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    Pickup fading in and out

    Sounds like a capacitor thing, doesn't it?
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    Refretting a bound fingerboard

    Do you have to loosen and refit the binding?
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    Finger exercisers

    Anybody ever use one? Did it improve your strength and/or flexibility?
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    String tension and scale length

    I don't know why I can never remember this, but a shorter scale length should have lower tension that a longer scale, right?
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    Cleaning a heavy poly maple board?

    What's the best for heavy poly (besides removing the heavy poly of course)?. Alcohol? Lemon oil? Heavy poly shouldn't need oiled, I would think.
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    String brands and tension

    Does anyone have any opinions on the tension between different electric string brands given the same size? In othe words, is an 8 hig E from brand A esiaer to bend than an 8 from brand B? And what about different materials? Is nickel easier to bend than steel or chrome? And what about coated...
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    Sanding down a poly neck

    Got one with thick poly that I want to sand the back of. What should I START with?
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    pickup search

    Looking for a neck humbucker that, when split, has a pretty convincing strat neck sound.
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    Pickup placement in a one-off bass build?

    OK, somewhat technical question, but I couldn't figure out what to title this thread. I want to build a (solid body) bass using a stock (bolt on) neck that I've taken from another bass. The bass I'm taking it from is a short scale with one pickup. Obviously, it will still be a short scale...
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    When is cutting a new nut necessary?

    Unless you're having a problem that you can directly link to it, when do you do it? If you're going down in string guage, how big of a difference does it have to be before you consider a new one? When you get a new (used) guitar, and you don't know what it had been cut for in the past, is...
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    Roundwounds and fretless bass

    Anyone know of a way to keep rounds from tearing the crap out a fretless board?
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    Is it just me

    or is every single person on TV lately using an SM7? Has Shure gone on some kind of product placement marketing blitz? Used to be you'd see a LOT more RE20s. What's the deal?
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    fret level and crown on a bound board?

    Is there any difference between doing it on a bound board vs an unbound board? Do you have to do anyting special, or just be extra careful? I've never done one anyway, but I was wondering if it would be worth attempting it myself.
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    Truss rod direction?

    Has anyone ever run across a truss rod that is threaded the opposite of the 'normal' way? I got an off-off brand LP for $10 that has a slight back bow, and I just wanted to know before I try and adjust it. How long do you give it after you've turned it before you see a result? How much time...
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    The ever popular electric guitar string question

    I want to try some 8's (which I didn't even know existed), but there are 18 different kinds of 8's for electric at GC (while they're still afloat). There are 6 different kinds of 8's just among Ernie Balls. I don't understand the difference between all of them. What's the difference between...
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    strat and tele tuners

    Are THEY interchangeable? Looking at getting a tele neck, but I want to know if any of the tuners I have will fit.
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    strat vs tele neck pockets

    Are they the same size? GF says their necks are made for the same pocket width. Are the other dimensions the same? Does that mean they're interchangeable? I know I've seen necks swapped, but I always assumed there was some sort of compensation made.
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    Eddie Van Hale died.

    Eddie Van Hale died. Cancer. 65
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    Tung oil on a neck?

    Looking at unfinished necks. Can you tung oil a neck, or will that be sticky? Can you sand it once you oil it, like you can with lacquer or poly? Do you put tung on the fretboard (rosewood) too, or just lemon oil? Can you just lemon oil the whole thing? (knowing you'll have to reapply it...
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    21 vs 22 fret necks (strat and tele)

    Do they require different neck pocket sizes?
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