Recent content by mayfly

wow - where did you get the bridge and neck-thingy?

I think it's kina cool that folks are trying to decode old warmoth neck markings. Up until now, people only did that with old fender necks (oh yes, this neck was made in july 1956 and was inspected by Louis XXIX. It would make a lovely pairing with a fine burgundy, er I mean a blond telecaster...

Hey - I've been intrigued by this thing: (update: photo added) https://www.korg.com/caen/products/dj/nts_2/ any one seen one in real life?

The pickup ring of fire!!!

Well that sucks. I had that problem with a Rickenbacker guitar: loose truss rods, still need more neck relief. I've had good results with using heat and clamping to move a neck a bit. My procedure is: 1 - remove all truss rod tension 2 - use a jig with three points of contact to hold the...

At the local legion.

I must like the thing.

Hiya, nice guitar you've got there! I've got b-benders installed in, er, four telecasters. The oldest one I've played for over a decade. I've never had an issue with the b-string breaking - but - I've always used a traditional 3 barrel bridge (with the tilted barrels for intonation...

Gotta love a silver sparkle telecaster.

Update - I did eventually do something to the electronics: I added 330pf treble bleed. I'm doing this thing now that I don't get volume from pedals for solos: I just turn up the guitar. This means that the guitar has to stay clear sounding when turned down. This works perfectly with this...

Yea, I know the pole pieces are not quite, er, right. But it's Art. Art transcends reality, man.

Er, dunno - whatever the artist used :)

Looks cool!

Hey! where did you get that Strat body?

This was done with acrylic artist's paint. topcoat was miniwax polycrylic