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I love the way you finished the neck. Didnt notice that in the first post. It fades perfectly, as opposed to most necks with that paint style, which have a very abrupt change in color. Want to make me a left handed guitar?

I cant seem to be able to see the full size pictures. Would you mind uploading a good shot at 1024x768? I need a new wallpaper. This is one of the most original and beautiful guitars I have ever seen. Keep it up.

The WR model has a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, while the standard has a Celestion Red Label speaker. Other than that, they are pretty much the same besides looks. I think the extra money for the WR is justified because of the Vintage 30. It can definately get you blues clean and drive. The modern sound is also attainable if you crank the gain up and dial in the right eq settings. It can go from one end of the spectrum to the other with a couple of flicks on the dials. Heres a sound clip I found of the amp (I dont have any recording stuff because my computer sucks): Definately not the best guitarist, but what the heck: http://www.mv2media2.com/mp3_request.m3u?m...y_13_2006_1.mp3

I really dont think the anti-feedbacker on the GT-6 does anything. I have messed with it for ages, but it doesnt seem to do anything. They same with the feedbacker. Does anyone have a link to the setup for this 4 cable method that was posted earlier? What does it do?

I would personally recommend getting a Traynor YCV40 WR. I own one of these amps. They seem to go around $600-700. They are extremely versatile amps. They come with a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, which is one of the best in my opinion, and it is very class looking. I retubed the amp with the regular retube kit from eurotubes.com (go to shop online, they have them there) after about 8 months of playing it and it sounds even more amazing than it did when I bought it. If you like EL84 tone, then they have the YCV50, but I felt that the 40 had a smoother tone with its 6L6's and is my personal favorite amp. Clean Channel- Very smooth and with the bright switch engaged is can be shimmering and chimey, perfect for a slow arpeggio or chord progression. Without the bright switch engaged, I think it is very well suited for Jazz/Blues, and you can dig in to get a little overdrive with the volume over 3. Overdrive Channel- Creamy distortion with tons of sustain and clear harmonics. You hear every note in open chords all that way up to gain level 7. It can go from bluesy to rockin in a second, and the boost switch adds some mids and volume, to let you really shred up the leads. I highly recommend this amp. ONE MORE THING: http://www.musiciansbuy.com/mb/item.asp?ic=YCV40WRKIT has it for 619 instead of 669. If you want to buy from MF you could get them to do a price match (Thats what I did). REVIEW SITES: www.harmonycentral.com (its currently down, along with half of the guitar community but it has the largest amount of reviews I have ever seen)

Thanks for the link recursion. Has anyone worked with zebrawood? I went and played a 52' reissue tele today and wasnt too impressed with the tone, but this guy was playing a custom guitar (naturally it was right handed so I couldnt try it...) with a zebrawood top and it sounded amazing. I also loved the grain pattern. How would something like a ash or mahogany body sound with a zebrawood top? I know zebrawood is pretty bright sounding, so maybe the mahogany would be best as the body. Ok lots of questions, sorry. Lets say I decide to hollow out the body like on the warmoth guitars. Would I outline the body on the mahogany or whatever, hollow it out with a router, and then glue the top on and shape the body? Last one...if I get a template from guitarbuilding templates.com I can just flip it over for left handed, right?

Ok does anyone have recommendations for the finish? The fender 52' reissue uses nitrocellulose laquer. Where could I obtain this, and how hard is it to apply (i plan on renting a sprayer)? This is my idea for the guitar color... So basically telecaster thinline (left handed) with standard tele controls (as opposed to the strat style in this picture) and single coil pickups.

do you guys think the warmoth tele thinline body is high quality? Has anyone used it?

While researching, alot of people on http://www.tdpri.com/ seemed to have bad experiences with them. Maybe it was just an unlucky bunch, who knows.

Well I have been playing guitar for almost 3 years now. I have an epiphone les paul standard (lefty) which I installed some awesome Seymour Duncan pickups (Pearly Gates and 59'). I want another guitar, but I am fed up with paying extra for left handed versions. The only companies that dont charge extra are way out of my range, so I am going to do my first "build". I will be buying all parts and painting/putting everything together. My plan is to get a Telecaster style Hollowbody guitar. I was looking on Warmoth, but have heard alot about bad experiences, so I think i will go with USA Custom Guitars. They have a tele hollowbody guitar body for $280 (rear rout). Is this a decent price for a swamp ash tele hollowbody? Heres my idea: -I want to do a vintage butterscotch transparent finish, like on the Fender 52' Reissue. How hard will this be to paint? -I already have a dual humbucker guitar, so I am thinking of doing a dual single coil. Will I get alot of hum from this? Do noise-canceling pickups work? Finally, can anyone recommend some reasonably priced tele pickups that will give me a vintage rock/blues tone? I think thats enough questions for now. If you know of someone that will supply better parts etc for less than please post a link. Once I get this puppy done successfully, I plan to make my first guitar from scratch, most likely a PRS style double cut. Thanks in advance and compliments to all the builders on here, you all make stunning guitars.