GregP

"an EJ-tad"

How do you get at the truss rod?

Only if you have really, really horrible taste in home decor. It's very gaudy and would make a hideous decoration.

Indeed an important man with important contributions. Agree about the scarcity of the news. I visit other music-related websites that have main-page "news items" and it's not even mentioned. Rest In Peace, Bob.

The ones from custominlays.com look too cheesy. Like Hallowe'en bats. The one on that PRS are pretty sweet, though. If the custominlays.com ones are to your liking, though, they wouldn't be too hard to cut. Mini vise to hold the material in place, a nice dust mask/respirator, and a rotary tool with almost any attachment that has a cutting surface 'deep' enough to go through the entire width of the material. Greg

By Delta, do you mean the kind made by M-Audio? If so, then you already have a good enough sound card. If, on the other hand, Delta is a brand name of "Soundblaster"-type soundcards that I haven't heard of, then you'll probably want to upgrade. Now, the thing about most mixers is that they mix down to stereo, meaning that you end up with only 2 discrete channels. I believe that's the case with the mixer you mentioned. So, even though they accept 12 inputs, they only output a stereo pair. If you want to record multiple things at once, you CAN do it, but they'll end up on the same track (or pair of tracks) and not necessarily each microphone having its own dedicated track. It's infinitely more useful to have each instrument/mic on its own track. If your soundcard is the M-Audio Delta series, which one is it? (ie. how many inputs does it have?) I remember seeing a mixer that was a recent release that had an ouput per-channel, and was made with the recording musician in mind. I can't remember who made it or what it was called, but a bit of Googling should come up with it. If, on the other hand, your soundcard is NOT the M-Audio Delta series, you have another option-- buying a new audio interface with built-in pre-amp and multiple channels. That way you can record your various instruments and mics into separate channels. Greg

The simple answer is "yes". However, there are 2 basic questions you should be able to answer before you do so: - What is your soundcard? - What functionality is the mixer offering that you believe will be useful to you (I have a mixer, not at all dismissing them, but it's important to know WHY you want one)?

You figure? The beast is almost a deep amber (ie. yellow/orange-ish) while this EVH is khaki green! I can't say I'm in love with the colour yet, but a ) it's not my guitar; and b ) it'll look different clearcoated, with all the hardware installed, and in flattering light. Greg

Bah, give the guy a break! When he said that, he wasn't thinking of building to another person's spec. Greg

Indeed it's funny. I already posted a thread http://projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.ph...topic=18501&hl=, though, so we should probably keep it all in one thread. Greg

Sure it will-- the animation loads as one chunk, not a continuous stream. However, it will take a LOOOOOooong time to load, so go put some tea on and watch that episode of Law and Order you missed. Greg

Hey! Friend passed this link along to me: http://www.guitarshredshow.com/ It's flash-based, so it'll be a long load for dial-up, but it's pretty cool! If you have dial-up, skip the show-off intro and go to the "lesson and jam". In the "jam" part, you use the letter and number keys to alternate between licks that you can make the animated character perform. The truly cool part is that you get to hear the licks and read the tablature for them! The detail on the animated dude isn't finger-accurate, but the audio file and tabs seem to be bang-on. He's playing what seems to be a Universe or grip-less Jem, with a Strat headstock. <laff> [edit: on second look, the animations do try to be fairly accurate with the fingerings, too! This must've taken a lot of work.] Greg

Sort of. That's sort of what an E-Bow does. Another way of doing it is to rout some of your audio to a small speaker aimed directly at the strings. This causes the strings to feed back, though, not the pickups themselves. If your pickups are feeding back, it's a god-awful screech that you don't want any part of. OR Just stand in front of your amp when it's turned up to high volume. Greg

When I give advice, unless it's something mundane that I DO feel sufficiently experienced to answer, I always qualify my experience level each and every time. I hope other users decide to start doing the same thing, too. I do this particularly BECAUSE of LGM's very point-- I have a high post count because I do like to type, and for reasons sometimes beyond my control I go weeks between making even small progress on my first and only project. In the meantime, I'm visiting the forum, so my post count IS disproportionately high to my experience level. One thing to note, though, is that in order to get expert opinions, they actually have to respond to your thread. I've been lucky enough to have many (though not all) experts respond to my many questions, but sometimes one or two more expert opinions wouldn't hurt. There have been a few times I've just gone ahead and done things the way I figured they should be done because I got no 'expert' response. In the absence of an 'expert' response, it's still useful to bounce ideas back and forth between people of a similar level to you. We can't always wait for the 'pros' to hold our hands, after all. I know that's not Jeremy's point, though-- he's more 'upset' about people passing themselves off as something they're not, whether intentional or not. Greg

