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Original message:27 days 1 hours 48 minutes ago

Member: Fred Kraus

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(I'm trying to upload some photos but this thing won't let me even though I currently have no photos on my profile page. I'll post them when I can.)

I'm in the process of building my own guitar. I just though I'd give you folks a look of how it's starting to shape up. I don't know what made me think this was a good idea. Something about building your own guitar, it's just freakin' cool! My Warmouth neck just came today. It's African bubinga with an ebony fretboard. The body is a 62' Japanese re-issue. I still have to get the tuners, and the pickups. I want to get DiMarzio Area 58's and a 61' for the bridge.

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Reply:26 days 22 hours 1 minutes ago
Member: Sidewalk Amplifier

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nice! good luck there!

i've done something like it..not realy built one of my guitars but assembled one (got the parts custom made from dean)

please do post pics when you can.
cheers.

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Reply:26 days 17 hours 29 minutes ago
Member: Fred Kraus

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It just says that I can upload 0 more photos, but I have none in there so I don't know what the problem is.

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Reply:26 days 9 hours 41 minutes ago
Member: Fred Kraus

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I managed to get one pic on there. Now it says I have -5 photos, but I have only one picture in there. I sent an email to the "contact us" link. Nothing. Oh well.

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Reply:26 days 6 hours ago
Member: TexasStyle

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I just tried to view the pics but nothing. What are they saved as, jpeg or what. I have all my pics saved as jpeg and they uploaded just fine.

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Reply:26 days 3 hours 41 minutes ago
Member: Fred Kraus

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They are jpegs. I did have two of them on there, but when I retried it, I couldn't get any to post. I finally managed to get one on there.

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Reply:24 days 6 hours 6 minutes ago
Member: TexasStyle

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Well now I see 4 so what ever you did worked. I don't know if the site limits the size or not but that would be something else to look at.

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Reply:24 days 5 hours 55 minutes ago
Member: Fred Kraus

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I tried to reduce the size of the photos. I took them all down to 1% in my photo editor at home. Perhaps it didn't transfer over. I must be doing something wrong. The thing I wonder is why does it take the photos sometimes, and other times it doesn't. The photos are awfully big when you click on them, so I'm getting the idea that they are not being reduced when I upload them to this site. Oh well, at least they can be seen.

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Reply:5 days 14 hours 9 minutes ago
Member: Fred Kraus

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Well I got the neck screwed on. I put a Wilkinson vintage trem on for the bridge. Most of the hardware is in place, 5 way switch, stereo knobs, jack plate, pick guard, neck plate. I just have to get the pickups and ream out the tuning peg holes from 11/16 to 13/16 so that I can put the Gotoh Mini 510's I have in. I still have to put a back plate on and the string retainers on the headstock. It'll be a while before I can get the pickups, (DiMarzio Area 58's & 61). I can't wait to get those pickups.

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Reply:5 days 13 hours 59 minutes ago
Member: JTC

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I will start a project like this some day.
Everyone should build at least one guitar of their own right?

Don't Jedi's have to construct their own Light Saber?

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Reply:5 days 13 hours 52 minutes ago
Member: Fred Kraus

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I think it's a great idea to build your own. I've learned more about Stratocasters in one month than I have in five years by doing this.

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