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  1. goat
    They`re BEAUTIFUL! I sent you a P.M.
  2. goat
    Are you talking about the access hole in the fretboard? The truss rod is a stewmac hotrod with a spoke wheel and I am able to turn it enough to get to each spoke.......Otherwise if that's not it, did I do something wrong? Two 1/8 turns equal 1/4.You should be fine.You don`t want to adjust a neck in large increments.
  3. goat
    Thanks Jon. No,you can post them.You do nice work!
  4. goat
    Thanks TM Here`s the amp.I`ve since made a Mahogany Cover for the head,but I don`t have any pictures of it. The amp I built from The Marshall 18 watt spec.They have a DIY forum . http://www.18watt.com/index.php Amp Cabs http://new.photos.yahoo.com/davidmenegaux/...460762307844071 Amplifier http://new.photos.yahoo.com/davidmenegaux/...460762307841879 I think I used the ABM tailpiece and head but I have a Schaller roller tun-o-matic.I can measure the posts for you,but the spacing on each string is fully adjustable.Three years ago they didn`t charge half of what they are charging now.I think I just discarded the Bridge they sent me.
  5. goat
    Drak has asked me to post photos for some of the Newbies. I have not been on the forum for several years.In 2003 I did my first build.Since then I have had alot happen.I now have two beautiful children. In late August I got into a head-on collision with a car.I was on my Triumph motorcycle.OUCH! I just went back to work last week. I am now building two basses(maybe three)so will need the help of all the great luthiers here.This is The best resorce around. I could not have built this guitar without it. In Progress http://new.photos.yahoo.com/davidmenegaux/...460762307844722 Finished guitar http://new.photos.yahoo.com/davidmenegaux/...460762307844694
  6. goat
    In Progress http://new.photos.yahoo.com/davidmenegaux/...460762307844722 Finished Axe http://new.photos.yahoo.com/davidmenegaux/...460762307844694 Johnny and I and another legend http://new.photos.yahoo.com/davidmenegaux/...460762307846079 I saw Johnny several more times.He played my blue one backstage and then signed it on top.He couldn`t believe i built it.The sad part is I had already put my camera in the car with my coat.It was sub-zero in the winter about two years ago and I was leaving when James his singer came and grabbed me outside and said "Come on,Johnny will see you now."I just grabbed the guitar without my coat,which had the camera inside.So I don`t have any pics of Johnny playing my homebuilt.
  7. goat
    Drak,You`re The Best! I LOVE your work.
  8. goat
    It looks Gorgeous! How wide is the Body at it`s widest point?
  9. goat
    I thought the Maple Top and Backs might be brighter sounding than the Walnut.I want the Purple Heart in there for the bright color. Is the PurpleHeart a good neck wood if I use more of it in the laminate than the Maple???
  10. goat
    Yeah,I love the Jazz set-up.I have two Jaguar basses I play right now.I just got a Vintage White one with a brown tortoise shell pickguard.They only sell those in Japan right now.The other one is Hot-Rod Red. So I`m probably going for the Carl Thompson style shape.
  11. goat
    I love that shape.I will be building one similar.Keep up the great work!
  12. goat
    I know a lot of this will be personal preferences but I`m interested in some opinions just to get some ideas. Well I have a shop full of great woods and my friend just gave me a piece of Black Walnut 18"x2"x60". I have several bookmatched Flame Maple pieces and some Purple Heart.I want to make a couple of neck-thru bass guitars. My question is if I make one with a Maple Top and Back with a Black Walnut core,,will it be too bright sounding? and does anyone think a M/PH/M/PH/M laminated neck would clash with Black walnut wings colorwise ? Maple=M PurpleHeart=PH
  13. goat
    Here she is! (CLICK LINK) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/davidmenegau...404.jpg&.src=ph
  14. goat
    Yeah,I do alot of my work outside.I roll my bench and tools out onto my driveway when the sawdust starts flying.It`s kind of hard to do in winter.
  15. goat
    I use them all the time.No problems yet.I get alot of compliments on the sound. You got a great memory
  16. goat
    Hey Drak,The one i`m building now is STRAT looking with some cuts and chops here and there.. A Bookmatched flametop,thru-body maple neck,mahogany wings. Johnny played the one I made and then signed it!He said, "You made this???How`d you do that???" He said it twice . I gave props to project guitar forum,so indirectly he knows all you guys helped. Drak,where`s some of the stuff you done lately?,I want to see them.I always loved those axes.
  17. goat
    Things look great here.Hope all is well. I`m working on a new guitar.
  18. goat
    thanks.Yeah,I got the chassis and trannys from Graydon. The amp is the best sounding one I`ve ever heard,and I`m not just saying that because I built it.That`s the reason it`s so popular. That rope is just a wood trim I got at Lowes.
  19. goat
    Just wood and speakers.
  20. goat
    Hey everyone.Hope all is well.Been pretty busy building my head and cabinets.The cabinets are done.I still have to make the cab for my head. They are white birch.I stained them.I have an Alnico blue in one and a Greenback in the other.Photos
  21. goat
    I use rasps and finger/palm plane a la Ted Williams carving his baseball bats with a bottlecap. Going rough at first so you don`t go past the point of no return
  22. goat
    Congrats JFC!That`s a beautiful guitar.You got my vote.
  23. goat
    That`s great stuff.
  24. goat
    I had that happen and believe it or not ,I used a coarse piece of emery cloth,like the plumbers type,80 grit,and used the edge like a bandsaw blade and slowly sanded through it and cleaned it up with an exacto saw.It was about .020 I think.
  25. goat
    "The Rain Song"-Led Zeppelin
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