newbie22

thanks for the reply. it's 24.75 scale because i have quite small hands and every 24.75 scale guitar seems to have a baseball bat neck, so i thought i would go for a thin neck and a shorter scale.

the neck is vaguely jem-like, a bit thicker i reckon because i have only played a jem a few times. its nice and flat but it does have a bit of meat to it so it feels substantial yet not too clunky.

it also has a compound radius. mark has a pretty cool trick of radius-ing the finger board to, say about 12", then going over it with a flat sanding block to knock some of the corners off the slightly rounder 12" radius. how this works i have no idea, but mark picked most of his neat tricks up at the eggle factory. i've never played an eggle but if mark's guitars are anything to go by they must have been fantastic.

anyway, here are a few more pics. i didn't take too many mainly because the house is upside down at the minute because we have the builders in. the joys of getting an extention, eh? at least when the dust settles i'll be able to kit out the garage as a work shop. my next build will probably be a tele because everyone should own one, and i dont

heres some more links...

http://s390.photobucket.com/albums/oo349/c...nt=100_0185.jpg

http://s390.photobucket.com/albums/oo349/c...nt=100_0184.jpg

thank you for your interest

well i finished my first build at Bailey guitars...so i had a lot of help. anyways, i thought since i have pestered you with all my stupid questions i should show you all some pics. by way of thanks i suppose, because reading this site has been a real education and i don't think i would have had the confidence to do this if i hadn't seen so many people building such beautiful guitars, often on the first build. anyway without further ado...my first guitar!

basically it's an explorer with a fixed strat bridge...wenge top, 3 piece mahogany body with a bolt on maple neck and maple binding. hardware is cosmo black and pickups are cream p90s. i have to admit with the wenge and the cream p90s i was thinking mostly of the image. i knew i wanted p90s on this build but the wenge is purely decorative. i also have to admit it sounds verrrry good (i know, i'm amazed ). it sustains for days and i am using this guitar pretty much exclusively, although i would imagine that was normal for a first build

anyways, if anyone wants any more pics msg me, either way... enjoy MY FIRST BUILD

small world. I'm doing the build your own course with Mark Bailey in August. i'll be making a bolt on jackson kelly or warlock, haven't decided which yet. im sorta trying to cram as much into one guitar so i can learn as much as i can in those 5 days. u know, binding, inlay etc, but im also trying to keep it simple enuff that even a ham-fisted oaf like me can do it. just trying to find the right balance.

i too have been at the planning stage for quite some time, and ive even bought some wood but i cant really make that jump from theory to practice. i need a little push i suppose.

btw, i really like the guitar u built. if mine turns out half as nice i'll be a happy man. did the carved top give you any trouble?

sincere apologies. i was searching in the tutorials section, not the chat. i still have a lot to learn. thanks.

ok I didn't realize it was THAT stupid a question...

Ok this may seem like a stupid question... i did a search btw... but how does using those acrylic paints affect the sound of the guitar? i understand they would be pretty useful for graphics and whatnot but for just solid finishes should i be using good ol' re ranch paint?

anyway, thanks for the tutorial. It takes out a lot of the guess work for me and makes finishing seem possible.

ok, no cd, not even in the works. just a myspace. some of the recordings are REALLY badly done (cubase continues to vex me).... especially agony and ecstacy.

anyway. have a listen and tell me what you think. my favourite songs are agony and ecstacy, and lunatic high. the rest i could take or leave.

www.myspace.com/maxbohemiasmusic

anyhoos....enjoy

good stuff. thanks for all the info. did a bit of research myself and you'd be hard pushed to get a 20/20 with anything other than el84s and i may well just go with the marshall. cant be that bad, right? and if it is im sure it wouldn't be too much of a hastle to change them out.

anyway, its on the back burner for a bit since im moving out in january and theres a million other things to get before i can satiate my gear lust:)

thanks again

im getting an engl e520 and i have read that to get a really good modern metal sound out of it you need a 6l6 power amp.

i was looking at a marshall 20/20 but i believe el84 based poweramps are better for 80s metal. could i swap the tubes out for something a little more 'metal'?

i dont know a hell of a lot about tube amps, in fact the engl will be my first, so i could be wrong here. any advice would be appreciated.

the reason i want a 20/20 is simply because i dont think i'll be playing wembley anytime soon and i really want to push the tubes when i am playing.

thanks

joe

hey

i just bought an an ernie ball musicman sub1 with one pickup.

i am planning on changing the pickup, as i want a sort of hot rodded paf sound, and putting in a coil tap.

id like to ask a few questions before i get started...

the guitar is made of poplar, has a finished maple neck and rosewood fingerboard. can anyone suggest a pickup that will give me the hot paf sound but will sound good when coil tapped. i was thinking of the screamin' demon as its quite a balanced pickup but im open to suggestions.

i will be putting the coil tap in the volume pot since i dont want to mess around with capacitors just yet, but maybe someday.

also, since this is my first attempt at anything electrical since i routed through my finger and burned my arm with a soldering iron in school, id appreciate advice on anything else you think may be pertinent to my project. other than not routing through any body parts.

thanks

joe

yeh i was gonna mention finishing. check this site out - it has all the tutorials and products you will need to finish (as in clear coating etc) your guitar.

http://home.flash.net/~guitars/

ah rite. no problemos. thanks for the reply

ok, thanks for that, i decided to make the neck 3'4"

i'll be using a wilkinson gotoh strat style tremolo, as i understand it you do not need a neck angle for this or am i mistaken? best to get these things sorted out.

i intend to plan very thoroughly and i have to say feedback on this forum factors pretty highly for tackling all the little problems that creep up at the planning stage. and..surprise, surprise, i have another question

is 1 and 13/16 " (nearly 2 inches) too thick for a body? im considering cutting it to just one inch thickness.

im making a bc rich mockingbird

hey, i just recieved my neck blank for my first guitar, a thru neck mockingbird and i have some questions about marking out a side elevation, namely - how wide the should the neck be and how steep the neck to body join angle should be.

i was wondering how deep the neck has to be from a side elevation. i was thinking one inch without the fretboard, would this be ok?

im sure uve seen neck thru guitars and the lovely way the body just glides at an angle into the neck. i was thinking of starting the angle at the 20th fret and joining the body at the 15th. does anyone have a sure fire way of getting this right every time or is it more 'intuition' based?

thanks

i was wondering if you have to step route the neck in order to bind it or can you just glue the binding right onto the neck as is? could someone give me a bit of insight how its done?

check out the guitar re ranch, it has loads of advise on finishing.

http://home.flash.net/~guitars/

thanks, i think ill keep things simple and go with the strat style trem after all.

hi, i'll be commencing my first build, a neck thru, in the next couple of months and i have a few questions.

firstly, im considering using a tunematic bridge with stop piece on a neck thru warlock. i was wondering how i calculate the neck angle as ive heard trig is used.

secondly, do i need a neck angle if i just opt for a wilkinson strat style tremelo?

thanks in advance

joe