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I’ve been planning to get a pickguard blank from Warmoth and replace the one on my Cyclone. Then I just realized I should you pros if there’s a specific tool I need to use. I’ve got a regular hack saw and coping saw and plenty of sand paper. Thanks

I'm finally on the padouk train. Smooth ride.

YES BROWN! What a way to come home from work. Vintage body to go with a great canary neck I got a few years ago. I thought I knew what color I wanted, but now I might do clear based on these pics. Swamp ash is a miracle of the earth.

I've done a Tele with the 4 way switch where you add another ground wire to the neck pickup cover. I want to try it with two Strat pickups. I read that with the Tele, if you don't reground the cover, then the cover would be hot and shock you. With Strat pickups, does that mean the pole pieces...

I was expecting to come home to these boxes, but they showed up just after I woke up. It's gonna be a real long day at work waiting to get back to it! My first fully new  project in 3 years. Vintage Tele, Total Vintage neck (roast maple, boatneck: a personal first!)

Yet another of my long-delayed projects finally graduates. Guys, I tried several pickups and switching on this one. JB Jr/Lil 59, Surf 90s, GFS Retrotrons, plain Strat singles. Eventually I found a Dream 90 at the neck alone was the sound it wanted. It was living with an empty humbucker bridge...

Like we all do, I’m thinking about my next project. I’m looking thru Fender history. I’m very intrigued at how they meant the Jazzmaster as an alternative to Gibson models, obviously for the jazz market of the late 50s; it didn’t work of course. How would you consult Fender if you could time...

This one was in build-purgatory for a while. Last night I put on the bridge and connected neck to body, realized I didn't have a single bass string in house. Went to guitar store before work today, strung it up immediately when I got home, and I AM IN LOVE. I recommend a push/pull switch for...

I'm getting back into my Mustang project that stalled out for a long while. I want to use just one of the standard Mustang switches as a regular neck/both/bridge switch. I do NOT know how to hook up each of the eight lugs on the switch to do this.

I've been pining over the WGD style for years. I like what I got.

Guys I forked up the nut on one of my necks. Gonna just replace it, but I can't seem to remove it easily. Tried hammer-tap poking it out from each side, tried pliers but that's just tearing at it.  I guess W use a strong glue which actually a reason to like them.

I don't have any experience with P90s. I'm wondering if I could install dogear p/ups in Warmoth's P90 rout.

I wanted a bigass vintage bass, and I got it! I couldn't quit staring at the genuine ones in my Fender book. Showcase ash bod & maple/rw neck. Quarter Pound. Cream pickguard to not really mimic the orig anodized ones. Wilkinson tuners from GFS are a little tight in their turning. The plain...

I am VERY excited to start work on this new baby angel. https://instagram.com/p/BStuQAZDuAd/

I'd like to try that method of artificial aging a finish where you leave the body outside on a hot day then stick in the freezer, repeat. The only finishes I've used so far are tung oil and wipe on poly. Will either of these develop the checking I want?

You guys.  :sad:  It's so good. I can't wait for it to set and continue work.

I was hoping someone had the technical knowledge for a plot I had for a new project. For a two humbucker guitar, I want to use a four way switch; 1: neck coils in series, 2: neck coils in parallel, 3: bridge coils in parallel, 4: bridge coils in series. I don't have any love for the usual middle...

I had enough of gazing at beautiful Teles in books and internet. I started with a great-priced showcase body with all three contours. This is just Minwax orange stain and poly from Lowe's. Muddy Waters' Tele made me get the Deluxe knobs. I knew I needed an f-hole pickguard because of Merle...

This week I discovered the Dan Armstrong strat wiring, and I will absolutely build a new 3 pickup toy for it. Here's where I want some opinions. I'm thinking either a hybrid strat with 3 tele pickups or a WGD with 3 P90s. What say you?

https://instagram.com/p/BGudafdqzX6/ Showcase alder body, four coats of blue stain with lots of sanding between, four coats of Wipe On Poly. Mint green pickguard. GFS Surf 90 and Dream 90, standard JM electronics. Will have a purpleheart neck soon!