Blueretard is building a guitar

[ELVIS]

What kind of pick guard is that ??

[bluemustard]

What kind of pick guard is that ??

It's a HH pickguard but i made single coil hole in it myself.Also cut away a lil for the floyd. :D

[bluemustard]

I'm finished..drilling went great..HSH sounds better than emg's for this guitar.
Only have to work on floyd pocket to make it float.


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[bluemustard]

behind the nut I added a locking nut too. :D

[bluemustard]

now it's millertime! Roth on! :gulp:

[ELVIS]

Not bad, my blue brother, not bad at all...

If I had to critique it, I'd say the body should more closely follow the shape of the pick guard...

But a real guitar is less about looks than the sound, so who really cares...

It's getting very rare these days to see people actually do stuff like this...

Keep it up !!


:killer:

[bluemustard]

Not bad, my blue brother, not bad at all...

If I had to critique it, I'd say the body should more closely follow the shape of the pick guard...

But a real guitar is less about looks than the sound, so who really cares...

It's getting very rare these days to see people actually do stuff like this...

Keep it up !!


:killer:

Thanks bro! I will shape the lower horn to pickguard and make floyd pocket in wood and float.But now I was putting it all together to see if it works..the sound is nice.Almost done ..Roth on!

[bluemustard]

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ordered bannana head neck and got my schaller floyd already.
:D

[bluemustard]

getting the banana head next week..also ordered fender customshop 69 pickups.
Hope i assemble everything within 2 weeks.Have to wait for ups guy :D

[bluemustard]

Hope is going to be good axe! happy holidays! Roth the fuck on!!
I watched Eddie video..he got kramer and charvell body or something.. "keeping the thing in tune is a whole other movie"...LMFAO!!! : gulp:

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[bluemustard]

:) :gulp:

[ELVIS]

Your skills are improving, Captain...

[bluemustard]

Almost done..waiting for hardware..did decals stuff


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[Romeo Delight]

I really like this one...

[bluemustard]

Ok..time to put it all together..maybe finished today or monday.

12341

[Romeo Delight]

Looks great. I really like how you have the sapwood part (lighter) on the middle like that.

[ELVIS]

Maybe an anodized gold pick guard would do the trick...

[bluemustard]

The bridge pickup doesn't work..straight out of the new box..have to send it all back..heard that happens some times.
The sound is awsome..guitar plays nice!

[bluemustard]

Also have grounding problems..getting a wildcat motif pickguard in the mail today..might use that one..but all shit aside i need new 69 customshop bridge pickup..also might carve the floyd pocket a lil more.

12344

[DavidLeeNatra]

great job so far!!!!

[bluemustard]

great job so far!!!!

Thanks David!! zum wohl :gulp: :D

[bluemustard]

While waiting for the custom 69 pickups I installed a fender standard loaded pickguard.
Ground to tremolo,body and outputjack..the sound is awsome..no buzz..nothing..all shielded etc.
Wow..was playing hendrix on it last night..reall nicee..but the 69s sound a shit load better..i'll be getting them at 16:00 today..will install...just gonna swap the standards pickups with 69..
Also making floyd pocket a bit more deep.The guitar is heavey but makes the sound great.
I'll post video of me playing The wind cries mary solo.. :D
Hope tonght.
Also making an axe of other spare parts.

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[ELVIS]

Nice...;)

[bluemustard]

pretty much done.Had some parts left and made another strat with vintage tremolo and standard fender pickups.
Hope to record sound soon.

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[qikgts]

They look great!

Clips?

[Romeo Delight]

Try one without any pickguard...maybe bird's eye maple or ebony with inlay or use ebony for the inlay...all wood brother. Mad skills

[bluemustard]

I will post clips soon.I am restoring that awful stud install i did on the walnut guitar.

