Recent content by Hooligan

I was worrying about that too, but this Lottonen guy knows his business. He drilled the holes to the neck too, and the screw don't hit the truss rod :)

OK, now it's done. Here's pics: I'm very happy with the result :) The modification was made by Lottonen Guitars here in Helsinki Finland: http://www.lottonen.com/uk/index.html

Thanks guys. I'll let the professional decide if he wants to use a neck plate or ferrules  :)

I'm going to order a soloist body and kws neck, and I'd like to have a contoured heel like in this old Lag Rockline. My plan is to order both body and neck with no mounting holes, and let local guitar builder do the contoured heel. Do you guys see any reasons why I shouldn't do this? Is it...

But the non-fretted neck costs as much as fretted neck, right? The price don't change in neck builder when you choose frets or no frets. So the local shop wont have to remove the frets for the binding, but I'll have to buy the frets from them. I know that custom builders price for the whole...

This kinda sucks, becouse I'll have to choose between 24 frets and neck binding  :( Local shop can do the binding for the 24 fret neck, but it'll cost more than 300 euros... (they'll have to remove the frets first etc)  :(

I got answer from Warmoth: "No binding with the 24 fret extension" and also "No binding on KWS necks, with the radical headstock shape it doesn’t blend correctly".

Neck binding option is not available when I choose 24 fret extension in custom builder page. However it looks like that in soloist gallery many guitars have both 24 fret extension and neck binding (http://www.warmoth.com/pages/Gallery.aspx?type=SOLOIST_GUITAR). Is it something that used to be...

Yeah, I know. I just checked and the screws are in right holes. So they are not causing this problem.

That's where I get the idea. They've made lots of guitars for Zachary and obviusly with pretty good success as he uses them on tours and records. I'm sure google will find you more examples.

I'm not worried about sustain. I used glue after I noticed that screws wouldn't hold the neck tight enough. Zachary Hietala of Tarot uses both glue and screws in his guitars. He builds them with Finnish guitar builder named Ari Hentunen.

I know that some professional guitar builders do that too for more solid construction and for better sustain. Yes I used the contour heel screw set. I'm pretty sure I have right screws in right places. I think that a long screw in the forward hole would come through the fretboard...

I was trying to set a low action on my first Warmoth LP when I noticed this weird thing. The 18th fret is higher than 17th and 19th fret. Now when I bend a full step on the 16th fret, the string touches 19th fret and suddenly note jumps a half step higher. The problem dissapears if I set action...

I just recieved my first Warmoth order, a carved top LP. I ordered Gotoh Stop & Tuno bridge routings, Gotoh Tune-O-Matic Bridge and Gotoh Stop Tail Piece. Now I'm trying to install bridge, but the studs wont fit in the holes. The holes for the bridge and tail piece are about 10.4mm, and the...

That's exactly what I wanted to hear :headbang: I think I'm ready to place an order...