Scott Smith

Hi, thanks for the replies guys. Have researched it a bit more and apparently the thinners I have has Xylene and Toulene in them and the only gloves you can use with them are not disposable Viton was one kind think there are 3 others but none that you can get in the tight fitting disposable kind. Have tried the nitrile a few times and as long as you don't soak the glove in the thinners as you are cleaning the gun they hold up. Plus once I've cleaned up I chuck them anyway so should be fine like that.

Thanks again

Scott

Does anyone know of disposable gloves which won't disintegrate when cleaning guns with cellulose thinners? I've tried vinyl and nitrile both fall apart in a matter of a couple of minutes, even the heavy duty nitrile ones got holes in them after a few sessions.

Thanks

Scott

Thanks guys for your input I appreciate your input.

Scott

I have been looking on the net for a spiral cutter trimmer bit (one with the bearing wheel to copy templates) but haven't been able to find anywhere in the UK that distributes them. Iknow you can get them in the US but would prefer not to have to pay the shipping. Does anyone know where I can get one.

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Scott

I think you're right about the drill, made an attempt with a cheap guitar neck I found and the bit does find it's way out of the neck! An auger bit might be better as it has less chance of wandering and removes excess material well, so less burning. It could be done but the problem remains the same how to do it on a bass neck; I may have the answer but I need to give it a go to see if it works and is an easily reproducible technique. Stay tuned

Scott

my big question tho is if hes using that long of a bit, how does he avoid the bit wandering places not wanted?

damn rob...I swear, I didn't even see your post! But ya...it seems like the only logical explanation to me.

True drilling seems to be the answer, however the longest drill bits i can find are 400mm (bearing in mind they have to have a small diameter 6mm is what i have got) which is fine for guitars as that gets you to about the 3rd fret dot but what about bass necks?!?!?! And this is what he supposedly started with , modding his own bass without taking the fretboard off

Scott

Will the LEDs be wired in series or parallel?

Parallel I think, why?

Scott

he could possably, drill the holes for the leds then drill a channel down the neck under the finger board i.e. between the finger board and truss rod. then just solder stuff and run wires from there.

Well this is what I am thinking extremely fidgety though. Anyway I think I am going to give it a go soon and see if it's possible using just drilling. You know what would be good if someone had already got it done by SimS and for some crazy reason decided to dismantle the neck they just spent £300 getting modded; took some pics then posted them on here..........Anybody........no, don't blame you

Scott

Whatever his trick is, it's might clever. As far as I can see there is zero external evidence of how he runs the wiring, barring the exit point on the PRS.

My money's on trained termites

Man I've got to get me some of those termites then Seriously though, I wonder if anyone on this forum knows how to do this or at least has some ideas about how he does this then people could mod LEDs into just about any guitar not just those with 'removable' fretboards.

Scott

does he use a skunk stripe? That must be the trick.

Not that I can see plus any pic of the wires coming out seems to show as being to the right of middle anyway. Have a look at his "tour of shop " pics on his site and you will see a pic of him working on a prs and you'll see what I mean. I would really like to find someone who has taken apart one of his necks to see how it is done.

Scott

I have read a lot about LED fret dots on this site and found most of the advice to be very helpful, leading to me retrofitting a few necks myself. However I do have one question - how does SimS manage to put LEDs into a maple neck if it has no fretboard to take off in the first place? Plus I have read him stipulate that very fact (that he does not remove the fretboard) in a few different articles.

Thanks

Scott