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  1. biliousfrog
    Really, I thought that Fender's shorter scale was 24"? I've thought about using up some scraps & making a 1/2 scale, 12.75" guitar...having just the high octave. I'm trying hard to make my girlfriend's niece musical & I figured that it would be fun for her to play with, she's nearly 3.
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    shorter scale = less tension = heavier strings Personally I need 10's on anything under a 25.5" scale because it all gets a bit sloppy, 24" would probably need 11's at a guess, 22.5"...hmm isn't that a ukelele? I'm not a shredder but playing on a shorter scale doesn't equal easier playing. Your fingers would be really squashed up on the higher frets & the lower tension could cause tuning issues when fretting unless you have heavy strings. Look at "shred" guitars & you'll notice that they are almost exclusively 25.5" scale. Nothing wrong with trying different scales, by all means go for it but do it for the right reasons. BTW...anyone find it funny that he's wearing a Gold's Gym shirt despite looking like a twig...& I wonder if he's the lost child of Alice Cooper & Chrissie Hind
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    .005? I've got hair thicker than that!
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    sorry to dig this up again but it looks like someone else has joined in with the video responses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1OdmWECMK4...ted&search= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-R0fiJNY_o Is it sad to find them funny? [EDIT] I've fixed the second link
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    have you used a body-end adjustable trussrod at the headstock?
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    personally, I'd be tempted to try some of the amber over the body to tone down that blue a bit. It looks just a little too harsh for me but that's just my opinion, overall you've done a great job. That decal is great but it looks like a Squier in the thumbnail...sorry, I feel like I'm being really negative, I don't mean to be
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    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/13-STRNG-BASS-GUITAR...1QQcmdZViewItem yeah, those tat's are awesome. I can't believe that anyone would scar someone like that, I wonder whether he did them himself & they're not finished because nobody wants to be associated with them? The tribal ones are such a mess....& why isn't the Slipknot one finished? surely you wouldn't stop with only 1.5 letters to go? He's just soooo bizarre, I'm wondering whether he's actually an actor & we've all fallen into his trap, nobody could be that odd surely?
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    This video shows the neck to be made from a hollow frame?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhWsc6dev_g...ted&search= I've tried adding my video as a video response but I'm blocked & I can't send him messages either. Anyone else feel free to try, it would be good to get a response from him & maybe some of the moron's that are supporting him. BTW, you wouldn't believe how much effort it took to make that sound effect
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    I've had my comment removed too & I'm blocked...nothing to stop anyone from making a video response though [EDIT] I've made a quick video allowing anyone to comment if they wish, I'll post the link when it's finished processing
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    Watch some of Jean Baudin's video's on youtube & you'll see the benefit of at least 8 strings (2x four fingers)...most of his stuff would be difficult with anything but 10. It could be argued that few people actually need more than one string & 24 frets but it would make playing funky octave patterns a chore. Now that pitch shifters are relatively cheap, do we need 2 octave necks? Of course we do, it makes playing easier for most things, same goes for ERB's. There were loads of similar discussions about 7-string guitars but they're hardly specialist instruments any more...same with 5/6 string basses. I don't use 24 fret necks but I don't think they're pointless...actually my strat only has 21 but it isn't often that I notice. It's easy to dismiss something because you don't "get it" but it doesn't mean that it's pointless, it's just not for you.
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    Damn, if only you were based near me in the UK & wanted to share with a digital artist who would like to make guitars in his lunch break...that would be just perfect. ...just wanted to be part of the "I'm not applicable but I want to post a reply with Damn!" crowd.
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    I think that they're just early Gibson knobs, most places should sell them
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    The LP didn't excite me although it looks well built, I also don't like the headstock personally. The bass looks georgeous but for some reason it doesn't look right as a headless to me...& the gold, eurgh, sorry but it has to be something very special for me to like gold. Mick, well what can I say. It's damn ugly but you've made a guitar that has fused several ideas yet still looks like a 60's instrument. The colour, the scratchplate, the pickup, the bridge, the position markers...everything looks great. My only comment is that I think that some silver topped witch-hat knobs might look better on it. Well done all of you, my vote goes to Mick.
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    The problem with rag rolling is that it's so late 80's - early 90's...obviously not so much on guitars, I've never seen that, but I expect that it will look a bit naff after a year or two if not straight away. I guess it could be the crackle finish of the 00's?
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    yes you can paint directly but it won't actually bond to the metal, just kind of lay over it...the only thing that will help it stick is the small imperfections in the metal. Aluminium, stainless steel & zinc oxidize & create a film that prevents paint from sticking. The solution is to use an etching primer which actually eats into the metal & creates a surface that can be painted. The primer is usually a khaki green & stinks of sulpher so, yes - it will affect the finish I think that the finish you're thinking of is anodizing.
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    You're not alone Greg, I much prefer the black scratchplate. It looks very understated & personally, I think it looks more professional for it...kinda like you've built a nice workhorse guitar & the flame just happens to be there.
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    http://www.squierguitars.com/support.php#contact
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    really nice. I saw the last set of photo's & thought that you'd decided to go with the purple anyway but I can see that it's black in the new ones.
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    They're designed for stage use, to be seen more than heard, & as soon as you put a piezo on it & stick it through a PA it'll sound like anything else with a piezo, solid or acoustic. Acoustic's with piezo's generally sound a little more "acoustic" because of the strings & resonance of the top but mostly you're hearing the pickup & the preamp. If you want a nice acoustic sound, build a traditional acoustic. If you want something that looks like a "V" & sounds acoustic put some piezo saddles & preamp into a V...maybe even route a soundhole into the front like the Chet Atkins solidbody "acoustics" so that it looks acoustic? As you might have guessed, I don't like them . It's nothing in particular, I just can't see the point in wasting the wood on something that sounds bad unplugged & generic when amplified...same goes for the strat/tele acoustic's.
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    you need a suitable primer for the aluminium, then a paint that will work with the primer & then a clear that will work with the paint...so you tell us, will it work over the paint that you're using, will the paint work over the primer & have you used a suitable "special metals" primer or etching solution on the aluminium?
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    My girlfriend was really ill last weekend, she seems to think that the pub she visited the previous night had filled the Smirnoff bottles with cheap vodka but I suspect that it was more likely the vast amount of the stuff that she drunk...anyway, it meant that I could have some time off from shopping for shoes & doing DIY & had a chance to do some work on my baby. I rounded over the back of the body, no belly cut just a roundover all round. I routed out the mortice for the deep-set tenon, routed an edge for the carve top, planed the neck angle & pickup plane, cut the neck slot in the top & started the carving. Roundover Mortice Neck & body Carving
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    As soon as Hayseed Dixie began to make the press there were a hundred of those types of bands popping up...same thing happened with Richard Cheese & all the lounge acts. Soundgarden's Ty Cobb has some bluegrass mandolin throughout the chorus & even a mandolin solo, more of a punk song than metal but I guess they were a metal band in the traditional sense like the NWOBHM bands.
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    wow, I'd love to see their idea of bad Photoshoppery
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    My first job was working in a furniture factory for a rather well respected company & the joints were purposely CNC'd loose so that we didn't need to knock them together...unfortunately we needed to use so much glue & nails that I doubt that they saved any money. I guess Gibson is under the same dillusion.
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