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Any musicians on hrt? Hand musculature changes...

Started by femmebutt, April 20, 2015, 06:13:58 AM

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femmebutt

Wait... wha?!  U must have some good uns in your collection... 
hybrid
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Jill F

I mostly collect/deal in Fenders.  I have 25 or so guitars right now, but I have probably owned 250 or so over the years. 
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femmebutt

Now that this thread has digressed to pure guitar nerdosity -- That's a big giant crap load of guitars. SO Jealous!  What are a couple of your favorites?  I've always been a fender girl and have had the same mij late 80's strat since I was 12!  I did put some Anderson pups in it and took the body down to the wood. She's my baby! But oh what I wouldn't do for a Tyler, Suhr, etc...
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Evelyn K

Quote from: dalebert on April 21, 2015, 09:11:32 AM
Little bit of science trivia--there are actually no (or almost no?) muscles in your hands. They're composed of almost all ligaments that are connected to muscles in your forearm. The effect will be the same, of course. If you lose muscle tone in your forearm, your hand strength will be affected.  8) The size/thickness of your ligaments might be affected by hormone changes. I don't know.

I apologize for my nerdiness.  :P

Just putting this here...

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femmebutt

Gross!

...Thx evelyn and dalebert for your informative posts.  I'm thinking now I just lost a bunch of hand fat. That's a thing, right? Hand fat? 
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Lady_Oracle

Totally a thing lol. The right side of my fretting hand has a slight bulge umm lol  :D its pretty toned and tough where as the same side on my right hand is completely flat and squishy.
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femmebutt

Quote from: Lady_Oracle on April 24, 2015, 05:01:00 AM
bulge umm lol  :D

Me too! Well it used to be there, before they got all soft and skinny. And I was resigned to having Lana's (Archer) man hands my whole life!


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Jill F

Quote from: femmebutt on April 24, 2015, 12:13:54 AM
Now that this thread has digressed to pure guitar nerdosity -- That's a big giant crap load of guitars. SO Jealous!  What are a couple of your favorites?  I've always been a fender girl and have had the same mij late 80's strat since I was 12!  I did put some Anderson pups in it and took the body down to the wood. She's my baby! But oh what I wouldn't do for a Tyler, Suhr, etc...

I have a bunch of Stratocasters, but my fave is a Frankenstrat with a 1954 body and a 1965 neck.  I also have a 1987 MIJ Stratocaster that I scalloped.   You don't need a Tyler or a Suhr to have a top notch instrument.  You just need someone  who knows how to do a great fret job and wiring.  And yes, I fretted lots of necks for Tyler...
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femmebutt

I wish I had some of them skills! Then I wouldn't have to wish for a $$$ instrument! 
I just watched a Jimmy Herring rig rundown on YouTube where he's showing off his main axe - a generic American standard - that he had bill delap(?) - Holdsworth's guy - rework the neck on.  Then a japanese reissue tele he put lollars in. ---> And he's playing them like a ponytailBOSS!
What could you do with a mexi strat? I got one of them laying around...
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Jill F

Hecho En Mexico Strat?  Totally stock?

Lose the pickups, call Seymour Duncan for replacements, pull the frets, plane the fingerboard from probably frets 12-21, recut the fret slots because they'd be too shallow now to accomodate fretwire, refret with 6100, 6105 or other wire that's larger and harder.  Roll (sand) the fingerboard edges to take down anything sharp to make it feel like more of a pistol grip.  Then I'd dump the plastic nut for a piece of bone and cut it properly.  I would also take out the cheap tone capacitor and replace it with a Sprague Orange Drop or even better, a paper and oil 50's style reissue.  I also might put a treble bleed cap and resistor across the volume pot for better tone when the volume is turned down.
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Lady_Oracle

*Takes notes  :)

I'll be making my first frankenstrat soon
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Jill F

Quote from: Lady_Oracle on April 28, 2015, 01:00:01 AM
*Takes notes  :)

I'll be making my first frankenstrat soon

Necks and bodies with 4 bolt rectangular plates usually go together pretty easily, but a wide gap between the neck and body is a tone killer.  Also, if they don't fit because the neck is too wide, don't force it.  You will need to sand or Dremel it.  Make sure the neck is drilled for tuner holes that match the size of your tuner bushings and that the bridge you have will intonate from where the body is cut to accommodate it.  Also never solder over the finish of your guitar.  Put down some blue masking tape if you must. 

There's most of the rookie pitfalls right there.
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