i have been trying to find a local luthier who i can talk to and hopefully learn from. I work at a music school, and one of the guys there builds guitars in his spare time, so i have drained him of some very cool information. BUT soon i started to try and find another guy, just so I could have some help from a professional. I put an advert up at my work, and after a while, i had no replies, i was disheartened. Then one day, i was at work, checking out the details of the London Guitar show thats coming up soon, when one of my bosses, Pam, looked over my shoulder and said "Patrick Eggle is going to be there, isnt he?" I replyed yes, and asked how she knew "Oh he told me the other day, when he was rehearsing here" i suddenly felt increadably stupid. one of my Idol luthiers in the UK, probably one of the best in the UK, had been coming and rehearsing at my work for years! I had been serving this guy coffee, tea and Mars bars, and never knew it! I had a look throught the computer at work, and discovered he is next in next Saturday. I dont normally work saturdays, but i think i might that day, just to talk to him! Anyway, i dont know why i wrote this, but im really excited about meeting him, and knowing who he is, lol! btw, heres the site of his work Patrick Eggle Anyway, bye for now! Matt

Hi Bio hazard. this is how it goes, iirc: Ia Ib Top row [Ic Id] Middle Ie If Bottom Ok, the I is the pin, the letter afterwards is MY designation. others will designate other wise. the middle ones (Ic & Id) are boxed in because in effect, they are always on. Anyway, with the switch up, the signal passes in through Ic, an is then routed to Ia, where it is then sent to an effect for example, then it routes through Ib to Id. If the switch is down, it still goes in through Ic, and out through Id, but is routed through Ie and If respectively. Its not to clear in the above diagram, but i will find a picture (or draw one) later if you want! Matt

Hi You could try AxesRUs They have a quick changing stock, and they will probably have a real Floyd, maybe even a lo pro. they are pretty good prices too! Matt

PM him Oh yeah, i noticed that, really i did...

Awesome. Will you ship to UK? any special discount prices? Matt

Makes a change for you, huh?

ok, you guys have got me all confused now (not particually hard, i know) So, how do they bend the lamintaed tops on things like ES-335's et al? I know they use formers and steam it, but in this case, couldnt one use the body as the former? I would like to metion at this point that i have NO experience in this field at all, so if Im wrong, i accept that. And the veneer over a carved surface, for an example, how about the top on the SAGA HT-10 kit? Looks like a carved top with a veneer on it, so maybe it is possible after all. but i could still be wrong.