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I will be on the look out for the e book too. When I bought my copy of your book, it answered questions I didn't even think to ask yet. So again, thank you for your wonderful book.

Try this guy on ebay click this

I have bought some stuff from him. Sells lots of fender stuff. Look him up. He gives a good description of what he sells. You may find a body you wont have to refinish.

i want to turn my pup selector into a volume/tone selector.

im using a three way toggle and one knob, so that means i could have the switch 'down' to make the knob volume control, the switch in the 'middle' position for a tone knob, and the 'up' position as a kill switch (im only using 1 pickup)

i know you have to use a .047 capacitor on the tone knob for most humbuckers..

would this be a problem when i have the volume selected?

i spent a great deal of time on ms paint.. only to give up.

here is just a picture of a knob, pickup, and three way selector. you can copy this into ms paint and draw lines connecting the 3 in such a way to make my dream come true.

peace

Why not use 1 push/pull pot and use the 3 way switch you have as the kill switch. I don't think you can wire this up the way you described. I am no wiring expert, so better to wait for someone with more experience than me. Just my 2 cents. Hope you find something that works for you.

If you have a cutter head that it wide enough to accomodate a smaller diameter bearing you will be able to cut the purfling shelf. A couple things that can pose issues(similar to binding) is carved or radiused tops that require you to use a smaller router base to index the top in the area you are routing(this smaller indexing base requires a jig to keep the router straight up and down while you make your cuts). It is handy to use teflon strips as a place holder for your purfling so that you can bind and then add purfling later. You are going to need to break and miter your straight strips to fit the curves(this is not really hard to do, so don't worry about the task you will get the hang of it pretty quick). Seal your routed channel and shelf with a wash coat of shellac(like a 2lb. cut) to prevent wicking of CA or Epoxy into the surrounding surfaces.

You may want to take a look at MOPsupplies.com for your straight strips. I think you will find they charge about .36 to 42 cents per. inch(you choose width 1/16 to 3/8"). When you are buying a lot of strips for a whole body you can save a lot by using them. Be sure to order several extra inches for selection and losses during the mitering process.

Peace,Rich

Thanks for the shell info.

How tight should the purfling channel be? If I am using 1/16 inch purfling, should the channel be exactly 1/16, or should it have some clearance. If so, how much?

I know how to cut binding channels, and I have installed binding. I have the stewmac binding bit with the bearing to cut a .090 binding channel. On my next guitar I would like to try a .090 binding with a abalone purfling. I understand that you have to cut a separate channel for the purfling. What I need to know is, what is the other size bearing that I need for the stewmac bit to do this. I will be using the .063 abalone purfling strips form stewmac. I tried to email stewmac, and have gotten no responce.

[quote name='Maiden69' post='171953' date='Feb 18 2005, 10:29 AM']Yes you are sounding very confusing, because they were talking about pinch harmonics, like Zakk does, just that some peope use the tip of the finger and other their nail, And you don't need EMGs to pull them out, I could get then out of my bone stock squier. Better pups help but they won't make miracles happen if you don't know how to pull them!
and natural harmonics are the ones you play when sticking a string and barely touching the string above the fret, usualy 5,7,12. you can get them anywere but they are realy hard to pull,.[/quote]

+1 well said. A friend once asked me, why, when he borrowed my amp it just didnt sound the same as it did when I played it? The sound comes from the guitar, the amp, amd mostly from the player. Work on your skills, and you can make anything sound good..

I need some help with a set of gfs pickups and a Stewmac 'P' model selector switch. I do not quite understand the wiring of the pickup. instructions . Can I do this with the pickup set? If not, any sugestions on a different way to do it? I am a newbie to wiring, so I need a lot of detail. Thanks

Forget about jigsaws and whatnots. Bandsaw is the way to go. It significantly improves the overall tone and sustain of the guitar! While sawing , the bandsaw blade releases little pieces of metal into the wood, therefore adding mass and therefore improving sustain! Also the figure of the wood gains more depth!!

What are you talking about?

Its not an advantage, its a necessity for maple necks that do not have a fretboard cap. If you are planning to install a fretboard on your neck then don't bother to order walnut, no skunk stripe needed.

However, many current and past Fenders have the skunk stripe regardless of the fretboard wood. This is done so there's a more solid connection between fretboard and neck, which increases physical strength, creates a more solid tone and allows the neck to adjust for relief more easily. It's also cheaper because the starting process for either fretboard is the same to a milling machine. It's up to you; on a rosewood fretboard it'd be extra work to rout the skunk stripe, but it could look cool.

