It might work and it might not depending on what you want from it.

Typical SMPS power supplies such as the ones pictured are inherently noisy as they have fast switching components. Also, daisy-chaining will possibly introduce more noise as there are ground loops formed between the pedals.

Another point is 11 A is complete overkill ? unless all 5 pedals are "Super-Ultra-Mega-Unthinkably-Insanely-Power-Hungry monstrous Digital pedals" of course.

Many off-the-shelf non-pedal power supplies are unregulated. These will provide the specified voltage when the specified current is drawn, but the voltage will likely be higher—often by several volts—for lower load currents. These power supplies sometimes have high voltage ripple which means more noise.
For the cleanest supplies, regulated supplies work best, however are inefficient at dissipating heat if not designed correctly and thus more expensive.

Sounds good! Quite an iconic riff yet not hard at all.

Here are those pics I promised.

Ended up doing the neck in Tru oil. Came out rather nice, few slight imperfections here and there, but overall I'm happy.






Now onto finishing the body. Still not 100% sure on how to do it though. Because I have mahogany, the grain isn't really exciting and I had a bit of tearout, so I am going for an opaque burst(See pic above). Any suggestions on how to accomplish this?

Can confirm I also didn't receive the newsletter, the last one I seem to be able to find is also from 26 Apr.

I was considering to use oil, but not quite sure how I would put a decal on with the oil..

Finally some progress has been made.

I have basically completed the neck, pics to follow shortly after exams.. But my question now relates to finishing of the neck. How and where can I get supplies. I want to avoid doing a quickie spray can job, as I've spent quite a bit of time on this and don't want to under-do things. But on the other hand I also don't want to splash out and get an entire professional spray booth setup going.

The body is also just about complete, just a ton of sanding and preparation to still be done.

Any suggestions on the finishing supplies?

Has anyone actually bought anything from them?

This is not a rant just a question.
I ordered a control plate from them on the first of March, it was shipped according to their website on the 11th of March, but haven't heard or received a shipping order from them or nothing. Also the phone number just rings, so was wondering if anyone else had any other experiences?

Grant Fouche

I really enjoyed everyone's tracks a lot! Well done guys!

I don't have any particular ideas about the next one, but looking forward to whatever it might be ?

I guess staggering the ferrules might help intonation ever so slightly by making the string angles similar across the bridge. I still think it will be marginal though..

That looks magnificent!!

Curious about those ferrules though ???

Great job!

It seems we have a Gibson officionado!! Nice catch

It works best when you have a DAW, which you can use to record. I found using the ASIO sound driver and changing a few settings in windows I could get mine playing with the Rocksmith Cable.

Quick update, the binding is mostly done, just have to finish scraping the horn then I'm done.. Will post pics later.

Now I have another question regarding the tuners to use. I was initially looking to order a set of Sperzels from stewmac, but have since changed my mind due to a few reviews and the exchange rate etc. Now I know a guy who has a set of silver Schallers, but I'm not sure whether it will work with all the other black hardware. The headstock won't be painted or anything, so dunno if it'll work. Any opinions on this?

My other option is a much more affordable set of Mighty Mites which are black, but not locking. I don't really know if I need locking tuners, but I don't want to hold back and regret it later if that makes sense. So is it really worth looking for locking tuners?

Out of curiousity, what paint did you end up using?

Quick question now with regards to the body binding. How on earth am I supposed to get it to take the shape of the guitar? I heated it up with boiling water and tried to pre-bend it, but it just laughed at me. Is it possible to cut the binding and do it in sections? For example at the horn, I think it will be near impossible to bend the binding around the horn without breaking it.
I could always mend the pieces where they come together by melting some spare plastic in acetone. That seemed to work very well for the neck binding..

Any thoughts?

So I had a bit of time on my hands, but didn't have the opportunity to continue yet, so I drew a rough draft of what I expect it all to look like when done. This is still far off, and my mind is not 100% made up about the finish. Also the colours on the picture look weird, mostly because I simply grabbed pictures of parts from the internet haha..



I used a program called GIMP to do it all

Is it just me or does it feel incomplete with only the required holes drilled ?

I'm sure the extra unused holes will play a super-important part in shaping the tone.....

Out of curiosity, isn't that cap you mounted on the chassis inside perhaps a bit close to the transformer? Might induce some EMI noise or something? Dunno?

But it really looks good so far! Wonder why no turret board yet? Probably still drilling holes ?

Greetings, sorry for the recent silence, but was busy with exams and such. In any case I've made quite a bit of progress on the neck. Not quite finished, but here are two pictures of how things look at the moment (There is currently only binding on the one side):

The light doesn't make everything quite clear, here is a close-up:


Now as you might see, I'm not quite sure on what to do with the binding. I know most Gibsons have the binding even with the fretboard except at the frets, where they are level with the frets creating "nibs" sort of. Not really sure exactly what other options there are available? Not like there are many fenders with bound necks haha.

Also, I'm considering ordering from stew-mac soon, so if anyone want to get involved or has something similar happening let me know ?