goat

This is a GUITAR forum.  I can't see that there is ever any need to bring sexual orientation into the discussion.

You are the one who is making it a SEX thing.

and help him understand that "different strokes" aren't bad,just different.

"It takes different strokes to rule the world!"

I think Gary Coleman wrote this catchy tune on a Fender Squier.

(I know ,that was bad )

Looks great.Good Job

what exactly makes a squier strat gay?

This is a very good point. Using the word "gay" as an adjective for something that is crap, bad, undesireable, etc, is in very bad taste. I am not gay myself, but I find this usage very offensive.

Get over it!

He`s making a joke about a guitar(guitar forum ),you`re making a reply about political correctness.

Everyone can`t think the same.Why are people so easily offended?

buzz feiten, buzz shmiten thats what i say!

Yeah! "I`ve patented perfect intonation."

dang.goat,you are going to have to reign in your sense of humor!

i don't think snork understands what a joke is

Yeah,I won`t tell him about the guitar I made out of I-beam to play heavy metal

After seeing that Yamaha I just grabbed a chisel and hammered my frets.Bent the snot out of `em,but it sounds great!

I will be entering mine next month also.

I started an archtop two years ago!It was my first guitar too.I spent a ton of time just making the molds to hold the sides for a 17" guitar and an 18" .

I also made a bender out of 4" stainless pipe.I egg shaped it,welded a top on it and put a 300 watt light bulb in it.I carved the maple backplate by hand,and that`s where I stopped! LOL I still got a hotbox loaded with AAA flame bookmatched and killer solid spruce.Enough for three guitars.

I need to get back to that.I`ll try to post some pics of that fiasco.It`s all good,it just took sooooo long tooling up and making stuff for it,I went on to painting pictures .

I see you`ll be here in Doylestown

The weapons of our warfare are not carnal!

hey goat , when you comming to one of my shows? you live close to me, i'll let you play this guitar if you want.

Yeah,where ya` playing?

What`s the name of your band?

I think it looks great.

I have a question .

I am painting my guitar and I need to tape over the inlay before painting.

Is there a clear tape you can paint over,because I can`t see the inlay through the tape to trim the masking tape around my logo?(does this make sense?)

That is beautiful work!

That really looks great!

How does it play/sound?

My name is David,I`m 41 years young.

I was born and raised in N.Y.C.

I am a Steamfitter/certified welder and worked in Nuclear and chemical plants until I was 33.I still hold my union card but now work in a Wastewater treatment facility in Doylestown,Pa. (a **** plant!)

I used to play in alot of bands,now I enjoy painting,music,guitars and motorcycle roadracing.

"you don`t quit racing because you get old,you get old because you quit racing"

I ordered some more shims almost a week ago and still haven't recv'd them yet. I think the part # is BP2214-001 ($4.50). Good luck. I think I may grab on of my feeler guages and hack it up if they don't show up soon.

For anyone who wants to calculate the sizes of the shims from feeler guages... I checked the Dr. Math forum particularly the section for circle for any helpful formulas. This diagram seems to apply to this situation:

with the formula: d = sqrt(4r^2-c^2)/2 being the most salient. Calculate your values for d (the shims) with r being either your starting or ending radius and c being the distances between 3rd/4th, 2nd/5th and 1st/6th strings.

It'd probably be easy enough to "trial and error" the correct feeler guage sizes but for those who want some mathematical rigor, the above should be a good starting point.

L.S.D.

Now I know I was meant to work with my hands!

Thank God I`m an artist

For over $100 for that,I wouldn`t.Just dots for fret markers on a Les Paul don`t look right but that`s just my opinion.If times an issue and you`re looking for a paul,you can get a finished Paul Turser or Epi. more time/cost effective than all the work for that thing,otherwise ,build a beautiful neck.Alot more satisfaction.

A small flatsawn piece of wood will make a nice laminate neck,18$ fretboard $6 in frets,.done! (a little more than that,but.....)

That grain is sweeeeeeet

The carve looks cool too

me neither

what kinda finish are you going to use? just a clear coat?

Metallic Blue

I`ve named it "The Slinger"

My cat plays too!

pre-finishing pictures

Thanks for all the input

Johnny

those shiny paint pens.

I'd clear over it.

but i'd prolly test it first, on scrap painted wood.

see if the laquer or whatever you put on it eats the paint pen or what.

Yeah,that`s what I was worried about.But no time,it`s tonight