DividedByJames

There's a tutorial for the body...go here.

I'm talking about the neck portion of it. I am thinking about just removing the clamps. It seems so much easier, and I'm such a lazy ass.

It seems easier to sell the body and hardware and purchase (or make) a replacement body instead of filling holes for me, but for an F-200 you'd be better off fixing the body since it's not a "standard" body.

Yeah...they're good stuff but a little pricey for my cheap ass. If I scour Ebay I can find a thinline body for under $100.

all I can think about is Dr. Evil "one million dollars!"

I got this pretty cool Ibanez RG with a sweet curly maple neck. But I'm not a big fan of tremolos, and I really like the RG321 hardtail types. I was considering replacing the body (maybe lacewood or walnut) and using the neck with the locking clamps removed, but I was wondering if it is worth it to put a bone nut on it and add back some rosewood to the fingerboard and some dowels in the back of the neck. I mean the shaped part of the fingerboard is all done and good to go. The bit of rosewood would be to support a bone nut and continue the profile to the headstock.

Besides me thinking stupidly, are there horrible drawbacks to doing this, or should I just leaving the locking nut as is and deal? Or should I just go play my hardtail Schecters and sell the Ibanez? Has anyone ever done this before?

Lets do it ?

I gotta find a worthy guitar body. I might do a thinline ash Tele...that'd be sweet...like a cattle brand. Aight...lemme try and track a decent one down on ebay and from there we'll get the ball a-rollin...

I would wire the chasis together first before bringing it to the guitar. This wwould be all the interconnecting pots and switches in one central area. Keep the pickups and whatever goes in the holes in the horns separate.

Switches...it's totally up to what you want and what pickups you get. Coil tapping only works on humbucker-esque pickups (ie. 2 independant coils and generally 5 wire is prefered). If you put regular humbuckers in it , for example, you could have one switch be a three way (each pickup or both) and a two way acting as a coil tap. I referenced dogearred P90s last time...I dunno if these come tap'able.

What I'd do (for my needs) is wire together a vol, tone, and output, and have a long lead wire hanging off it. Feed one string thru the Vol pot hole, out the F-hole, and around the vol pot. Likewise another string with the tone for the tone pot. Then pull them thru lock'em down and no more messing with those. Take the long wire run it inside to the top (near strap button) switch area and cut off excess wire leaving maybe 1-1.5" protruding from the hole to work with. Attach this to output of a three way. Install pickups...run hots to 3way removing (or securing with twist ties) excess wire where there is only the same amount of 1-1.5" wire protruding. From there attach separate wires to the coils. There are 2 per pickup...this allows the pickup wire to remain intact rather than "V"-ing it all the way from the pickup itself. Run this wire to the other switch area. Use same amount of wire protruding, and wire for coil tapping.

Thats what I'd do--you can do whatever your heart desires. Also I've never used the Jaguar/Jazzmaster switches before so I don't know if it will work like a regular push pull pot. If you need more knobs you could also get concentric pots and add another tone or volume.

OR you could wire it Gretsch stylee and make the switches tone circuits and make the bottom hole a 3 way toggle.

There are many possibilities...you just need to figure out what sounds you need. I just happen to have a bit of geetar-A.D.D. so I need every possible combination. Well for a while...until I get bored of the guitar and start another project.

Alot of times, people put veneer in place of where the fret tang normally would go...

(in a Beavis & Butthead voice) hehe you said tang...

i think I saw a BC Rich fretless guitar. They had fretlines in the neck. Maybe that's what you are refering to Snork. Usually like thin maple strips in the fret slot on like a rosewood or ebony board. They used regular guitar strings but I recal there being a finish on the fingerboard.

okay I don't wanna be a hippie anymore...yo quiero rock .

Out of curiosity what happens if you created a plexiglass box with high powered UV lights shining in...would this age the white to a yellow? Would you have to leave it in there for days or months or years? Or does this only work with poly finishes?

