mammoth guitars

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Fill the holes with epoxy wood filler and redrill so the ferrules will cover the filled hole. Once assembled you will never know the difference.

There are two commonly used ways to transparently finish guitars, 1) stain the wood, then clear coat over it, 2) spray tinted clear over the wood, then clear coat over it. Number 1 gives the best look but 2 is easier. Either is acceptable and both are widely used.

Looks like transparent blue sprayed onto the body but could be stained. Dye is what used to stain something however problably more concentrated than a ready to stain product. Use alcohol to stain. The stewmac stuff works with either.

That is a Quilted Maple top that appears to be stained with a black burst painted edge. The stained top along with a clear coat is what makes the top jump out with the 3D effect.

+1 toothpicks and wood glue, easy clean up.

We have done that but with a double or blend pot.

When you're tone controls at 10, the resistance on the pot should be 0 ohm, so all the sound goes straight through the pot, and doesn't pass through the cap. Tone at 10 is like there is no tone control in the circuit. In still other words, tone controls throw away highs.

When the tone pot is at 10 the maximum resistance of the pot is between the output signal and the cap to ground. The output signal does not go through the pot as a tone control is not wired in that way. When the resistance is lowered towards zero more signal is sent to the cap which shunts the high frequencies to ground.

Use a drill press with a cove molding bit with a large enough diameter to accomodate your switch/knob.

where is a good place to buy mahogany neck blanks I am wanting a big enough piece where I can cut the headstock angle without a scarf joint on a side note what species of mahogany does gibson use.

We build those to order.

Another site with pictures showing Lou the inventor in a "playing position".

http://amycrehore.blogspot.com/2006/12/tee...irl-guitar.html

Our wood inventory page has been updated with new stock 10/26/2008. Please email us with any questions.

Thanks much! I bought a compound radius fretboard - this won't affect anything, right?

It should not affect making the neck in the same dimension with the exception of the radius.

JEM Neck DimensionsScale Length: 648mm/25.5"

Width At Nut: 43mm

Width At Last Fret: 56mm

Thickness At 1st Fret: 19mm

Thickness At 12th Fret: 21mm

Radius: 430

http://www.ibanez.com/eg/guitar.aspx?m=JEM...mp;u=138#detail

You should use a spiral downcut bit versus a straight bit.

If you start selling instruments, you are running a business as well. That means accounting, dealing with both happy and unhappy customers, trying to make a profit etc. For some, these sorts of things can take the joy out of the process of guitar building.

Amen to that.

Sure, just wire each volume as independent. Many basses are done this way with no pickup selector switch.

Drop in push/pull pots in place of the tone pots and retain the standard look and tone control.

Here is another http://www.atlantaguitarworks.com/

Standard LP/SG bridge pickup distance - 1 11/16 from center of bass E bridge post to center of pickup height screw. And as Primal stated neck pickup ring up against then end of the neck.

We use Loctite 410 - Black CA glue.

Just use acrylic black in the rattle can.

Do you mean G & L Guitars?