CrazyManAndy

sorryabout that , i know i diddnt mention anything about in progress work, but that is why i asked, because i am working on a archtop les paul and i was wondering how you could get a 1 piece body to be lighter or how 1 piece bodies are chambered. sorry. It's no biggy. I was just saying that, since none of the threads you've got going have to do with a particular project (that you've posted about), they should go into a different section. About making a one-piece lighter, well you can't. You have to have a top if you plan on chambering it. There are different chambering techniques to be found. The simplest is removing most of the wood but only leaving enough on the edge and a block in the middle for the bridge and the pickups to attach to. Then you put a top on. It can be the same type of wood or different, whatever you want. Here is a design like that: http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=27131 BTW, Gibson LP's aren't chambered and most of them have maple tops, not mahogany tops. If you already have a one-piece body with the top carved (that must be a thick body blank), you could alternatively take some wood off of the back, chamber it from the backside, and put a top over the back. CMA

Have you read Melvyn Hiscock's book? I highly suggest getting it and reading it thoroughly (check here: http://gettextbooks.com/search/?isbn=09531...amp;Submit1=Go). It will answer so many of your questions involving the basic aspects of solid body guitar building. Oh, and you should be posting your questions in the "Solid Body Guitar and Bass Chat" since they have nothing to do with an in progress or finished work of yours. God Bless, CMA

Beats me. But the poster should've been a little more attentive to the forum headings to find the right section. CMA

Can you specify what you have trouble with the most? CMA

For me it came down to the mean green and the priest tribute. The priest tribute looks to be extremely well done, as does the mean green, so they tie there. But my tastes are more suited to the mean green. I mean, it is the first V I have ever liked, one I wouldn't be ashamed to play on stage. CMA

My brother has a Martin DXM, which is basically the non-electric version. It is indeed a very nice budget guitar. CMA

It would be nice the seller used a little grammar. I can't understand at all what he is saying. CMA

As far as I know, Audio Taper pots can be used on both Volume and Tone whereas Linear Taper pots are only used on Tone. CMA

The guy in the link said: "Filter effects * Phaser * Wah pedal These effects sweep a peak (wah) or notches (phaser) in the frequency response. By placing these before distortion effects, they vary the distortion intensity of the affected frequencies at the same time." I dunno. I don't know a whole lot about electronics, but it sounds reasonable to me.

While there is plenty of room for experimentation, this should give you an idea of how an effects chain should be set-up: http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/fx-order.htm CMA

Hey, What exactly is the best way to store/preserve wood? Thanks, CMA

http://reranch.com/basics.htm That covers pretty much all the basics. CMA

No need, actually. I would just start a new thread in the "In Progress and Finished Work" section. With pics if possible . CMA

I was actually about to ask this same question, concerning pickup parts. But all three of the places mentioned so far only have Alnico V magnets. CMA

Just out of curiosity, why do you keep posting your topics in the "Tutorial & Reference" sections? CMA

If I am not mistaken, active pickups should have a very clear and clean sound when not being distorted. What brand of pickups are you using? Just to do a little elimination, you might want to try a different amp and see what happens. CMA (I just noticed what you said about the capacitor. I don't know if that is the problem, but it wouldn't hurt to fix it. Active pickups use a .1uF capacitor.)

He has revamped his website recently and took off a lot of those "Tech Articles" he had on there. Either his conscience caught up to him or too many people were calling him out on that misinformation that he is selling. CMA

Heh, I'm only 17 and I can see it. It really is sad though. These parents need to step up to the plate. I was raised like my contemporaries in many ways, so I still have to constantly fight being really lazy (mentally and physically). You'd think it would be simple, but fighting the way you were raised is about like trying to push through a brick wall. Thank the Lord He is helping me fight it, cause I know I couldn't do it myself. CMA

Nice find Southpa! Looks great to me. CMA

For the DS-1: http://www.indyguitarist.com/ds1.htm CMA

DEFT is one of the most popular clears. Easy to get, cheaper, doesn't yellow, etc. But there are plenty of companies out there, like the guys above mentioned. CMA

Here is what my friend sumgai over at the guitarnuts.com forum said: "Easy. Just place the switch after the pickup/volume/tone combination. Where you see a pickup's hot lead going to the switch in the above diagram, substitute the lead coming from the volume pot's hot terminal (non-ground, not the wiper). Run the switch output (the four terminals that are wired together) directly to the proper terminal on the output jack, and you're all set." I drew up a crude diagram of what that should look like... (Just so you know, according to the diagram, your looking at the switch from behind the guitar.) CMA

Sure will. CMA

I think you kind of answered my question already over at the ReRanch forums, but I'm still not sure. For some reason, I'm just super hesitant about getting hot pickups. I really like the very open sound of vintage spec pickups. Do you know what the resistances (and any other useful specs) are for the Hybrid P90s, both bridge and neck? CMA

As far as the two vs. four wires go, you don't have anything to worry about. Two of the wires (the two "finish" wires) on the Seymour pickup aren't used in basic setups like this. That is why the diagram tells you to solder them together, because they aren't needed. CMA