Recent content by gordy_sg_no1

its like pulling teeth with them only their strat copy has the radius marked. i know know the radius for the v100 lp but i wouldnt risk it being the same.

i need to glue down a couple of loose frets, possibly level them and set it up. i just didnt know what the radius was, as i only carry fender and gibson radius blocks im going to have to sort one out.

can anybody tell me what the radius of the vintage vs-6 fingerboard is. google didn't help any as it usually does and my radius guages are shot. if anybody knows or can find out for me this will be great as im struggling like hell.

the bus in edinburgh is like £3 for the whole day unlimited travel. but its a political thing here as the government is trying to reduce congestion in the cities so has priced the oil realy high but made public transport very reasonable, i cant afford to run a car hear as its like 1.20 per litre...

whats the deal with this locking mod you can get for your bigsby now. i seen it on youtube and it looks simple enough but is it worth the money.

it must justsound like a gretsch unplugged then

take it you are back from your holidays dee. and i know from experience the price gap as i went to finland with a couple of friends just a couple years ago. but if you think edinburgh was cheap down where i am its like a good 25% less. as ediburgh is our capital city its extortionate in...

ok ive just had a sick idea of installing a bigsby on an accoustic. only thing is i dont know whether or not it will work well and i dont want to mod or b**ger up my guild. so i was thinking knock off bigsbyish vibrato on an argos special. only problem is is it worth it just as an experiment

I don't think that most of the guys that have set up my guitars really know what they are doing or have a "knowledge" of all the things going into it. I think they just look at a few things and apply their slice of knowledge. i found the same untill i started doing my own way back when. 99%...

oh and any tools you make keep them as they are handy for any other guitars, i just dont see any point if someone only does it for themself, spending a fortune on overpriced tools.

you dont have to go to stew mac for alot of tools if you want to do a bit of diy. ok firstly a no5 jack plane is about 16" which i ideal for leveling frets, a fairly accurate steel rule is easy to turn into a notched straight edge, a couple af mixed packs of wet n dry, radius blocks are cheap...

you can generaly get a small deadblow mallet on ebay for a couple of quid i got 3 at like £3 each there

i recon you need to get the files out and do a fret work. sounds to me like when they initialy dressed them the radius beam wasnt square and that will probably be the cause. although it may also possibly be a worn nut

most of my tools are diy lol. ok apart from the leveling radius beam as i got my friend who is a cnc machinist to make me one and bore the insides out. i tend to get by with very few tools realy. i have a home made notched straight edge made with a dremmel and a nice steel rule and i crown and...

my favourite thing to do when i get a guitar i want a different neck is go scouting around in misic shops and find a killer neck shape. i just find the dimensions with a tile marking guage and follow the contours onto card with a good fine liner. i converted a westfield strat copies neck into a...