Hi all,<br><br>Just letting you know that Ervin Somogyi is teaching a class this coming<br>October on Intermediate/Advanced Guitar Construction. Topics will ...
Hello. I've decided to buy a kit to build my first guitar. I'm thinking it will be the Martin dreadnought kit. Comes with pre-bent sides, top and bottom, neck...
I have a 1991 Gibson Les Paul Standard that I have been having problems with. The bridge humbucker is signicantly silent - 90% quieter than the neck. It has...
Could be a switch problem rather than a pickup problem.<br>The design of the switch is pretty open on LP's and dust and crud can get onto the contacts and stop...
Thanks, Jonathan. I gave a little shot of wd-40 (wrong choice?) to the switch. I also re-soldered (first time!)the lead to the volume pot. Whichever one was...
Well done. WD40 will work but is not advised as it contains silicones which can cause havoc with the guitar's finish and tends to also stay a little too sticky...
my name is ben and i'm interested in lutherie very much yet don't know how to even maintain my own guitars. i've been playing for 15 years and don't know how ...
Hey Ben check out Frank Ford's website <a href=http://www.frets.com target=new>http://www.frets.com</a> There is a whole bunch of stuff in there on sources...
Hi, I owned a Taylor 310 for two years now and met a Luthier from Long Island, NY who makes about 14 to 20 guitars per year. I ordered a 00 size Martin body...
The ratio (tempered) between any fret space and the next fret space is defined to be the 12th root of 2.<br><br>Fn/Fn+1 = 2^(1/12) where F is the fretspace at...
Hi, I just went and decided to educate myself and buy a video or two so I could be a more knowledgeable player, but when I saw the prices of this bozos' videos...
If I decided that I wanted to change the pickguard on my Tele, when I have the new one screwed on, how do I adjust the pickups back to the right height. Is...
The pickups are mounted to the pickguard with to screws, one per side, if you turn those screws the pickup will either get closer to the strings or get farther...
Hello,<br><br>I just changed my strings (they were rusty, just can't find a place to put my guitar where it isn't moisty), one by one off course, but my guitar...
Sounds like your guitar is taking on water. If you keep it unprotected in a damp enviornment it will cause the wood to swell, which may cause some movement. ...
Thank you very much Leftover.<br>Although I keep my precious thing ;-) in a case (flightcase ? english is not my native language), but I have to practice on my...
Hello All,<br><br>I'm roughing together some lacewood blanks for a possible Tele body, I'm wondering if anyone has any accurate scaled drawings of the Tele, or...
I am also looking for schematics for Tele wiring for single coil sized humbuckers <br>(Stacked in neck pos.) (Little '59 in bridge) Nothing fancy, just a ...
