Thanks Gav, procrastinated over which Toneriders to pick and the sound clips on their website were extremely helpful. Hope to wire up series & parallel on one push pull pot and coil split on the other.
Thanks Gav, procrastinated over which Toneriders to pick and the sound clips on their website were extremely helpful. Hope to wire up series & parallel on one push pull pot and coil split on the other.
Finally got around to sanding the body today.
Started with 120, moved on to 180 then 240 and had to call it a day as it was getting dark.
Just a small tip with using the lower grits - whilst good at removing factory machine marks this grade can also leave it's own sanding marks, particularly on the side edges where there is plenty of end grain and had to sand across the edge at 90 degrees to the body before I could the start sanding in the direction of the edge. With plenty of different edges and angles on EX shape this can be quite a challenge. Neck was quite smooth out of the box and will start at 240 on it in a couple of days. Some of pics below show the progress.
Me too Waz! Isn't it funny, I actually went for the Tonerider Alnico II for my current LP-1SS over Seymore Duncans (mainly price) but I was torn between the IV's and the II's. It's much of a muchness but my preference lay with the II's. Would love to hear the IV's sometime when you finish the build.Originally Posted by wazkelly
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Cheers Andy. At current rate of progress hope to get around to doing a soundclip by Feb next year, if not sooner.
Finished sanding down to 320 late yesterday and took a few photos after damping down. Apologies for crap quality as poor light and only using iPhone 4.
Another light sand to take off raised grain after damping down. Taped off the neck and heel joint and then went looking for the DT in Coolangatta Gold that arrived 3 months ago. Last batch I bought was clear with a dark yellow to almost orange appearance and this batch looked clear sitting in the box but when given a shake looked the colour of peanut satay sauce??? Same for Intensifier too??? Not sure if batch has gone off as it has never been opened? Anyhow, below are a couple of shots again in poor light using the dreaded iPhone. Photos make it look darker than in person and to the naked eye it almost looks like the colourless swatch under DT on the webpage. I will post separately under DT for DB to have a look at and comment. Not unhappy with progress so far as there is plenty of grain to show off however neck looks like it will need more as it came out quite pale compared to the body.
This is the DT referred to above where a bottle of small amount left from the EX-5 colour experiment appears in the later shots.
Here are some better shots with soft natural light as it is overcast here today.
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