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back again...
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 1:04 pm
by benwalker
.. oh, right...
umm.
anyway...
so me not posting for ages meant that i've a) been actually doing work, b) wasted my time and money on more guitar stuff...
warmoth parts-a-caster is finished. w00t (does anyone still use that any more?)
finally got a usa deluxe fender neck for the beast. plays amazingly - sounds great (tapped single coils anyone?)..
so..... might be posting more. honestly.
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:14 pm
by robroe
are those all SJAG-3's you got in that thing?!?!?!
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:29 pm
by benwalker
ha - not quite.. very similar to tapped SD-Qtr Pounders (SSL-4), but made by Tom Anderson (ST series?) - found them going for a song on eBay a while back, single coils with three wires: common, 14-ish KOhm and 7-ish KOhm depending on how you wire them up. The mini toggles are three-way, so full/off/tapped for each pickup. Tapped sounds very vintage while full is more like a P90.
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:37 pm
by euan
7k is still pretty hot for a single coil.
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 2:48 pm
by benwalker
Maybe a little hotter than standard - they work well together though. mids can get a bit much in full mode, unless try to ape a jazz guitar or something, so there's a weird torres mid-shifter/tone control in place of a standard tone pot, to scoop or boost as needed... but generally it's incredibly versatile..
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 9:58 pm
by JaguarOW
do those switches not get in the way of your strumming?
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:48 pm
by Mike
If you're strumming down there, you've gone too far.
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:33 pm
by Justin J
nah, i can see how you'd at least hit the top one whilst strumming above the middle pickup.
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:34 pm
by Bacchus
Looks well. We need more pictures.
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:34 pm
by Mike
I can't. You must be an even more spasmodic player than me.
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:53 am
by benwalker
i need to photograph it properly - phone cameras never do things justice i suppose...
switches don't get in the way - it's no worse than a 5-way with a stupid switch top. The only thing that can get in the way is the chrome domed volume pot when using the trem. It's in the same position as a bog standard strat knob (there's a single tone pot roughly between where the other two tone knobs would be) but realised afterwards why people who build strats with chrome knobs as standard generally move the knob a bit further away from the bridge pickup...
works well for violining (volume swells) though.
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:49 pm
by damienblair17
That thing looks awesome, and those pole pieces are huge.
(I still use w00t)
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:15 pm
by MaMo
damienblair17 wrote:That thing looks awesome, and those pole pieces are huge.
That's what she said
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:17 pm
by Reece
no
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:50 am
by superfuzz
Thats awesome!