Recent content by ragamuffin

I had to file the saddles for the t.o.m. on my double cut carved top build; I used nut slotting files but I'm sure that there's probably a cheaper alternative if you don't already have nut slotting files

Talladega Nights

Mittens approves!

I dig it!

Cool pickups! One of my buddies has a Pegasus/Sentient set and they're great, tight sounding pickups for heavy tones. Personally I'm not the biggest fan of the soloist aesthetic and I think something more unique like the Dinkycaster shape would be more... well... unique! Another cool body shape...

Hmm, sounds like you're doing it right. I use cut pieces of blue shop towel for applicators, but t-shirt should work too. Maybe just make sure that you're using very little oil; just a couple drops to cover the whole body for the later/final applications

What color?

I've had to do that before; not at all fun but definitely worth while to get the finish that you want! Good luck! You can do it!

Canary and paduak are fantastic and have a pretty similar feel in my experience, dry and fast, slightly more open grained than roasted maple. I also think that color-wise either one of these would look fantastic with the holo flake. Both are considered to have a relatively bright tone. I...

Ooh, is that "red", "orange", or "ruby" pearl?

Hard to say how it will all line up until you get it all together, unfortunately. You say that your strat feels cramped, what is your preferred guitar that you are comfortable with the neck?

Ugh, I bought some stuff and started a build thread

A continuation of the Dreaming up a Mango Tango thread. I said it was just a dream but it quickly started to become a reality! (or at least a fever dream) I've been sick in bed for like five days, and that does things to a man's resolve. First you start browsing the internet, then you find...

But is it even a real guitar if it doesn't have a raw neck that was hand-burnished by a choir of untainted angles as they watched but didn't pay much attention to Star Wars Episode VIII????

LOL! Well they look great. Is that raw maple? Gonna wipe-on-poly-fy it?