Brian, you do suck too, man. If I'd pay the good amount, I know I'd be inside of da house too though... now, that's not gonna happen. That's all about you all, poor boys.

dude...you're going about this all wrong. Come on--is it really that important to get across that you don't like relics? Be a sport and don't comment about it anymore. You broke a rule so just serve the 7 days and you're back on. Don't make matters worse. Everyone can agree that each person (including you) brings knowledge to this forum. We all want that. What we don't want is bad juju, and right now you've caused a little bit. Dont' make me turn into a hippie by sayin this...but can't we please all get along

Hmmm..I had that problem before. Does your pot have three lugs? Most do...anyhoo...the clockwise-most lug is the "input" (from pickups/switch), the center is the "output" and the other lug should be grounded to the pot itself.

The only reason I am saying this is because without the ground, the pot doesn't know to grow or volume off when turnign it counterclockwise. And that sounded kind of like the problem you had. If not, I'd say it's a POS pot.

oh wait...you've already put the dings in it..too late

Is it possible to add dye to a clearcoat? Wouldn't that achieve the desired effect?

Thanks Alex...I'm still learning the hip online lingo I only recently mastered the smilies (j/k)

oy vey..alright...nobody call me stupid. You don't want a 7 day vacation do you?

Oh...btw Alex...nice relicing job. Were you trying to copy Yngwie's exactly? I just read Guitar player and they have an article on the SRV relic Fender is making. You might want to check that out.

ok..call me stupid, what the hell does STFU mean?

My 2 cents... it's his guitar. Let him do what he wants to it. He said it was a cheap knock off so what's the big deal. It's not like he's taking a vintage 60's Strat and devaluing it. I think relics are cool, but I hate people that jump on the band wagon, and try to sell their guitar that they accidently bumped and claim it to be relic-ed.

Roli the only thing I agree with you on is that all those guitars were played into their relic status. People relic new guitars because they want to emulate the look of an old guitar. Consider it a type of "finish".

Uhoh...Brian's reading this thread...

Sweet! I love it when I'm right! That's exactly how it should be.

but of course--none of that sappy crap...your art looks more Pushead-esque.

I always wanted the BobaFett elephant skull (5"x6") wood burned onto the ass-end of a guitar (where the forearm contour would be).

Hotrock...Do you have a Les Paul/SG (4 holes) setup? Cuz you can put the coil tap for both pickups on the same one, unless you are inclined to have both on, with only one pickup coil tapped (ie. 3 coils). If you don't need that sound, I'd recommend this diagram . It'll save you $10 on the extra coil tap pot. Basically you want the pickups to go to each tone, then to the pan pot (in lieu of a switch) and then the volume and then output. For that diagram switch any lead going into the vol pots to the pan pot and the output of the pan pot to the input of the single vol.

Here's another for different placement of the toggle.

Hopes this helps. I know the diagrams aren't exactly what you want but hopefully they'll help. It's all trial and error anyway Also don't inhale the solder smoke--there was a thread about this before.

Very sweet. If I were you I'd definately get on the guitar-wood-burning wagon. I've seen a few guitars over the past few years surface with wood burning art. Here's a Custom Shop Jackson Koi scene - second over from right, 3rd row down.

How much do you charge for your work?

I recall Carvin making only bolt 6's and 4 & 5'er bass necks. They don't make bolt on 7strings...only neck thrus.

IMO I wouldn't cut up a platinum series (unless you own one and hate it). You might as well buy quality wood and make something closer to the USA ones. Or have the body custom made....maybe someone will make you body-wings.

Rebel Tele.

Kinda cool, and currently cheap. I don't know what kind of message I'd be saying if I bought it tho. Altho...I could make it bright orange and...yeeehaw!...(Dukes of Hazzard theme song plays whist horn is blazin')...General Lee baby...hmmm...

I like les Pauls, but every company has one. Where's the originality? Plus I prefer 25.5" scales.

You should do an archtop Roswell Rhoads. That'd be original. Or a V...no. Nevermind. That would look ugly.

I prefer Duncans myself because they span multi-genres. A basic combo for 2 humbuckers is a JB ( and Jazz (n). Any of them would be good. Plus having a five wire pickup allows you to add coil tapping and phase switching. If you go H/S/H you can have a multitude of sounds. Plus the Duncan Designed are Korean built and sound the same, so you don't have to spend $70 each pickup...only like $30.

Dimarzio aren't bad either, but I don't have any experience with them.

oh...and the pickup routs look like the dog-earred P90s so you could get those.