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Someone recently gave me a "Series 10" MIK strat copy. Nothing special at all, but I want to clean + set it up and sell it. The problem is, the guitar makes no sound. Can't seem to get any sound out of the pickups. If you jiggle stuff around there is some light crackling noises, but that's it...

Have any of you put a pickup between the two pickups on a jazz bass? Is there any reason why I couldn't put a p bass or musicman style humbucker there? Like, would it affect the magnetic/electric field of the single coil pickups badly somehow? If you have done this, how did you like the...

I've seen a lot of Big covered humbuckers (EB mudbucker style especially) placed right at the end the neck. Due to the cost of said pickups, I'm wondering about alternatives. Is there any reason you cant put a musicman or p bass style humbucker at the end of the fingerboard, in the "neck"...

Anyone know where I can get these? http://www.diyguitars.net/Artec_Custom_Hot_4_String_Bass_Sidewinder_Pickup_30K_Ohms_Chrome/p1749502_8305260.aspx They are out of stock on this site. AllParts carries similar pickups but I want to find some true sidewinder pickups, and as far as I know...

So this is a guitar pickup question but I figured someone ought to know the answer. So, telecaster bridge pickups traditionally have copper plated steel base plates, to which the pickup is grounded, yes? Some replacement telecaster pickups don't have them, such as the Dimarzio area t. Is...

I see that Allparts sells a Gibson style eb neck humbucker. Does anyone know how they compare to a real mudbucker? How does the ouput compare? What magnets do they use? Are the coils sideways?

I'm in need of a small planer to process some rough sawn 2" ash and cherry that was given to me. I was using a router on a jig to plane before but this is a decent amount of wood and I really need a planer anyway. None of the wood is beyond, say, 10" wide and 2" thick. What brands/models...

Hey, so I'm curious about the bridge humbucker on the deluxe precision basses (as seen here http://www.talkbass.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/232/title/fender-american-deluxe-precision-bass/cat/13 and here...

So I'm planning on a guitar build and I was wondering if there's some trick to locating the pickups. It would be 25.5 inch scale, with two humbuckers. Is there a method to placing them? I figured there must be. Aren't there sweetspots? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

As the title says, really. I got a solid, 4 piece, 1.75" thick East Indian Rosewood body blank last Christmas per my request. So, I've had this wood for one year to the day as of tomorrow. Hoped to get to this sooner, but I finally got a chance to tear into this and am overwhelmingly satisfied...

Hi, So I'm thinking about buying a mighty mite telecaster body and re-routing it for PAF humbuckers. Would a humbucker rout cover either the neck or the bridge pickup routs of a standard telecaster? I can't find any dimensions and don't have a way of checking. Also, I would ideally...

As the title says. I'm going to start carving out a new body soon, and I'd like to find a good jazz bass template set. To my understanding, the profile of a jazz bass has changed a bit over time. I love the curves of a jazz bass and am partial to the lines of vintage bodies the most. I'm...

Does anyone know what body wood the 80s Kramer striker 700 stb used? Thanks. Just curious. The ones that look like these. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=161164740725&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en

I have an idea that I could use some help with. So, I know this has KINDA been done before, as on the Tractor bass. There were two j pickups in the bridge position, acting a bit like a humbucker together? I had this idea of taking two sets of Fender 62 ri/ "Original" pickups and fusing...

Hey guys, I jumped the gun and bought a bottle of StewMac colortone dye before I thought a few things through: I bought a bottle of their Red Mahogany color. Does anyone have any example pictures they can share with me so I can see the color on an instrument? I'm going for a 70's Fender...

Does anyone know what wood was used on the necks of the the Vantage strat copies that had the dark neck wood? It almost looks like mahogany at first glance, but is not very similar up close. I can't remember what the name is but I saw some cheap shovel handles that appeared to be the same wood...

I have an older Samick ash bodied tele knockoff. Overall, it's a killer guitar for the cash. Admittedly though, in terms of tone it is a bit un-tele like. The pickups have ceramic magnets and are a bit too bright for my taste (even for a tele). They are a tad bland and yet overly bright...

Hey guys, What do you think of these tuners? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-FENDER-VINTAGE-BASS-GUITAR-TUNERS-JAZZ-BASS-PRECISION-P-BASS-Reissue-NEW-/121081480582?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item1c3104c586 What does it mean that they are "reverse winding"? Do they/ should they tune up...

Can any of you provide me some sound files or links to demo videos for the Lindy Fralin jazz bass single coil size humbuckers? I've heard great things about them but I can't find any demos or sound clips. Thx.

