Stub Mandrel

On 22/12/2021 at 15:29, EdwardMarlowe said:

 

TRANSMUTE! 

In my misspent student days, I knew some young ladies, who lived in flat G4 and went by the collective name of 'G-Force'.

On 21/12/2021 at 14:34, police squad said:

yeah nice, what's the finish?

 

Tung oil then satin restoration wax.

And now the same guitar, transmutated:

Finished!

On 22/01/2019 at 22:02, ezbass said:

I saw a video of these earlier, they sound great IMO, but they’re not cheap.

Sound great, but fugly as hell...

On 07/11/2021 at 08:49, ezbass said:

Love a bit of Eric Johnson and having Roscoe Beck on bass in the same video is always going to get my vote.

He's 65 in this video.

Why does he look like a teenager?

I suspect monkey glands....

I would, even though the screw SHOULD lock the string in place a turn or two around the post is going to make any slipping less likely, which is a good thing.

Sewing machine oil is very good. I have used it in the past.

Lemon oil of guitars is the same stuff (light mineral oil) but with some lemon oil to add fragrance, which makes it pleasant to use.

Avoid plant-based oils as they tend to oxidise and go sticky.

On 27/10/2021 at 10:51, velvetkevorkian said:

Thanks -- I think what you've identified as a wooden plug is actually the brass plug that's fixed into the wood -- but I'm right to expect that they should be roughly perpendicular to the angle of the strings?

Ah  it looked like wood to replace a metal plug.

Yes it should be completely flush with the body and the top level, so it is perpendicular to the strings.

As it's metal it is probably best to epoxy it in place, being careful not to block the central hole.

5 hours ago, backwater said:

I'm not sure how the stain will work with the burl on your body, I would be worried about ending up with a patchy colouring as the different sections of burl absorb different amounts of stain.

I've wondered about wiping/spraying the stain around the edges to keep the central area natural for a redburst...

Ok, forget the compressor, with that sort of sound compression is superfluous - especially as the limiter on the quilter does essentially the same thing.

You need masses of gain, on the amp and on the pedal. Consider investing in some cheap pedals (e.g. Behringer Tube Overdrive a tube screamer clone) or maybe a fuzz or distortion pedal rather than just overdrive. There is delay or chorus in there too, as a minimum use some of the amp's reverb. Once you are close to the sound you want, you might upgrade, or feel you don't need to.

Bad news is that Yngwie uses stacked humbuckers in his guitars, tele PUPs are pretty weedy single coils that give the classic thin, biting sound, even more than a Strat. That's one reason why they aren't popular with shredders.

Best thing to do is dial gain and tone controls (especially the mid range) to max, then back things off to get the sound you like. You don't get a sound like that by pussyfooting around.

If you can't hammer on a note and get a creamy distorted sound you won't get anywhere near that video.

EEK!

Looks like they are screwed into wooden plugs that are pulling out. I'd guess that a different bridge which had metal plugs to allow height adjustment was removed and this bridge fitted in its place.

I'd suggest getting the wooden plugs removed then glued in properly before the bridge goes to meet the nut... a luthier will do it, but you should be able to do it yourself.

Just tapping the wooden inserts back in won't be a permanent fix because of the amount of tension.

Yep, Luthier Warehouse. Should turn my old Squier hack into something a bit unique!

It's very nice in the flesh. Working up the courage to use my smaller router to round over the edges. Then it needs some filler on some natural voids.

I have Northern Guitars blue denim stain on a bass. It worked really well, so might try their red stain. Nitro lacquer was really hard work, so an oil or wax finish is tempting.

I've just hit the button on this:

(sorry it's a bit out of focus - from eBay)

As a new body for this ply-bodied Korean Squier I bought new in about '87 (pretty much only body, neck and neck PUP original):

Now what colour... clear, clear with red dye?

Scratch plate or not?

How many fingers do you need?

Try putting your ad on basschat - more likely to be seen there.

On 22/09/2021 at 19:21, Skinnyman said:

trying hard in the face of the online giants

A local guitar shop owner (about two years ago) was telling me how the 'online giants' generally do discount deals for shops, these allow him to sell at prices close to theirs.

Once found a neck in a skip. Made a ratty body out of plywood to use up some random bits. It's actually the guitar in my avatar.

Then changed the body to a cheap s-type of the 'bay.

I'd have thought someone looking at a 'player pack' is an outright beginner.

I suspect they may be more interested in learning to play a guitar than learning to build one?

On 10/09/2021 at 12:20, leftybassman392 said:

This:

 

Realised by Rob Williams.

 

Technically a Telecaster, but with the following mods:

 

Body contours as per a Strat. Mahogany/Maple as per Les Paul;

 

Sunburst finish kept tight to the body edge (not a fan of SB finishes that hide the grain of the wood);

 

Neck profile as per Gibson 335 dot (set neck), but with Strat scale length;

 

Pups as per pretty much any superstrat, HB coil-tapped, and featuring a trick switch that allows any combination of pups (11 distinct options). Minimalist controls. (Originally specified with a series/parallel switch on the HB but Rob couldn't get it to work without shorting the electrics to ground.) Pups handwound by Rob himself;

 

Wilkinson Trem. (Should really have left this out as I've never actually used it in anger.)

 

 

Egad! It is a stripped-down Strat-style body with the feel of a Les Paul!!

3 hours ago, EdwardMarlowe said:

That's a gorgeous guitar. Like a Gretsch knock-off of a Dano, if you follow me. 

Only £275 from GAK!

On 28/08/2021 at 11:58, EdwardMarlowe said:

I agree that as a guitar player it's instinctively difficult to equate a tiny speaker with big sound and good tone.

My brother regularly posts videos on a Gibson forum. Often sat in front of a conspicuously unplugged-in Marshall stack.

He gets so many people asking what amp and pedals he's using, he now has a standard photo to use in reply.

It's a Blackstar Fly balanced on his hand

I'd go for a stripped-down Strat-style body with the feel of a Les Paul.

Full shred.

On 24/08/2021 at 18:06, ezbass said:

I think I found my true guitar voice on a the Gretsch Streamliner I once owned. It had been retro fitted with FilterTrons before I bought it. I subsequently fitted a roller saddle bridge and locking Sperzels. It made me play differently and, ultimately, made me a better player because of it. A proper 6120 is still my ultimate guitar, preferably the Setzer Signature with the dice knobs (in green if possible). However, I’d settle for a Setzer Hot Rod.

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