Recent content by PizzaTheHutt

Great timing for this video; my fiance wants to build her own guitar. Also, potential video idea for the future: testing if there is any difference in sound having a Floyd Rose with a recessed route, vs resting flat on the body/non-recessed.

The only way I ever managed to get divots in stainless steel frets was to use thick stainless steel strings, and do constant repeated bends on the low strings where the windings start grinding on the frets. Even then the divots weren't as deep as what is pictured. That problem is solved by a...

Well I got the Musicman part, and it works perfectly! It's the perfect length for rear routed blade switches. If you use a normal tele switch cap and push it on all the way though, because the blade is narrow for the entire length the switch tip will go on deeper then usual, and in positions 1...

I ordered one of the Musicman switches and will see if that solves all the issues. Otherwise I'd try modifying an existing switch. If that were to fail, then I'd leave a dummy blade switch in for aesthetics and I could live with doing the pickup switching with push/pulls or a rotary switch.

Hi, I have a new carved top tele, and an Oaks Grigsby 5 way super switch. I'm doing the dry fitting of every part, and the blade won't properly go into positions 1 and 5 when mounted because the wood between the top of the guitar and the switch in the control cavity is too thick, and/or the...

OK I read that TGP thread you mentioned, and I think I may have been overthinking the process. So for straight radius necks, I fret level by using the corresponding radius block up and down the center of the neck. But for the compound radius, I'd use a flat, long, narrower block, and make a...

Thanks stratamania! I’ll be sure to try shimming the saddles first, interesting though how the 18” bridge radius is supposed to work better with the compound radius. Is it because the nut is already a 10” radius and the strings will naturally follow the changing curves from the gradually...

Hi all, I have a Warmoth tele with a non-recessed Floyd Rose + angled pocket, and a 10"-16" compound radius neck. It mostly plays perfectly, with the exception of the upper frets. The action is low across the board with pretty much no fret buzz before the 12th fret, but starting there the notes...