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Or just wrap a piece of tape to mark how deep you want to go, and watch, and drill until the tape hits the wood....
Chris
Well, the problem with the tape is that it moves, too, and in addition tends to get messed up after drilling a hole, and can't be re-used. The hose needs to be cut the entire length of the bit, fromt he chuck to the point on the bit where you want to stop drilling. Maybe I didn't make that clear.
The other tips are good, too.
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Obviously I'm no expert or I wouldn't have posted. But, it seems to me that it should be some kind of mathmatical formula taking all factors into account. I realize that one LP can sound different from another. Isn't this due to things like wood density?
It has been said by better guitarists than I will ever aspire to be that the biggest variation in tone is in the guitarist's fingers.
It has also been said that if building guitars was to be compared to building ships, the solid-body guitar would be the equivalent of the dugout canoe. The National Resonator might be a 3-masted schooner.
You can hear all sorts of arguments. I have an Ibanez with a mahogony body, maple top. Another one had an agathis body. The cheaper one actually sounded better (although it didn't "feel" better!).
Dean Guitars swears their paulownia body (just a step up from balsa) has great tone, due to the "angles of the strings on the headstock, and the spread of the body."
Maybe.
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Now I have been shopping for my guitar parts for ever. I have been trying to get really nice stuff. I am using snakewood,quilted maple, and black limba. Anywayz I am about to buy the top for the guitar and um well I am kinda tossed between 2 tops. one is 500 and the other is 350. the one that is 350 has the 1 written above and the one with the 2 is 500. what do u guys think ill go with whatever u guys say. I just cant make the choice. I just cant tell if the other one is worth the extra 150 bucks.
Opinions are like...well, like bellybutton, I guess; we all have one. I personally like #1 better. For $150, I can buy a pretty decent guitar!
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I've just read the tutorial on drilling for inlay marker dots made from guitar picks. There was one weakness in the instructions, and I'd like to make a suggestion to remedy that.
The author (Brian Johnson?) suggests using a 1/4 inch drill bit to make the hole for the dot, and then says to be careful not to drill too deep!
Here's a way to control the depth of the hole you drill. Get a piece of 1/4 inch ID hose, such as vacuum hose from an auto supply store, and slip it over the drill bit. Leave only as much bit exposed as the depth you want to drill. In fact, leave a little less exposed, because the hose tends to compress a little.
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There are attachments for a hand (electric) drill that will allow you to drill a hole perpendicular to the work piece. I can't point you to one right now, but they usually have a sliding "skirt" framework around the bit to help you get to the proper angle. Check at Sears, or at some similar tool-rich place.
Oh, wait, here's one you can look at:
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A better guess is that you are doing it so well and explaining it so thoroughly that no one needs more information. Pat yourself on the back for being a good writer/teacher, and keep doing it!