[bluemustard]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/10960245_10202590222197073_2725898789885736255_o_z pse94f0bfa.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/10960245_10202590222197073_2725898789885736255_o_z pse94f0bfa.jpg.html)

[bluemustard]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/1796571_10202590222277075_2094199257471603520_n_zp s53d65a67.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/1796571_10202590222277075_2094199257471603520_n_zp s53d65a67.jpg.html)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/10828164_10202590222237074_7892561982627275200_o_z ps84fb5d35.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/10828164_10202590222237074_7892561982627275200_o_z ps84fb5d35.jpg.html)

[bluemustard]

Guitartest all three:

69 customshop

fender standard

blue's walnut frankenstein lol:

[ELVIS]

Your playing has improved...;)

[bluemustard]

Your playing has improved...;)

Thanks..trying to get back to guitar..haven't really played for a year.The clip was recorded on a roland cube.
I've been recording at a friends house who has pro tools and a 9000 $ compressor and other stuff...wow..the sound quality is awsome..i made one note out of tune and he just adjusted the tone/pitch with a button and it was in tune...crazy..LOL..nice to have an engineer..will post soon.


'The walnut on is eddie van halen style..one humbucker...the guitar play incredible but looks freaky.
Now I just bought Charvette neck 2nd hand and am making new body..still have a humbucker and a single coil.Might make satriani type guitar.
Roth on!

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/11029522_405001809674778_1804148414656083610_o_zps 0hvsowsu.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/11029522_405001809674778_1804148414656083610_o_zps 0hvsowsu.jpg.html)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/CIMG6028_zpsyo9fa2vq.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/CIMG6028_zpsyo9fa2vq.jpg.html)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/11034167_405781759596783_6730971095091643387_n_zps 2pd7fol2.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/11034167_405781759596783_6730971095091643387_n_zps 2pd7fol2.jpg.html)

[LEFTY is Gar's Bitch]

best gutar ever

[ELVIS]

You should do an Explorer shape...

[bluemustard]

Getting charvette neck today from dutch ebay.


http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/_85_zpsobcmezsy.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/_85_zpsobcmezsy.jpg.html)

[bluemustard]

It's a lil rip off of the ibanez JS-6 (satriani guitar on extremist album).
Only mine with one humbucker..but trying to get that shape a little.
No routers again.
This where i'm at now.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/10848901_407335449441414_5496536303152293560_o_zps zhuvupxa.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/10848901_407335449441414_5496536303152293560_o_zps zhuvupxa.jpg.html)

[LEFTY is Gar's Bitch]

Getting charvette neck today from dutch ebay.


http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/_85_zpsobcmezsy.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/_85_zpsobcmezsy.jpg.html)



i got too of them in a bag that gar left behind under the van befor he died i mite sell them for a fuw grand

[ELVIS]

Check this (http://www.ebay.com/sch/spaltkinguitars/m.html?item=181676260875&hash=item2a4cbfbe0b&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562) stuff out, Blue...

[Romeo Delight]

Thanks..trying to get back to guitar..haven't really played for a year.The clip was recorded on a roland cube.
I've been recording at a friends house who has pro tools and a 9000 $ compressor and other stuff...wow..the sound quality is awsome..i made one note out of tune and he just adjusted the tone/pitch with a button and it was in tune...crazy..LOL..nice to have an engineer..will post soon.


'The walnut on is eddie van halen style..one humbucker...the guitar play incredible but looks freaky.
Now I just bought Charvette neck 2nd hand and am making new body..still have a humbucker and a single coil.Might make satriani type guitar.
Roth on!

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/11029522_405001809674778_1804148414656083610_o_zps 0hvsowsu.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/11029522_405001809674778_1804148414656083610_o_zps 0hvsowsu.jpg.html)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/CIMG6028_zpsyo9fa2vq.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/CIMG6028_zpsyo9fa2vq.jpg.html)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/11034167_405781759596783_6730971095091643387_n_zps 2pd7fol2.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/11034167_405781759596783_6730971095091643387_n_zps 2pd7fol2.jpg.html)

This is the best thread on the site

[ELVIS]

One of the few with actual information...;)

[bluemustard]

This is the best thread on the site

Thanks Romeo!! :D

This one is looking nice..almost done:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/11018821_10202773517939352_8471202078823016860_o_z pso8b2exxx.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/11018821_10202773517939352_8471202078823016860_o_z pso8b2exxx.jpg.html)

