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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?

what kind of attitude is that? It's the journey, not the destination

rattle can lacquer

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...

almost looks like Brazilian Rosewood in those pics

I like the feel of that neck; it was the neck that went to my first precision that I cannabalized for my explorer now, what should I do to remove that decal?

body cut out just need new spindle sander sleeves to finish shaping it.

I put the tuners on the already finished neck now i just need to get that decal off body blank is glued up: template traced onto the blank (I cut it really closeon the width):

*rim shot*

I used curly cherry on my explorer neck-thru. it has no problems or reenforcement

i can make one or two other things

had I the skillset to bend sides to make this style of guitar, I would, but I don't. This will be chambered and carving the back would be purely asthetic.

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...

after nine months of shelving this project to plan another I had a great(I think) idea. why do a traditional acoustic bridge when I can do something like this: these are parts lined up from my next build so I'm not using these parts on it, but it gave me the idea. the tailpiece and the...

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

The rawness of that "Yeah" makes me wanna throw a brick through a plate glass window

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female- Ann Wilson male- Chis Cornell

I guess to put my question more plainly: in the both on setting are both pups always gonna be the same volume or will adjusting the pickup volume on the individual switch settings possibly make one louder than the other when they're both on?

ok, this is prolly gonna get way more technical here than my understaning can handle, but in the both pups on setting are they always both gonna be at the same volume regardless of my volume settings for the individual pickups on their respective switch settings?

thanks, any input on switch configuration? and what's the difference b/w a 250K and 500K pot?

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...

One big drawback I see is that cutting on a bandsaw (if u can find a bandsaw big enough to cut this piece) would be crazy difficult to control since its so unwieldy and awkwardly big. unless you used a coping saw to hand cut your curves.

truthfully fit is the least of my worriesI'm putting it in a bass I'll be building that's modeled after an old Hofner. Sound was mainly what I was asking about.

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...

Those Hofners are exactly what I was looking for. does anyone by chance own one or know of anyone who does who might be willing to trace it out for me?

I appreciate your pics so far and they are all exquisite instruments. I guess I'm just looking for something a little more classically designed. something like this only in bass form

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.

you read my mind, Tim. I can forsee trouble if it's still green

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?

the strap button is still a good six inches south of the twelfth fret

how does this strap prevent neck dive?

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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

was this ever finished?

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...

Though not expressly stated this comment screams "lack of faith"