MidwestGitarz

So Firefly, how about an update on this kit build? I am very interested as I was planning on maybe doing one of these if it wasnt complete junk. I know they are not the greatest, but maybe it would be a good first for me to get acquainted with. Would you share where this kit came from as well? Anyone, else know of these or other kits and which place sells about the best version quality-wise? I know I'm asking for a lot there when I use the word "quality" while referring to one of these kits, but hey, I gotta ask anyway. MG

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My sincerest condolences D. My thoughts and prayers are for you and your family during this tough time. This time of year makes it all the more difficult. God bless you and yours. J (Midwest)

OMG, can you say TONEDEAF!

davee5 has some good suggestions. I would definitely prepare your page for a 800x600 fit, for those users who still use smaller monitors and that resolution. Not to mention it will always look better for someone at a higher resolution too. Possibly may want to make the text one size smaller, would need to check it on an 800/600 page and then on larger resolutions to see how it looks. Condensed, organized, and readable is your main goal. If you use the pics on the main page as links make sure they link to something appropriate, not just to any other page in your website. The pic with the link should tell a visual of where you would be going without them having to read around it or a caption. Pop-up not description can be added to the pic using the "alt" attribute for the image. What a pic of all three guitars together as the gallery pic? Put your text and pics in tables, this allows you to really place them anywhere on the page. +1 on the centered text, that looks best for headers, titles, and quotes only. For the front page i would shoot for a single picture frame in the middle that did a slideshow of the six pics you used and if the you click any one of the pics it will take you to the gallery page. Lets face it you want them to oogle over the gallery pics then click for pricing. Don't forget reverse navigation, once they get to a page better make it easy for them to get back to the main or whatever other page they want to visit. I would add a smaller font/simple text nav bar at the bottom of each page, i.e. "Home | Gallery | Pricing | Contact Us" I wouldn't do the mouseover picture change effect on the guitar pics on the gallery page, instead do maybe a border change for each pic. I like the color pics, not really the B&W. A little more description for each guitar too. Love the new window for the photo gallery of each guitar, good transition too for picture viewing, plus they can just close the window and be right back on the main page for that guitar. Change the titles for your picture popup pages. Take the specs out of the popup and add them to the guitar page, but slightly smaller font. Don't worry so much about whitespace, its the flow your looking for here in your pages. What about a form for interaction between a prospective customer? You could add it to your Contact Us page before or after the email. If you would like I could help you out, PM me. BTW what software are you using to design the page? Jeff

Here's another I really liked. Zentao Guitar Theory

? for Hooglebug: What kind of mirror material was that again? ? for anybody: Could that stuff be used as inlay for the headstock or something, or would it be too brittle when it's cut that small? Oh, and btw, great guitars Hoogle. MG

+1 jp, the dremel is no replacement for the router. I have heard of a combo kit from Ridgid, Ridgid Router, it is getting really great reviews and has the versatility you may want or even need later. It is quite a bit more though. As far as I know Ridgid has always made a lot of industrial grade items. I plan on going out in the next few months to look at it myself. Good luck in your search. MG

That's nice, I like the colors on that drum shell. Extra projects I see.

Let me know once you get it. I'd like to place my order now though. One 2ft. piece please. Believe me when I say that some of us find it hard to locate wood besides using Evil-bay. Heck you could even make it a side business to help pay for your guitar stuff. Anyway, that sounds like a deal so jump on it. Give me a PM when its ready.

Hotrod Mod Look about 2/3rds down the page. Hope this helps.

OMG, that is horrific. At what point did your conscience quit telling you to stop what your were doing. Anyway, PM me and we can discuss. Where are you located by the way?

What about breaking a mirror that is a little larger than the body? Layer it with some rags, top and bottom on a table, then use a hammer just enough to break it in some spots. This would give you some varied piece sizes. Then glue them on mosaic style and sand the edges. Not sure about the sealing part though. Anyone???

Here's another I have been looking at. It also has parts for speaker building. CLICK

Doesn't it Dino. I could really use some of that info too. I plan to do a slightly modified version myself.

Tell me about it. I got a B&D Firestorm cordless for Xmas a few yrs ago. It's an average drill by the way and would not recommend it to anyone, but it does the job most of the time. Anyway, with only one batt in the case I decided, poor as it was, to get 2nd to at least make it useful. Now comes the a$$ backwards logic on pricing, the kit was $50, the spare/replacement batt was $20. What the ??

4nkam, really loved the tutorial. You've given me some really good ideas for a project I've been thinking about. Am I missing something though, you said you would post the remaining info/pics but I don't see any. R they on another topics?? I would really love to see the rest of the SHOW!

Even though your using a power amp, the output is still all over the frequency range for the guitar. Regular PA cabs/equip are geared for fully mixed & leveled sound output. So I think you are still going to want to get guitar speakers, those are made for the large spikes produced from your amplified setup. One place you can look that I have found to be very informative on speaker design, construction, wiring, and so on is... CLICK HERE I plan to build a slant 4x12 Marshall style cab, and have reviewed this site extensively. I'm sure it can help. One other thing, your POD is stereo capable. Might want to take advantage of that, a whole new range of sounds can be had using stereo. If you don't mind I would suggest some Eminence speakers for the cab. Here is a page of 12" guitar speaks, SPEAKER LINK. Here is a Eminence Speaker Replacement Guide form the same site, it would help you match up an Emin to another type of speaker. GUIDE LINK I would suggest the modeling type speaker or a legend style. Also, on the shavano info it shows you how to calculate the amount of power for the way the speakers are wired. Choose how you will wire them first, then from that you can see which power rated speakers to pick. One other rule I go by is to keep the total power below what MAX watts the amp can produce. You can drive the speaker almost to their full potential, of course you may not be able to max the amp without blowing something. Good Luck

GOOD CALL, don't want to be nicknaming anybody STUBBY!!

Warrior, since you have the whole Dragon theme going on this project, then why not go the whole way with the paintjob? I agree with Xanthus, I'm not sure about the paintjob, I do really like the idea of those curves built into the body though. May I suggest finding someone who can do airbrushing and have them do something like scales, or something else to that effect? Just throwing it out to ya. Thanks for lettin me jabber. Jeff

Hey guys, I am a newb to this forum and to guitar building as well. I am looking at starting out with some simple projects to get my feet wet before I jump into an acrhtop or such. Any help or advice from some of the practiced and experienced builders would be greatly appreciated. Back to subject, I see a lot of CNC listed, and I know that kind of machinery can be $$$'s. I also do not see some of the single man operation affordable alternatives. I have run across something, some of you may have seen it too, called Copy Carver. It looks fairly straight forward, and usable for 1 to 1 duplicates, granted even though you need an original/model to work with. Its something you can go out, buy all of the raw materials and build in about a weekend. I have seen some tut's on the net that referenced that machine, one did the archtop part on an LP project (3/4" solid maple top), another did the neck for a strat! Any ideas, or comments about that I would love to hear. Thanks everybody for listening.