[bluemustard]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/DSC_9554_zpsng3dfz7y.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/DSC_9554_zpsng3dfz7y.jpg.html)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/DSC_9555_zpsjyssxbdg.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/DSC_9555_zpsjyssxbdg.jpg.html)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/10960120_10202760694458773_157131075100172075_o_zp srfmaiilh.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/10960120_10202760694458773_157131075100172075_o_zp srfmaiilh.jpg.html)

[bluemustard]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/11032622_412094982298794_4307090438088647735_o_zps sfn1dle4.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/11032622_412094982298794_4307090438088647735_o_zps sfn1dle4.jpg.html)

[ELVIS]

It's invisible...

[LEFTY is Gar's Bitch]

gar telld me he liked to seel gitars with ky jell

[bluemustard]

It's done..plays amazing..lol..Need to buy some pretty screws and maybe a quality humbucker.
Whats a good humbucker for Eddie shred guitar?

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/DSC_9563_zps2wx51vv3.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/DSC_9563_zps2wx51vv3.jpg.html)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/DSC_9561_zpstzyevps5.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/DSC_9561_zpstzyevps5.jpg.html)

[LEFTY is Gar's Bitch]

12634gar left this behind after he died . he said eddiy van haylin gave this to him
make me a offur

[bluemustard]

:gulp:

:rockin:

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/DSC_9564_zpsmusjjshc.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/DSC_9564_zpsmusjjshc.jpg.html)

[bluemustard]

This how she sound so far.

[LEFTY is Gar's Bitch]

that was amasing

[bluemustard]

Hi all,

I put charvette neck on walnut guitar..I put 2 humbuckers in there..ibanez evo jem damarzio and a neck ..might get 1979 V2 ibanez soon.
I'm installing a killswitch but I'll still have one pot hole on the body.(1 tone,1 vol,3 way switch + killswitch).
Anybody got a tip to do with the leftover hole?
Are there more things like killswitch? Or maybe some booster or something?
This guitar is gonna be great..put hipshot trem setter in there too.
roth on!

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/DSC_9751_zpsbxhxxwct.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/DSC_9751_zpsbxhxxwct.jpg.html)

[bluemustard]

I think I'm gonna do a blue led light 2 volt..when i press the killerswitch and scratch with it the light will flicker on and off.
:D
So does 2volt led light effect the tone?

[bluemustard]

without battery is it possible?

[twonabomber]

I don't think it will mess with the tone. Hamer made guitars with LED's in the fretboard and they were okay.

[bluemustard]

I don't think it will mess with the tone. Hamer made guitars with LED's in the fretboard and they were okay.

Thanks!! Still have to find the right diagram to solder it to kill switch.
I got the SPST NO..which is stupid..I need the SPST NC switch/button.
Going to electro store tomorrow and get help on installing led and get right button.

Guitar is gonna be great and setup too. :gulp: finaly

[jhale667]

I don't think it will mess with the tone. Hamer made guitars with LED's in the fretboard and they were okay.

Depends. Won't mess with the tone if it's not part of the circuit, but -unless it's *heavily* shielded, just being in the general vicinity could cause noise.

What WILL mess with the tone - is the bridge pickup sitting practically on top of the bridge. THAT... could be a huge problem (trust me on this, BM - been there). YMMV, but you may find once you've reassembled and played it for a while you'll want to back that up a bit. There's a fine line between "closer to the bridge for added bite" ala an angled Strat pickup, and "icepick".

[jhale667]

Oh, and for the record... saw Jack Blades play one of those Hamer basses with the LEDs in the fretboard on the "Rock in America" tour, and YES you could hear it when he turned it on.

[Seshmeister]

Depends. Won't mess with the tone if it's not part of the circuit, but -unless it's *heavily* shielded, just being in the general vicinity could cause noise.

What WILL mess with the tone - is the bridge pickup sitting practically on top of the bridge. THAT... could be a huge problem (trust me on this, BM - been there). YMMV, but you may find once you've reassembled and played it for a while you'll want to back that up a bit. There's a fine line between "closer to the bridge for added bite" ala an angled Strat pickup, and "icepick".

