[QUOTE=PainKiller8191][IMG]http://www.shredaholic.com/images/m4448307-3012.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
:amaze:
oh man.

LOL at scallopwned.

I was just wondering how hard it would be to make your own whammy bridge for a guitar. I mean Brian May made one out of motorcycle parts but I want one which can go up and down in pitch quite far. so how hard do you think it would be?

Whats your experience with working with metal?

I am very good with working with metal.

OK, here I go with some scans of old paper photos:

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/club40+ls120+strat.jpg[/IMG]

The one on the left is a late '60s semi-acoustic Höfner Club 40 modded with a Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck humbucker at the bridge and new Schaller M6 Mini tuners. The neck had come off, it was painted black on the top, so it was quite a bit of work to get rid of all the lacquer. As a finish I stained and waxed it which feels great. I use it as a slide guitar now, because the neck is too warped backwards to do anything else with it.

The Tokai LS120 has Gibson P-94 single coils now, in 1981 the original pickups were DiMarzio PAFs which sound great in that guitar, too. But I have another Tokai LS60 with Gibson Shaw PAFs, so I like the different sound of the P-94s in this guitar. The first owner had Schaller M6 tuners installed as well.

The strat on the right side is self-built from different parts, i.e. a Mighty Mite 1-piece quilted maple body, hardtail and other brass parts from Rockinger, and an ESP maple neck. The pickups are three Seymour Duncan SSL-1. I tested a lot of different wirings with them, but will probably only keep the additional neck+bridge combination in parallel and maybe in series and definitely the middle+bridge pickup in series combination.

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/musician+strat+335_small.jpg[/IMG]

The Ibanez on the left is a 1978 Musician MC300 where I changed the pickups like crazy, so it needed special Rockinger brass frames to cover the bigger cavities of the original pickups. I also changed the bridge to a 1-stop brass bridge/tailpiece later. The Luxor 335 copy on the right has the same bridge in chrome and two Seymour Duncan '59s with additional mini-switches for parallel and single coil wiring.

Last but not least here are two pictures of my "work in progress", a Höfner 465/S/E3 archtop from 1963 which some fool had painted black on the top and neck. I still have most of the necessary hardware parts, but may have to work on them as well, e.g. the original 511 pickups.

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/465_body.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/465_back.jpg[/IMG]

the finish on ur strat is really nice hans

[QUOTE=fenderstratocaster22]the finish on ur strat is really nice hans[/QUOTE]
Thanks, it's not lacquer, but a compound of stain and some sort of wax that has to be rubbed into the wood with a cloth. The color is called "mahogany red" and is also used on the PA speakers (birch plywood) in the back of this picture:

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/tokais+strat.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/strat_pickguard_small.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://bluezzbastardzz.kilu.de/bassman+marshall+strat.jpg[/IMG]

Well, almost all of my guitars and basses are modde in one way or another. Here are a few:
Shortscale bass
-defretted
-doodled on with a Dremel rotary tool
-still unfinished
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/Maurits112/Short-scale%20Bass/ba613a98.jpg[/IMG]

P-bass
-defretted
-J-pup added
-got it for free and its a killer bass now.
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/Maurits112/Condor/DSCF1315.jpg[/IMG]

Bass build project
-using zebrawood, striped ebony, maple and purpleheart
-still in progress.
[IMG]http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n191/Neckthroughwoojeeboo/Plan/DSCF1225.jpg[/IMG]

And that is just part of the guitars I've worked on. Modding stuff is such fun.

Your J p-up seems very close to the bridge, closer than normal, but maybe its harder to tell with the ashtray, what mak is the bass anyway.

It is quite close, but he it sound good to me so it's ok. The brand is Condor, it's Japanese from the late 60's or early 70's. I found it on someones attic and have been loving it ever since. It's a real frankenstein bass but I like it.

[QUOTE=Polyamarous]Your J p-up seems very close to the bridge, closer than normal, but maybe its harder to tell with the ashtray, what mak is the bass anyway.[/QUOTE]
The closer the better, as long as you can raise it up high enough.

SOM, do you actively take on projects?

[QUOTE=JoshIsNumber3]SOM, do you actively take on projects?[/QUOTE]
That I do...

Should I email you with my enquiries?

[QUOTE=JoshIsNumber3]Should I email you with my enquiries?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, or is that you that emailed me late last night? Either way I'll get back to you tonight.

And visit my site [url]http://www.thorbass.com[/url]. But don't expect to be impressed by my html skills :p

[QUOTE=backsidetailslide][img]http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/DevastatorProject/2006_0402_134339AA-copy.jpg[/img]
[img]http://usera.imagecave.com/backsidetailslide/DevastatorProject/2006_0402_143323AA-copy.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
:eek: That is the coolest guitar ever. You have to build me one.

congrats backsidetailslide, that is a beautiful guitar. im really liking it, i mean really really

ya i like how the knobs are put. in the back so it looks more uniform in the front same for the out put jack

attn SoM
 

SoM
do you do fretted and/or lined fretless? just wondering.

[QUOTE=sunshineplaysbass]SoM
do you do fretted and/or lined fretless? just wondering.[/QUOTE]
yes and yes

before:
[IMG]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d16/mttsnb/Defretting/Picture003.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d16/mttsnb/Picture001.jpg[/IMG]

after:
[IMG]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d16/mttsnb/Defretting/Picture028.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d16/mttsnb/Defretting/Picture068.jpg[/IMG]

Looks good mtttsnb. What brand is that bass and do you have pics ofit as a whole? I've gotten a body that looks like that one for which I'm going to build a new neck. Thanks.

[IMG]http://i8.tinypic.com/25i2mps.jpg[/IMG]

thats cool.

is that a beer holder in there?

it's a little too big for a can. I tell people it's a handle, like a Jem.

i find it ironic that the shirt says ' teenage millionares club ' on it

All part of the joke perhaps?

My modded amp.
A sovtek Mig-h 50.
Before:
[IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_1989.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_2509.jpg[/IMG]

After:
[IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_3317.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d87/Tommi_HEndrix/IMG_3331.jpg[/IMG]


And yeah, the Bogner KILLS.

hey whats best on a defretted neck? like to cover the wood, i know theres a search, but im that lazy

epoxy resin, usually