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  1. ihocky2
    I would think you would be fine with something like .010's maybe .011's depending on your feel. I have a Strat tuned to B-B with .012-.056 and love the way it feels and that is on a 25.5" scale. I normally play with .009's or a hybrid .009 set, so I like a farily soft feel to the strings.
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    Send the cocobolo to me and I'll send you some stable maple. Problem solved
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    I still only use a jig saw and find that 1/8" is okay on soft curves, but tighter curves 1/4" is better.
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    Should be polyester, but with the abuse it takes, it could be depleted uranium.
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    Also check out Gander Mountain, Dick's Sporting goods, and Cabela's. If you want to order online go to Midway USA.
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    What type of straight edge are you using? Is it a precision straight edge or a local hardware store one.
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    I use 13 degress. I have yet to snap off a head on a scarf jointed neck, and I use a pretty thin neck with no volute.
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    I am not sure how easy it will even be to find a mill bit that fine. You are talking a high precision bit that will probably cost as much as at least a neck. And that is if you don't snap that single one. Also find out how feasible it will be to put a piece of wood in there to get it machined. How much time will they or you be will to put into cleaning it out if it has been used for metal working. If they are using coolant, that stuff will be all over everything and will make finishing the guitar a nightmare. The machine basically needs to get power washed with degreaser to get that stuff out off all of the nooks and crannies, and to get all of the metal chips out.
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    The type of bridge would be helpfull. Tele bridges don't always need a seperate ground wire, since the contact with the pickup will ground it through the pickup. By adding a bridge ground, you actually create a ground loop.
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    I am glad this guitar was posted though. It got me looking through the catalog scans and I found out that two of my favorite gutiarists are pictured in the 1990 catalog that I didn't know where in there. Chris Caffery and Criss Oliva.
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    Check out the Jackson/Charvel forum, they will be a lot more knowledgable than most of the crowd here. They are several guys here that a J/C fans, but over there are guys who live and die by J/C's only. I do have to say though, that is more than I would have thought those would have sold for originally and the craigslist price is definitely higher than I would have expected. I don;t know if that is a good price for today or not, but the majority of the toothpaste logo's don't get a high dollar on resale.
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    the neck angle does nothing more than compensate for a high action with tall bridges. It will do absolutely nothing to your sound. If anyone is telling you that it gives more bass response there are biger factors that they are over looking. If they are saying a Les Paul has more bass response because they all have a neck angle, they are over looking the fact that it is an all mahogany guitar with a shorter scale length. Both of those will give a warmer tone with more bass. Adding a shim or an adjustment screw will only prevent you from having a tight, solid wood to wood contact when the neck is tightened down. And then having to shim the bridge higher off the body is going to make what could be a nice project look like a weekend hack job. Build with a flat pocket and no neck angle unless the bridge requires one. Then, just angle the neck pocket.
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    Next time you have the plug out go to the hardware store and get a few bits of brass or steel tubing and a ball valve. That way you have an easier access to the plug and can drain with pressure in the tank. I have a 30 gallon horizontal that was a pain to get at the petcock valve on it originally.
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    The other place is to look through the catalog J/C catalog scans. Those are easy enough to find. And it is even easier to narrow down since it is a toothpaste logo. So that means early 90's.
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    Binding a already finished nack can be tricky. You have to keep it flat and level, you have to deal with the FB radius. And if you use a bearing guided bit, the neck is no longer square, so the bearing will ride on the curve of the neck and cut deeper than intended. I see no reason to make it a set neck guitar other than for the look of a true Les Paul. A good fit bolt on can sound as good or better than a set neck.
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    Nice to know. If nothing else, if you have it hanging in a store somewhere, little things like that will make it stand out from the rest.
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    I just have to ask, can you see much of a difference between a 2000 grit fretboard and a 12000?
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    Just to clarify, acetone will destroy a laquer finish. It won't do a darn thing to the 2-part poly's once they are dry. I am not sure how the harware store poly's react to it. Acetone will also eat through super glue. Naptha is lighter fluid. Acetone is a much stronger solvent and thinner, that is a complete different composition. Acetone also evaporates much faster.
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    I hang mine on the wall to keep the straps out of my feet, and to keep them out of the dogs path of destruction. But when we get the quick big humidty changes my tuning goes out of whack and depending on how much of a swing the relief jumps up a few thousandths.
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    Really nice work there. I am not a fan of straight amber as a color, but that is just a personal thing. Otherwise, very nice work all around. I really like the cocobolo neck as well.
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    I thought the same thing since I don;t have the extra money laying around for a new one. But I found one locally on craigs list that was too good of a deal to let slide by.
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    I got a new Black and Decker a few years ago and it cuts great. Now this is probably 5 or 6 years ago and I hear a lot of complaints about B&D so there newer stuff might be lacking.
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    There are plenty of people that will mask off the sides and the face of the FB and then spray. A little tender work with some sandpaper and you can feather the edge right in and never know it was there. Or there is the easy way around the problem and add binding. Then you just mask off the face.
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    Thanks for the help. I ended up never going because the guys sold it already. But I appreciate the help anyway.
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    I am going to look at a used bandsaw this afternoon. It is a 14" but the gentelman doesn't know the brand or much about it, since it is his son's and he is just taking phone calls. I know what the features that make for a good bandsaw are, and I'll be looking for those. But I don't really know what to look for on it to make sure that it wasn't used and abused. The ad says that it is only a little over a year old and wasn't much, but that doesn't mean they are being completely honest either. So any tips on wear spots to look at and what to look for on a used bandsaw would be appreciated.
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