How do you drill the bridge to pick up wire hole?... Very carefully! A long drill bit! Before you finish the body!
I have a beautiful PRS build that has a sticker in a strategic spot on the body....
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How do you drill the bridge to pick up wire hole?... Very carefully! A long drill bit! Before you finish the body!
I have a beautiful PRS build that has a sticker in a strategic spot on the body....
Yeah sounds similar to how I do surfboard plugs. I have all that on hand. How has it held up?
Looking on Pitbull site they are now out of stock with this model both in ash and basswood, so if I...
Out of interest Jim, what sort of epoxy did you use? I did flirt with the idea of using two part surfboard epoxy with some fibre glass mat fibres mixed in. The same method I use to glass in surfboard...
They are very nice. I have the black one. Dropped in a Duncan JB with series parallel circuit and locking tuners.
Yeah it looks like that. It is lipless and the top sits level with the body.
My concern is the thimble part slipping in and out so easy, should it need to bite into the hole a bit or is that how...
Thanks Simon. I hoped you would be around as I know you have had this set up.
I will email them now.
Hi all.
Just got my new JMA kit in the mail.
Doing a scratch build and the two tremolo bridge posts are dropping straight into the holes, no hammering or pushing needed. They come straight out...
Thanks Simon.
Did a heap of reading up last night and the process you describe is exactly what I am finding as the way to do this.
I have found another way using shou Sugi ban technique.
Some...
I didn't even think of doing the blue then grain filling after with a yellow.
That could work, a lot of sand throughs and redos I would bet (It's blue with yellow I am aiming for. I didn't want the...
Hi all. I have built several maple cap guitars and finished by using black to pop grain sand back then colour, clear etc.
My next project is an ash build.
Somewhere on here I saw a green guitar...
Yeah I have even built one guitar with a pot to blend from coil to humbucker and many other left field rigs.
The problem is I now go back and pick up a guitar and forget what functions they have....
I would do tru oil. I love how it really brings out a 3d effect when layered on. Need 10 to 15 coats and long cure time.
You could use clear coat in a can from the auto shop. This is a quick way...
Thanks guys
I have an Ibanez I wired with the push pull and it works well.
So I guess I will stick with that instead of unnecessarily complicating things as usual.
Hi Jim.
Yeah I was originally thinking swapping the 5 way for 3 way and then a toggle switch in place of a pot. That is just a case of taking the two soldered humbucker wires through a switch to...
Hi everyone.
I am looking to wire up a bridge humbucker and neck single coil.
I want the five way Strat style selector switch to give me position 1 bridge humbucker,
2. North coil of bridge...
Yeah I tried both and the stain was the one I sanded through. Ink seems to not penetrate as deep but brings out figuring nicely.
If you google "blue burst Les Paul" there is YouTube video of a guy...
Sonic mountain makes a very good point. Be very careful sanding the cap. Apply black before doing any sanding. Use 320 grit and go slow. I sanded through the 1mm cap on my second build and had to go...
Thanks Deadman. The body I am looking at says it is American standard specs, so I am guessing most terms will fit. I just can't find anyone that put a M.I.M. in an American standard. (Of course, why...
To get that burst.. get black ink (stamp pad ink is good) apply with a rag, go over until it is nice and dark.
Sand it back and you will have those nice black figuring lines.
Then use green ink or...
Hi all.
Can anyone answer a couple of questions for me?
With the Strat body, what tremolo bridge setup will fit? I once tried a m.i.m bridge/trem in a squire and it was too big due to squire bodies...
Thanks for the tip. Found the build. Unfortunately the poster has been inactive since May. Would love to know if he had stereo jacks or blended with neck pickup. Surprised at how good the disc...
My lovely wife has got me the hollow body Prs style kit for Xmas. I have been looking at the genuine article for ideas on finishing and noticed some come with a piezo pick ups on a separate circuit...
Hi all.
I purchased and built a Jza1 a while back.
A very nice kit indeed. As usual I made a bunch of up grades locking tuners, dimarzio humbucker, upgrade pots and cap.
I ran into a problem...
The way it works is 4x fortnightly payments. So 25 a week for $200. If paid off in two months there is no more to pay if not paid off in 2 months there is a five dollar fee for each month the balance...
Thanks Adam. Haha no way am I linked to any financial institution. I am just addicted to building and playing guitars.
Yeah I have posted pics of some builds under my introduction via a hosting...