mistermikev

as ad said... the main reason on a 6 string is it looks cool! laminates have recently become more popular on 6 strings because you can build a really thin neck and still have something rigid. ibanez for instance. they build a lot of really low profile necks (the wizard) which over the years have become prone to stress cracks and even breaking... so lot of their guitars are now 7pc lams with a central wenge strip. (not necc even neck thru) if you were doing a 7+ string guitar, extended scale guitar (baritone) or a 4+ string bass you'd have more reasons to do it because of the stresses those necks endure, but it's really a design choice you have to make. I think you could probably build an 8 string guitar neck out of pine and it's not going to explode upon puttings strings on... however how it looks in 20 years might be a dif story. as I understand mahog is the least prone to issues with warping, but it is not all that rigid to begin with. I have read that sapele is more rigid... but more prone to warp... would love to hear what the veterans here have to say about that tho.

that certainly makes a dif... I have a 24fret sg and I grew up playing an sg90 (also 24fret sg)... I also have a dillion prs 24 clone... that dillion just feels like home to me. I love an sg and I can def get good access to the 24th on it... but the dillion just feels so much more comfy up near the 24. also have a jem 77fp and that also has amazing access at the 24 plus scalloped frets... still the dillion fits me best. I'm sure the difference is a combo of all things... the sg has a lot of body after the bridge but so does the dillion. then again who knows... up until recently I thought my blue tele was super light and it's 7+lbs. this is true and a good point. I play bass so I'm used to a really long reach but I hear you... the shorter reach def feels more comfy.

3/8" spaced out over 22 frets... probably doesn't seem like much... but I swear I feel it. there is also the perspective that reaching to the 1st fret is now 3/8" closer/farther. The the difference in tension could play a subliminal role in that. Not a huge difference, but then when you look at a strat vs a les paul... that's really only 7/8" difference spread over 22 frets. that said, I wouldn't wager that if you blindfolded me and put either in my hands that I could consistently identify which is which!

as I understand it... gibson advertises 24.75 but that is at the string(I have no idea how this would make sense as the frets would not change based on the string)... the real scale is 24.625... so lot closer to prs than one might think. Honestly I grew up playing a gibson scale but much prefer the prs 25"... those little tiny frets at the top are difficult for ol' sausage fingers here!

google for electricherald or gitarrebassbau... that's about all I can tell you on the subject!

so red then, a? this is gonna be a ladykiller. before you started this thread I was thinking "I wonder why you don't see so many prs single cuts being built" and now I'm asking that even more. Looks really great.

just looked at their tone pots... ok that's a decent cap. Honestly, I have never really believed much in hearing the dif in caps but I will say that I've built many big muff clones and if you don't put ceramic caps in at all it ends up sounding sort of 'wrong' because in this application they end up leaving some 'grit' in the sound. I hate using subjective terms and descriptions like that but I've done the experiment a few times just to convince myself and using all poly caps it is much more 'smooth'... which does not sound right for a big muff imo. So in the end... I have to admit that -depending on the application... there is something to the idea that dif caps sound dif... (not saying two dif brands of poly cap sound dif!) all that said... when I build things... I generally opt for decent caps not nec because they sound dif but because there is something to be said for accurate tolerances and I don't measure each part before use.

wow. i love the red one but the actual build looks amazing. I don't know a whole lot about ed roman but I've recently discovered his site and he had lots of cool ideas and built some nice stuff. I'm sorry to know he's passed on. I'm not crazy enough to attempt one for the record - probably couldn't pull it off anyway, but I am a guitar-lover enough to appreciate them... so thanks for posting and welcome to the greatest forum for guitar building ever. I hope someone picks up your gauntlet.

lets call this one a "billy square stinkray preamp". on a push pull. not verified yet, no idea where/when I'll use it... but I've used this before in a bass and it sounds great and has a very low battery draw using the lm4250. the treble pot would be mounted off board. will update when I verify it but have checked the schem (baja) 2x so... s/b good.

i guess they are only $8 here... is this the sm one? https://www.zzounds.com/item--PAUACC4111?siid=136093&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6Miv0rnJ4QIV7yCtBh18bwVgEAQYASABEgKzYvD_BwE don't mean to bag on your choice esp since it looks like you can get em for reasonable prices and honestly almost nothing prs is reasonable. on the other hand... looks like a 180pf ceramic cap... certainly wouldn't opt for that cap (and would be pretty disappointed to see a $2+k guitar with that). not only is it ceramic but it's not anything special in terms of quality. for $1 you can get 180pf mica caps that probably have much tighter tolerances and probably sound smoother, or wima caps for $1.25. just sayin'.

right on. you can def find some good deals on evilbay if you are patient. I got a lovely piece of flamed mahog I'm saving that was under $40. I'm guessing a good deal on something like yours was probably $100+?

