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Comment by Maddog on February 15, 2019 at 3:05pm

Comment by Maddog on February 15, 2019 at 3:05pm

Nice work Daniel!

Comment by Uncle John on February 14, 2019 at 9:12am

Nice work!

Comment by Daniel Walter on February 14, 2019 at 8:54am

some earlier guitars i made not thinking about a ground. so i took a guitar cable, soldered a wire to the negative, then soldered it to a very thick piece of solder wire, about 5 inches long. when i plug a guitar in, i put the thick (malleable) solder wire between the strings behind the bridge. really works! quiet. (or you can hold the wire, your body grounds it).

what do i know, should quiet myself. Ask Ted Crocker, he has helped me out of several jams! check out his wiring schematics !

Comment by Daniel Walter on February 14, 2019 at 8:40am

oops...entire inside of the box....

Comment by Daniel Walter on February 14, 2019 at 8:30am

Thank you Tim. Actually, I try to apply the tape on the entire inside not the box. Interference control for all the crap in the air. They make paint too. Grounding is the main issue. There's a You Tube video where they measured electricity in the air several feet away from an improperly grounded amp. amazing. (someone out there want to team up to make tin foil hats to keep the aliens out?)

anyway, Tim, it's basically called shielding. Pickups first, then whatever. I just get carried away. no real reason. proper grounding. piezos not so much.

Comment by Tim Pannabecker on February 14, 2019 at 8:08am

So copper tape under the Humbuckers?   Is there other areas that you use the tape on?

beautiful fretboard 

Comment by Daniel Walter on February 14, 2019 at 6:53am

No, that's my ebony fretboard. Cut the fret slots, (one Japanese saw down), laminated it to a quarter inch piece of oak, tapered it with a Strat drawing, and jig, needed a valium after that. Then I proceeded to put the frets in. The wood is so hard i broke out my grommet fret press, (in photo), had to use a pipe for leverage. As the frets went in, i could hear the oak crunching a bit, but all worked out well. (put dowel markers in first the sanded. Forever ). (2nd photo is after I cut the slots. think i posted it before, i'll look for a finished shot)

Comment by Uncle John on February 14, 2019 at 3:10am

Is that a factory neck?  Really looking good.