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what would the scale legnth of an instrument need to be to use an E string as an A string, the A as the D etc. and keep a resonable tension?

I've done a search I'm kicking around the idea of a blue burst on my next project, so what I wanna know is: what wood dyes do u guys use/have experience with? flakes or concentrate? water, alcohol or other soluable? shelf life? happy with results? where do u get it? where to get it...

after months o planning and part acquisitionI will begin my second bass It's actually only a body build for the neck that was left over from the bass I cannibalized for parts to make the Explorer Specs: standard scale gold hardware trapeze tail piece tune-o-matic bridge mighty mite...

Any good concerts in any one's area? Who are you seeing? I'm seeing Clapton w/ Roger Daltry in Cincy

I'll have a Hofner Icon pick-up and a musicman style humbucker. I want to have a toggle switch w/ either -Icon -both -humbucker -or- which do you think? -Icon -kill -humbucker I know I'll need a three way switch, a jack and two pots for volume and...

I'm gearing up for a semi hollow archtop build drawing inspiration from vintage Hofners (not the violins). how does one get that characteristic shape on the surface on the top and back. My plan is to make the body as I would a standard solid body and route out much of the innards then glue the...

I have this pick up heading my way. What can I expect from it? http://cgi.ebay.com/Allparts-Hofner-Bass-Pickup-New-Vintage-Replacement_W0QQitemZ400108961061QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar_Accessories?hash=item5d285a3d25

given the info I read about these basses I know this may be a longshot, but does anybody own or know of someone who owns one of the Senator or president archtop basses that may be willing to trace out a template for me? I would even be happy with someone knowing the dimensions of one of the...

given the info I read about these basses I know this may be a longshot, but does anybody own or know of someone who owns one of the Senator archtop basses that may be willing to trace out a template for me? I would even be happy with someone knowing the dimensions of one of the 60's versions of...

I' looking to build a faux-archtop bass with F-holes and a trapeze tailpiece and I'd like to see your pix from which to draw inpiration.

I'm planning a body build based on an archtop design with the trapeze tailpiece and F-holes and what not. What I'm looking for are archtop flavored saddles with adjustable thumb-wheels. what might I find like this and where?

my Explorer neck dives.:eek:SURPRISE! what can I do to get rid of it? It's already 11lbs, so I can't add weight anywhere the tuners are kinda set in stone, too other options? I've considered moving the strap button onto the neck closer to the heel

I seem to need to put alot of pressure on the first and second frets of my fretless that I built to get any non-muted sound out of it on all strings. could the nut be holding the strings too high off the fingerboard? would it fix if I took material off the bottom of the nut to lower the strings...

I'd like to be able to play at least 1 Who song and listening to it, it may b doable. can anyone help me out?

I recently finished my first build. I go to play it and I can't some of the stuff that I have no problem playing on my other bass. My fingers fumble over each other very ungracefully and skin from the middle digits of my fingers will get caught underneath the G string. I even try it again on my...

want to build a case for my newly completed Explorer. What r good lightweight materials? where to get hardware? tricks? tip? interior advice?

a co-worker asked me a very good question at work today. What defines classic rock? Is it based on age where once rock reaches a certain age it becomes "classic rock?" If so does that mean when somebody listens to a "classic rock" station in, say, 20yrs they will play rock like mid 90's- 2020...

I got a bloodwood fretless fingerboard that's gonna need finishing, but how? Poly? Lacquer? Oil? Nothing? I'm using flats.

I plan to glue on the FB tommorrow. when installing the truss rod do I need to do anything other than put it in the groove and put the FB on?

3:45 not familiar with song title or anything ( I would guess it's "I Believe in You"), but I'd really like a tab for it. I'm trying to find a recording of it, too if u could help me out there.

can anyone list the songs Graham plays in these videos for me? I'm sure they're listed in the comments somewhere, but I don't have time to sift through 1000+ comments per video. even if u can't they're good watches

I'm trying to mke a cover for the control cavity on the back of my current build. I have a hole with a 1/4" rabbet outed around the edge. the problem is that the hole didn't have especially smooth walls and in turn the rabbet doesn't either. now that I have this hole how do I shape a cover to...

these will work something like gas laws (for you chemistry majors) check me on these my variables are g= string thickness s= scale legnth and t=tension on strings when s is constant g and t are directly related, that is, when the scale is constant and the thickness of the strings is...

Ok, here's the dealio. I left my pickguard sheet sitting on the passenger seat of my car, it got hot, and pick guard kinda softened and took the shape of the seat. How do I get it flat again? Can I? If not anyone wanna donate a 6"x5" piece of pickguard? I plan to heat it with a heat gun and...

from the nut what are the measurements of side dots down the fingerboard?

I was cutting some nut blanks yesterday and thought to myself, "I wonder if I could use this as a fingerboard or something" anyone ever try it? even in a different capacity body, inlay, bridge, etc.?

finally starting my first build thread specs: chambered explorer purple heart body curly cherry neck-thru P-style pickups open headstock bloodwood frettless fingerboard Planning: the drawing: gluing neck: Prepping body wing: Neck taper cut: Shaping started...

I'm in the middle of converting an acoustic guitar to a bass. What kind of pickups should I outfit it with? this is my first time in this section as I usually reside in the LC, so I'm just about pickup clueless

I'm trying the acoustic guitar to bass with the BEAD strings to EADG tuning. The guitar was free , so it's worth an experiment. What is the best way to remove the nut and bridge? this is the instrument going under the knife: I really like this bridge for some reason

is cherry strong enough for a neck? I got a curly cherry board but don't wanna laminate it into a neck unless It'll work.

I know what it is, where it goes, what it's supposed to do, but not really how it works. I have a stew mac hot rod and I'd like to understand how it does what it does. enlighten me.

I have a 36"x6"x2" slab of Purpleheart for a body that'll be a neck thru. I recently realized I'll need to re design from my planned Explorer project b/c the slab isn't wide enough to accomodate the shape. So, will a fenderbird or thunderbird fit? I know a P or J will fit, but I wanna deviate...

My request here is going to show how little I know I want a tab to "Rocky mountain Way," but I want to be able to play the main part. I want to play each of Walsh's chords as a note. ultimately I'd like what I play to be able to stand alone. Now that I've revealed music theory lingo as my...

I can't claim to know if his version is different than the originals, but I'd venture to say it is since he'll usually play a more "lead"part, so... anyone know it?

I just got my micro q-tron in the mail today and I love it. anyone else who owns this have any favorite settings?

this seems like a stripped down funk line and I'd like to learn BAAA BA DUM BUM- BUM DUM BUM DA DUM I'm trying to improve my funksmanship and that seems like a riff that I can use to build on.

As a regular LC resident, I generally don't venture here into effects (mostly b/c I don't know a dam* thing about 'em) but I feel compelled to pose this question: What is this effect at 1:37, and where can I get one?

where does one find a tail piece for an archtop?

anybody have an explorer bass who would be willing to trace it out onto paper and mail it to me (the paper, not the bass)?:eyebrow: Any help is appriciated

Whose explorer bass is this ? I have questions about it Scale legnth? weight? are those strings yellow tape wound or gold? Any special building considerations? I like this and I want to build something similar