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    Nevermind the pickups... cool keyboard!!!


    Okay, the pickups are cool too

    Hope you do another demo with the Monty's when you get it done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon Barden View Post
    Nice.

    Presumably the white/black lead pickup is the RWRP one?
    Actually I *think* the yellow/black is the RWRP. The bridge baseplate has a yellow wire connected directly to it. The coil is connected to the white and black. So I guess the neck also has the black and yellow wires connected the bridge - which makes the middle the one with the yellow/black connected to the coil.



    I think that makes sense….


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    Quote Originally Posted by McCreed View Post
    Nevermind the pickups... cool keyboard!!!


    Okay, the pickups are cool too

    Hope you do another demo with the Monty's when you get it done.
    I stole the keyboard from Darth Vader…

    Will deffo do a demo! (So many Ds!)


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    Ah, a baseplate for a slightly softer sound (it spreads out the magnetic field from the pole pickups so a slightly longer length of string is sensed by the pickup). Makes sense to do so on the bridge pickup. And it's separately grounded, so that you can play about with phase and series configurations (if you want to) without having to do any soldering on the pickup itself.

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    You can easily find the RP one by holding the pole pieces up to one another and seeing which ones repel or attract each other.
    Process of elimination, and remember "opposites attract". You can also check with a real magnetic compass to find the N/S/N or S/N/S combination.
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    Quote Originally Posted by McCreed View Post
    You can easily find the RP one by holding the pole pieces up to one another and seeing which ones repel or attract each other.
    Process of elimination, and remember "opposites attract". You can also check with a real magnetic compass to find the N/S/N or S/N/S combination.
    Oh yes, of course!

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    Build numero three!

    Slowly shellacking the body this week. Also did some abalone dots.



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    Slowly shellacking the body this week. Also did some abalone dots.
    Shellac? I thought you were doing the Rustin's RCP?

    Dots look good. How are you levelling (well, radiusing) the dots? Scraping?
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    Build numero three!

    I’m using shellac as a sanding sealer. I’ve done about for or five coats. I want to seal the stain before the RPC goes on.

    As for radiusing the dots - I did the best I could with grades of sandpaper up to 800.


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    Looking good, I think they'll go really well with the style of the body!

    Don't know if they are flush already, but I used a razor to get the dots flat, and tape to protect the fretboard. After the bulk was done, I removed the tape to do a couple of runs without tape making them flush. Can;t feel mine at all.

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