vanemeth

I am expanding my music shop and looking to carry custom made guitars, hand built amps and effects.

Looking for any builders in Western Pennsylvania who might want to put something up for sale in my store.

I take very minimal 5-10% commission on consignment sales. I do a lot of advertising and promotion.

I am just 25 minutes south of Pittsburgh.

724-941-1435

I do have one question maybe you guys could help me out. Regarding the slitting saw blades, I have read that some makers say you can use these and other who say you absolutely cannot. What is the deal? I have ordered one recently (have not gotten it yet and it was only five dollars) to see if I can use it, but has anyone given it a go and what were your results?

Of course it is possible... but my opinion, unless you're trying to crank out 10 guitars a day... why bother. Seems you'd be more accurate by hand. Here is Gibson's:

I am not production minded, but just thought it might be an interesting challenge...and it would give me somthing to do while my finish is drying.

Was thinking bout making a gang saw for slotting fretboards. Could take a 3' threaded rod and 22 - .023 slitting blades found for roughly $5 eack on the internet. A couple of block bearings on each end of the rod ,and the blades spaced accordingly on the rod. Then with a pulley and motor on the end on a makeshift table/stand, rig up a one pass fretboard slotting saw. Bad idea, good idea, just plain stupid...input please.

All above are important things to keep in mind. But as far as the baby grand bridges go, they are golden! Have one on my first build, one about to go on another build that's been sitting waiting for a buffing for MONTHS, and one being planned on being used on an upcoming build. I'm in love with them, and there's a number of others who are too; Scott French being a big user.

Chris

been experimneting with the h.b.g., what is the best neck angle you have found with them?

Anyone have a good source for woods? I'm starting to plan my next project and need some good quality wood for a bass neck-thru.

Thanks in advance!

Try http://www.hardwoodlumberagent.com/ I live a few miles from this place and I am there at least once a week. His selection is awesome to say the least. He has a great ebay store and can you pay with cc. Plus Tom the owner is a super nice guy not in business to rip anyone off and he pulls the nicest stock for internet sales so he doesn't have to deal with returns.

...if you could only see this place in person it makes your head spin!

Good luck

What about titebond and waterbased finishes like stew mac or ktm-9?

what's even better, is a Harbour Freight just opened a year ago about three miles from my house...and it is even on the way!

that's a great find...looks like they have some very nice wood.

i just recently found a great supplier on ebay myself. i've purchased three different items from them..not for guitars but for my other wood art and i've never had faster delivery or better service. since i wasn't looking for guitar wood i really don't know if they sell wood appropriate for that use but they're worth a look.

http://stores.ebay.com/chits-exotic-hardwo...DME:B:FSEL:US:3

thanks for the heads up.

After looking for a new supplier of wood, I happened across this place, and to my astonishment found out it is only about 7 miles from my new house. So I went down there yesterday, and was just absolutely blown away. Every kind of domestic and exotic hardwood you could imagine and the selections were just primo, with just about every piece kiln dried and surfaced on both sides. The pricing was also really good (compared to what I was spending in the past).

The owner came up to me (as I was looking through the ebony) and ask me If I was a guitar builder, He then showed me around the place and took me back to the area where he sorts the wood for ebay auctions.

He does pull alot of the better pieces for his ebay store, so he doesn't have to deal with complaints or returns. Every picture on the ebay store is the actual piece of wood you get if you win the auction or buy it now. Plus he will ship anywhere in the world.

heres a link to his site which has a link to the ebay store:

http://www.hardwoodlumberagent.com/

p.s. for those who like white limba he does get some nice stock in frequently....

I use them. Quite religiously. EXCELLENT bridges! They are .5" high at their lowest (but of course you COULD reccess... dunno how that'd look with them??), and they go pretty much as high as any T-O-M bridge.

Chris

Thanks...

those are amazing, but I do have one question being that I am relatively new to building, how do you guys get the laminates in your tops and sometimes in the neck so thin?...

anyone use the hipshot babygrand before, and was wondering how you liked it and possibly how high it is, thinking bout using on a neck through so wondering about neck angle on it...etc

second answer first no you dont need it there are several guitar players that dont use one

instead they use a kill switch as in an on/off switch

as for two volumes there are two ways i can think of

one is for a humbucker. each coil goes to one pot the you can blend them together

or cut either out for a single coil thus lowering the output/increasing noise but a brighter sound

the other way would be with a on/on switch to roll back the volume at an instant

like a preset

ive never tried two pots in series but does not sound like a good idea as the last pot

would still determin the overall output hope this helps

Thanks wasn't sure if one pot would determine over all volume or output. Just curious about this because I noticed some people on here who where getting away from tone controls on some of thier builds..

Does anyone ever experiment with using two volume controls instead of having a tone control(s), and do you need a master volume control?...

I believe there are several guitars that offer that feature. (I think the peavey Wolfgang guitars where one?) I know warmoth offers that back contour as an option. One of the guitars I made sort of has this going on (by accident at first, but I went with it once I realized what as going on) and while I like the feel of it for open chords, it really doesn't seem to add a lot of comfort to me, as I don't usually play with my whole hand wrapped around the neck after I've left the first position. (I usually have my thumb against the back of the neck)

edit: here is the contour info at Warmoth.

...thanks for the info

Has anybody ever experimented with an offset neck radius, meaning that the neck was thicker at the high E string...or a neck that nuturally matched hand shape or size.