gtrst gone wylde

ive never tried gotos but for 30 bucks you cant go wrong....ive only worked with grovers and the locking sperzals but ive heard gotohs are great, i thought they were more than that

yeah that might work, i think im probably just going to have a prebuilt warmoth one made for me with the options i want cuz im too scared to make my own for the finish i was thinking of wrapping the body with either real snakeskin or faux snakeskin (depending on the cost) and putting a clearcoat over it....from what ive researched i think the easiest way is to glue the material on and put a clearcoat over it but im not sure yet (thats how the original im imitating was done)....i could always do one of the other graphic designs if i cant figure it out.......its just a recent inspiration after seeing the new charvel demartini signatures but they cost way too much and ive heard the quality is down so i figured i would build my own and have some fun would is be hard for someone with decent woodworking skills to make your own neck? it would be really cool to try it but im not sure i could do a good enough job Kevin EDIT : adding mock-up pic just for reference LOL http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c282/gtr...tratproject.jpg

try putting chapstick on the knife edges or the trem post cutouts and make sure the floyd is sitting level.....i have had this problem many times with the cheap licensed floyds and that is usually what the problem is

i would try as previously mentioned taking a pencil and putting some graphite on the slots in the nut.....usually cheap plastic ones dont let the string move at all so you have tuning issues and also if the tuners have screws that adjust the tension required to turn them........tighten them down because they are probably slipping thats my $0.02, hopefully it helps - Kev

Hello all, as you can see im new here so i figured id introduce myself with a stupid noobish question im diving in to build my first project guitar, and i had a few questions about the neck i have a charvel san-dimas strat style alder body with a single bridge humbucker (direct mount) and recessed floyd....and im looking for an all maple neck (possibly flame maple or something flashy) that has 22 frets or maybe an extended board with24 that accomidates the floyd rose nut the only parts supplier i can find that has the option for the floyd and the 24 fret extension is warmoth.....im wondering if its possible to slot the neck for the locking nut myself easily or if it is too hard for an amature to do properly also im wondering how the quality of these warmoth necks are? im used to playing gibsons and ESP guitars and im probably going to spend alot of money on this project so i figured i would want something that would feel really nice what manufacturer would you suggest i go to for this? i kno alot of you might stab fun at my 80s metal style project but i was a big ratt fan as a kid so i figured i might try to imitate warren demartini's snakeskin finish