themetalhankey

So I was dive bombing with the zr bridge in an s470 up and down. I broke the screw, its either a screw or something that was attached on the bridge itself. The part I'm talking about is the place where the whammy bar goes in. That whole piece broke in half, so now the other half is inside the body somewhere ( I haven't taken it apart yet) and the other piece is in front of me. Its just a hole now. And this is a rental and its due this saturday. Should I open it up and try to fix it? Should I just give it to long and mcquade (renting place) like it is right now? I've gone to a music shop and they told me to fix it, I may have to replace the whole bridge but the part I broke is only like a 5 dollar part. I also bought insurance when I rented this thing, I didn't abuse the whammy bar, I was just using it like anyone normally would. What should I do? HERE's PICS: http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/24/imga1219hq6.jpg http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/6208/imga1223qh8.jpg http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/1781/imga1226ep3.jpg http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/8459/imga1222ul3.jpg the part on the left goes under the bridge, then the bridge comes, then the part on the right goes on top of the bridge then the whammy bar sticks in the part on the right. that screw is split in half

I mean what would be the average size be? And the average length for a screw. So I know which to buy.

What are the size and length of the screws for a bolt on neck? How deep should they go into the neck too?

yes it'll be a bolt on its actually 7 pieces and yes

I can't buy a new made neck, cus the fretboard is custom, its 25 frets and for a 7 string.

did you even visit the link?

Here is a preview of the guitar with the woodwork complete: All of the pics of progress can be seen here: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showt...817#post8018817 I post on Ultimate Guitar because I like the way that you can keep a lot of pictures in 1 post

I will scare you guys on this picture: But seriously I'm almost complete with the entire 7 string mockingbird.. again this is my first build. Since I don't really like this forum because of the limit of pics per post policy, but I love the help,tips, advice, and seeing other peoples builds here, this is the website forum that I go on and there are numerous pictures of the entire guitar being completed. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showt...817#post8018817

Just checkin here... I don't have the part with me and I've got to finish this body with all holes drilled, plus its due soon.

lol im sorry, but I have all the progress + LOADS of pics of this , here http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/forum/showthread.php?t=475304

I didn't radius the fretboard, but I heard that you CAN keep the fretboard unradiused which has its advantages and disadvantages as well as a radiused one. Radiused: better bar chords , better feel I guess Unradius: better for setting up the bridge, lining it up, easier for bends Yup I just learned that I had to wax it before I glue it... meaning I didn't wax it before I glued them frets in. Now I have all this gorilla glue stuck on my fingers and I'm tryin to play with my guitars and its friggin hell cus its stuck like super glue, I tried peeling it off and it freakin burned and left cuts, similar to paper cuts. Poor me

SO SORRY GUYS, but I hammered+ gorrilla glued the frets in today! I feel ashamed at myself for doing that. When I applied the glue, I put the glue over the fret slot, put the fret over that and hammered it in. At one of the slots, I put the fret in and it was not level so I used 2 mini clamps to keep it in... I just should have gone Fretless that would have been the best choice.. DAMNIT. Plus I got the gorilla glue all over my hands, and it leaves a black mark on me :S... Oh I also got the gorilla glue everywhere on the fretboard and some clamping mistakes which screwed up the fretboard with some pinches and many imperfections on the fretboard now, so I will probably scallop the entire fretboard to get rid of the imperfections and the gorilla glue which I think I overapplied because when I put the fret in, all the glue smudges out. Right now it's at school all clamped nicely, I got all 25 frets complete in 40 minutes. Bit rushed I'd say, I did the last 4 frets (23,23,24,25) in less than a minute because the bell rang... rofl. Yes I admit im dumb and should have just gone with a fretless fretboard. We'll see what it'll look like on monday, the last day of the semester before exams start. Hopefully I'll carve the neck and finish some routing errors I made on the body to fit in the neck pocket.

a 15 cm ruler lol

ok those slots i measured are 1 mm each. How much should a "proper" fret slot be?

yeah how would I get my saw to have an even cut, because when I use my hacksaw to cut the slot, it has a deeper depth at the ends of the cut than the middle of the cut. Also the masking tape was from the truss rod. I put 2 pieces of tape over the truss rod. Iwill leave the tape there for the nut to go over because glue will be applied to put the nut on there.