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They're Made In Korea. I had a pair of the Memphis and they sounded very good. I only sold them on because I'm just really not a humbucker guy. (I can't tell how many pairs of HB's it has taken me to learn that :o)
Thanks guys, for all the tips concerning the pickups. Since getting the wiring installed was much less a hassle than I expected, I decided to go with the stock pickups first.
They do sound better than I thought - so at least for the moment it's fine.
I stringed it up, checked the intonation and action. I am really surprised how well the Gr plays. So all in all I am really satisfied with the result.
However, for future projects - and I already ordered a custom AES from PBG - I would do a couple of things differently.
1. Use a grain filler - although basswood is not quite porous, it took around 4 coats until the wood on the body was filled, and the neck of course took even longer.
2. Try a different finish. I have to say that occupying our home office space for weeks to apply the wipe on poly put quite a bit of strain on family relations. My wife wasn't very happy that the office could not really be used due to poly fumes :) what other options are there?
Spray can poly? It'll also smell but should take a lot less time to get the finish to the desired depth?
Tru Oil? Can anybody tell me about he smell/fumes? I am assuming that it'll be similar to wipe on poly.
Shellac? That should probably be the least 'invasive' but also most time consuming options.
I love to hear from you guys what you think.
3. I'd love to get a little more depth and accentuating of the wood fibres. I put on two coats of regular water-based stain, and got even color all around, however the grain is not very pronounced. I am thinking of maybe going over the body with a darker stain, then light sanding back, and then the main color. Do you have any best practices?
Anyway, here's a Pic. Still working on the Pickguard, but not quite sure whether I actually want one.
Again, thanks for all your help.
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Hi Markus,
It looks great - congrats and well done - great work! The black pup rings look awesome :)
RE the wipe on poly - I'm went through problems with the fumes. I did my coats in the shed out of the way of the family and moved it inside for the curing when the smell was not so bad... Now I have it hanging in the conservatory and so it's relatively out of the way. But the fumes were too much for me to handle to apply without a decent mask #lightweight.
I used a few coats of Tru-Oil on my maple neck and was really pleased with how it went on and the final finish. It doesn't smell nearly as much. But I think there are some concerns on what it does to the stain colour as it ages.
For grain enhancing - On my first body (ash) I used an oil based grain filler mixed with black oil based artist paint (although I think dark brown is a better choice). After leaving it overnight I sanded back and then applied a few coats of water based stain until I was happy - lightly sanding in between. I was quite pleased with the outcome.
For my second body (alder) I'm following the same process - even though the advice is alder does not need filling. But I couldn't get it to do what I wanted on my test pieces. I tried a dark water based stain and sanding back but that didn't work, I also tried raising the grain before the dark stain and that didn't work either. It was only the oil grain filler+paint that gave me any sort of grain enhancement. I've only been experimenting with alder off cuts so far - I haven't applied it to the body yet. On the advice of Mc I'm currently researching pre-stain conditioner. But as of yet I've not found anything in the UK that's similar. However it seems that this is just a thinned down sanding sealer that you apply and sand back - I'm not sure if I'm going to do this or just crash on and then wait for "told you so"s ;)