Saber

I'm planning on building on a solid body/classical guitar in the new year, it will have an electric style neck but with nylon strings and piezo pickup.... This is just an idea at the moment, I'm just looking for inspiration and advice has anyone here built a simular guitar? any top tips?

I remember budman68 building this one:

From the mp3's that he posted, it sounded incredible with nylon strings.

Unless I'm missing something, according to this schematic of the Ampeg Gemini II from http://www.schematicheaven.com the only tubes that have pins connected to ground are the power (output) tubes.

Frank Gambale

Brett Garsed

Scott Henderson

I wouldn't call any of them shredders. Great players but not shredders.

My little bro has recorded releases with all the above.

I guess your definition of shredding is not the same as mine or just about anyone else who's into fusion.

Frank Gambale

Brett Garsed

Scott Henderson

Overdriving your amp will make it distort more but not necessarily better. If you want to use the amp's distortion, you might want to change its "voicing" by placing an EQ between your guitar and amp input. Here's a small example of how a pre-distortion EQ can affect tone. In this SOUNDCLIP the first riff is without EQ and the second uses the exact same setup but with an EQ (mid boost) added between the guitar and the amp input. While it's not the greatest recording, it gives an idea of the effect of pre-distortion EQ. Why rely on the fixed voicing of a pedal when you can create your own with an EQ. It's an option that's seriously worth trying.

Of course, if you're looking for an entirely different distortion sound than what your amp is capable of, then do like Satch used to do. Use the clean channel of your amp and get your distortion from a pedal.

Saber, you did a beautiful job, very emotional, thank you for that XOXO

Thanks, Sacred. I really appreciate it. This thing meant something special to me since my own brother passed away this past summer.

hey saber, you think i could buy some of that acrylic off ya man? i am going to need some for my jem vine pretty soon, unless you have a website i dont know of? let me know man, thats a killer neck!

Glad you like it! I did this acrylic mirror thing about a year ago, and since then my brother used up what was left of the small piece I had. But you shouldn't have trouble finding some wherever they sell plexi-glas and acrylic sheets like at a Home Depot or something.

Those are some sweet inlays, Saber.  Plus the scalloped fretboard!?!  Oh baby!  Not to mention you are a fellow canuck.  Ah, warms the heart.

Here are the pics I mentioned.

Pic 1 shows one of the inlays. I first painted the edges silver because that's what you would see through the inside of the transparent acrylic. Then I put a coat of dark brown because that's what you would see through the transparent epoxy in whatever little gap there might be between the inlay and the wood.

Pic 2 shows them inlayed in the scalloped fretboard. Though it's not the most flattering picture, you can see the effect of the silver edges.

Pic 3 shows the finished product when the light hits them just right.

I've done it with acrylic mirror sheet that I got at my hardware store/renovation center. I'll post a few pics when I get home later today.

Is the "counter-clockwise" lug properly connected to common? Otherwise that would produce the effect you're getting.

Keep in mind you only need one true side as the other will be chopped away and curved anyway.

But he wrote that it's a "neck through project".

Any chance those pickups are out of phase? That would give you a lower output when togehter.

That's the most plausible reason in my opinion, also. Use the green as hot, and connect the red to ground along with the bare (shield).

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BTW, are the pickups connected in phase or out of phase? That could explain why hum would be much louder than the string signal. Since they're neck and mid pickups from a strat, I assume they're magnetically out of phase, but did you connect them with the proper phase relation.

(a 250K pot and a .01uF cap have a corner frequency of around 63 Hz, depending on tolerances).

You also have to consider the input impedance that your driving. If it's a guitar amp with a typical input impedance of 1M, the cutoff frequency is closer to 16Hz. So there really isn't much point in having that capacitor there since it may contribute some noise without any benefit. If you really want to cut the lows a bit, it would make more sense to place that capacitor between the pickups and the clockwise leg of the pot for slightly more consistent results into different input impedances.

I remember seeing a Van Halen concert on TV some years ago, and I was genuinely embarrassed for Michael Anthony during all of his bass solo.

If you have a matching flat-radius bridge, it might be easier for the picking hand for string skipping.

I think most people would. But knowing that the JS10th Chromeboy was a limited edition, it would be kind of strange (though not impossible) to re-release the same thing.

A Chromeboy might be nice for collectors, but I'm not sure I'd like to perform with one. People would focus more on the guitar than on the guitar playing.

It might not be a chromeboy at all that they are planning to release. I also saw him play during the "Flying in a Blue Dream" tour, and this was the guitar he was playing:

This was his "trademark" guitar before he got his chromeboy so that might be the one. He asked Ibanez if they could clearcoat over his doodlings on this particular one. They warned him that it might affect the sound so he decided not to. Ibanez sold some with similar graphics but not exact copies of it. At least this could be made of wood.

I think the Parker Fly has a basswood neck but it's covered with carbon fiber to reinforce it.

Finally, a Red Green signature guitar!

Hi there

I'm kinda new here and I really don't know you guys that well, and I don't wanna sound disrespectfull but do you mind if I give it a try?

Peace

Pedro

I don't see how honoring Lee with your version can be "disrespectfull". I don't know if Eddie is persuing his original project since we haven't heard from him recently, maybe due to our lack of interest. But it would be nice to hear more versions of the song. Take it away Pedro!

The wire in a pickup coil is insulated with a very thin coat of varnish. You could try scraping the 2 loose ends of the broken wire about 1/4" from the ends and soldering a small jumper wire between the two ends. Then it would be a good idea to insulate this repair with a bit of varnish or tape. If there's no other damage to the coil, that should work.

Ironically, according to his guitar tech, Satriani only used the clean channel of his Marshall. The distortion came from his (modded) Boss DS-1 pedal! I wonder what the deal is with his new signature amp.