I'll let you know. I go to Toronto from time to time to visit friends, so it wouldn't be too far out of my way. Greg

I ordered my wood from A&M woods, which is in... hmm... I can't remember, but near Toronto anyhow. The website is: http://www.forloversofwood.com There's not a HUGE selection of exotic woods for guitar-building, but they have the basics onhand, and since they stock woods for other purposes, they may be able to custom order and joint some for you. Greg

But does PowerTab actually support MIDI input in the first place? Or offer a MIDI-to-PT converter? (asking in general to help the original poster; not asking the original poster himself necessarily!) Greg

It's pretty common, though a pain in the butt. I'm pretty sure it's just strings binding up in the nut and then popping 'free'. I could be wrong, but that's what I've always been told and I had no reason to doubt it. If you're having general tuning instability, how about considering a switch to a GraphTec nut or just a well-cut bone nut? Are you comfortable doing that, or would you rather not? Great-looking geet-box, though! Greg

I still agree that an acoustic fingerboard isn't ideal; however, since it's a custom project, it's not the scale length that would cause me concern, unless you strictly want the exact same scale length as a true Wizard. I'd be more concerned about the width and feel of it. That particular fretboard has a scale length of 25.25", according to a site I found on Google. It's not THAT extremely different that you'd rule out the fretboard for just that one difference. At the most basic level, yes you could use it. At a more realistic level, I don't think that I would choose to. It's 22 frets, which is fine for me in general, but perhaps not for this particular project. The width at the nut and the 22nd fret (determining the "taper") will be different than most electrics, and as mentioned, the scale length would possibly be a compromise for you, despite only a marginal difference; and finally, I've no idea how much levelling and 'setting up' would be required after a fretboard transplant. It could be very little, but it could be a lot. I wouldn't "expect" that it would be levelled and perfectly playable after installing it. Greg

I remember those. I still have scads of old Guitar magazines; I'm in the middle of a move now, but if someone hasn't come up with it by the time I'm all unpacked and settled in, I'll look it up for you. They made some strange claims about the positive effect on tone, but I always had my doubts about their effectiveness. Still, you just never know!! Greg

Gadzooks, that's horrible.

Neato, David. I'm still more of a fan of the other finishes you've done, but of course working with a client will lead you in new and unexpected directions, which is always a cool thing in and of itself. Too bad the Tusq material didn't appeal to you. A black nut would have been the final detail in a world that has gone black. Greg

Medium-sized V is my fave, though none of my own guitars have one. I'll probably try to do a V of some sort on my project. Greg

Good work! I royally effed up my block inlays (OK, not royally, but a little) and now I have to consider re-doing the whole fretboard. Looking at yours is telling me I should, because you did such a good job that it makes the whole guitar look great. Greg

Personally for a compressor I would stay away from anything that calls itself a Sustainer. The ones I've tried (Ibanez which I sold, Boss which wasn't mine) give an overly-compressed tone even on gentle settings. I'd be tempted to go with an actual compressor of some sort, but that wouldn't be something that would be on your actual pedal board. Something like this: Diamond Pedal Compressor looks the business and matches a description of what you'd like to hear in a guitar compressor, but I have absolutely no personal experience with it and nor have I seen one in my city's Long and McQuade. I think a compressor and an EQ are 2 of the pedals you should strongly consider adding to your arsenal. For EQ, nobody's ever faulted the good ol' Boss EQ. If you're not totally sold on EQ as a pedal 'effect' but want to give it a try, you could wait a little while for the Behringer version to come out (click me) which will save you coin that you could put toward a nice compressor or distortion. For wah, their new "Hellbabe" wah looks pretty good, too... it's a Dimebag Crybaby rip-off, so if you have the money it's better to go for the real deal; however, sometimes it doesn't hurt to give the budget alternatives a try. Heck, Boss started off as the budget alternative! Greg