Recent content by juanhonglo

oh btw, carvin will now cut any back profile you want on their necks. i think it is a $100 upcharge and non returnable. that is all.

hey guys. i have had an H2 hardtail for 9 years now. still play it everyday in fact. i have that and a w strat w/ '59 profile and W tele with a fat back. The H2 is NOTHING like either of them! The best was to describe an h2 neck is a bigger, meatier ibanez wizard profile ( have an rg520qs...

I have a tele build with a hog fatback neck and HEAVY full size tuners that goes horizontal when i take my hands off the neck. My solution? never take my hand off :laughing7: seriously, I know that I can change the tuners to something lighter, but I found some old fishing weights that I...

Carvin offers alder necks on all their guitars as an option. bolt on thin to holdsworth thick.  They save about 1/2 to 3/4 of a pound over maple. With a double truss rod, there definitely wouldn't be a problem with "softness". My holdsworth neck (set neck, sort of a wider '59 lespaul carve) has...

I have 3 necks and 2 bodies from warmoth. only one needed a VERY minor leveling to be perfect. as it stood when it arrived, it was better than most factory bolt-ons that i've tried. As a side note, here is a little factoid for you metal heads. "malloch" is actually from the Italian...

I don't know why people dislike fat/thicker necks. Once you get past the "Damn! This thing is huge" first impression, and get some playing time in, there is nothing like'em. I have an Ibanez wizard, Fender american standard, Carvin H2 Holdsworth (Awesome), a "59 Roundback, and a fatback As you...

I may be wrong, but I seem to remember a thread on the seymour duncan forum about the jerry donahue tele wiring. I think with a 5-way super switch and some other gizmo's you can get something like a strat bridge/middle sound this should help out..................maybe...

hey dude, that is a standard  wiring setup job.  All you need is a standard 5-way strat switch.  the ONLY difference from a regular S-S-S layout is that you wire the humbucker taps to the 2nd side (pole).  here is the exact thing you are looking for.   If you have any problems, there are Plenty...

hey stub and all else who are interested; i just removed my HD tele neck pu and confirmed that it has two larger magnets glued underneath instead of the usual pole piece magnets.  I'm  guessing  that is why there is let "strat-itis" And also why there is a different magnetic field.  A hot single...

Check out Harmonic Design pickups.  seriously.  I have their Vintage plus Pickups for my W tele and they are loud! Only like 5.5k but have powerful magnets. easily louder than most vintage HB's.  Also cure the "problems" with tele pu's in general(a bit more bass/mids in the bridge and more...

I usually just mask off and use a nail (nail head) that I filed a notch the size of the fret into. a few scrapes on each fret is all you need.  Oh, i also razor blade the fret/fretboard joint to isolate the fret finish

Look into the harmonic design vintage plus for tele.  It's a bit louder like a QP'er and has a bit more mids and lows. perfect for blues and rock. Very touch sensitive too!

I have a tele with a W headstock and a spalted top. I don't know how to link it here, but you can check it out on the Warmoth gallery page Or cut and paste this: http://www.warmoth.com/gallery/images/tele/Guitar%20Pics%20005.jpg To others, i built both my tele and strat with the square tele...

IMO the contoured heel is only surpassed (slightly at that) by the ibanez AANJ.  On a regular fender type guitarit can't be beat.

Rockdude, Check out the carvinmuseum.com They have just about every color you might want. Try this one:  http://www.carvinmuseum.com/playersgallery/ct3.html There is a cool trans blue and a trans red on mahogany down towards the bottom. Juan