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hi there.. im in the stage of refinishing a guitar, but as im spraying in the outside, i got some "dust" (or something like that - im not talkimg about the actual small orange peel state) on the finish. So im wet sanding this with 400 grit, just to remove those things. Should i sand all the guitar to apply clear (the sides are nice)??? and can i apply clear over the "satin" result, or should i sand it to higher grits?? Sorry if it sound confusing, but english is not my usual language, and i think i missed some important lessons down the road thanks in advance

aidlook: as Thoughtless 7 said, i just have a diferent taste. i never use the tone control, and think this way i could get some cool tones with the seymour pups i have. By the way, its just a jazz bass scheme without a tone. borge: now THATS a cool idea.. i always liked buckthead killswitch stuff. I will probably do your mod. Thanks

hi there guys... im a long time stalker here, just drolling at all the great instruments you guys build but right now im with some simple question. I have a ibanez guitar, and i will remove the middle pickup, leaving me with only the two humbuckers. But, after seeing some wiring schematics on the web, i got two questions: 1 - i just have a 5 way switch, but right now i would just use it like a 3 way switch (bridge-both-neck). its possible (just for the moment) to wire the 5 way working this way? maybe something like position 1-bridge 2,3,4 - both (just linking the positions), and position 5-neck? since i can solder pretty nice, i would like to give this setup a test before purchasing new pieces (in Brazil its a pain to find those small guitar pieces ) 2 - if i use this schematic here (http://www.stewmac.com/freeinfo/Electronics/Wiring_diagrams/i-0032.html), and just remove the tone control part, will it work? I believe it will, but since i cant find my book on guitar electronics, im a bit lost here sorry if those questions sound stupid, and for my horrible english .. and thanks in advance. hope to post some of my guitar mods here soon.

well, even if a bit late, thanks for the answer ! i just replaced the nut, and it plays fine ! i got some tuning problems, specially with the bare nylon ones ! maybe i should change the tuners ?? do i need tuners for nylon, or can i use just better tuners ? about the electronics, i didnt liked that much the sound, even with steel strings ! but i found a new under-saddle kit, with eq and all thw fancy stuff, designed for nylon ! will put that on my guitar someday

?? man, sorry for being little off topic here, but im just loving that idea right now !!!!! im thinking about geting a 7 string guitar, but i know i woldnt play it that much ! and i got a nice strat body and neck there ! can the same goes for the guitar ? i just change the nut and bridge, add a new tuner and get a 7 string?? i know the strings will be closer, but i can live with that (and if i like the all 7 string deal, just got a real 7 string ! maybe get my own strat, change the neck pocket and put in a brand new neck

mine got ibanez jem jr higly modded (just the body and neck original) boss gt8 want i just want to be able to play my guitar trough a true amp, without my father or my brother telling me to turn down, even when my volume is at 1 ! if i could do that, then i would just go out and find a nice amp

the crappy system is a under-saddle piezo, but a real bad one !1 it just have a volume and a gain controler, and no batteries when i pluged it, i got sound but a not so nice one, so im thinking thats the bad electronics fault tomorrow i will buy a new saddle, and double check the piezo/saddle contact ! also, later i should have no problems instaling a new under-saddle piezo, with proper controlers, right ? (besides the problem of fitting the new one in the body) thanks for the answers - i realy liked the neck of this guitar, sonce a normal classical guitar kill my hands in no time

hi there ! i just got a cheap yamaha guitar, but i dont like steel acoustics at all ! so, i just got a set of nylon strings here, and gave it a go ! well, it works, and sound nice, until i plug it not so nice ! but my guitar got a craaaaapy system, so..... would i got any kind of issues using nylon ? i just need to widen the nut a bit ! thanks

hi there ! im moding my ibanez, and i got some ideas i think would look great ! about the guitar ! a jem jr with gotoh floyd rose, and 3 seymour duncan pups ! (i got the guitar in a trade) ! so, i got two volume controls, and 3 humbuckers "splitable" (in the middle position i got a stacked hum) and i will not use all the wiring in shows !! just for playing and recording at my home, so i dont care if it will be hard to change onstage ! i would like to: wire the two pots as volume controls (one for the neck and one for the bridge pups) - i never use the tone remove those out of phase things on the 5 way switch ! so i got only 1 - bridge 2 - bridge and middle 3 - middle 4 - middle and neck 5 - neck and just put 3 mini switchs, so i can just turn on/off one coil from each one of the pups what do you think ? wouldnt it get me a lot of cool sounds ? if anyone got some other ideas, please post it here ! thanks in advance

yeah ! thats a jem jr !!! i got it as a trade for a rg321 ! now it got some gotoh floyd rose and 3 seymour duncan pups sond good as hell, for a fraction of the price of a 7vwh ! and i really dont cara about the vine stuff !

tadaaaa ! i asked the same thing to a guy who changed the pups and bridge on this guitar i got! looks fine from the distance ! since the fretboard wood changes color a bit, near the nut the dots are darker than the wood !! but those are just wood plugs in the place of the dots ! hope it helps !

i used to got two guitars with gfs pups ! one ibanez rg321mh with fixed bridge and a gfs crusader on the bridge ! kicks ass ! i liked the sound a lot ! i actually liked it better than my other guitar with a seymour duncan JB at the bridge ! and a SX with the 60s repro pickups or whatever they are called ! that a cool sound ! i sold the guitar to a all single coils guy, who used to get guitars with Fralins and texas special pups, and it just loved the tone, so it cant be bad ! so, i think gfs sells amazing pups for the price ! its a shame i dont get any more guitars to put some in now i just got a ibanez jem jr, with gotoh floyd and all seymour duncans pups

something like this ? LOLOLOLOLOLOL

so i just played guitar learnign from the net and friends for a loooong time ! can play all that blues and stuff, but being a bit of a 80s fan (even if i dont see the real thing, cos i was born in 1981 ) , i tried to find a school to improve my playing ! so here i was (for 5 months) in the best school on my city, and just playing things i know (they are group classes, and i need to start from the 1 "level") they got 10 levels, each one with 6 months !!! man, i think i would just learn what i was searching for the 3 or 4 level, so i quit, and buyed the Frank Gambale Speed picking method (wich ROCKS ), and the berklee method (all the 3 books) any toughts about this book ?? i just started, and for what i already see, if teachs guitar like one would teach violin... you first learn a C major scale in 4 strings, train a bit those, then learn the others strings, and so on ! the old stuff i learned (and all i can play) was based on the CAGED system ! so im thinking about just starting again from the berklee, and learn their way ! its a good or bad idea ? thanks

maybe i can be a bad example to all the others... now i into running everyday cos i got cholestherol (?) problens ! no fun at all !! and i need to quit all the nice foods ! man, and im only 25, and not fat at all