Donnie B.

I'm wiring up 2 x P90's and a 3 way toggle with a single volume and tone. Should I put the toggle between the pickups and pots or the pots between the pickups and toggle (like an LP)? I think because I'm only using 1 volume and tone for both pups the toggle should be in the middle. Thanks.

The body is Triplochiton scleroxylon and the neck is actually Spanish Cedar: Cedrela???

I'm building another solid body using cedar for the neck and whitewood for the body. Anything special I need to know about working with these woods? My first guitar has a limba body and mahogant neck. Thanks.

This is taking way more time than I figured it would. The saw I have only cuts in one direction and the rosewood board I have seems to be awful hard. Any tips for making this easier faster? Can I lube the blade with something that won't hurt the wood but will cut down on friction? Thanks.

I'm about to glue my rosewood board onto the mahaogany neck and have a question. Should I be careful about getting too much glue on top of the trussrod or into the trussrod channel? Would the rod getting glued to the board impede it's ability to flex?? First time builder. Sorry if this has been covered somewhere else. Thanks.

I'm building a PRS style guitar with a hipshot trem and a zero radius (flat) fretboard. Anyone know if anyone makes a pre-slotted graphite (not bone or plastic) nut with no radius? Trem-nut doesn't seem to. Thanks.

DOH! Thanks!

Does anyone know where the route dimensions for a dimarzio or duncan humbucker are online? Thanks.

http://allparts.com/

Back on topic. Just scored this baby second hand. Pictures don't do the finish justice. Mighty perty!

From what he says, he step routes the cavity so that it matches the underside profile of the pup exactly so there's simply no room for play unless I wanted the pickup to get closer to the strings and if anything I'd want to move them down a bit. I'll just learn to like the white/black thing. I always thought they looked cool on a painted top where they'd provide some cosmetics but not on a nice flamed or quilted guitar where I think they distract from the top. At the end of the day no biggie. Thanks guys.

I just bought this 2004 McNaught for a steal and I really don't like the zebra look on such an elegant looking guitar. I called McNaught after I made the above post and he says the routes are done custom to match the exact pickup he's installing. According to him all buckers are not the same physical heights so I may have an issue dropping in another black/black pup. And I don't feel like shipping it across the country for him to re-route the cavitys to accept a floating pup so I'm gonna have to get use to the zebra's I guess. If there is no tonal difference I wonder why builders just don't float them all so that people have the option of adjusting the heights if they need to or swapping out pickups! UGH

What would be the tonal difference between direct mounting a humbucking pickup vs. having mounted traditionally using the screw/spring float method? Thanks.

Thanks Scott. Appreciate the feedback.

Trem's been bought but won't be in before I'm rough cutting the body. I guess I'll just measure the PRS and strat gits I have now with trems and hope that Hipshot is no deeper. Would make sense that they wouldn't be if they are a replacement part.