mistermikev

wow, never seen those.  question is... who's pleasure are they for?

3 hours ago, Bizman62 said:

There's also push-in versions similar to the bushings for bridge posts.

"tele cup with the jam washer" - you mean these or an actual ribbed insert?  I've never seen that...

Surprisingly the jem doesn't have any issues going on a guitar strand... that is the closest to setting it down I ever come!

the tele cups are nice... if you were gonna go that route I'd def go for an electrosocket.  esp since mounting the typical tele cup with the jam washer might be a pain.  then again the electrosocket has to screw into something.

hopefully you'd have enough room for either going in from the top... you might want to check that because the jack itself is 3/4", plus the cup which is somewhere around 3/4".  I guess in a les paul you should have enough room... but then the 1/4" plug will stick out beyond the end of the 1/4" jack so... you'll have to do some measuring to make sure. 

(going to let that ask air out as I don't have experience in that topic but many here do)

you might consider doing a google search on "jack on back of guitar" to get some ideas of how you'd work that out...

on the jem... it's on the side but dif than typical... works rather well for me...

right on Brum... I think you'll be fine.  When/if you do run into problems... reach out and you'll get the help you need.  With resources like some of the veterans we have here... you can't possibly go wrong!  (Ask me how I know)

5 hours ago, Bizman62 said:

Should I get worried about you 'Muricans? This is the second post today where you youngsters whine about your age.

well, you know how we do over here... fast food coupled with lots of hard labor (iow we don't just sit around in saunas all day!  haha!  just kidding of course)

2 minutes ago, SGFanboy42 said:

It's not exactly classical, I prop the guitars lower bout on my lap, it brings the neck up so my wrist is straight. So yeah, on most guitars the jack is right where my knee rests.

I just had an idea: what if I drilled out the control cavity cover and mounted the jack there? I have a Les Paul Style guitar and if I were to drill the hole just off center and back.

could totally work.  If I was going to do that... then I would DEF go for the strat jack.  just cut a hole and voilla.  you would have to check it to ensure it didn't bump into anything on the inside, and if you take off your rear cover youd either have to be able to remove the wires on the jack quickly (could be done with simple auto industry quick connectors) or otherwise leave them connected.  could be done... and it'd be kinda cool.

have heard them... didn't realize they are from finland?  or are you joking... they are pretty cool.  anywho, steven segall is actually a decent guitar player.  has a crazy collection of guitars.  AND knows akido!

srry for dbl post!  getting old.

if you are like me... then the issue is you hold the guitar like a classical... between the legs... for that reason lots of jacks get in my way... for a lp type guitar... I just use a 90 degree jack on the cable.

AFA jack... I'd go look at ibanez.  Not sure it would look great to have a strat style jack on a gibson.  nor would it look great to have an sg style... IMO. 

afa edge... that's a great suggestion from bizman, you could also consider doing an edge banding like they do on the gretsch, or possibly just doing a jack in both places.  just some alternative thoughts.

2 hours ago, avengers63 said:

I hate getting old. I'm only 49, but I can't stand for more than a few hours now without being done for the day. 

Any, on to the pickguard. I traced the image, spray glued it onto some hardboard, finessed it into shape, routed, beveled, drilled, and the fucking thing is smaller than the original. I THOUGHT I had the image at actual size when I traced it. What's done is done.

Even if I had the extra inch of length on the control chamber, there's no way in God's green Earth I'd fit all that crap in there. This is why plans deed to be kept fluid. It just went from an active pre-amp 3-band EQ to a generic 3-way/V/T. Life goes on.

Part of the fun stuff - 99% of the routing to the template is done. Tomorrow I'll likely fer the pickup cavities and control chamber done up.

Yes, the bottom is flat. IDK how it happened. I measured it and test fit it about 30 times before gluing it together. I have a cutoff with it in the clamps. 

well... that's a bummer but... if that's the worst thing that happens to you today you'll be doing "aight". 

20 minutes ago, ShatnersBassoon said:

Here’s some ‘Norway maple’ that I bought recently. The contrasting colours are slightly reminiscent of black limba don’t you think? 

thought is was black limba at first.  beautiful stuff.  that's gonna make a fantastic guitar. 

on that note... you know steven segall actually plays guitar... has a huge collection, and he's not half bad either. 

didn't realize that was that band's name... but I've listened to them before... they are awesome!

17 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

No, they all play unplugged. Strumming chords and singing simple pentatonic melodies.

hehe, that's going on your greatest hits album.

c'mon man... btw... do any shred guitar players live in Finland? hehe

"seriously, you call yourself a guitar player and don't know what the axe fx is?"  tsk tsk

don't normally care for birdseye tops but I have to admit... that is going to look noice.

59 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

Noice... as I've recently learned to spell it

I am so flattered by your use of noice... it's very noice. 

note the axe fx iii in my setup - it's new: that is going to be the reason I get nothing done for the next month!

20 minutes ago, avengers63 said:

I don't remember where I got them, but I use thin plastic rods for the side dots. I think they're 2mm. Super inexpensive. The hole isn't even 1.4" deep. A tiny drop of super glue, jam the rod into the hole, trim it flush.

I actually just don't do side dots... but was referring to those lovely fret markers.  they kind of look vintage like cream with a hint of orange.  what material?

"really ties the room together" hehe 

doh, missed the part about strings popping out.  as the good advice given... you'd have to somehow lower the trem assembly... perhaps check that you have the spring in there correctly or if something is pushing it away from the body.

probably not a big deal... you just need to intonnate it.  If you have a really accurate tuner (really should be strobe quality).  my advice would be, once you have it intonnated, mark it with something temporary, and get some 3m double sided tape (the really weak stuff) and apply to prevent rocking/movement going fwd.  A gibson tech did this to my es295 for me and while a purist might say it is a barrier to tone... a lot of pros with archtop bridges do this.

15 hours ago, Frankdemariany said:

Thank you both so much. I'll be working on the sanding of the neck this weekend so more updates and questions to come.

rock on and your welcome.

I did a set neck on my sweet spot blue and it was spoke wheel - adjust thru the 19th fret.  Honestly I don't see any reason a set neck would be a problem.  Like anything else you just have to plan ahead in terms of how it's going to interface with the (potential) top of the guitar... but it's no dif than anything else I spose.

afa gotm... cool and congrats!