the pot shell itself is grounded through the bolt... so in theory you could forgo grounding assuming you used copper shielding... but who wants to use THAT stuff! afa quality - I hear ya... I much prefer bourns or even alpha... but they have the low profile thing going so... there's that. they also make a nice spst pot that is very low profile. I've used those music man stingray preamp clone as a hi switch, and they are decent. I pretty much stick to bourns if possible.

yup... I think in the $5-13 dollar range there are many other better options. Once you spend $20+ I think anything you get is going to be solid. In cts's defense... I bought their long shaft pots when I had issues... I have also used their 450g no-load pots and their push pull pots w/o issue. Their push/pull design is pretty nice and slightly lower profile if I remember correctly. I'd probably give em another shot if I needed something like that.

no offence meant: "you get all that for $20+ ???" jk. If you like them that's all that matters. I have a thing with cts... the few times I've tried them they were consistently disastrous. They were so cheaply made yet expensive! tops disconnected from pots, feel was not smooth... but I imagine their $20 version is probably pretty nice. Have really wanted to try these: https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Bourns/95Z1D-Z33-EA0-323L?qs=sGAEpiMZZMtC25l1F4XBUyZdyM1XBpRKtej5bbfQ5nirhrYGkWl9cw%3D%3D but it's hard to justify $25 for a pot. look suspiciously like ernie ball sealed pots don't they?! I typically use their 16mm pots and they are like $6-10 and really smooth feel. the metal is thick and solid - actually takes force to bend the lugs - also brass threads.

thank you both for your responses!

honestly the best pot you can buy is bourns. the make many of the really quality pots for other mfg and across many things other than guitars (highly doubt prs makes their own pots). their sealed pots are really nice but then you wouldn't be saving money over prs. that said... prs pickups are really nice. for me tho... the pots are all about feel. for vol I like something with almost no resistance but smooth. for tone/other I like a lot of resistance so you can find your spot and not knock it out of play. other than that it's the sm taper and sm 250/500k. just a matter of longevity. I've been hoarding pickups for a long time. I've got seymour, fralin, dimarzio, emg, gfs, gibson... pretty much runs the gambit on price/quality. couldn't agree more. it's all about value for me. The one thing I think I know isn't true is that EVERYTHING one mfg makes is going to sound great in ANY guitar. as much as I've swapped pickups in many of my own guitars... I still think predicting what's going to work well is alchemy! building my own pedals/guitars has really opened my eyes to the fact that things being built in small batches by obscure builders are often much better than mass mfg equivalents. using parts/supplies that aren't available in quantities that make mass mfg possible, they tend to be more unique. small builders are more likely to use 'the good stuff' and aren't concerned about saving 3 cents per item. Give me things being built by people with passion. You can see it in your own builds. Love all these little 'spring up' pickup mfg. If I pay full pop for pickups it's going to be paid to one of them.

not that anyone cares... but I've identified a few of the unkowns - one is a matsumoku MMk 45 (meh) and one pickups has been identified as a 70's maxon. not terribly valuable but a pretty interesting pickup with a row of 'staple-style' poles under a std les paul type cover.

that's a nice quilt. where did you source it? that trem looks pretty industrial heavy duty too.

so saw a guy looking to trade a 'box of pickups' for a compressor and a phaser... he didn't know what any of them were but I could see an emg pj bass set that I could use. I had an mxr dyna and a flanger... met him at lunch. mxr was worth $45 and the flanger maybe $60 I got... 1 set of rose pickups -alba and buckaroo- tele pickups ($100ish new) 1 set of buhdda A2 strat singles ($70 new) 2 sets of american std strat pickups ($?) an ultrasonic 6 - I kept looking at his pics trying to remember the brand that had the u inside a square on them... kirk hammet endorsed and a few others in the 80s. this was a hell of a score because I'm a huge bill lawrence fan - have an HBL from my gibson sg90 still... love it. these pickups were designed by him. very rare and not terribly valuable ($50) but very desirable to me! emg bass pj 5 string set ($65) set of GandC humbuckers from a prs se a mexican strat single several 'unkown/unmarked' humbuckers - great for dummy coils! 3 9v pedal adaptors - electro harmonix, 1 spot, dunlop think I got ripped off! anywho... just wanted to share my excitement.

really looking nice. good work.

I'm partial to wupass myself... but was isn't bad either!

i have totally hijacked this thread. I'm sorry @scottr your tele is amazing! btw if you are looking for volunteers of mediocre players to play it for you (as mentioned)... my address is.... the flame is kinda on the back burner as I dread re-doing the rosewood binding.

btw... wood-users-purchasing-s'more... WUPS... huh? c'mon... is this thing on?

I would assume they would ship overseas but I dunno. You could ask Liz over at downhomewoods (etsy). In the us they will ship up to three tops for $18 and the tops are under $50 each so I thought that was quite reasonable. Couldn't hurt to ask anyway.

count me in! Perhaps we should start a wood-users-purchasing-s'more anonymous? have about 12 tops awaiting a build but when I heard my fav spot got a new shipment... couldn't resist! Irrational fear that the world will run out of quilted maple! but in my defense: