nerdguitar

Once upon a time in a magical time known as the 70s... Gibson decided to rip off the Strat! They made the S1 as a 3 single-coil pickup Les Paul with a Flying V neck. It sold for about 3 years, but no one bought them, but only now are most people starting to like the funky sounds that come out of the thing (i.e. a bridge position that was so trebly, it made a tele sound like a jazz box )

Anyways, for my new project guitar, I've decided to take an old really in bad shape strat and wire it like an s1, sounds like fun, eh?

If anyone can help me track down a wiring schematic for the s1, it'd really be appreciated.

i just love 9ths, especially minor 9ths, lol

don't know why

they can be exchanged wif 7ths and vice versa pretty much wif out anyone noticin

my fav is the a minor 9th (i think thats the name... i dont remember anymore, lol ) at the fifth fret

e|0

B|0

G|5

D|5

A|0

E|0

thanks, im getting some good ideas out of this, its really appreciated

sorry bout that, i was in a foul mood because a virus just hit my comp and i lost about half of my hardrive, including an english assignment i had been working on for weeks

didn't realize that you meant buying a body to put the pickups in, and it would be a bit tricky because the pickups i have are prototype humbuckers from gibson (or so claims the guy at my local repair shop) and they're about the size of a soapbar, bit bigger though

it shouldnt be to hard to do, thanks for the idea

i bought and ibanez archtop(jazz box) on ebay for under $200.

eugh, don't you pay attention?! the point isnt the jazz box, it's using the kick ass pickups in my horid guitar

besides, i'm not really an ibanez fan, but don't say anything about that cuz then your gonna turn this into "im a shmuck for hating ibanez" thing, then people will call me a n00b looking for attention by saying a major brand sucks

and i really don't want that

buy an acoustic kit...then it will be a better instrument and you don't have to take it apart...only put it together

good idea, i think ill start lookin around, but what im hoping for is one at a garage sale for a few bucks

Hey, recently I came into posession of a cool custom solid body from the 60s. The electronics and the body are awful, and the neck is warped, but the pickups were absolutely amazing. I've been wondering what to do with them and since I've loved jazz for such a long time but can't afford a jazz box, im thinking of taking an acoustic, rebuilding to top to have f-holes and put the pickups in there. I've been building guitars and basses for awhile, so skill isn't really an issue. Just wondering what other people say about this, if you think im nuts and there's no way that this thing can work, feel free to say so. If you choose to be negative, at least give a reason though. On the contrary, if you don't think im insane for trying this, if anyone could give me some advice on removing the top of the acoustic, or if anyone could name a decent, cheap acoustic (hey, I don't want to waste my money if i screw up, it's happened before), I'd love it if you'd tell me. Thanks for any input you have, and this'll also be posted in hollow-body, so you might want to check there for other responses.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

Hey, recently I came into posession of a cool custom solid body from the 60s. The electronics and the body are awful, and the neck is warped, but the pickups were absolutely amazing. I've been wondering what to do with them and since I've loved jazz for such a long time but can't afford a jazz box, im thinking of taking an acoustic, rebuilding to top to have f-holes and put the pickups in there. I've been building guitars and basses for awhile, so skill isn't really an issue. Just wondering what other people say about this, if you think im nuts and there's no way that this thing can work, feel free to say so. If you choose to be negative, at least give a reason though. On the contrary, if you don't think im insane for trying this, if anyone could give me some advice on removing the top of the acoustic, or if anyone could name a decent, cheap acoustic (hey, I don't want to waste my money if i screw up, it's happened before), I'd love it if you'd tell me. Thanks for any input you have, and this'll also be posted in solid-body, so you might want to check there for other responses.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

i don't really build a lot of guitars, but ive gotten myself quite a reputation as a finisher of them... whenever my friends are making a guitar, they come to me to do the finishing i feel so special

well, i guess what im trying to say is that i got into it because i wanted something to paint without being constricted by normality

oh, and in case your wondering, yes, i'm eccentric

you could paint your name in pink all over it(many different sizes)thaqt would be flamboyant.

hmm, that sounds like something my brother would want me to do with one of his guitars,

im not a "pink" person, so id prolly use some really gaudy looking metalic paint or really bright flourescent yellow!

this topic's gettin some good ideas goin now!

hi, this is my first post, yay!

i was wondering what you would suggest for the absolute beginner (i.e. me! ) airbrushing type person

i don't have much to spend, about 50 dollars U.S.

thanks

Get a Paasche H model airbrush, around $45 and a great beginner airbrush

Paasche H

thanks, i'll look into that, though i think my project guitar has been put on hold for a bit as i just bought a sax. guitars and saxes are both great, and i had been neglecting my sax playing for a bit, but soon ill be back makin guitars, lol

how about like this

that's pretty nice, but it lacks a certain flamboyence I'm looking for in my guitar. it really needs to stand out

Hows about a traditional front transperent burst with a comic book back so it has two personalitys

Whoa, nice idea man, so far I think I'll go wif that

well, i screwed up pretty big while writing this because I also forgot to mention that the burst is transparent too

well, I don't really want to but I may not be able to do another project guitar in quite awhile, and the opaque ones are pretty cool lookin too

o, and forgot to mention, union jack is transparent finish... oops

thanks for everyones contributions so far

Please ignore this, I screwed up with the pole, so I made a new one that works

Well, I'm building a project guitar thats a PRS copy with a flame maple top, and I'm not sure how i should finish it

As you can tell, I REALLY like green! lol, so there will definately be some hulk in the comic book finish, lol

If you could post your reasons for your choice in a reply I'd appreciate it...

Thanks

Well, I'm building a project guitar thats a PRS copy with a flame maple top, and I'm not sure how i should finish it

Cause I'm not sure if the poll is gonna work rite, I'll put the options here aswell:

-Bright green stain with cream back and natural coloured binding

-Dark green to light green to yellow sunburst with dark green sides and back and no binding

-A paint I found that changes colour between green and silver depending on what angle you look at it

-Material finish it with old comic books

-Material finish it plaid to match my scotish terrier

-Union Jack colour it

As you can tell, I REALLY like green! lol, so there will definately be some hulk in the comic book finish, lol

If you could post your reasons for your choice in a reply I'd appreciate it...

Thanks

Damn, I think I'm going to purchase a wife then... hugs and guitars, that's great

you go girl, lol

i play DOA3 on xbox, lol, does that count?

this isnt really a serious question, but could you stain the wood with RIT dye? just wondering because I used to tie-dye and seem to have quite a bit of it left over...

whoa man, that looks absolutely awesome!

i was gonna dye the flame maple top of the guitar im building a bright orange then use that tan stone paint on the sides and top, but that looks so cool, i wanna swirl it now

can anyone tell me how to do it though? i have absolutely no idea...

hi, this is my first post, yay!

i was wondering what you would suggest for the absolute beginner (i.e. me! ) airbrushing type person

i don't have much to spend, about 50 dollars U.S.

thanks