Cannot help thinking would more PUP's sound better or make stuff all difference? On Lemmy's it looks like he had 3 x Cheyenne type PUP's which appear to be a mini compact humbucker controlled by a 3 way switch and what may have been master vol & master tone.
Obviously where they are positioned will have some bearing on the sound but when considering triple humbucker LP's or SG's I have never been a fan because having three PUP's did not make them sound any better IMO.
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Originally Posted by Chuck
Cool...I read your thread and thought about on/off sliders like you did, combined with the push-pulls for coil-tapping, etc...hmmm...
Lots of good advice and good insights into the pros and cons...looks like there are a few mad scientists on this forum when it comes to wiring schemes
I know that any advantage gained by having the third pup is subtle at best, and possibly not worth the cost and effort...but the mad scientist in me would like to have as many options as possible...at least as many as my feeble little brain can comprehend. From reading everyone's comments, there are obviously some that I never considered...
You can obviously get different combinations of sounds by having pickups in different position. You get the quacky Strat position 2 and 4 sounds because the two pickups involved (bridge+middle and middle +neck) are relatively close and have a relatively similar frequency content, so you get a lot of comb filtering. On my DG Strat I can have the neck + bridge together, which results in a much cleaner overall sound, but not quacky at all. A friend of Facebook says that with his 3-pup SG, the neck+mid position out-quacks a Strat.
Now whether or not something similar on a bass would be a useful bass sound or not is up to you.
On the Harmony H59 I restored, that had 3 pickups and the pickup selector switch allowed you to select each one in turn, or all three together, in which case your mix is determined by the relative individual pickup volume levels. Something like that could be an option here.
You might be able to slip a Piezo under the Bridge as well.....
Don't think I hadn't thought of thatYou might be able to slip a Piezo under the Bridge as well.....
You will, of course have to have a wall of speakers to match this Beastie.......
... and jam along with 'Tom Saywer'
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When this thing is done, I promise to put together a demo playing medley of Rush tunes...... and jam along with 'Tom Saywer'
Sanding now...doing the rest of the cleanup...rounding off the edges by hand...fixing some minor defects...
Now I remember why I sucked at woodworking class when I was a kid...ADHD and no patience for sandpaper...I've gotten better with age, tho...haha
Sanding...sanding...sanding...
Okay...coming along...it's starting to look like a guitar:
It's coming along...I had envisioned taking more off, but I'm liking it like this. The gap close to the heel of the neck ended up being a bit more than I would like, but I'm hoping that the 999 coats of lacquer I'm planning to apply will minimize that. Need to work that area a bit more...
Had to fill a couple gaps...the back of the body up the the edge of the cap is going to be black (and the back of the neck), so that should be okay...still thinking of doing a black burst...ether way, it won't be noticeable.
I wiped it back with a damp towel to get a sense of what the figuring will look like...I imagine some folks are going to shudder at the notion that I'm planning to put three big, fat MM pup routs into that wood
Need to sit down and finalize the layout for the controls...will be at that step before I know it...
QUESTION...when you guys are sanding, what grit do you work your way to for the best result (just working the wood)...I'm using 150 now and getting ready to go to a finer grit...how fine would you go before you were satisfied and moved on to finishing?
Last edited by geddyfan; 17-03-2017 at 05:12 AM.
Awesome quilt
Go down to about 400 for the body, much finer and it will have issues taking stain/colour
Those tops are super thin so hold back on the sanding there
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