Anglagard

Hello, I don't now it this will help, but I've repaired similar cracks my inserting wood glue with a seringe (a medical one). It can be tricky because of the vacuum effect, mas you can insert the needlein the crack and squeeze some glue wihle you slowly take the needle of the wood. If necessary, you can thin the glue by mixing a bit of water. After that, you just need to clamp it. Te neddle will act as a clamp to open the crack. You can also rotate the needle for better glue spread. Que hokle in the tip of the needle wil them spred the glue in various directions. I've been using this method and it works fine for me. Please leave any comments regarding this technique and if you try it, please tell how it went.

I am asking the sames question as you Sambo. I was really curious about thesse pickups since I sw then in the banzaieffects site. Since I'n in Europe, they will cost something around 15 to 30 dollars. I've tlked to one of the guys in banzai and he told me that, although they are not in the same league as duncans qualitywise, they are really good for their price and are designed by the german company MEC that has been equiping the whole range of Warwick basses, from their entry level instruments to the top of the range. If they equip $5000 basses, hell, the pickups must be good! But has anyone tried the guitar versions? If the guitar pickups are similar in quality, we may have a best for the buck situation here.

First of all, thank you for all your kind advices. The neck wood will be as I described, but for the body... At this moment I'm thinking of a 1 piece carved top mahogany body. Soundwise it should be better choice since there are no glue lines whatsoever. And what do you think about using a 1 piece african padouk body? I can get paduak as easely as mahogany. I can get my hands on several boards of paduak 3 to 4 meters long and more than half meter wide, with enough thickness for a 1 piece body. I can get both kinds of wood real cheap and all the wood is stable and air dryied. The thing is... I've never played a paduak bodied guitar, so I'm playing safe with mahogany. Maybe I'll end up making two guitars to get the best of both worlds because I also have a piece of quartesawn flame beech that is asking to be turned into a guitar neck..

Thank you Al Heely! Actually I do like more dark sounding guitars. I was thinking about making it a bolt on for the reason you mentioned. To kind of balance de "darkness" of the wood. I forgot to mention that the guitar will have a fixed brigde and two humbuckers with series/parallel/single mini toggles in adition to the "regular" 3 way switch. Would an ash top be a good match?

First of all, I would like to thank you guys for all the information and advices in this forum and in the PG site. After some minor projects and lots of reading, I'm going to start building my dream guitar (almost). I would like to know your opinions regarding my choice of woods. I'm building a PRS inspired carver tog guitar with a bolt on or set neck (I'm not sure yet). I'm a bit limited regarding the woods that I have available, but I managed to find some wood that has been air-drying for several years, in some cases, several decades. The neck will be laminated and I'll be using: The centrepiece in Jatobá (Hymeanaea spp), then two laminates of Brazilian rosewood and the two outer laminates will be made of Tacula (Pterocarpus soyauxii or african paduak). It will have a Brazilian rosewood fret board. My question is, since I've never played a guitar with theses species of wood, what sound should I expect? I'll be using them mainly because they are all dried and stable. And, since I'm going for a laminated neck, I shouldn't have neck-warping problems. The other question concerns the body. Originally I wanted to make a 1 piece mahogany backed guitar with a book matched top. But since I cant get a decently figured wood, is there any disadvantage if I use a 1 piece mahogany body? I can get a piece of mahogany big enough to do it. Theoretically, I think that a 1 piece body will have the best sound possible, but what do you think? Sorry about the long post and some errors and thank you in advance for any advice.