BCR Greg Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 What would you guys and gals like to see? Any input would be appreciated. I don't want this to just appeal to us repair geeks, I want is to be interesting to the average guitarist...
Buzzy Fretts Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Whatever the content, step-by-step photographs or diagrams go a LONG way to helping people understand complex procedures. If your publisher can afford art, have a medical illustrator take the job on (I know a few.) They are trained to draw surgical procedures specificly as a teaching tool for doctors in training. Good luck!
eightyfour Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Greg,What has really blown my mind with some of your work is how it's not even really guitar related but moreover fine woodcraft in general. Some of the catastophic repairs and modifications that you've done prove that when your '63 SG get's bulldozed, you don't necessarily have to retire it to the apartment dumpster. This conceivably opens up a market that had no (or very little) solution, and you'd essentially own it. As I'm sure happens now, shops and craftsmen would want to employ your techniques in solving customer problems previously thought hopeless. You'd become a God on high!
silentman Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Proper setup for guitars with different types of bridges: floyd, vintage, TOM, Wraparound. NOTHING TO DO WITH INTONATION, LOL!
BCR Greg Posted August 23, 2005 Author Posted August 23, 2005 You'd become a God on high!I'm not already?Damn.
silentman Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 I just thought maybe you could elaborate on some secrets like chapstick to lubricate nut slots, simple green to clean stuff, etc.. I'm sure you have tons more...
BadgerDave Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Greg,The basics have already been covered by his holiness, Dan Erlewine. I'd like to see the hardcore "back from the dead" repairs, compound head fractures, amateur Kahler installation recovery jobs, "preserve the nibs" refrets and (he ducks and braces for the back-flame) relicing techniques.You 'da man - write 'da book.
lonote049 Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 I'd like to see something about fretwork...levelling, dressing them, etc.
acb Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 BCRGreg's Dream Makeover Book. Cover all of the basics, from wiring to custom finishes by repairing-stripping-rebuilding an off-the-rack cheep used guitar into a custom devil. Examples of your projects with before and after photos (drewl, drewl). BTW, spread the fun and let another HFC'er write the liner notes and endorsements.
cmatthes Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 I would like to see a chapter devoted to EMG installation.
pesocaster Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 complex and simple wood based (body / neck) repairs / mods pickguard construction / modificationProper (and improper) tools to get the job done (clamping / routing ... etc.)Materials / solvents / glues ...Finish repairs... and a nice soufflé recipe would be fabulous!
Guest galejt Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Don't forget the boobies. NEVER..forget the bOObies!
BCR Greg Posted August 23, 2005 Author Posted August 23, 2005 Here's a preview of how we relic cheap acoustics....
DavidE Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Whatever you do, it would have to be different from the 2 books Dan Erlewine already put out. Those are pretty standard.
BCR Greg Posted August 23, 2005 Author Posted August 23, 2005 Uh, yeah.The plan is to ADD to the information pool.
sirDaniel Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Don't forget the boobies. If you intermix some boobie pics it will sell better. Not a lot; just a few choice ones. Girls don't buy repair books anyway...
bobbymack Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 I think the average guitarist will marvel at some of your supersaves / reincarnations. Include them early in the book to impress the uninitiated. But, from a practical standpoint, most guys (Erlewine or not) will appreciate and benefit from your takes on fixing typical stuff that every guitarist has to deal with...Setups...intonation fact and fiction, action adjustments and effect on intonation, proper slip-proof restringing options, fret dressing.Fixing nut slot binding (files, chapstick,etc), and bridge saddle binding problems (the latter caused string breaks and tuning problems on one of my LPs until I finally heard the pinging from the bridge end, and filed / smoothed her out...)Various wiring cavity options for dual HB, 2 or 3 single coil guitars, including what different pot and cap values and locations do, linear vs audio taper, coil splitting, etcSoldering technique. Nut replacement / cutting. Headstock repairs. Good stuff to use (Flitz, Glyde Cote, Guitar Honey, Chapstick, etc)...My $.02
mattsmith Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 greg, call me... I may be able to help get it published...matt
hamerhead Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Fill it with misinformation. That way guys gotta PAY you to fix their f'ups.Seriously though, your work is just amazing to see. The rebuilds are incredible. It takes a little of the worry out of a major disaster.
Wrecks Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 I'd like to know what happened to that original Dimarzio you yanked out of my 79 Sunburst when you replaced it with a Rio Grande a few years ago.
Guest galejt Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 That's "right here in front of me" Mr Fucktard, Boy!Edited to add Boy...or not...people are SO touchy these days you know.
bach Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 I enjoy seeing and reading about the tools you have created ad hoc. For example, the wooden guide you made to keep the drill bit from slipping when drilling holes between cavities. And the thingie (technical term here) you use to set headstock angles when repairing breaks. Those are clever and I'm sure you have more.Also, how 'bout a problem/solution section?Problem: Crackling potSolution(s): ?Problem: Fret BuzzSolution(s): ?Problem: Popping sound when tuningSolution(s): ?Problem: Swirl marks in the finishSolution(s): ?Problem: Can't play for $hitSolution(s): ?This could obviously cover all levels of sophistication. You fill in the ?'s, with accompanying step by step instructions and pictures of course.
tomteriffic Posted August 24, 2005 Posted August 24, 2005 I'd like to know what happened to that original Dimarzio you yanked out of my 79 Sunburst when you replaced it with a Rio Grande a few years ago. Not that I dislike the Rio Grande, but I'd like to get my mitts on that pickup, just for the sake of originality.
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