Recent content by djd

I had Rock Rabbit do a custom tele control plate for me with the normal controls and two slider switches mounted on an angle. He worked hard to make it all work out. I recommend him any chance I get.

I don't understand why smaller humbuckers are not more common. They are great in the neck, not boomy at all.

The pickups are not mini humbuckers, they are Mojotone Johnny Winters Firebird pickups. I plan to build the same guitar with mini humbuckers later this year. I haven't settled which brand I am going to use though.

I am having trouble getting a balance between the bridge being too high and big bends up high on the neck fretting out. I am going to keep tweaking it and if I can't get it squared away I will take it in to the shop. But below the 14th it is great. The neck is patterned after my Clapton Strat so...

I completed my first partscaster this week. The body, neck, and bridge came from Warmoth. Most everything else came from StewMac. The neck is quartersawn maple with poly finish. It is something else when it comes to stiffness. The body is roasted alder with a brown to clear burst finish. The...