The King's Trem-King Tribulations

[king casey]

Time to fix a few issues.
Neck pickup sitting a couple of mm too far south.
Bridge sitting a mm too far north.

Whilst addressing these I think time to do the 'Grant's Neck mod'.
Also wasn't terribly happy with the paint. Neither Seafoam nor Surf green, so now that the blue Epiphone has gone...


I don't think it will improve Simon's impression however.

cheers, Mark.

[Simon Barden]

I really can't do impressions.

"You dirty. Rat".

"Play it again, Dave".

So you're right. My impressions haven't improved.

Nicer colour though.

[king casey]

I really can't do impressions.


Nicer colour though.

I dunno, you've spelled them (mostly) correct.
It was your professed distaste for 'metallic paint'.

Anyway...memories

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6i9_G2mOYU

cheers, Mark.

[Simon Barden]

Ah, true. I'm not a great fan of metallics on guitars, but that is a nice colour. A bit darker than Pelham Blue, which always looks rather a 'meh' colour to me.

Those Holsten ads were great.

This was my favourite.



I used to see Griff Rees-Jones quite a lot as my office (or quite a few years) was right next to his house in London and we frequented the same Indian restaurant (not that I ever spoke to him).

[king casey]

That's interesting Simon. I'm guessing he came across as 'unapproachable'.

Anyway, I've finally got this guitar to the point where I'm quite happy with it.
Didn't re-cut yet another scratch plate as the neck pickup only needs a slight nudge northwards.
Bridge is now in the correct position and the colour is within acceptable range.




cheers, Mark.

[McCreed]

Can't wait to see the next version!!! (just kidding )

Didn't re-cut yet another scratch plate as the neck pickup only needs a slight nudge northwards.

If you're referring the string/pole piece alignment, I doubt very very much you would hear a difference if you did move it that 1-2mm.
In this case it's really just an visual/aesthetic thing. The high E is well enough within the magnetic field to generate an adequate signal. I've seen production guitars that aren't any worse.

[king casey]

Hi McCreed. Yeah it's purely down to OCD.
Not worth messing about with this time hehe.
Have to find some other project to 're-do' now.
Maybe time to move the Squire Bronco bass and make room for something more useable.

One more for posterity...


cheers, Mark.