Hi guys, My jazz bass now has 62 ri pups (I really like the sound of these... for $85 they are impressively vintage sounding) but I recently heard a comparison of Fender 62 ri jazz bass pups and the Fender CS 60s pups and I think I like the CS 60s a LOT more. They sounded a lot like my 62s in...

Hey guys, Have any of you ever made an all mahogany precision bass (meaning the body and neck were both mahogany) or just a body even, and if so, could you provide some sound files or comment on the tone? Did you find that it was too muddy or too dark? Just something I've wondered about...

I have some really grainy, dense, and heavy northern or black ash. I want to build a bass with it but I can't decide what to do. Would you build a p, a j, a pj, a musicman, or a tele bass, and why? It should be make for a really growly bass and I would like to make an ash neck with a...

My brother is building a set neck 7 string guitar and he has a question about the truss rod situation. He's going with a bubinga neck with either a rosewood or ebony fingerboard, and the scale length for this guitar is going to be either 26 and 3/16" (I think) or 27". He's wondering what...

I want to build myself a guitar at some point. I was thinking about doing a Les Paul type body that would be half mahogany and half hard ash. I like the aggressive growl that ash heartwood / Northern ash has, and the darkness and fullness that mahogany has, so I figured I could combine...

Hi guys, I believe I just bought myself enough East Indian Rosewood to build myself an all Rosewood Precision Bass. What tips can you offer me about working with Rosewood? Is there anything particular I should know about it? I will be documenting this build extensively, and it will be a...

I see the Custom Shop 60's Jazz Bass pickups in all kinds of different packaging. They all say Custom Shop 60's Jazz bass, but the actual packaging differs in appearance/style. Are they all the same pickups? Or are they slightly different?

Hey guys, Would love to get some feedback on a project idea. I was thinking about doing a p bass with a mahogany body and neck and a rosewood fingerboard. What are your thoughts on how that wood combo would sound? I was going for a really fat, deep, dark tone. I thought that combo would...

For those of you who slot their own fingerboards: Have you built instruments with custom scale lengths? If so, how did you locate the fret slots, and how did you cut them? I realize that stewmac has an online fret location calculators that tells you where the frets would be located for...

To my understanding, a longer scale length provides more power and punch. As in, that is why basses have always tended to have longer scale lengths? Do you, as luthiers, find that any short scale basses you have made lacked mid range power and punch? Or were lacking in low end fullness...

So it appears that AllParts still makes and sells 7 string strat style guitar bodies in ash. What's weird though, is that it appears that they discontinued their 7 string strat style necks. Does anyone know of any vendors still selling these? I would love to scoop up a body and a neck...

Do you guys know where I can get some hard ash, either glued blanks, one piece, or pieces that I can glue? I like really heavy hard ash, and I haven't seen any hard ash blanks for sale anywhere.

Hey guys, I might have asked this before. Do you know where I can get an ash bass neck blank? I'd be using a rosewood fingerboard and I plan on making a neck for a four string, if that helps with size and such. Thanks. Chris

Do any of you guys own one of the Mighty Mite 5 string p bass necks? I am thinking about buying one, but I need to know the heel width. I can't find specs anywhere; only one seller mentioned the heel width, and he said it was 3" wide, which seemed a tad wide. If anyone has one of these...

Hey guys. Know where I can get some traditional looking strat knobs that have set screws? Basically, I don't want chromed metal strat type knobs... I'm looking for white knobs with gold text, just like the plastic ones, but I want to use them on push-pull pots, so they would need to have set...

Anyone have any experience with or knowledge about Fender custom shop jazz pickups? Any idea how they would compare to Fralin or Lollar? Thanks.

Does anyone know if someone is still making + selling telecaster bass humbuckers? I'm referring to the humungous rectangular neck position humbuckers you can see on some 70s tele basses. I was under the impression that although Fender still sells some basses with them, that you can't buy the...

Hey guys, I'm looking for pics of unusual pickup configurations on Fender Jazz, P and tele basses. Anything extra, weird, cool... it would be even better if it were your bass and you could tell me why you did what you did and whether or not you like it. Thank you in advance from a curious...

Anyone know if you can spray nitro over tung oil? Anyone have experience with this? if so, do you have tips, opinions? I assume you'd have to sand the oil down significantly prior to spraying.

Hey, I am building a jazz bass that is going to have an ash body and an ash neck. I am wondering what you would recommend for a fingerboard wood and why. From what I have read, an ash body with an ash neck with a maple fingerboard has a very punchy tone. I was wondering what would happen if I...

Hey guys. I nabbed this cool body off eBay the other day for a song because it is (lightly!) blemished. I am thinking about making my own neck for this. It would be my first neck, so I was kind of hoping to get a pre-radiused, pre-slotted fingerboard, only because I can't afford the tools to...