mashed tates

SUPER-STRONG ALLOY. generally speaking, that's a good material choice.

word. i understand the perfect intonation crux...i knew that when i got it that it wasn't built for precision. but i was thinking if the saddles could be improved (cut better) and the bridge could be raised/lowered carefully, i could get close enough. all the while the action would be more even too. thanks skesis.

hey everyone thanks for the recommendations. the guitar i got was an italia mondial. it needs the basic things done to it...the intonation is a few cents off. the action on the higher frets could be more even as well.

the guitar has a normal set of cheap humbuckers in it, and also has a piezo pickup in the bridge. it sounds really cool and you can blend the pickups together or use one set at a time etc. the main problem is that the trapeze tail piece that floats off the back of the body allows for a lot of resonance and noise from the parts of the strings that are between the tail piece and the bridge. this causes a lot of feedback, but not the cool kind. it's a little bit like someone is strumming the strings past the nut on a strat while i'm playing. the string saddles are filed poorly as well, and jump from top half to lower half within the saddle when i bend notes.

that's all!

i heard on coast to coast that there is some kind of pesticide that is being used in europe and the americas that has been proven to seriously affect the bees' natural ability to navigate their surroundings and return home, thereby leaving their hives empty. there have also been poorer agricultural returns in several places in california that have been said to been caused by this massive bee disappearance! all from weird AM radio, though...

murphy's law. ease up, homey.