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My LTD Fretless (B-204SM) in satin over spalted maple with EMG 35 PAX/JX. The spalted maple lottery is a bit iffy on whether you get a plain-looking piece or a super gorgeous piece, I'm happy with mine. They also make it in a 5 (and I think 6) string variety. 24 "frets" on a 5-piece neck...

Looks like LowEndLobster did a review on the big chungus L-2500. Great stuff

Nevermind the reasons why you might want to, can anyone confirm if a standard MusicMan pickup would fit under the pickup cover of a G&L MFD pickup? Standard four string. I'm just not sure if the pole pieces of an MM pickup would be too big or not quite in the right spot to line up under the MFD...

Unless I've forgotten how to google, there's remarkably few YouTube videos out there demoing or comparing EMG's bass pickups, specifically the P and PJ sets. I'm looking into a P/J set and I've read into the differences between the PJX, PJAX, and PJCSX - I understand the physical differences...

Working on building one from the ground up, a pair of EMG35 sized pickups in the bridge and neck. Walnut body, roasted maple or bubinga neck. I really enjoy EMG pickups, especially the P models (35P4), but I have no experience with the 35CS to compare them to

Sorry, I can't edit it but I meant to list the 35CS and P specifically, since there are a ton of CS variations

Does anyone have experience with both the EMG P and EMG CS pickups? I'm trying to get some info on the differences in sound between the two; the CS seems to have a higher resonant frequency according to EMG's documentation, but also seems to be described as the darker of the two. This would be...

Gorgeous! What wood is that neck?

Only on certain woods, roasted maple and bubinga aren't among them

Beautiful! What kind of wood is that?

Yeah the weight worries me a little bit - but I love the way it looks so much. Plus, the body will be Walnut and I'm concerned that the walnut and the roasted maple will be too similar in color and it'll look weird without any contrast between the two

Thank you so much for the advice! I'm torn between bubinga and roasted maple; whichever I choose it will be both the neck and the fretboard.

The closest I've ever come to "woodworking" is giving my cutting boards and fretboards the occasional rub-down with mineral oil. I'm planning on purchasing an unfinished Warmoth neck, and based on all the research I've done I'd like to finish it in Tru-Oil. Looking at pictures on the internet...

Thanks! Sounds like that 'Stock Sheen & Conditioner' may be beneficial for the back of the neck, if I understand what it does correctly?

I've done some research on the various options for treating an unfinished roasted maple neck and I've decided that Tru-Oil is the way I want to go. I've only got two (probably dumb) questions: - What technique (or tool) is best for when I oil the fretboard, for making sure I get all the way...