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  1. I made this for a friend on a tight time schedule so the neck isn't mine and a few features were left out due to lack of time (carved top, binding, sound hole, inlay, etc.) -Curly Maple top, yellow dye (not my choice but I like how it turned out.) -Mahogany back -ES-335 meets Brian May Red Special body -Set neck (purchased from soulmate guitars. shaped the heel to the body) -Hardtail bridge -1 master volume, 2 pickup volume controls. -2 P90s -medium frets -Pau Ferro fretborad -Curly Maple and Mahogany neck Oh, and the cavity cover in that picture isn't the final one. I redid it with scraps of the same mahogany I built the guitar with so it looks better than what is shown here.
  2. Thanks! Fortunately, I didn't build it for you. :-)
  3. images deleted - too many I guess :-)
  4. A friend of mine asked (and paid) me to build a guitar for her husband for Christmas. I was way too pressed for time. That's the last time I agree to something requiring a tight deadline. The design is a mix of a ES-335 and a Brian May Red Special. Curly Maple top. Mahogany body. Curly Maple and Mahogany neck Pau Ferro fretboard I bought the neck from http://www.soulmateguitars.com/ since I was pressed for time. Highly recommend them. http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc...189508_8754.jpg http://photos-g.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-..._194374_805.jpg http://photos-c.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-...194378_5066.jpg http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc...196970_8020.jpg http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2...227065_7419.jpg http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc...227063_2464.jpg
  5. About 3 1/5 years ago I started building 2 guitars. I finished one and the other one only got part of the way and its been in a box since. I got it out the other day to see about getting back to work on it and was horrified to discover that the top had warped significantly. I have some pictures from back when I first started on it and I can post a picture of how it looks now later on tonight. What I want to know is, can it be salvaged? Will I still be able to do something to straighten it out and laminate it to the top of the body? By the way, that is leopard wood. Thanks for the help. Mike
  6. I built a semi-hallow with P-90s and it sounds great. Great clean tone and a decent distorted (but it wasn't intended for that type of play). I have another one in the works. My P-90s didn't come with mounting screws and it took me forever to find the right sized screws. mdr
  7. Look at the output jack on the guitar. Try switching the wires. You may have the ground tied to the "hot" side and the "hot" tied to the ground side. I did that the other day and it caused a very loud buzz. And definitely ground your bridge. mdr
  8. Your problem is not shielding, it is grounding. You need to make sure all your pickups, pot casings and bridge are grounded in a single location. Usually a pot casing. Also make sure that you have the pickups wired correctly.
  9. Ty Tabor. Who? Many of you ask. He is the guitarist for King's X. Who? You might ask again. The best band you have never heard of. But ask most of the guitarists listed here (that are still alive) and they will know who he is. He is an endless supply of guitar riffs and ideas, great song writer and vocalist. Much more well rounded than many of the "shredders". He's heavily influenced by the Beatles, Black Sabath, and Phil Keaggy (to name a few). He's been with King's X and several earlier itterations of the same group since the early 80's and they are still cranking out tunes. He's also done a couple solo albums and several side projects: Platypus (John Myung bass for Dreamtheater, Rod Morganstein - drumer for Dixie Dregs, Derek Sherinian - keyboards, used to be with DT) Jelly Jam (John Myung, Rod Morganstein) Jughead (Matt Bisonnette, Derek Sherinian) I compiled some clips if you want to hear what he sounds like. The clips aren't the greatest since they don't always play the best parts of the songs, at least from a guitarists perspective, but here you go: [b][url="http://www.kingsxonline.com"]King's X[/url][/b] Gretchen Goes To Nebraska [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_02.asx?obj=v40525"]Over My Head[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_02.asx?obj=v40525"]Summerland[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_09.asx?obj=v40525"]Pleiades[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_12.asx?obj=v40525"]The Burning Down[/url] Faith Hope Love [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/792/116792_1_02.asx?obj=v40525"]It's Love[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/792/116792_1_11.asx?obj=v40524"]We Were Born To Be Loved[/url] King's X (self titled) [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/794/116794_1_04.asx?obj=v40525"]Lost In Germany[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/794/116794_1_09.asx?obj=v40525"]Black Flag[/url] Dogman [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_01.asx?obj=v40525"]Dogman[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_04.asx?obj=v40525"]Flies and Blue Skies[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_05.asx?obj=v40525"]Black the Sky[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_09.asx?obj=v40525"]Complain[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_11.asx?obj=v40525"]Cigarettes[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_13.asx?obj=v40525"]Pillow[/url] Ear Candy [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/514/265514_1_13.asx?obj=v40526"]Life Going By[/url] Tapehead [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/317/289317_1_09.asx?obj=v30821"]Higher Than God[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/317/289317_1_10.asx?obj=v30821"]Happy[/url] Please Come Home... Mr Bulbous [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/740/363740_1_08.asx?obj=v30325"]Bitter Sweet[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/740/363740_1_10.asx?obj=v30325"]Move Me[/url] Black Like Sunday [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/177/476177_1_01.asx?obj=v30522"]Black Like Sunday[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/177/476177_1_08.asx?obj=v30522"]Bad Luck[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/177/476177_1_13.asx?obj=v30522"]Johnny[/url] [b]Platypus[/b] Ice Cycles [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/891/358891_1_03.asx?obj=v10806"]The Tower[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/891/358891_1_06.asx?obj=v10806"]25[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/891/358891_1_09.asx?obj=v10806"]Partial To the Bean[/url] [b]Jelly Jam[/b] (they also just released a new album as well, called Jelly Jam 2) [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/448/437448_1_04.asx?obj=v20628"]Nature's Girl[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/448/437448_1_07.asx?obj=v20628"]The Jelly Jam[/url] [b]Jughead[/b] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/275/454275_1_01.asx?obj=v20926"]Halfway Home to Elvis[/url] [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/275/454275_1_11.asx?obj=v20926"]Paging Willie Mays[/url] [b]Safety[/b] (latest solo album) [url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/541/446541_1_04.asx?obj=v30319"]Funeral[/url] Now, go listen!
  10. I am building its sister but I won't be able to work on it much until after the first of the year. Same wood, construction and body shape (although I think I'm going to add binding to the body and maybe fretboard). But it will be all natural wood grain, leopardwood and mahogany. But, the guy I built this one for loves the color and loves the way it plays. He likes it better than his PRS.
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