WezV
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standard guitar and bass pickups are built pretty much the same way, there is no reason bass pickups wouldnt work with guitar strings other than string spacing issues
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Oh, some of it is - THAT light!!
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Gibson have used many different version of a 24 3/4" scale length over the years. My advice is to leave drilling for the bridge and routing for pickups untill you have your neck sorted. Then you can make your body, rout for the neck and place the bridge wherever it needs to be for the 24 3/4" scale you end up with. you dont have to follow the plans exactly you know The uncompensated bit means that once you have added compensation the string length will be close to 24 3/4" between the nut and bridge (24 3/4" including compensation). wheras the warmouth 24 3/4" may be slightly longer (24 3/4" + compensation), you may want check with warmoth first if you are worried
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I think bens onthe right track with the headstcok, try a 5x3 or 6x2 design. I think 4x4 is too symetrical for this guitar though!
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Cheers fella's. The guitar above will be a string thru, we just havnt decided where to place the ferrules yet. I think if you want burl woods its best to use a reputable supplier rather than start chopping trees down yourself, but you never know.... I am always eyeing up knarly old trees. I got this (and most of my other top wood) from gallery hardwoods, Larry really knows how to get the most out of a tree
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Heres a neck i have just carved fro the trem equipped guitar. Its birdseye maple neck and spliced on headstock with wenge veneer in the splice. Ziracote fretboard doublebound with boxwood and ebony. Hot-rod truss rod and dual CF rods. http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/12_09_06_1934.jpg You can see the routes for the CF bars and truss rod that will be under the nut. I have my truss rod adjustment at the heel but that little gap under the nut will come in very handy if i ever need to remove the rod, it should push straight out. Still need to get the accent line smartened up a bit but i love this maple
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Hope you dont mind but i just sent a link to this discussion to my sprayer. We have a bass in the pipeline that has given us loads of finishing problems.............. IT MUST BE BURNT!!! Its gonna have all black hardware so i may steal your colour scheme to a certain degree
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You can always use the ideas above to decide how much angle you need to add to the enck pocket. Once you have worked it out you can make a permanent wooden shim to glue in if you are so concerened about total wood contact
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Now thats giving me ideas!!
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Nice title!!
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I dont see a problem with using the flamed sycamore, its not like its a AAAAA grade (whatever that is) he's covering up and just try and imagine how nice that subtle flame is going to look around the edges and in the bevels.
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I dont see the problem really. At the end of the day if you ship processes out from your shop then you have to pay for it and it eats into your profit. If the builder is willing to except that extra cost then whats the problem. I dont do most of my finishing anymore because it was becoming increasingly inpractical in my small workshop. I learnt a lot about finishes then decided it was best to focus on the building side of things and let someone else do that stage. I also taught myself how to build pickups but i still pay a lot of money for brand name ones all the time. Matt definatly needs to learn how to wire his guitars, but if he has people who want his guitars right now whats the problem with him getting a bit of help with something he isnt as confident with? Surely that ensures a better guitar for the customer.
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I Just Got A New Tattoo
WezV replied to !!METAL MATT!!'s topic in Site Feedback, Issue Reporting and Test area
Bepanthen nappy care ointment works a charm. Have the back of your head as soft as a babies behind!! Only problem is sawdust really sticks to it -
Nice. I had a similar cockup recently and wooden covers were a good solution
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tell her she can have a new chopping board when you find an old beech or maple fireplace to steal the wood from. Mahoganies far too porous and grainy, its gonna soak everything up and give you food poisoning and you may die Nothing like a bit of scaremungering
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The 'crocodile Hunter' Is Dead
WezV replied to !!METAL MATT!!'s topic in Site Feedback, Issue Reporting and Test area
I agree, that guy thought that grizzly bears were his best friends and that they actually liked him. He had very little repect for them as wild animals that get hungry. -
yeah, i dont always explain myself that well!!
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If it was a 1 peice neck then a scarf is definatly stronger. With a laminted neck like this you should be fine either way. If you are worried about truss rod access weakening the headstock then put it at the heel instead.
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my stuff is still sometimes rough round the edges as well, i have just learnt to hide it better
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Problem with that is it will always look like a mistake. If you had inlayed a bit of ebony it would look more intentional and you wouldnt have the problem you have know because its loads easier to fill around ebony, maple sawdust and superglue looks like filler. Ebony sawdust and superglue looks like ebony
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chambered CHANGES tone. Whether its better or worse evryone has to decide for themselves.
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obviously the better repair would be to drill out a 6mm hole carefully to avoid chipping the lacquer, fill this with a 6mm hardwood dowel, redrill the hole and then reinforce the wood with water thin CA glue. 9 times out of 10 the matchsticks work well enough for such a quick repair.
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plug the hole with a few used matchsticks and try again. If that works loose plug it some more and flood it with CA glue, then redrill the hole a bit smaller.
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With a clear scratchplate you can put any picture you want underneath to give the effect you want, very cheap and easy and it can be quite effective too.
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Anyone remember me mentioning a 4th guitar in this batch. Its finally under way and quite a bits been done. I am using this one to teach my cousin how to build, he's spraying for me at the moment so i owe him. He payed for all the parts so we will split the profit when it sells. here she is: Burl maple top with wenge and maple accent lines as per usual at the moment swamp ash back with maple and wenge cetre strip: End grain: shame you wont see this: The neck is left over from the bass, i.e. 3-peice flamed maple with wenge accent lines.