after the Dedman treatment, she'll be dark and mean, looks cool
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after the Dedman treatment, she'll be dark and mean, looks cool
well, I couldn't resist...I strung her up this morning, then asked myself...why did you glue the nut on when it is way too high? (could have sworn I'd tested it , that's the only prob doing more than 1 build at a time...turns out I'd tested the ES nut)
Sounds nice, real rich on both pick ups the bridge one sounds very promising for some surf sounds, tried it with Doc's Dr Fuzz pedal and a delay and found myself lost in the desert with a horse with no name :P
So... nut back off tomorrow
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Originally Posted by Dedman
Glad to hear that the Dr Fuzz pedal is still working for you mate.
I've been waiting for a set of black rear covers for this and a black neck plate, the packages arrived....the pot cavity plate doesn't fit, not even close and the black neck plate was engraved "Lion by Washburn" LOL that will teach me to buy cheap! So it's back to repainting the supplied covers from the kit. I put the neck plate on, what the hell. Also took about a mil off the bottom of the bone nut, she plays nice now. I noticed a couple of areas need a slight sand and re polish, so I'll call it nearly finished.
And....finished. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. I noticed a couple of spots need some more polishing, I'll get to that... Sounds great, a bit hummy despite a good earth and shielding but mostly noticable if I crank up the gain which I don't really do much. Reverb on 11 she gives the tely a run for its money Not bad for a rescue case.
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Fits in well with most of your Dark 'n' Stormy themed toys & trinkets.
Dude another noice job. Great work.
That guitar looks really cool now Dedman, you should do a demo video so we can hear what it sounds like mate.
I would if i had anything that records :p
smart phone would do...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dedman
love the black on black going on here, great looking LP
remember...I'm the last guy in Aus without a mobile phone
What do you use to take these photos as most digital cameras have some video capability?
If you download and install Audacity onto your computer you can plug a mic into your computer's soundcard, you can then use your computer to record a sound demo, Audacity is free, that is, you don't have to pay a cent to use it.
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Originally Posted by DrNomis_44
And yep, most modern Digital Cameras can record movies, I have a Nikon Coolpix A100 Digital Camera that can do movies as well as photos, I'll have to do some serious user manual reading first before I do any videos with it though.
My camera is an old Kodak Digital from before there was flash drives.I have to plug the camera into the comp to get the pics off, it doesn't do video. One of my mates has a very nice shiny new Nikon, he gives me crap about his phone having more mega pixels than my camera, I'll ask him.
One day you will surprise us with a fluro-yellow guitar, Dedman.
I can safely say that will never happen LOL. Red, blue, purple even pastels....very possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fretworn
Seeing as I stole the pick ups and wiring out of this for the teardrop build I felt I owed it some new electricals. So a pair of GFS Dream 180's with splits on the volume knobs went in today. They are bit more trebly than I'm used to but some messing with EQ and a wee bit of drive gets some nice tones.
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Wow that looks fab!
*whistles* looks great Dedman
Lovely looking beast!
I love this photo. It looks like you can see through a clear guitar to the wrinkled canvas beneath it. Smashing finish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dedman
What value pots are you using? You may be able to tame some of the treble that way.
500k pots and 47uf caps Weirdy
Try clipping a 500K resistor across the outside lugs on each volume pot, that'll essentially give you 250K pots at full volume. That should give you an idea if smaller value pots will trim the treble enough.
Cheers, next time I'm going past Jaycar I will buy some resistors and try it
While you're there... a set of clip leads of some sort is invaluable for guitar building when testing parts, pickups, and wiring configurations. Very handy.
It's probably just the pickups sounding how they are supposed to sound. 'Filtertron highs with warmer PAF-style lows'. But even vintage PAFs are very bright and clear sounding pickups (well, not single-coil bright but brighter than most non-vintage and hotter wound humbuckers). Maybe it's time to actually use the tone controls, or get another amp that complements the pickups?