Recent content by WindyCity100

Tot..thanx for trying..I put them there, there there, then they're not..lemme try this again.

Finally got all my ducks in a row and assembled my "beat the winter blahs" project. Chrome red MIM bod, MM neck, Spertzel lockers, TS pups and garish pickguard. Still needs a pro set up ( I know nothing), but doesn't sound too shabby so far! Something sorta strange happened though, and I'm...

Velkommen Sir!:beer:

Well, for me, all these Friends would still be with me...:thwap:

Well, it's become almost academic now...I GASsed last night and bought one o' them there snazzy chrome red bodies (a MIM, the price was right), so the MM neck I have will go on that, as will the TS pups. Then it will go out for a set up and possibly a LSR roller nut (if they don't gouge me on...

Welcome Hard...sounds like we're kinda in the same neck o' the woods.

Hi-diddly Ho Hooteroony!

Blooz...I don't think so..I didn't screw it down (no holes yet), but it didn't seem overly tight. The heel thickness on the neck is actually about 1/64th over 3/4 of an inch, so you can imagine there's a fair gap vs a standard 5/8 heel. This neck was originally slated for a part-o-caster and...

Mornin' Waitin for the Direct TV guy to show and something occured to me that I meant to bring up. In the saga of the Paper shims, the reason I had removed the neck in the first place was to see if a MM 22 fret neck would fit on my MIM Strat. It does, but the fingerboard, having the extra...

I'm with Tot...still learning stuff to forget

yessss......my Dan Erlewine books.....you mean those books I SHOULD have bought and READ BEFORE removing even ONE screw from my guitar?? :thwap: For me, it goes like this: 1. Disassemble 2. Misplace parts 3. Ponder my situation for a time (read: a month or two) 4. Research the subject, buy...

Dunno...just going off the premise that brass makes good nuts (I heard) and the whole high-mass trem block thing. The more solid the substance, the better the "connectivity", at least in my enfeebled mind. :D

Welcome from a fellow newbie! :beer:

I don't have any issue with leaving them in. Right now, I'm just following the good advice I've read here regarding upgrading a MIM Strat. Shielding and a new trem to go in sometime in the next couple weeks. I thought brass might be better simply due to the density vs. paper/cardboard...

Hey Gang! The other day while I had "Blue Lou" apart, I popped the neck off to see how an aftermarket neck might fit and found a couple of paper shims. I wasn't suprised by this but I am a bit curious. After reading about having a clean neck pocket to improve tone and reasonance (sp?), having...