Recent content by Stratguy21

I have a bunch of guitars that the one way truss rods dont straighten the neck fully with string on. I read some where of a technique where you clamp the neck and put extra pressure whilsy rod is loose to help the rod shift slightly in seating and give it more straightness with amd without...

Hi guys I tries to relic a fender american elite strat but it went wrong and now I am going to definish all the nitro cellulose laquer by gently picking it off. I am wondering will the alder need any grain filler or some thing apllied to the wood before applying the tru oil finish? Advice on...

Hello luthiers out there? I am a hobby builder who has gained some donated ash from a local ranger. The trouble is the tree stumps are short and not very wide. So the slabs I grt will make a 4 piece telecaster at best maybe 2 piece on the bigger logs. I have quarter sawn two pieces of ash...

Hi guys, i recently installed new pickups pots and output in my strat. I also copper shielded it all off. I hooked the pots up with 99.9 silver wire in teflon tubing to see how it sounds. It all works but the volume does not roll off evenly and at around 1 its zerod but at zero it has sort of...