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- Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:14 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: First time posting project pictures enjoy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4275
- Sat Jun 23, 2012 10:44 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: A mockup that got strings
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11997
Re: A mockup that got strings
Nice work. Pretty cool!
- Wed Jun 20, 2012 11:26 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: tom bigsby & neck angle.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7932
Re: tom bigsby & neck angle.
Lol that would be my fault. Should be a comma there. Even though English is my first language it's never been my strong point.
- Tue Jun 19, 2012 12:11 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: tom bigsby & neck angle.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7932
Re: tom bigsby & neck angle.
Thank you guys. I drew out a full size top view of the guitar but not a side view. Will deffently do this now. Thanks again.
- Sat Jun 16, 2012 4:44 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: tom bigsby & neck angle.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7932
Re: tom bigsby & neck angle.
here are a few pics to show what I am talking about. http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k627/Dtays/guitar/?action=view¤t=IMG_0431.jpg http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k627/Dtays/guitar/?action=view¤t=P1010323.jpg http://s1119.photobucket.com/albums/k627/Dtays/guitar/?action=v...
- Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:57 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: tom bigsby & neck angle.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7932
tom bigsby & neck angle.
so i didn't give a lot of info the other night with my question. so i thought i would try again. so I am new to guitar building and need some advise. I am building a solid body guitar with a bolt on neck. I have the neck built and the heal is flat. no angle. I haven't routed out my neck pocket yet. ...
- Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:47 pm
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Carving Necks
- Replies: 28
- Views: 30195
Re: Carving Necks
I am new to guitar building but i just finished carving my first neck. I agree with everyone else, rasp, file, scrapper, sandpaper. On the rasp though i bought a japanese rasp with the two handles. Love it works really well and feels very comfortable in your hands.
- Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:16 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Neck Pocket
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7225
Re: Neck Pocket
sorry didnt say the formula right. heal height-(2mm+bridge height ) = neck depth
- Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:05 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Neck Pocket
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7225
Re: Neck Pocket
yes its a solid body. bolt on neck. the heal of the neck is flat for now. and i i was thinking of doing a flat neck pocket as well and if worse came to worse use a shim. I understand that i have to measure the bridge. what i dont understand is what i watched on a video. he said that on a setup he li...
- Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:09 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Neck Pocket
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7225
Neck Pocket
so its my first build and so far only a couple hands full of mistakes lol. but nothing i couldn't redo or fix. But now I am at the stage to route out the neck pocket. I have a plan for a jig off the internet which i think will work well. My problem is I don't know how to figure out the depth of the ...
- Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:59 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: neck/bridge radius
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6730
Re: neck/bridge radius
the reason i ask is i bought 14" rad locking roller bridge ( http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_ta ... es#details) and i want a 12"rad neck. curious of what kind of problems i will be running into if any?
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 6:00 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: neck/bridge radius
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6730
neck/bridge radius
seen this on another forum but curious to what you have to say about it. should the bridge radius match the neck radius?
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:12 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Shortest reasonable scale length for travel guitar?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19255
Re: Shortest reasonable scale length for travel guitar?
I do have a question. did i just break the rules by posting the youtube website? if so I am sorry. I am new to this and will learn.
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 3:41 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: Shortest reasonable scale length for travel guitar?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 19255
Re: Shortest reasonable scale length for travel guitar?
this is just a reply to the person wondering about the rig to plug your guitar into your phone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nod69aTzsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nod69aTzsM
- Fri Mar 02, 2012 12:30 am
- Forum: Solid-Body and Chambered or Semi-Solid Electric Guitars and Bass Guitars
- Topic: laminating wood for the body
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4265
laminating wood for the body
I have some questions about laminating wood for the body of my guitar. I have a really nice piece of zebra wood and want to laminate 2 pieces of zebra and one piece of mahogany in the middle and the wings be mahogany (5 piece body). I see this often with through body necks but not with bolt on necks...