samdjr74

Hi All,

I'm looking for someone who can build me a project guitar. I want a neck-thru body blank of a 10 string Bich style guitar, any takers?

Thanks,

Sam

Hi All,

So all Telecaster bridge pickups have some type of metal plate in them so the mounting screws go through to ground the bridge? Any one have any pictures?

Thanks,

Sam

I use a speedloader on a custom made Warmoth guitar and I love it. Yes you do gain a faster way of changing strings but I bought it because it doesn't require the locking nut and string blocks that I've always hated. Plus this thing hardly ever goes out of tune. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one. The strings get pricey but if you look at what a set of Elixirs go for it's not too bad.

Thanks for all the help guys. I can't dowel the body, it's solid aircraft aluminum, to dowel it would be very difficult without some major tools. I think Drak ans SouthPA is on to something and I'll try that out on Monday. The only problem is I can't get in touch with the guy who built it so comparing to other guitars should help. Thanks everyone for the help and info.

Thanks,

Sam

No, it's not completely out of the picture but even if I did that I would still need to figure out what scale the neck has to be. So what I need to know is what measurements can I use from the bridge position to say the tail of the neck pocket to determine the scale lenght needed?

Thanks,

Sam

Well one thing I have going for me is my brother is an auto body mechanic specializing in custom paint jobs but unfortnely he's out of work now so if he ever gets another job in that field I guess he would be my best bet. I was just hoping that there was a home brew way of doing it, thanks for all the responses.

Sam

Hi All,

I want to make a retro 60's surfer guitar for my next project but I want to make it a ruby red big flake metallic finish like this (in red though)

http://www.gretschguitars.com/gear/index.p...=&cat2=&q=&st=1

Is it possible to create this finish without an auto body shop? And if it is where should I begin to look for the paint?

Thanks,

Sam

Hi All,

I have a rather strange problem. I have a solid aluminum warlock shaped body that already has the bridge holes drilled. My question is, how can I verify what scale lenght I have so I can get a neck for this body without going out and buying a couple of necks to test fit.

Thanks,

Sam

Hi Tom,

Yes there is a person ho makes set neck replacements at a very resonable price. I am going to use one of his necks on an upcoming project.

Thanks,

Sam

http://www.soulmateguitars.com/

hey soapbar, thanks for the info, will do

Hi All,

I got a stupid question, is there any difference between the neck plate for a guitar and bass? I started building a bass a long time ago, lost interest and never touched it for years. Now I'm cleaning up my old stuff and want to finish it. It's a warmoth body with no holes drilled for mounted the neck, I have a nice neck which also has no holes. When i look up neck plates at stewmac or the local stores they only sell one size which is supposed to match up to a fender strat or tele. But is this same same size used for a p or j bass? Any help would be greatly appericated.

Thanks,

Sam

I personally like working with warmoth parts. Their bodies and necks are well made but they do get a little pricy. I've built 3 guitars with warmoth bodies and necks and every one came out great. The heel on the last one was big so I contoured it like a AANJ and it works great.

Well I need to add my two cents here also.

First I agree with Drak, when I design a guitar I have a specific purpose in mind for it. I'm not a big Floyd fan but there are times that I need an axe to dive bomb with so I built my own special super strat wanna be. the guitar was designed for one purpose, loud 80's hairband music and it does it well.

Now my opinions on OFR units, well I had an original one for years on a kramer, it was ok but never liked changing strings on it so this time I used the speedloader. The speedloader has got to be the best tremolo I've ever used for aggreive tremolo playing. it never goes out of tune, i never broke a string, it takes 5 inutes to change strings and tune them and yes you need to by certain strings but now ernie ball is selling them directly and the cost the same as a regular set.

Like I said, just my opinion

Sam

I can't see any of the pics, any one have any ideas?

Thank you all for the kind words, yeah it's a real work of art. As far as the carving it was only $500 so it's not bad t all and the head stock is kind of strange with no tuners up top but it gets a lot of comments and stares when I play out.

here's the link to Doug who carved it, next my guitar body is the esp that inspired this.

carving

Hi Daveq,

Yes it was inspired by George Lynchs screaming skull guitar. The price, well the body from warmoth was about $150, the carving and painting was about $500 the neck was $200, pickup was laying around the house, the speedloader was $175 and I had the lacquer and other materials around the house. It took about 5 weeks for the body to be carved and painted.

Thanks everyone, it does have that strat shape but then some and with the speedloader you can't knock this thing out of tune.

I was thinking about making the headstock a skeletons hand but the first couple of tries looked so bad I figure I need a lot more practice to make it right so maybe at a later date I will do something different up top.

Thanks guys, yeah I wanted a lead guitar but I didn't want the same old boring things you find at the local music store so I decided to go completely weird

Sam

My Webpage

lets try that again

Well after waiting a year for the speedloader, the right neck, modifiying the original FR cavity, finishing the neck and dressing it, the guitar is done and it plays perfectly. I can't take much credit considering I only did a small portion of the work but here goes. I ordered the body from warmoth and sent it to Doug Rowell for some custom carving and paint. The neck is from warmoth also. I sprayed the neck, sanded and buffed it and I decided to use the brass inserts instead of wood screws to attach the neck and it is great. I modified the back of the body for a AANJ. The only problem was the speedloader, it was not a direct replacement for a OFR so I had to modify the cavity with my router and repaint part of the body in that area. Any way take a look and enjoy.

My Webpage

Thanks SC, I missed that one

Hey Drak,

It's beautiful!!!!! I have one question, how much does the body itself weight, just out of curiousity?

Thanks,

Sam

I made my own puller by taking a flat rubber washer and a hard piece of metal like a cut off piece of pipe. I put the washer on the guitar top, the metal on top of the washer and then I screw in the post into the stud, as you tighten the stud it pulls the bushing out. Kind o hard to explain without showing you but it takes like 2 minutes and I've never damaged a guitar.

Sam