Thanks. I'll use three and four ply laminated Rock Maple dovetailed to the body for necks with Cocobolo fingerboards and jumbo Dunlop fretwire. Seymour Duncan and Dimarzio pickups. All four get Schaller Floyd Rose bridges, probably Sperzel locking machine heads, but I'm gonna look at the weight first. Here's a couple more I cranked out this morning:
No, Joe. I use five 6" long 3/8" Hard Maple dowels perpendicular to the face joint. It's not necessary as you could never break the glue. In my mind, vibration from the strings is being transferred between the halves internally through the dense dowels. If you could put enough pressure on one of these joints to break something, you'd have a real mess. haha Poplar and Basswood are thought of as lower end woods by many when discussing furniture or lutherie, but it is very easy to work with and both have a bell-like tone. Fender, Ibanez and Carvin all use/have used the same wood. That makes for a solidbody with light tonal characteristics and excellent sustain.
I took up playing something simply for my kids. We don't have video games in my house they really don't care about them anyways But I figure if they see me trying to learn they will pick up on wanting to learn something and the temptation for electronics and TV will not be there as much This is only my opinion and it's worth as much as punky wood but here it goes There are few to none great musciams today that are mainstream there are living exsisting musicians but as they pass on there aren't any to replace them look at what's coming out of Nashville nowadays It's junk. Good musicians and sing writers are fading away
My kids were introduced to music as well but they were more sports minded. It turned out OK though. They both received scholarships for swimming.
It's been 5 months. How's that F coming along? Picked up a video camera on craigslist a few weeks ago and tried it out.
BETTER! Lol. Though switching between chords is still slow. I've been playing a total of 9 months now. LOVE IT.
Wow. I was startin' to think you didn't like me anymore when you didn't respond. You'll get faster. Go back and forth between the F and C. Same basic finger structure and you're only moving over one string. Once you find that smoothing out, add the G and you have all the makings for Down on the Corner.
Just found this thread. I play a little guitar now for quite a few years. That is one of the things I like about it. You just do not get to old for it. I will post a few pics later of some of the guitars I have. Just another fun hobby along with cutting wood and chainsaws.
This is a picture of one of the electrics I use to play. This is a Carvin DC 127 T. Not an expensive guitar but put together well and good it had some good flexibility in its design. I just happen to like them. 24 fret was one of the things I liked about it.
This is another one with the same identical sound. If I broke a string or something I could pick it up in the middle of a song and still have the same exact sound.
Here is a Rickenbacker that I have had for quite some time now. It still like new and has had not seen much playing.
Nice guitars. Always wanted a 24 fret, but never got around to buying one. Seems like it would make playing on the upper frets a lot easier.
It does make getting the high notes easier and you can pick higher when in the A position. The Carvin's are also neck thru which is suppose to add to better sustain. I don't know if I ever really noticed it though.