You must have seen that video that your Seymour Duncan people put up recently with the same thing played on the same guitar but with 15 of their different pickups.

I heard/saw it on not great PC speakers but I was really struck by how little difference there seemed to be between models.

[jhale667]

You must have seen that video that your Seymour Duncan people put up recently with the same thing played on the same guitar but with 15 of their different pickups.

I heard/saw it on not great PC speakers but I was really struck by how little difference there seemed to be between models.


Yeah, I've seen it, it was done by Keith Merrow. Cool dude and total riffmeister. As for not hearing much in the way of variation? With the exception of the '59/Custom Hybrid, they were all high-output pickups. Once you're in that territory with the pickup's output, combined with that much gain, any difference you'd hear would be subtle at best... and what you are hearing is the difference in magnets, polepiece material, and wire gauge, etc. I still pretty much like the 59/Custom & JB pickups the best in that video.

As much as I loved it, I pulled the custom pickup MJ made for me to review the Jason Becker Perpetual Burn (wasn't out when that vid was made, but it's not high output either so might not have been). It's not coming out, that thing sounds amazing. Like a more polite JB that is secretly a Ninja. The day the review posted I got a FB thank you message from Jason (!).

[Seshmeister]

I nearly gave you a shout to ask what pickup to put in my main guitar (see guitar porn thread) but I did some research and the Custom Custom seemed to fit plus I already had it in my Schecter V thing which sounds good. Seeing the video reassured me that as you say with the high output pickups there isn't a vast difference.

What does make a much more significant difference and again I thank you for the tip is the brass block which I have put into 2 of my 3 spares although it's obviously not an option with the Kahler.

[jhale667]

You certainly could have, but that's likely what I would have recommended. I had a Custom Custom in the Koa Warmoth Strat for a couple of years, great pickup. Switched it out for a JB to do a review, liked it a little better in that particular guitar. But the Perpetual Burn sounds killer in the Bomber guitar...

I still like the Titanium blocks the best, but it depends on the guitar. The Copper ones sound cool too. IMO Brass sounds better than the standard block in anything; I'd go with Copper for a guitar that was too bright, and Ti for a darker sounding one. Although the Bomber is Ash with a Maple neck, pretty bright on its own, still not harsh-sounding with a Ti Block. Was a tad snarly with a Brass one IIRC...


And you DO have an option, you know: Yanking the Kahler and having that guitar routed for a Floyd. Not cheap, but problem solved. ;)

[Seshmeister]

Quite a big price difference between brass and titanium though and it sounded to my ear like not such a massive difference in tone.

I'm hoping the weight of the Moon will offset the lack of a block.

My other non brass block guitar that I use is an Ibanez RGT3170 straight through with a mahogany body as well with a Dimarzio Tone Zone and it holds it's own tone wise.

I may yet just get a block for it as they do Edge ones as well. It's a really nice guitar and not cheap but I'm still not completely convinced with it as I find it a little bit less easy to play than I would hope.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/WangDano/3170A.jpg

[Seshmeister]

Oh and no I'm not replacing the Kahler on the other one. :)

[jhale667]

Yeah FU-Tone does indeed make them for Edge Trems, but I'm surprised - It's not easy to play? Is that not the "wizard" neck profile? Too bad; not an Ibanez fan, but nice flame...

[Seshmeister]

It's nice enough but not my favorite. Most of the time I would rather pick up the Japanese RG that arrived in a bin bag for a few hundred from EBay that I've since customized a bit.

It's maybe just me, the neck feels a bit chunky for me. I'm not sure what the problem is and it's maybe just personal although they didn't make them for long. It's a top quality guitar that looks good, stays in tune and sounds great but...

I think I may sell it at some point.

Again like almost all my guitars I found it second hand and they are rare enough only ever sold in Japan. I really pushed the boat out on it and it's the most I've ever paid for a guitar but I have a little bit of buyers regret if I'm honest. I think it's still worth at least what I paid for it though which is more than you can say for most things...

[bluemustard]

Depends. Won't mess with the tone if it's not part of the circuit, but -unless it's *heavily* shielded, just being in the general vicinity could cause noise.

