Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:29 pm
properly jealous.
Pics!BillClay wrote:That thing looks sweet, I've got the four pickup model, but it's in nasty Granny Smith apple-burst. Always wanted metallic blue.
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:41 pm
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 2:00 pm
That is a great pick up. Well done for bringing it back to life!
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:01 pm
Very nice! Always loved the striped pickguards on these guys.
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:50 am
Trem arm and spring on the way... hopefully that is all that is needed to mount it. Looks like everything else is there.
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:53 am
That guitar is unbearably hot. JEALOUSY.
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2013 1:56 am
That thing is really cool looking.
Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2013 6:03 am
Awesome gig tonight with this thing. Stayed in tune for the most part considering what I was doing to it... went a little flat but only retuned twice in an hour set. I do hit the switches though, turning more pickups on and making it sound duller . Will have to modify strumming .
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 12:17 pm
same here, always been on the WANT list.Hurb wrote:Always wanted one
loev
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 2:11 pm
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Great looking guitar. And your girlfriend obviously doesn't know shit.
Great looking guitar. And your girlfriend obviously doesn't know shit.
Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 5:22 pm
Trem arm should arrived today, got the spring a few days ago. I hope it stays in tune! Will post pics upon installation.
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:35 am
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:36 am
So, so beautiful.
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:03 pm
Only problem with trem so far:
It doesn't seem to return to equilibrium. With a Jag or Strat trem, you push down and let go and it comes all the way back to pitch. With this trem you push down and it returns VERY close to pitch but is flat. If you then pull the arm up a little it is back in tune. The same goes for when you pull it sharp. Not sure how to fix that... the spring is new.
It doesn't seem to return to equilibrium. With a Jag or Strat trem, you push down and let go and it comes all the way back to pitch. With this trem you push down and it returns VERY close to pitch but is flat. If you then pull the arm up a little it is back in tune. The same goes for when you pull it sharp. Not sure how to fix that... the spring is new.
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:10 pm
Do you hear any mechanical noise? It might be the case that the spring moves slightly from its normal resting position and stays in that position after using the trem.
Also, look for any points that might benefit from being lubricated, like the pivot points of the bar that the strings go through.
Also, look for any points that might benefit from being lubricated, like the pivot points of the bar that the strings go through.
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:12 pm
File and lube the nut, sounds like it's snagging.
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:56 pm
Sounds like the nut to me too.
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:47 pm
I did pencil the nut when I restrung it.
It is interesting, I'm pretty sure the strings are all resting on the zero fret and not on the nut... which is probably bad for intonation but I haven't noticed it. Nut dis deep and wide for each string.
It is interesting, I'm pretty sure the strings are all resting on the zero fret and not on the nut... which is probably bad for intonation but I haven't noticed it. Nut dis deep and wide for each string.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 4:25 am
Filed down and polished zero fret so there is no snagging, lubed nut with graphite and vaseline, disected cleaned and lubed trem and same problem... I think the spring isn't strong enough for 11s... it just just slightly flat after use unless you manually bring it back up to where it should be, then it is in perfect tune. It is a minute difference in the angle of the strings behind the bridge which makes the note a little flat.
I just bought the spring, though... hmm.
I just bought the spring, though... hmm.