New parcel just arrived in the post.

[DrNomis_44]

Woohoo!! A new parcel just arrived in the post for me, here's a couple of pics of the parcel and what's inside it:






Okay, so what is this and what is it for?, this is a Kahler String Lock which mounts on a guitar headstock just behind a conventional nut, it does exactly the same job as the Floyd Rose Locking Nut, it is just an alternative design, I bought this on eBay a few weeks ago so I can use it on another 80's Superstrat build project I'm going to be working on.


And here's a pic of the actual guitar that's going to be used as a platform for the 80's Superstrat build project:

[wokkaboy]

good stuff Doc always nice to get goodies in the mail. You might want to black out your address/and or name on the package on the first photo although its out of focus

[DrNomis_44]

good stuff Doc always nice to get goodies in the mail. You might want to black out your address/and or name on the package on the first photo although its out of focus

Good call mate, I'll sort that out shortly........all sorted now.


Since I spent some time growing-up in the 80's (my teen years), I tend to gravitate to guitars from that era, also, I used to own an 80's Charvel Guitar, it was shaped same like the one in the pic I posted, but, it had one Humbucking pickup in the bridge position, a single volume-control knob, and the body was finished in a Metallic Blue paint colour, been missing that guitar for a long time.


And this is what my old Charvel guitar actually looked like (Charvel Model 2):




But the Trem-Arm was black rather than Chrome.

[wokkaboy]

good stuff Doc, I owned a similar Charvel in the 90's, it was cream in colour, wish I still had photo's I can't even remember if the bridge was a floyd and if it had one or 2 pups. Also I own an Eston bass that I scored off a mate who didn't want to take it travelling, it's even got the same shape headstock

[DrNomis_44]

good stuff Doc, I owned a similar Charvel in the 90's, it was cream in colour, wish I still had photo's I can't even remember if the bridge was a floyd and if it had one or 2 pups. Also I own an Eston bass that I scored off a mate who didn't want to take it travelling, it's even got the same shape headstock

I'm seriously considering going with just a single bridge humbucker pickup when I start working on the new Superstrat build project, maybe a Black Entwistle HDN pickup, or maybe a Darkstar, something is telling me to make it a real simple setup, those Charvel Model 2 guitars were really good sounding for playing Heavy Rock and Metal, which is one of the reasons why I'm missing my old Charvel, I seem to remember giving it away to someone who tried to convert it to a Bass Guitar, I gave it away because it needed a replacement neck and bridge and I had no idea where I could buy replacements from, this was back in the early 90's before the internet became what it is now.

[Dedman]

getting packages in the mail is always good....even addictive LOL

[DrNomis_44]

getting packages in the mail is always good....even addictive LOL

I will have to totally agree with you about parcels being addictive mate, there's nothing quite like receiving a box of new bits and pieces in the post, especially when you forgot all about it, always a pleasant surprise.

[wokkaboy]

Hey Doc put a Tonerider Octane in it and coil split it. I'm waiting for a project to put one in. Mick did a demo on one in a one humbucker bridge strat and it sounded super hot !

[DrNomis_44]

Hey Doc put a Tonerider Octane in it and coil split it. I'm waiting for a project to put one in. Mick did a demo on one in a one humbucker bridge strat and it sounded super hot !

No worries, I'll give one of those Tonerider Octanes a go then, heard a lot about them so was curious to see what they were like, now I've got a good excuse to order one...haha, cheers for the suggestion mate.


And if it goes well, I might consider putting two of them in my new Joey Jordison BC Rich Warlock II guitar after I get it home from the shops, cause the stock pickups in them are a bit low-end even though they do sound reasonably decent enough, I'm just going to check to see if Pitbull Guitars offer the Tonerider Octane in both Bridge and Neck models.

[wokkaboy]

Hi Doc the Octane is a bridge only pup but plenty of other good options. I've used the Tonerider Rocksongs on about 2 builds and they sound great