What WILL mess with the tone - is the bridge pickup sitting practically on top of the bridge. THAT... could be a huge problem (trust me on this, BM - been there). YMMV, but you may find once you've reassembled and played it for a while you'll want to back that up a bit. There's a fine line between "closer to the bridge for added bite" ala an angled Strat pickup, and "icepick".


Thanks jhale!!!! I'm learning with baby steps.
I want to make the entire body again soon.
I bought Mighty Mite MFG Humbucker from 1970/80s.
Now I'm gonna do the killswitch..LOL i had the spst NO..need NC.UPS guy just delivered it. :D
roth on happy weekend!!

[LEFTY is Gar's Bitch]

Quite a big price difference between brass and titanium though and it sounded to my ear like not such a massive difference in tone.

I'm hoping the weight of the Moon will offset the lack of a block.

My other non brass block guitar that I use is an Ibanez RGT3170 straight through with a mahogany body as well with a Dimarzio Tone Zone and it holds it's own tone wise.

I may yet just get a block for it as they do Edge ones as well. It's a really nice guitar and not cheap but I'm still not completely convinced with it as I find it a little bit less easy to play than I would hope.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/WangDano/3170A.jpg

awsome paint job shesh

[jhale667]

It's nice enough but not my favorite. Most of the time I would rather pick up the Japanese RG that arrived in a bin bag for a few hundred from EBay that I've since customized a bit.

It's maybe just me, the neck feels a bit chunky for me. I'm not sure what the problem is and it's maybe just personal although they didn't make them for long. It's a top quality guitar that looks good, stays in tune and sounds great but...

I think I may sell it at some point.

Again like almost all my guitars I found it second hand and they are rare enough only ever sold in Japan. I really pushed the boat out on it and it's the most I've ever paid for a guitar but I have a little bit of buyers regret if I'm honest. I think it's still worth at least what I paid for it though which is more than you can say for most things...


I think with that particular guitar the binding on the neck would annoy me. YMMV. If you like the guitar itself but dislike the neck, why not just replace that? You can get JEM copy necks with the wizard profile easily. You could make the guitar feel and play more like the other one you like, or order one to the specs you think you'd like better than either of them...

[Nitro Express]

If that guitar is from a well respected builder I wouldn't change anything and just sell it and get what you like to play. If you don't dig it, you don't dig it.

[Nitro Express]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/DSC_9554_zpsng3dfz7y.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/DSC_9554_zpsng3dfz7y.jpg.html)

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/DSC_9555_zpsjyssxbdg.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/DSC_9555_zpsjyssxbdg.jpg.html)


http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i98/emile57/10960120_10202760694458773_157131075100172075_o_zp srfmaiilh.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/emile57/media/10960120_10202760694458773_157131075100172075_o_zp srfmaiilh.jpg.html)

Is the cat the quality inspector?

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Is the cat the quality inspector?

cat looks as stoned as i am :smoke2:

[Seshmeister]

I think with that particular guitar the binding on the neck would annoy me. YMMV. If you like the guitar itself but dislike the neck, why not just replace that? You can get JEM copy necks with the wizard profile easily. You could make the guitar feel and play more like the other one you like, or order one to the specs you think you'd like better than either of them...

It's not a bolt on neck.

http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/RGT3170

[Nitro Express]

cat looks as stoned as i am :smoke2:

Been in the catnip again have ya?

[Nitro Express]

It's not a bolt on neck.

http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/RGT3170

Nothing a saw, a router, and a drill can't fix.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Been in the catnip again have ya?

hourly...

[LEFTY is Gar's Bitch]

i got hi as fuck smoking cat nip once or was it the angle dust

[Nitro Express]

No wonder the people you see at Petsmart are so fucked. They have been snorting the catnip on isle 5.

[bluemustard]

My next project will be like this..but start with steinberger shape..later add the horns.
I remember the sound of my walnut guitar without amp was just like this video.
Really nice wood.

[jhale667]

It's not a bolt on neck.

http://ibanez.wikia.com/wiki/RGT3170

Ah, looked like it from the pic. Sell away, then! :D