I really do love this shape, its is going to great looking guitar. For the lower rear horn I would go for some thing more curvy. So it blends with the upper rear horn. But that is me and its your baby. I look forward to seeing the finished guitar.
Good luck with the project and keep us all posted.
When winding pickups and you run out of wire before you have the right amout of windings on, is there a way to join a new roll of wire or do you have to start again?
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Stahler
Thank you for the help Bowser. Will it be ok to use a licensed floyd rose like one made by Gotoh (I have been told they make trems for Ibanez). Or are Schaller trems better and worth the extra money ?
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Stahler
Does anyone know of a trem that will replace a low trs trem with no modding needed. The guitar is a EDR series so has a luthite body that i dont want to mess with.
Any help would be great,
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Stahler
You could try gsrguitars.co.uk for your scratchplate, they make custom parts like that. I didnt think the PGM models had a scratchplate tho. Do a search for the RG plans, they are the same as a Jem and have been posted a few times
No you would not have to do any rewiring. The pickguard will just screw off, you will have to unscrew the pickups and controls of the pickguard to.
Yes you can paint pickups but you could use bobbin toppers as well. It is a lot quicker and easyer to use them. Brian sells them at Universal Jems.
What is Dan Erlewine's forum called, I would like to read what he has to say about this. If I remember I will record the guitar before and after the mod and see if I can post the sound clips.
I have just read that Buzz Feiten shims all his bolt on necks. To separate the neck from the body slightly. He says that the body and the neck have there own resonant frequencies and separating them allows each to resonate somewhat independently. This mod also creates a negative/reverse neck angle. He says that it increases volume and alters the low end.
If I get time over weekend I am going to do this mod on one of my guitars to see if what he says is true, but i have always believed that a good snug neck joint is best. I will let you know how it goes and if i can hear the differance.
Sorry for being of topic but Project Guitar has been in a UK mag called Guitarist , in the what's on the web section. Brian if you like i can find the mag and e-mail you a copy of the page so you can read what they said about your site.