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Post by cknowles on Feb 5, 2008 7:06:51 GMT -6
I saw the article - Using a piece of bison bone for a nut? that's interesting. very innovative. No kidding, if you think beef bone smells bad while it's being cut, you have no idea of the smell from bison! PeeYew!!! |
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Post by firsttimer on Feb 5, 2008 7:11:38 GMT -6
Wouldn't mind finding a wiring scematic for three dual coil hummy pups Frehley style. Been thinkin about building a three pup LC-10.
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Post by cknowles on Feb 5, 2008 8:43:57 GMT -6
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Post by cknowles on Feb 6, 2008 18:43:47 GMT -6
Here's a better picture, finally got one where the flash hasn't x-rayed right through the finish! LOL  |
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Post by firsttimer on Feb 6, 2008 23:51:42 GMT -6
Has anyone thought about lining the inside of a neck pocket very neatly with felt in order to tighten up the neck to neck pocket fit? seems to me that theoretically it would not only work, but it would help to protect the neck joint, and would be flexable enough to snug it up without causing micro splintering.
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Post by cknowles on Feb 7, 2008 7:21:29 GMT -6
Interesting concept, I would suspect that lining the pocket with felt would have some detrimental effect to the connection between the neck and the body. According to George Fullerton, for good sustain the neck must be tightly secured to the body, and that the heel of the neck should be tight to the body end of the neck route.
If the neck pocket is correctly formed, there should be no room for anything to fit between the neck and the body. The exception being a shim to adjust neck angle.
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Post by firsttimer on Feb 7, 2008 8:24:20 GMT -6
Good point - I would definitely want good sustain, especially important if your a rock maven and your goin for those beautifully irritating screamer notes ;D
I thought about using felt myself, but what would really be great is if somebody came out with a "liquid wood" product. Something that could be used like bondo on wood to where holes and imperfections could be remolded and sanded down. The market value of a solution like that would be BIG!
I suppose you could make a material like that yourself if you mixed fine sawdust / wood powder with a good bonding / adhesive agent of some sort. Maybe use a plastic resin of some kind as a base?
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Feb 7, 2008 12:26:55 GMT -6
Save the felt for the inside of the control cavities, not the neck pocket.
I saw a LP-style guitar with clear plates on the back and a felt-like flocking covering the inside of the cavities! The pots and wiring -- very well done, I might add -- were super clean. I believe he used one of those flocking guns available from Woodcraft or Rocker.
I also saw a Tele with a Parson's B-Bender with the same treatment. Very cool. Now all we need is chrome-plated CTS pots!
Good luck.
John
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Post by firsttimer on Feb 7, 2008 14:29:06 GMT -6
Thanks John - you've just seeded my grey matter with fresh inspiration. DARN! It was already cluttered up in a frenzy with a million ideas, now you've given me about a million more! lol ;D
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Post by rob112157 on May 20, 2009 8:40:00 GMT -6
Great looking Tele,,,,,,
Rob
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Post by cknowles on May 22, 2009 5:53:54 GMT -6
It plays amazing! It's my favorite guitar for playing at church. Tons of tones available.
Chris
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Post by dnic on May 22, 2009 8:13:10 GMT -6
Teles are definitely anointed. My favorite church guitars are jonahs but there could be some bias there.  d  |
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Post by dzguitar on Dec 31, 2009 19:48:22 GMT -6
Once home I strung it up and plugged in for some great twangin' but all I got was the sounds of silence. Hmm, switch pickups from neck to bridge and I got some sounds. Back to the combined position and again silence. I hadn't got this far to give up so I went back to my work bench and started removing screws. I got my trusty multimeter out and discovered the resistance across the neck pickup was zero. So I removed the pickup and tested the resistance again and it was 5.7k. Hmm that's interesting. I turned it over and discovered a sharp piece of solder poking from the ground lug into the hot lead. So I bent it a bit farther away then re-melted the solder to get rid of the sharp point. So I put it all back together and re-tested the resistance across the neck pickup as each screw was put back in. Long story short, my new guitar was ready for playing at our Christmas Eve service with about 15 minutes to spare! It performed flawlessly all night and sounded fantastic.  d**n nice looking axe man! |
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Post by guitarbob on Jan 21, 2010 17:37:51 GMT -6
Rather than felt, I'd read before to use a piece of fine sandpaper. I have it in one or two builds: just a light layer of Elmer's on the non-grit side and glued in the pocket. Said to keep the neck from moving. Probably a good fix for old '70s three-bolts.
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Post by irishrover on Jul 3, 2010 21:06:24 GMT -6
titebond and a bible verse goes into the neckpocket of every bolt on i tear down or build
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