Recent content by thearmofbarlow

Neck dive is for people that use standard strap button locations.  :icon_biggrin: I tend to keep mine offset just to the bass side of the neckplace, even on stratty things. Helps immensely. And yeah, if you're looking for weight reduction Ti is the way to go. I'm contemplating a Ti bridge on a...

No. Hell, most manufacturers can't keep .3mm of accuracy anyway.  :toothy12:

The example image of another "correct" rout looks quite a bit better for a number of reasons. - The recess is painted, and contrasts less with the bridge. - It's a different design that follows the contours of the bridge. - The saddles on that bridge are quite a bit further back. All of these...

An empty wallet and disappointment.

HA! No, aesthetically I flippin' LOVE the things. They just look elegant, like a non-malignant Bigsby. It's the actual operation that makes no sense... except fiscally. Take a cheaply stamped baseplate, drill a couple of holes, shove a cast or stamped saddle in there, plop it into a couple of...

Poplar body, painted by Warmoth. Neck is a 24.75" Warmoth conversion. Wilkinson trem, Dimarzio pickups. I've changed the bridge out since this picture was taken so the pickup combo will be a Liquifire neck and Crunch Lab bridge, same as the Petrucci set. I'm looking to get $475 shipped...

You aren't duplicating them on the bass. You're making the mistake I see a lot of people make which is to assume that somehow the concept of a signal chain doesn't exist out side of GUITAR > PEDALS > AMP > SPEAKERS. It's much more complex than that. By adjust the EQ prior to amplification you...

Because Leo Fender didn't know a damn thing about guitars. If he did he wouldn't have created the godawful monstrosity known as the Jazzmaster/Jaguar style trem system. He was an inventor and a tinkerer, not an instrument designer. Feedback from players is what helped shape the Tele and Strat...

Even less of note there. At absolute worst you might bend a screw maybe. But you won't. No, he won't. You wouldn't move a neck like that because you apparently haven't worked on enough of them to know how hard it actually is to damage a neck pocket. Here's a hint: Chisels are your best bet...

Absolutely nothing terrifying here. The truss rod is a big stick that makes a piece of wood bend. There's nothing special, there's nothing magic, and I seriously want to jam a squirrel in everyone I see treat the thing as if they're the bomb squad and it's a 6-pack of nitroglycerin. Too much BS...

"Most carved top bodies require a laminate top but as with the Alder body above, we can use a standard sized body blank to carve the body from." Unless you want a laminate top, it's a standard Tele body blank. Even with a laminate they start with a thinner blank as Bagman mentioned and arrive...

The answer you seek is in Warmoth's options page for the carved top Tele. The Gotoh 510, Schaller 456, and ToM/STP combo all need an angled pocket. The rest of the options do not. It states they use a standard body blank, which would indicate that the thickest point of the guitar is still the...

Carboard. A stiff piece of cardboard. Run it across the carpet and stuff will bounce. I am the master of thing retrieval from that carpet. We had the same stuff at Jackson. :laughing11:

:headbang: Excellent tool. I'll probably refer to this a lot more than I care to admit.