Wow! Great minds think alike! I love the red/pearl combination on that guitar! This guitar features the first neck that I built completely from scratch and boasts a longish 25 3/4" scale length! I built it in 1982. The pickup is of the Kinman vairety and I got a little tricky with the tone cont...
Here's a couple tips I use when installing these tuners. On the backside of the peghead, draw a straight line on center with the 6 tuner holes on the head stock. Use this line to ensure that your screw mounting holes will all be in a perfectly straight line. Once you have the bushings pressed in and...
I hear you on the compatability issue. The keyboard player in my band just bought a new MIM Fat Strat and my Suhr Pro Series 3 does not jive with that Strat at all! When I know he's going to be playing guitar on a particular tune, I'll switch guitars so I'm not clashing with him. Here's my classic r...
I wonder if temperature plays a role in tuning. I have a short scale acoustic guitar that goes out of tune so frequently, it's just crazy while my full scale Guild seldom ever oscillates. I think the shorter string length and smaller, more increments require more precise tuning and set-up. One of th...
I have the buzz fieten nut on some of my guitars that were troublesome and it worked wonders. The only draw back is, now I have two tuners in my effects pedal board. One is a the Korg tuner with the offsets for Buzz Fieten built in, and the other is a Boss TU-2 so I can tune silently with either tun...
It warms the cockles of my stony old heart that you've made this thread. Hello there. I too have comedy big hands, but found the neck of my old Jaguar really comfy and spacious feeling. I also really like the look of your Gibson-y looking (L6? I get my Gibsons muddled...) project. Thanks man. I bui...
Well, I tend to use .009 - .042 on my 25 1/2" scales and .010 - .046 on my 14 3/4" scale guitars. I gig 3 to 4 nights a month and play a lot and as I'm getting older and a bit arthritic, I need the lighter strings. I feel in love with a couple of Musicmasters were they? Short scale? Single...
Hi, I'm a fellow guitar nut with a decent collection of quality gear and a penchant for building handmade custom guitars, partsocasters and any other related projects that strike my fancy. I found this forum and stopped by to ask a couple questions. I have always preferred a longer scale on my guita...
I can only look at this in amusement. I have nothing to sell guys. Clearly you've all made up your minds long before I stopped in. There has been a lot interest in this project and when I happened by this site and saw some of the comments here, I thought I would stop in and make myself available. No...