I'm planning to make two telecasters and I want to make them sound vintage and I need some good pickups that are somewhat cheap, if you have any recommendations please tell me what you personally love and use in the comments

A while ago I've bult a PRS from scratch, but I sold that guitar and I really miss it so I want to make a new one.

I have all the body templates, but I don´t remember the top and back thickness.

Any help? thanks

Any suggestions out there for bass Bridge tuners? Looking to convert a 6 string build to headless but can't seem to find decent prospects that ship to Canada.

...Aside from temu or aliexpress.

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basically just the title, I'm going to finish covering whole cavity in copper tape and I THINK it has something to do with the little metal circle bits the get screwed in under the pickups, idk, am I right?

Is this a common service? I have a LP Studio with a thick neck that’s not comfortable for me. It was bought used and appears to have a neck/headstock crack or break repair. Would something like that affect the feasibility of shaving the neck down? It probably wouldn’t sell for much more than $500, so that’s why I’m not considering selling and buying one with a 60s neck…yet.

This video is exactly what I had in mind, although he makes it look very simple.

https://youtu.be/aHOmOQcN0J4?si=se792NKy74Gd08Ch

Did a simple pickguard replacement and somehow must have messed up my knobs. The volume knob is completely quiet until 8-10 and sounds lower than usual, the tone knob all the way open is as if it’s completely rolled off. Any idea what I did or need to do?

Fellow lithiers. What is your take on epoxy on a neck glue up? Is the joint more stable over time with epoxy than with other glues like titebond or hide glue? And for the neck warping do you find that a laminated neck is more durable against warping under string tension? Please share your experiences with your trials . Thank you.

I will eventually learn to buy the case first and then build the guitar to fit it…but I got lucky here. Coffin G-185R.

hello folks. i have a guitar that is currently not being played that i am thinking of turning into a project guitar this summer, but it has a huge chip in the poly finish that i dont like. how would i go about doing a refinish of this guitar? its currently a glossy finish but id change it to a matte finish, if possible... the neck also has binding on it and it is neck through, so i am a little worried about making sure that the finish is level with the binding and such.

I, for one, am liking the increased posting of orchestral instruments on this sub. The first time I worked on a cello was pretty amazing. Keep the q's coming string section!

Noob here, Im planning on swapping necks on my squier classic vibe 50s telecaster but the closest to suitable neck i found is 4mm deeper than original neck. Would 4mm make a difference? If so what can I do about it without any complicated/expensive tools?

The exact dimensions for the original neck heel is width 56mm, 76mm long, and 16mm deep. The new neck heel is 55.6mm in width and 76mm long but is 20mm deep.

Ive heard that sanding the new neck is bad idea without the proper tools since it has to be perfectly flat and Im not sure about any other methods

Has anyone ever tried this? I have a 70's epi 12 string acoustic w/ a belly. Otherwise it's in beautiful shape. I used a single bridge doctor (12 string version w/ brass bridge pins), and after a lot more tightening than I expected(set screw is about 3/4" inside the doc), I was able to get the bridge ~close to parallel w/ the top. Once I strung it up to pitch, it definitely rocked forward again, even with the bridge doctor in place. I was thinking about getting a second bridge doctor and positioning them side by side, affixed to the outer E/e strings rather than the center D. The backplate inside the guitar appears plenty wide for this purpose. Has anyone ever tried this? Or does it sound like I maybe just didn't do a good enough job on the current bridge doc install?

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Title explains my stupidity! The guitar is a Harley Benton HB-35Plus, there is no back panel or anything for easy access and my hands are both large and unwieldy. I've done all my own wiring on a couple other guitars so I'm not worried about the actual electronics side of things just the pure mechanics of getting everything out and back in. Does anyone have some advice for going about getting the switch out, re-soldering it and getting it back in again? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I'm new to finishing my surfaces. My instrument is mahogany. I didn't use grain filler on there, and the as smooth as it was from sanding, the glossy surface is broken up by the depth of the grain. It doesn't bother me, but I wanted to try and buff it to a mirror shine. Because I didn't fill that grain, I don't think that the buffing is going to help. It'll make things shinny, but I'll still have the same issue of the grain making the appearance of the surface feel broken up. If I buff enough, will it sort of fill in those areas? I haven't gone though my wet sanding yet, either. I just want to know beforehand if it's even worth it

So I have a two part body I jointed together and was starting to chisel out p bass pickup slots (I've since realised how bad of an idea that was right next to the joint). I've ended up splitting the joint but no wood split only the glue by the looks of it. Any advice on re jointing it? My main worries are around trying to clamp it, the body's already shaped and contoured so not very clamp friendly. Any advice welcome.