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  1. biliousfrog
    Some of the items, the fret wire immediately sprang to mind, might be better bought in bulk. It might not be as much of an issue for you as you live on the same side of the Atlantic as Stew Mac but I bought a tube of fret wire as it works out much cheaper & I guarentee that you'll make at least one more guitar. It's nice to know that you can screw up a bit & not run out of materials. Another thing might be to get uncut nut blanks & buy some files to make your own, again I'm thinking long-term benefits. Also, the wire, copper tape etc. that you're buying...it would be much cheaper from an electronics store. I bought a length of the rainbow coloured, ribbon type wire for only a few £'s many years ago & I managed to rewire several guitars with it. Have a look here: http://www.radioshack.com/family/index.jsp...2032058.2032227
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    Close is normally good enough especially if you don't actually have anything to compare it too. The most important thing is surely whether it sounds any good? You could take the pickups from the original Red Special & put them in a strat & they'll sound different, you could even put them in one of the replicas & they'll sound different...they are just a single component that is subject to many manufacturing defects & quirks. How do you know that the person/people that said they weren't exact aren't comparing them to a poor batch of original pickups or to a set that were slightly overwound? If you're looking for perfection you'll forever be disappointed
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    there's always stuff that needs "crafting" around the house...made a vivarium for my tortoise, made a "bunny gate" to stop our baby rabbit from getting into the kitchen & behind the units, got a garden gate to make....as for more crafty stuff, I want to make my girlfriend a jewellery box for our 10yr anniversary & I try to draw & sculpt but I don't seem to have much time to dedicate to it lately
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    Maybe contact Andy at Guyton guitars, he made the anniversary Red Special guitar & a few other customs for Brian May so I guess they'll be as close as you'll get. I know that almost everything on the Red Special was made from scratch so it's possible that the pickups were too but he might have bought them in.
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    A few weeks ago I was watching a UK TV program called Grand Designs which follows people building or converting properties into contempory living spaces. This particular show involved a cabinet maker making an eco-house in the centre of london ( click ), the building was clad in cedar but constructed from "Parallam", a kind of MDF but made from real hardwood fibres. When I first saw it I thought, "oh my god, he's making a house out of Limba!!!" but then they explained what it is. I've since found some turnery sites that have used it but wondered whether anyone here has used it & can see any problems with using it. The end grain is a bit ugly but the faces can look amazing. Parallam bowls & vases some info
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    wow, that's a chunky neck
  7. biliousfrog
    I've not used them much yet but they do get REALLY cold REALLY fast. I've taken to wrapping them in an old towel when using them & they still get uncomfortable to hold after a short while.
  8. biliousfrog
    you'll need an etch primer or an etching solution. I'm guessing that you're in the UK as you've spelt it aluminium? Most DIY stores will sell a suitable primer, it is often sold as "special metals primer", or "garage door primer". Most are very nasty & should be used outside or in a very well ventilated area but I bought one that was odour free & has worked ok but it might not be strong enough for a pick guard. If you use etching solution you'll need to paint over it as soon as possible as aluminium oxidizes which is why most paints can't stick to it.
  9. biliousfrog
    I have a Sapele body that I'm working with at the moment which has the same ribbon grain. It is often sold as mahogany & is of the same species but it is much redder than that. Nice work so far
  10. biliousfrog
    that's a funny shaped LP, should look quite "custom" when the new parts are fitted I bought a £49 SG for parts a while back & the pots were all corroded in that too...where the hell do they store them?
  11. biliousfrog
    wow that is the ugliest tele I've ever seen!
  12. biliousfrog
    use your ear, I've yet to find tab that's correct & you'll learn much more in the long term.
  13. biliousfrog
    I met up with Tonemonkey a while back to swap some parts. It was a very brief encounter in a supermarket carpark (ooh-err, sounds a bit dodgy ) but it was nice to put a face to someone that would otherwise be just a string of text on a forum.
  14. biliousfrog
    Firstly, you will need to remove the frets & fingerboard install the LED's &/or fiber optics, then replace the fingerboard, re-radius the board to get the LED's flush then refret. If it's only installing the LED's that you're not familiar with then by all means have a go but if you don't know anything about fretting or fixing necks I really wouldn't bother yet.
  15. biliousfrog
    search the forums. I bought a £3 pair of metal nibblers, dremeled a groove for the fret & had a set of tang removers that work briliantly.
  16. biliousfrog
    yeah nice to see an acoustic in progress, looking forward to this
  17. biliousfrog
    They're just cheaper components. Check that the knobs will fit, sometimes the cheaper pots have slightly smaller shafts & need something like plumbing tape or a Rizla to keep the knobs on. Lace diagram here: http://www.axesrus.com/strat.gif use 250k
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    I haven't seen them anywhere & I'm not sure that they'll be available outside of Fender anytime soon, although I might be wrong. I have a feeling that they were developed with/by Fender as I've not seen them on anything else. The TBX is a similar example, I've not seen those pots produced by anyone else & I woudn't be surprised if Fender own the patent for them.
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    How could I have forgotten Jonny Greenwood ...amazingly inspirational, also Rob Dickinson & Brian Futter from Catherine Wheel...massively underated & almost unknown in their home country let alone their home town. I must say that I get more inspiration from non-guitarists as most things have been done a million times. Les Claypool always makes me smile, Chad Smith is great fun to watch, Chemical Bros, Prodigy, Faithless, Dust Bros have all heavily influenced my need to find new sounds. ...ah, that fuzzy haired guy from Incubus, Mike someone? He has some good moments especially in their "Time Lapse Consortium" side project.
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    Hendrix, Morello, Billy Corgan, Trey Anastasio, Nuno Bettencourt, Kim Thayall, Joe Perry, K T Tunstall.....
  21. biliousfrog
    A friend says that his Engl amp also had an led to light it up so I guess it's not all budget gear that does it
  22. biliousfrog
    yeah the switch is for the eq, thanks for the compliments. The bridge pickup is a DeArmond 2K, a great pickup. I admit that I bought it purely for the look of it but it's such a nice pickup. I guess like a P90 without the noise.
  23. biliousfrog
    yeah it doesn't look like the usual dark colour & sand back as the deeper grain is lighter than the rest
  24. biliousfrog
    I spoke to an amp tech once who showed me a Marshall with a valve that was wired up purely to glow...it had no connection to any of the signal chain at all. Quite a lot of companies add LED's to make the tubes look like they're glowing more, after all they must be working harder if they glow brighter right? I'm not really sure what to think about it. Shouldn't audio equipment be based on what it sounds like? Does that Behringer unit sound worse now that they know what's in it or exactly the same? The sad truth is that musicians will mostly by audio equipment based on what it looks like or on what someone else says is good. You've just proved that point by looking for effects pedals with tubes in them, not looking for effects that work with your gear or sound good to you but ones that have a feature that you've been told you need.
  25. biliousfrog
    I thought Henry? how about an anagram...for example, my last build was a beaten up looking single-cut with metal front & worn through paint, it's become known as the BUG: Beaten Up Guitar.
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