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My brother has a nice Gibson ES333 that has some tuning problems so he decided to install a new Groover tuners. As this ones have only one screw to fix them, he found that after the installation he has six exposed holes. He go to the store and bought some mahogany coloured filler but when he...

Here it is! my new creation from scratch. A Rick shaped bass with Fender P and J features.

I'm building something exactly like that for a customer!

Anybody knows where can I ound this kind of string retainer (better if it's in Europe)?. Thanks.

Thanks for the great comments. The guitar sounds amazing!, vith a lot of quack in the 2 and 4 positions and very Telly on the other 3. The Iron Gear pickups are a really good option if low budget it's a must, really good sounding pickups in general, not only for the price. The dual length coils...

Here is my new build from scratch: a crossig between a Strat and a Tele, The idea was to achieve the most distiguish sounds of both guitars. Body: swamp ash Finish: natural, poly Neck: bidseye maple Fingerboard: Indian rosewood. 9.5" radius. 2.3mm frets (medium) Bridge: Gotoh T style (6...

Has anyone tried to finish a full body in cyanocrilate?. I'm planing a new build using pine for the body and in order to give it  more strength my thought is to finish it with some coats os cyanocrilate, anding and polishing. I know there's people that uses this method for fingerboards (mostly...

Some time ago I've posted a few pics of my new build: a lap Steel inspired in te 30's Rickenbacker model. Now it's finished and here are some pics. Body is african mahogany, paoferro fingerboard (with sycamore "frets" and MOP dots), ebony plates over the body and mongoy headstock plate. The...

Thanks bob7point7, that's what I need. I have the two Telecaster pickups, coming from an old Japanese T (the first ones) but the question is, which Strat middle pickup will fit the best to achieve this Tele / Strat vibe?. I thought that a Texas Special or a N3 will fit, but what about a Fat 50...

A few days ago I've started a post about a 3 pickups Tele wiring and, thinking about it, it was very complicated so I try to go a Little simple. The goal is a 3 pickups guitar with a 5 way switch with the following selections: 1- bridge 2- bridge + middle 3- bridge + neck 4- middle + neck 5-...

Thanks for your coments. You are right Bagman, the bridge it's a compensated wrap around, with the string notches filed to achieve a flat radius. I will post more pics when it's finished.

This is my almost finished new lap steel. It's inspired in the 1934 Rickenbacker model. Body in african mahogany with pao ferro fingerboard (I love this wood) and sycamore "fret" inlays and binding. The face plate of the headstock is ovangkol with a triple layer of sycamore (w/b/w) and the body...

I'm planning a new guitar, Strat shape but with some kind T wiring. For start we have a 4 ways T wiring with 2 T pickups but I want to add a middle humbucker. I don't want to go to a classical 5 ways switch because you don't have access to the neck + bridge config. I want that the hb will become...

I'm ina new lap Steel build and I'm using a pao ferro fingerboard with sycamore "fret" inlays and binding. I want to give it a protective coat because the maple. Anyone has experience sprying nitro over pao ferro?. The other option will be the cyanocrilate treatement. Any input will be welcome

Here it is!. It takes a looong time but it's finished. I must rebuild the body because the arm rest was so deep and it makes the bridge placement impossible (the first body it's going to be a Strat). Also there was a mistake with the neck so I must build a new one. One year for two guitars...