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mairj40

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  1. I have the guitar ready for the clearcoat. I have been looking at pickups. I would really like some Dimarzios or SD's. But, I'm thinking about just putting some Gibson or Epiphone pickups in it for now. The problem is that I cannot seem to find any Gibson or Epiphone single coil pickups. What other brand of single coils could I use to make it sound decent with a Gibson/Epi humbucker?
  2. Here is where I'm at so far. I finished sanding it tonight. Tomorrow, I'm going to go out and get a tack cloth and some primer. I'mm mask off the fretboard and try to get some primer on it and see what kind of mess I can make out of this thing. Lol. (excuse the kids toys in the picture)
  3. Thanks for the tip. I'll do that to see if I need to work at the seams a little more.
  4. Will do. I got the routing filled in with Maple, and I have a little more sanding to do on the guitar before it will be ready for primer. I'll post some pictures tomight when I get home from work.
  5. Lol. I got the hole "routed" out. Amazing what happens when you use the correct bit.
  6. Cool. Thanks for the link. That's exactly what I was thinking of doing. I do not have a router to expand the trem cutout (I'm only going about 1/2 an inch on each side). Is there a way to use a rotozip to do it? I tried tonight, but it wouldn't cut the wood. Maybe I have the wrong bit?
  7. The specs on the guitar say the body is Alder/maple. Should. Use hard maple or is soft maple ok to build a block to fit the routing? I want to maoe sure that the new bridge will have a good anchor.
  8. I have an Epiphone X1000 that I picked up for next to nothing, I am working on repainting it and getting it back into shape. The biggest issue is that it had the dreaded Steinberger KB Trem on it originally. The trem was removed and was missing when I got the guitar. The original replacement trems are next to impossible to find. I was wondering if anyone would know if it would be possible to fill in the bridge routing with a piece of wood and then install a "hardtail", non tremolo bridge from another Strat. I am curious as to what it would do to the sound of the guitar, intonation, and overall playability of the guitar. Anyone have any experience with this? Here's what I got...
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