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Post Whoring - 5.5.1 - We have a turd in the punch bowl



I started in 07, but I'm still terrible. Lol I've built 4 guitars, all were a hand carved custom design; 2 were solid body, one was semi hollow and the last one I did was an acoustic electric with hidden EMGs. Lol
 
I do alright for never being taught by someone. I just watch a lot of how to's for things I want to learn. I never learned any of the scales, but I know all the common chords and learn new ones when they come up in a new song I want to learn.

Maybe you can tell me why my high e string always sounds tinny even with a new set lol. I'm using d'addarios which I really like. I would assume the string was touching a fret but that doesn't appear so. I had it set up to standard tuning when I bought it. Oh it's a Mexican stratocaster.

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What size is it? If you are using a .09, I would go to a .10 or .11.

I can get into the science of electromagnetic flux resonance, but it's a long read. Lol

It's an off brand guitar, and I'm guessing the pickups are still original? Lighter strings vibrate at a larger amplitude, and actually create a different resonant frequency than a heavier string tuned to the same note. Those pickups are probably made cheaply, and can't actually pick up the extra resonance from lighter strings.
 
Lol well that knowledge does you better than it would me. I'm using 10's. Not an off brand, genuine Mexican made Fender stratocaster. It's something to do with the physical side of the guitar, it's also tinny with no amp. It just rings badly. I was gonna have it set up again

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If there it's a dark grey rectangular magnet on the bottom of the pickup, it is a cheaper, but inefficient design. The best pickups have rare earth magnets as the entire core of the pickup, not just underneath the coil with ferro-metallic posts or a bar going through the center of the coil.
 


Never took them out. It's a hss strat, a humbucker and two single coil pickups. I like the sound of it, single coils have that genuine stratocaster sound, and the humbucker sounds completely different and great for rock.

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Are the bridge posts adjusted level? Each string should have a grooved post with set screws holding it off of the bridge plate, try raising the post up and move the string father from the pickup.
 
Single coils are great for clean, open notes, and the sound will get more tinny when you use the neck pickup and have the tone knob set on the higher side.
 
The humbucker is awesome for deeper, darker notes and can give you a nice, dark growl with the tone knob turned all the way down. Without distortion it will bring out the deep, rich tones from the actual wood of the guitar. Everything plays a factor in what kind of sound a guitar will generate.
 


string buzzing- raise the bridge saddle like warstryker said. Don't worry about the intonation unless that cures it. then set it or move it back to where it was.
Any Fender bridge I have had will vibrate those allen screws down eventually. I would always cement them in place after set-up with black nail polish. It cracks free when I need it to and acts as thread locker.
Easily cleans up with nail polish remover.

Maybe your pick-ups are to high causing the string to deaden from the magnet.
Setting a guitar up is pretty easy as long as you have a decent tuner.

My sons japan strat has a way more tinny sound than my american but it sounds good
 
I personally like keeping the strings slightly father from the pickup, it mellows the high notes and helps with sustain.

My favorite sound is one of my own builds, hard rock maple neck-through design with a claro walnut body, ebony fret board, and dual humbuckers under a string-through body bridge... Epic crunch, the darkest growl, EVAH, and sustain for days............... lol
 
You sound like a true luthier. You install the frets and spacing and all that jazz.
How do you decide on scale length?
You sell them?

Yeah I always liked rosewood necks, ebony and maple didn't work for me.
 
It all depends on what size guitar, acoustics I have seen up to a 20 fret scale for dreadnoughts, electrics 24 or 26, and bass I've seen a 32 fret scale. I went with a 24 fret scale, the hardest part was measuring. Lol I used a digital caliper and just went from fret to fret, double checking with an old 24 fret fingerboard, and after the marking used a fret saw with a laser level and miter box.

After doing it once, I would rather just spend the money on a pre cut fretboard, Carvin makes good ones.

And I wouldn't call myself a luthier, I don't do it for a living. I would love to, but without the skills that come with years and years, I wouldn't be able to keep up.

And yes, if someone was to place a request to me for a custom guitar, I will build them one.
 
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