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Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:05 pm
by DGNR8
Holy shit! That's the first one I have seen someone do in the color of nitro so far. Bravo!
Posted: Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:53 pm
by matocaster
I'm so glad you guys like it, thanks so much for the complements! I finished up winding the neck pickup today I went with with fiber bobbins rather than plastic, I got 8.6k on the neck and i'm shooting for about 10k for the bridge. I'm so pumped for this guitar!!!
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:06 am
by paul_
Loving the finish on that, you really nailed it. Apart from the strat pickups will it have regular Jaguar style electronics (rhythm circuit, bass cut switch, etc)?
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:12 am
by william
matocaster wrote:I'm so glad you guys like it, thanks so much for the complements! I finished up winding the neck pickup today I went with with fiber bobbins rather than plastic, I got 8.6k on the neck and i'm shooting for about 10k for the bridge. I'm so pumped for this guitar!!!
are fiber bobbins just nicer and more "vintage spec", or is there some other reason for using them?
nice guitar, btw. i hate stripes, but somehow you pulled it off. love how you aged the white before masking.
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:17 am
by matocaster
william wrote:matocaster wrote:I'm so glad you guys like it, thanks so much for the complements! I finished up winding the neck pickup today I went with with fiber bobbins rather than plastic, I got 8.6k on the neck and i'm shooting for about 10k for the bridge. I'm so pumped for this guitar!!!
are fiber bobbins just nicer and more "vintage spec", or is there some other reason for using them?
nice guitar, btw. i hate stripes, but somehow you pulled it off. love how you aged the white before masking.
FIBER BOBBIN- that means that, unlike plastic, they can really heat up the wax and vacuum impregnate the windings- the result? KILLER tone, great output, no noise, and NO MICROPHONICS!
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:19 am
by matocaster
paul_ wrote:Loving the finish on that, you really nailed it. Apart from the strat pickups will it have regular Jaguar style electronics (rhythm circuit, bass cut switch, etc)?
Yup it will have the regular jag electronic layout, besides looking dman sexy thats the one thing I love most about jags!
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 2:31 am
by william
matocaster wrote:william wrote:matocaster wrote:I'm so glad you guys like it, thanks so much for the complements! I finished up winding the neck pickup today I went with with fiber bobbins rather than plastic, I got 8.6k on the neck and i'm shooting for about 10k for the bridge. I'm so pumped for this guitar!!!
are fiber bobbins just nicer and more "vintage spec", or is there some other reason for using them?
nice guitar, btw. i hate stripes, but somehow you pulled it off. love how you aged the white before masking.
FIBER BOBBIN- that means that, unlike plastic, they can really heat up the wax and vacuum impregnate the windings- the result? KILLER tone, great output, no noise, and NO MICROPHONICS!
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
... are you the GFS guy in disguise? COME CLEAN!
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:41 am
by matocaster
Maybe, just maybe haha no I looked up a description of fiber bobbin vs. plastic and the GFS site poped up, haha I can't belive you caught that! Good job!
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:51 pm
by matocaster
Okay she is done!!! I plugged her in and WOW! This girl will now be my main stage guitar!
![Image](http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr155/matthandley26/Monroewebsite016.jpg)
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:54 pm
by matocaster
The pics seem to be a bit pixelated it makes the stripe look like crap, but I swear in person the stripe has very clean lines
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:59 pm
by Reece
forum resizes picture automatically if they're too large. the dotted blue lines means it's been resized and you have to click on it for full size.
anyhow, that's looking really nice. not a fan of the dual HBs but horses for courses and whatnot.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:01 am
by Hurb
Very nicely done. the hums are ridiculous though.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:11 am
by Fran
matocaster wrote:Okay she is done!!! I plugged her in and WOW! This girl will now be my main stage guitar!
![Image](http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr155/matthandley26/Monroewebsite016.jpg)
Awesome work, great attention to detail and a pro finish. Brilliant. I like the CBS headstock idea especially.
Have you used Duncan Angry Rails? You may have said, perhaps i missed it...
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 5:34 am
by matocaster
Thanks for the complements! Na I decided after winding my own to use the ones I made for my next project and went with GFS lil' killers on this one, but knowing me i'll have 'em changed out in a week, I just can't stop tinkering. Oh, and yeah I adore the CBS heastock, I have an orignal '72 Strat and fell in love with the massive headstock!
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:36 am
by astro
I just exploded in my pants.
Nice job! Will you post a thread on the making of the home-brew pickups? I'd love to see that.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:41 am
by Mike
Single Coils and I would love it.
Humbuckers are for dweebs who don't have the rock within them.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 9:29 am
by wanderingjew
Now do a B&B version.
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:52 pm
by benwalker
i came..
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:07 pm
by matocaster
Playing her live Thursday night
![Image](http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv296/matocaster/mattsjag006.jpg)
Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:01 pm
by robert(original)
that thing turned out great looking, it would be better with robroes IMO