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Mr. Preston Swift

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  1. Mr. Preston Swift
    that is exactly what i needed to hear thanks everyone (rich) now i'm convinced that it will not work too well thx
  2. Mr. Preston Swift
    Your assumtion is correct. Double tops are more expensive. So I just wanna know if you have found your answer to this question. "Since Rosewood is denser than mahogany and already has good tonal qualities wouldn't it too make a great soundboard?" If so what conclusions did you come to? Peace,Rich I came to the assumption that rosewood would probably make a good sound board, if and only if, the body/bracing is good enough to support it enough to produce a descent tone, Guild i know makes all mahogany guitars so i guess that most back and sides woods could be ok tops too only if they are built with options and stucture to support it enough. thank you guys and i plan to try this in the future (about a year i guess) andrew
  3. Mr. Preston Swift
    Is the double top basically two thin soundboards with that honeycomb stuff in the middle. Cause if it is i think that would be a little expensive if i used rosewood
  4. Mr. Preston Swift
    i was recently rereading on of my books on wood selection. It mentioned that Indian rosewood was a denser kind of wood, more so then Mahogany. I know Guild uses mahogany for it's soundboards and so do others, and of course they sound great. Since Rosewood is denser than mahogany and already has good tonal qualities wouldn't it too make a great soundboard? I couldn't really dig up any helpful info on it. What do you guys think?
  5. Mr. Preston Swift
    thx i'm bad at wiring so i thought it was a little more technical
  6. Mr. Preston Swift
    I am making my first guitar. It's just about done exept for the wiring. I have 2 humbuckers to use for it (seymour duncan bridge position and a mid 80's ibanez RG neck position) I'm a little lost in wiring them right and where everything would go. Does someone know how to or have a diagram to wire 2 humbuckers to a stacked push pull tone and volume pot and a 3 way switch? Also how do you tell if a 3 way switch is good or not? thx
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    I'm a little sketchy on that issue too. I also read Hiscock's bible many times and still a little confused on how to do it. Because of this I just used StewMac's Hot Rods (link at bottom). If you don't already know about them they use straight channels so you don't need to route a curved channel and they are 2 way adjustable so they can adjust up or down. They worked great with my LP Hybrid. http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Truss_rods/Hot...Truss_Rods.html
  8. Mr. Preston Swift
    The Taylor method and Myka's method looks like it might work for me. I have a few questions on them that need some answering. In the Taylor method is it just on big solid neck block for the neck to bolt into? and on Myka's method i am confused on how the neck attachs to the irregular neck block and why the block is formed like it is. Couldn't i just have a larger neck block and bolt it on like a strat, or would that cause tonal problems and maybe mute the sound a bit? THX PS: your guitars are kicking ass. I'll be looking into them too!
  9. Mr. Preston Swift
    I'm sorry, i meant in terms of acoustics
  10. Mr. Preston Swift
    jackson soloist (i forget exactly what type) because of the extended cutaway that goes beyond the 24th. also the body contours are a big plus.
  11. Mr. Preston Swift
    I've been noticing that people around this forum attach the neck differently. I find dovetails difficult and am thinking about bolting it on like an electric. Is there a draw back to this way or is a dovetail the better way to go? Which ways do you guys use?
  12. Mr. Preston Swift
    I guess i'll try an all oak guitar since i already got the blanks for free. I'm guessing if i chamber the body ALOT and mabye add some the maple tops i have around it'll work.
  13. Mr. Preston Swift
    One of my friends who is building a six string acoustic bass is using oak for the neck and is convinced it is good for luthier purposes. I also have an oak body blank that I got for free but i don't know if it is a good choice for the guitar. Is oak a good enough wood for the body and is it stiff enough for the neck? thx
  14. Mr. Preston Swift
    Not hard at all just a little modification to the wiring and an extra pickup cavity. So, not that hard at all. I'm actually planning to build a guitar for my tech-ed class coming later this year
  15. Mr. Preston Swift
    Wow!!! That is GORGEOUS!!!!!! I think i may make something like that next time i start up an electric, only with double or triple humbuckers with a floyd rose too MMMMMMMM that's good stuff!
  16. Mr. Preston Swift
    Thanks Alot Guys you've changed my preference on sound boards i will probably order off of LMI and get some bearclaw stika thx
  17. Mr. Preston Swift
    I was looking at stika boards on StewMac and the prices range from AA-$19 AAA-$38 AAAA-$67 Master-88 i really don't have much of a budget here so i'm trying to get the best for my money I know that Carvin uses AA stika for their acoustic top and they sound great. Does the grade of a soundboard drastically effect the overall sound of the guitar? andrew
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    i actually just started my first this year to save money cause i was 14 and didn't have a source of income. As i was building i found out that it's fun to do overall and a good challenge if your bored. Good hobby too. But yeah, you can put all sorts of weird crap on your custom made gitbox and brag to people who have to comprise while you can just add on what you want.
  19. Mr. Preston Swift
    so would tung oil work good on the fingerboard? how many coats?
  20. Mr. Preston Swift
    nice stuff man, nice stuff just curious did you shape the bracing?
  21. Mr. Preston Swift
    if it's grain"y" then i always thought staining or spraying a cool geometric design into it with one color and leaving the rest bare to make a contrast. ?.
  22. Mr. Preston Swift
    i know this is an odd way but being 15 and not having any power tools and such i use a portable belt sander i'll post some pics strangly it makes a clean carve that i used to carve my top
  23. Mr. Preston Swift
    i too am wondering about these things as the tutorial dosn't explain clear coats
  24. Mr. Preston Swift
    i work with acoustics alot and am going to start a build soon but i'd like to know if these are 100% nessesary in the build.
  25. Mr. Preston Swift
    yeah those warmoths are real nice much niceer than anything i could make i built a giutar and sometime in my life i'd actually like to make a good one lol PS: Warmoth puts binding on a stratocaster ;-)
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