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On track to get the guitar Monday or Tuesday, right when i am up to my ears in guitar work. No rush, i might get time to drool over DB's and Clarence fret job and dribble some beer on the neck to break it in. :p
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2:19pm Fri 1 Apr
Sunshine West, VIC
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Welshpool, WA
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Armadale, WA
Should be looking at this guitar sometime today
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watching closely on this one, I have a JR-1 due for delivery this week too
I wont get much done before i go on holidays, you will probably be well ahead of me when i get back.
I do have a head start because i decided to use DB and get the neck frets and the nut done, saves alot of messing about later.
Well the white van came and went and dropped me 2 parcels, i wonder what they can be?
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Phew its here, been sweating on it
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:p
nice one Tony I got one of these kits in the pile to build.
I was assembling a JR-1 kit yesterday and found out the wrap around bridge the post holes should be wider than they are.
Can you please check if the bridge holes on your kit line up with the post holes ?
A TOM bridge fits so I am going to use a TOM and drill some string through holes - easier than relocating the bush holes
Just did a quick mock up got a few bits and pieces in the woodwork at the moment, body and neck, but will get to that as we go.
Lots of paper
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Dingo Stuff: Bushfire Sunset
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Bone Nut made by DB noice
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Lots of bits
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Set of 09 slinky things, never had a set so small, but a nice touch
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good stuff Tony is that Bushfire Sunrise DT ? that will look excellent on the mahogany body/neck
Can you please check if the wrap around bridge bush holes line up ok ?
Yeh Wok will do it in a minute after i get these pics done. And yes thats the Bushfire Sunset should look good
Shoddy fill job, rough as guts
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Close up
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Backs not bad lots of pieces
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Mr MaGloo rears his ugly head, not as bad as my last build
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What tha? middle cut away bottom of guitar hwee can jus put lil bit o wud dare make its work
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looks pretty good Tony, the faults I'm sure you can fix.
No hurry mate on the bridge check, I can wait till I get home I got one of these JR-DC kits
I'll be interested in see how this build goes.
A few more dribs and drabs, its nothing you cant fix by swearing at it :D
Hims fit Mr Wok
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Middle cut away top shot
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Neck no fit, neither did my Warmoth, get the sanding block on the sides. Whats that filler or Mr MaGloo?
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Shiny Dingo Luthier Fret job very nice
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Headstock well its a headstock
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looks good Tony, cheers for the bridge check, I'll see if my bridge is different and compare to the JR-1DC kit I have
Clarence has been working on the neck :D
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Pickup slotted in nice, will try my own P90 later
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I think this is going to come up nice with all the different grain patterns
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I will sand the neck 1st its a bit grubby from Clarence working on it :cool::p
When sanding the neck i use the sand paper moulded to the shape of my hand, after all its me going to be playing it.
Checked the pickup Inductance and resistance, a typical P90 would be about 8kΩ and the inductance on a vintage P90 would be somewhere around the 5.3-5.9Henries.
I dont pay much attention to capacitance other than it tells me i have a complete coil, and why dont i use capacitance? because DC resistance is NOT a power rating; it is the resistance of the wire in a pickup's coil at zero hertz, something that only occurs when the guitar isn't played. But people always ask me how many KΩ a pickup has calling it output etc so i quote it. To quote the late Bill Lawrence who i admired immensely and who i could ask all the questions in the world, and he would always reply with advice, may he RIP.
"DC resistance (Rdc) tells you as much about a pickup's tone and output as the shoe size tells you about a person's intelligence!
Now why am i waffling on with all this? i just put this Chinese P90 clone through its paces and was astounded to discover.
We have a 6kΩ reading for resistance so that puts it in low Strat/Tele territory, i like to wind a telecaster Bridge that reads about 5.75-6kΩ it give me that Roy Buchanan type of thing with an inductance of about 2.7H
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So i check the Inductance and whoa
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Without hearing it i would say this is going to be one nasty toppy, shattered champagne glass, fingers down the blackboard pickup with no grunt.
When i get time i will strip it down and have a further peek inside. A typical P90 will have A3or A5 mags both south facing on to the slugs and about 10000 turns.
That Clarry is a grubby bugger :pQuote:
Originally Posted by tonyw
I have been all over the fret and neck job, beautiful work by DB cant fault it. I might add the rosewood fret board is very nice.
I think i might round those bouts off a bit as well.
Back to the weak P90 style pickup, time to field strip it
Take out the 2 plate screws which will also release the earth
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The magnets were glued onto the plate and the bobbin, no keeper bar, magnets just hard against the poles
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Hard to release from the bobbin with the glue
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Correct orientation of the magnets both north facing meaning they repel each other.
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The magnets are set up to repel each other so as to create a heart-shaped magnetic field around the polepieces
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The Chinese love their Mr Magloo
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4 winds of thick black tape and less than half the bobbin wound.
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Put it back together and chuck it in my crappy parts bin.
Now i need to test the pickup route and see if i have some sanding to do.
nice tutorial Tony of the PBG P90 pulled apart.
Gee... That pup would have been terrible!
Must have been the last wind of the day just before Chinese New Year shut down....
Yes it would of squealed and bucked an sounded like crud on a stick....Quote:
Originally Posted by dingobass
Sooo been a busy boy servicing my camper, cleaning up the car and all those other horrible jobs associated with going away on holidays.
Wife decides to have a nanna nap so i snuck off into the shed for some serious mens business, sanding, woman are quite welcome to do my sanding for me, i dont discriminate :p
The look on her face when she woke up and walked outside and here's me covered in hog dust, classic ;)
Into it with some 180, theres a few flaws in this body and i need to get stuck into them, i usually start with 220.
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180 works it nicely through the flaws
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This one is annoying me but i got a good go at it
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180 done on the back
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You can hardly see this blemish now, it wont be there when i finish
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Saving up all the hog dust i can get, i use it later if i need to fill.
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Plenty of it
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The flaw is nearly out the 220 will get it
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Hit the top up
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Clean off with some Naptha, takes all the greasy dirty mits off.
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Wipe the top down with naptha
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Then i wipe it over with a damp cloth, and it show up the flaws, like that bottom bout i am hoping thats not a glue spill
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Better to find the problems before you start any finishing.
Looks like glue.... Best sand that bugger out.
Yeah mate i was thinking its glue, no escaping the crud.