brentrocks Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Lets get to work!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 As much work as you've done on your guitars, you should of had an apprenticeship at Heritage by now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentrocks Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 As much work as you've done on your guitars, you should of had an apprenticeship at Heritage by now... if i didnt need the income i have now to support my houshold, you bet your a** , i'd be down BEGGING Jim, Marv and Vince for a job.....right now, i just do the easy stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentrocks Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 All right! The first task was to swap out the ivory buttons... Next, i took off the strings and bridge... Then took off the old tuners and installed the new locking tuners... Installed the new locking bridge studs/posts and attached the Pigtail... Restrung, set bridge height, checked intonation, lubed the nut, tuned up and ROCKED IT!!!!! I HAMERED on the bigsby....the tuning stability is A LOT BETTER!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Looks great, man. As long as you're changing things up, have you thought of a new dog ear cover color? http://reedjamescustom.com/id5.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentrocks Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 those are beautiful covers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 if i didnt need the income i have now to support my houshold, you bet your a** , i'd be down BEGGING Jim, Marv and Vince for a job.....right now, i just do the easy stuff You should do it soon so the art of the 357 isn't lost to the next generation of luthiers!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentrocks Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 You should do it soon so the art of the 357 isn't lost to the next generation of luthiers!!!! i just need enough to pay off my house and i could afford to take the pay cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretless Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Looks great, man. As long as you're changing things up, have you thought of a new dog ear cover color? http://reedjamescustom.com/id5.html Those are real nice , especially like the darker ones but how would that work with dog ears ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 I did a quick search on P90 pickup covers and found these soap bars. Foolishly, I figured that fancy covers should also be available for dog ears as well. That may be incorrect. At least I can't find anything except the usual solid colors and chrome. I see a business opportunity for someone. Truthfully, dog ears get no respect. They are a pain in ass to adjust- don't waste your time trying to argue on that point. They don't do anything a soap bar can't do. So maybe no one wants to dress them up. They do look cool and work just fine. So I guess we just leave well enough alone. Here's some tortoise shell to look at though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectrum13 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Truthfully, dog ears get no respect. They are a pain in ass to adjust- don't waste your time trying to argue on that point. They don't do anything a soap bar can't do. At least you can shim a dog ear. How do you raise a soapbar? It has been said that the development of the humbucker included the height adjustment pickup surround system that is a major innovation as well. I agree on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartyGrass Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 At least you can shim a dog ear. How do you raise a soapbar? It has been said that the development of the humbucker included the height adjustment pickup surround system that is a major innovation as well. I agree on that. Must be a trick question. There are two height adjustment screws on soap bars. Check out this video at 5:00 mins. That's the end of the hijack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJLII Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Brent - I'm looking for some locking studs for my H-137 to eliminate the dreaded bridge tilt. What brand did you use? I'm looking for as close to "plug and play" as I can get. - Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretless Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Those kinda look like Schroeder locks , I just got some steel Tonepros for my 137 , should be here soon . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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