Brendans RC-1

[Tim]

Will be interesting to see how thay sound Brendan.. if thay are any good might have to try some of the bass pups..

[lawry]

I've never heard of these pups so will also be keen to hear how they impress you. Still, there was an Entwistle in The Who and they weren't too shabby ;-0

[gavinturner]

Hi Brendan,
I used these exact pickups in my first build. It was a Flying V, so I expected a heavy sound, and that's exactly what they delivered cranked up close to the strings. Even on clean they sound very very nice. Mine were $35 a set too so I suspect they were Chinese knockoffs. Even so, they sound fantastic. You won't be disappointed! All Entwhistles I can highly recommend as Eben grabbed a set of HVX humbuckers for his BC-1 and they also sound awesome. I did think the routes on the RC-1 looked a little smaller than standard humbuckers. Are you going to widen the inside edges of both cavities? Might do the same to mine.

Cheers,
Gavin.

[lawry]

With respect to the RC-1 pickup cavities being different , you are right. They are a bit narrower and a bit wider (you know what I mean). I have a few used hummies at home (ESP, Maton, EMG, etc.) and none of them fitted into the cavity. Also, they were not quite wide enough the use the same surrounds that came with the kit. I didn't enlarge the cavities because I don't know what I'm doing when it comes to any sort of serious woodworking. But if you have a go and it works out OK I will be keen to know.

[Brendan]

Finally getting this one up and running again - can't believe it's been that long since I've posted on it. Anyway...

Some minor cosmetic surgery later and we now have white (not cream) binding (thanks Gav)...

Some sanding and staining to come soon!...

[stan]

nice to see progress

[Brendan]

And the bandages are off! Some sanding of the binding and body to get it all back in shape and it should be ready for staining in the next 24 odd hours (depending on when I get time)!

[gavinturner]

looking awesome Brendan! great to see this one progressing. Will be starting mine very soon. Any plans to change the pickup cavity size? They kinda look like 'mini-humbucker' size to me...

cheers,
Gav.

[Brendan]

Have already taken a little out of each to fit the new 'buckers in. Need to do a dry run to make sure it all still fits fine...

[Brendan]

Right - dry run has raised an issue - everything goes together nicely, but the neck's not all the way to the back of the pup "hole". The pup surround for some reason isn't as nice a fit - even though they're pretty close to the same size...

Unfilled fret dots were because the dots were off centre and dead close to the frets and a touch too small (6mm and my dots are 1/4") so I didn't want to drill. Got out my new toy from Santa - a dremel with one of those nifty engraving bizzo's and widened the holes slowly and slightly - just enough to get some dots in. Will glue them in over the next few days.