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Forum Post Hollow body electric guitar vs solid body electric guitar
To my knowledge there are two types of electric guitar, hollow body (arch top, I think) and solid body. What is the difference in sound? Can you play a hollow body unplugged and make a reasonable ...
Forum Post Rickenbacker 4001 body blank
I am trying to find somebody that makes or has Rickenbacker 4001 style bass body/neck blanks...as I want to add my own hardware and pickups to it..I dont want any pickup holes dug out....as i am plann...
Forum Post Combining 24.75 neck with 25.5 body
Hi I was wondering if it was possible to combine a 24.75 neck with a 25.5 body, and what it would sound like?
Forum Post squier bullet with jag body, does it exist??
Hi Rizki, I had a little more time to look at your pics etc and of course its not a standard Jag body, pick up switching and pick up troughs not standard I reckon someone had the body custom made, th...
Forum Post Hollow body vs. "Semi-Hollow"... ?
...ce, with examples? My friend has an Epi Sheraton and insists that it`s considered a "semi-hollow body"... seems pretty damn hollow to me. WTF??...
Forum Post How to tint a guitar body or neck?
Here's the question: bying a cheap electric with pale appearance and give it more character with tinting - how to do it? With Brown shoe polish? What's the technic: how to work with the shoe...
Forum Post Kay neck bolted to a Gibson Les Paul Custom body
Somebody help me!!! I have one of these guitars and can't find any info on it. I'll try to post some pics of it soon. 1966 era, pearl inlays on 1st 3rd 5th all the way just like the Custom. ...
Forum Post Should I be concerned about neck separation?
...w bass on clearance. I love the way it plays but I just noticed there was some poor craftmanship on the body. So if you're looking straight at the bass with the pickups and bridge facing you (hol...
Forum Post Did I just buy a fake Epiphone Elitist Les Paul?!?!?!?
... something that makes me think it is a fake - The bridge hardware seems to be screwed directly into the body and not into a threaded gromet-type fitting. The tailpice has threaded "gromets" ...
Forum Post Peavey 5150 EVH amp head: Noisy Potentiometer fix?
...sually pretty obvious where to spray the cleaner (usually into the slot where the 3 terminals leave the body of the pot) but some Peavey pots look like they're sealed. These are the ones with th...
Forum Post Woo Hoo! New Sadowsky! (Porn Shots Included)
Yeppers...that is why when Roger showed me this body blank, I knew it was the one! Just a nice subtle grain, good old ash body...
Forum Post Neck Shim?
Another thought on this.... The bass could be a hollow body model. In time the body may bulge out where the bridge is bolted on. This will raise the action considerably. If this is the case you do...
Forum Post Tele string through or top load
Both of my Tele`s are through the body, but my `83 2 Knob Strat is a top loading through the Trem. Everyone that has ever played the Strat wants to buy it. There is no loss of sustain! See ya, P...
Forum Post Plans for Fender jazz
Thanks. Probably I will stay just making the body, the neck may be too much by now. Could you recommended a good std jazz neck, Carvin, Allparts, used Fender neck ? ... Will they fit a body made from...
Forum Post Fender Start MIJ ?
...es (1987-1988), at least that's what written on the headstock. It has been mixed with a different body that says 1986 and has a swimming pool routing. Here are the pics :http://cid-1ba2860a95...
Forum Post Any Kay Guitar Experts/Sites?
I have a solid guitar body that's is shaped like a Teisco ET-200 (tulip-shaped) body. It's been stripped of finish and hardware and all I have to go on is the shape. The person who gave it...
Forum Post Set neck vs bolt on
Set neck: Neck joint connects with body using a (usually) dovetail joint, "permanently" glued into place. Advantage: Many players feel the neck and guitar are more "one", imp...
Forum Post Yakima RR copy......
... do not know if it's japanese or korean made (not that it matters), the sticker on the back of the body tells the model number. And I still don't know if it's a neck-thru-body, or set-n...
Forum Post Making a guitar
Hi, I have began making a guitar and am up to routing the cavities in the body. I have my tremolo bridge, springs etc.. and pickups but I fear that my body may be too thin. Can I trim some of the t...
Forum Post Which is a better choice of electric guitar?
... guitar that weighed 14lbs and by the end of a gig my neck knew all about it....The neck attached to MY body that is. Personally, I would prefer the weight in the neck as opposed to the body. Fend...
Forum Post Are Warmoth Necks good quality?
Warmoth has excellent quality products, very tight fit of a warmoth neck and body. Even a second hand neck I bought from ebay fitted very tight into a new Warmoth swamp ash body. 1st choice if you wa...
Forum Post Gibson SG vs. Les Paul
...h a maple top, while SG`s are generally all mahogony. - Les Pauls are balanced differently. They are body heavy, while SG`s are neck heavy. As a result, you need to always keep your hand under the...
Forum Post Looking for knob settings on TSL 100 head
Does any body have any favorite knob settings that they really like and would be willing to share for the JCM 2000 TSL 100 head, for any type of sound, thanx
Forum Post saga guitar kit
He really only bought the body. Check out Carvin kits.
Forum Post I need to know what age & what is special about the Fender Stratocaster handed down to me
...t was on the middle pickup may be unusual too, to make it an FSR guitar? Great grain structure on that body! It's funny they say in the specs "headstock painted to match body" when th...
Forum Post what's my USA Strat worth
I have a USA Fender Strat, Serial number N8330661. Black body, maple neck, condition is 7 out of 10. Aproximately what is the value of this guitar? thanks for your input.
Forum Post bolt on neck or through neck
...d G&Ls. Those all have bolt on necks. Carvin has guitars that have necks integral part of the body. Is that a construction technique that makes a difference in the sound, quality of guita...
Forum Post Samick Les Pauls...
It is a good guitar. But the body is alder, not mahagony which make as difference in the sound.
Forum Post Keeping a Non-Locking Floating Tremolo In Tune (Paul Reed Smith)
...tremolo on my guitar and i had a special screw put underneath it so that it doesn`t bend down into the body. see, the springs in the back of the guitar have to have the EXACT same tension as the str...
Forum Post Maple vs Rosewood Fingerboard?
Maple is brighter than rosewood but you've got to factor in the type of body wood for the overall result which is the important thing.
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