Sorry, but you better re-think that. Not to trying to be mean by the way.

Tom Anderson couldn't delegate. Training good people, and retaining them, is the key to successful delegation. If you're smart about hiring people for the business side, and invest time in training people on the floor, there's no reason you can't be the company CEO and have your hands in the sawdust at the same time.

And while your out on the shop floor, the office staff are slacking off (they ARE employees) and the accountant is dipping his hands into the funds to pay for his new house...

Of course, you havent allowed for the fact that 10-15 people had to be trained. If they each stayed at the job 12 months, you'd have more than one person leaving PER MONTH. Try keeping up with that employment schedule, and train them too. Not to mention interviews (you wouldnt delegate that would you?), etc.

Then add in that he MUST keep an eye on the accounts, to make sure everything is running smooth, keep and eye on orders, production, incoming goods, backorders, staff training, advertising, web updates, taxes, wages, superannuation, insurance, rent, machinery maintenance, tools, etc etc etc. SURE, you can delegate every one of those jobs to someone (who had to be trained) but ultimately YOU are the one to make the final decision. Bank account looking a bit slim? Hold off on timber purchase. Timber stocks low? Damn, scale down the hardware order to save a few funds. Superannuation is due, damn finish off that batch of guitars for the larger dealer, to get the cash coming in... oh, and there are three people on hold who MUST speak to you before they place an order for one guitar...

You cant run a business the size he does, keep your eye on the books, answer the phone when people ring, AND concentrate on building guitars. Its extremely rare to find someone more dedicated to a business than the owner. After all, to most people, its just a job. How many people do YOU know that dont really care about their job?

Im not anywhere near the size of Tom Anderson. Im one guy, with a part time assistant, that im slowly bring up to 3-4 days a week. I know what i have to go through, each week just to build some guitars. I cant imagine how much worse it is for Tom.

I have been in management posistions, and you cound not of said it better. I was working in a totally different trade, but it all applies the same for business.

If you want a original design, something that no one else has, try to figure it out for yourself. It will be much more rewarding to build something that you want, and no one else has. Look around, feel free to make what you wish, its your guitar. Just dont ask someone to do it for you, this fourm is here to learn from, and to share. Above all else have fun, that is what it is all about.

I would like to try one. Sounds like they feel like a kahler. I wonder how hard it is to change the parts that wear out. They talk about a graphite pin or something.

I think that's just the graphtech part of the saddle, sort of like Graphtech's Ferraglide.

The video looks pretty cool. It's a pretty pricey part though, and he doesn't give very detailed photos --I'd like to see more specs, and especially a routing diagram for the telecaster version.

Yes I would like to see the routing also. A Kahler has the same pivot point as the trem king. And the intonation does not change on a Kahler. But a Kahler has no stabilizers. For the price it may be the way of the future. We need some input from someone who has one. Anybody have one??

I would like to try one. Sounds like they feel like a kahler. I wonder how hard it is to change the parts that wear out. They talk about a graphite pin or something.

I have had many floyd trem guitars and a few Kahler trem guitars. I like the Kahler trem better. Not as touchy as a Floyd. I my opinion they have more sustain. They feel more like a standard bridge to me. I also got the same range of pitch travel with both trems.

I like quatrersawn much better, flatsawn looks cheap to me. but thats just me

Congrats, wow twins, double the fun. cute kids, keep us updated..

As long as the poplar is not too green in color, it takes a darker stain pretty well. I used red mahogany stain and it turned out pretty good. I will post some pics if you want, just let me know.

I used a dremel with a cutter disk, you have to be really careful. Get it as close as you can, then use a small file to finish the final shape. The pic makes it look out of shape, but it is nice and square.

I used a 81 in a Charvel strat body with a floyd type trem, and thought it was too bright, so I put a 85 in and got a much warmer sound. I use a 81 in my other Charvel strat body, it has a flat mounted Kahler trem, With this set up the 81 was not as harsh. I dunno, same body and neck wood, only difference is the trem. They both sound very close to each other now..

What scale length did you build? What guage strings?

rubber bands and peanut butter

HERES THE INLAY IN:

Looks awsome

I just did this to a LP project I am working on.

I would like to see more pictures of that guitar.

http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...mp;hl=fish+bass

It's being done here before

that's the one I was talking about should have known you'd know where it was Maiden

That one looked nice, not something for everyone, but nice.

Nice work. The skull is awsome.