Recent content by NedRyerson

Let me guess: anytime StewMac is brought up on a certain other forum, he's first in line to keep trashing them as if his singular experience warrants the hasty generalization fallacy that the whole company is corrupt. Also, while "greed" may be at play, I wouldn't be so quick to lay that...

Another suggestion to help keep you from overthinking this ;) is to pick up a garbage neck from EB or AMZ, one of those crappy Chinese mass-production things that are maybe $50 and practice on that. It'll be closer to real-world context than sanding a piece of 2x4 but doesn't risk your $400-ish...

Gig bags for me, but I don't go anywhere other than my local microbrewery for the occasional jam sessions or for practicing in my hotel room when I travel for conferences (driving only; I'm not taking instruments for conferences I fly to). As a tangent, the Boss Katana:Go has been a tremendous...

In Japanese, dogs say "wan! wan!" The verb form of "to bark" is "hoeru." <cue juvenile middle school/middle-aged-men-with-goatees-driving-white-pickup-trucks jokes here>

Neck dive is more affected by the position of the strap button as a fulcrum than body weight. ETA: not to say that body weight has zero effect. Just that neck dive can sometimes be affected through simple repositioning of the strap button which can be easier and faster than trying to spec...

I understand now. Thanks for the visuals.

While still not 100% clear on what you have in your tool kit already, I'll make some assumptions. It appears that you have a template for a general Strat shape, given the tracing you've done on the blank already. What you'll need in addition to (or in place of) is a template set that includes...

We tend not to be populated by toxic guitar people here. ;)

To my eye, that's just drilling two holes oneself, for the toggle switch and output jack after ordering with the LP layout. What challenges stand in your way that we might possibly help with in doing that?

How some of the little things in these videos may have unexpected impacts: I'm using that exact same bridge in a different build and the tips and discoveries like this are very, very helpful.

While I personally would not need them, I can see the value for those who are just getting into the hobby. And as for buying the matching hardware from WM, I don't see that as an issue. I have a Showcase body that was routed for a Floyd, and since it seems like dimensions for the "original...

You do understand that it's not just "pick a web product off the shelf, buy it, and that's it" right? And that this topic is from two months ago.

Just like a song: upon first publication, as it's being treated as a "work of art." For those of us who are tired of listening to people blather on in videos and would many to read (I really hate being directed to videos when I'm trying to understand something that doesn't require visual or...

The theme just warms my metal heart! :D

I need to highlight this point to make sure there's no misunderstanding. If this was another forum I shall not mention, I would expect that some users would throw a temper tantrum when they expected a 3 lb. featherweight but received a 9 lb. body then proceed to bash WM for it right after...