STA-1MH The King's first PB kit.

[McCreed]

Nice! That tortoiseshell p/g looks much better imo.
I forgot that was a strat/tele hybrid. I love that! (and I have one too)

[king casey]

Nice! That tortoiseshell p/g looks much better imo.
I forgot that was a strat/tele hybrid. I love that! (and I have one too)

Thanks McCreed. Yes I think it was your's that inspired me to lose the Tele bridge.
(I'll use it in another project).

cheers, Mark.

[McCreed]

Cool!
Do you find the switch tricky with the up & down orientation there?
I rotated mine to go front to back because just the slightest brush of my right hand would switch the toggle.

I don't have accidental pickup changes now.

Oh, forgot to say, I can't access your audio clip without signing up apparently. Is it posted anywhere else?

[king casey]

Cool!
Do you find the switch tricky with the up & down orientation there?
I rotated mine to go front to back because just the slightest brush of my right hand would switch the toggle.

I don't have accidental pickup changes now.

Oh, forgot to say, I can't access your audio clip without signing up apparently. Is it posted anywhere else?

Hi McCreed. I was thinking of forward and back orientation (I have it like that on my 'Trem-King' strat...
But it required getting out the rotary tool for some routing).
Last time I dealt with Ash dust it got into my eye and lasted weeks with the agony.

I tend not to strum much and it's usually quite still enough (double entedre) not to accidentally shift it.
So..a project for next time.

Soundclick used be viewable to the general public.
I'll have to see about moving sound clips to my own site.
Thanks for the tip.

cheers, Mark.
https://soundcloud.com/user774563948/harlem-git
P.S. put it on SoundCloud for now

[McCreed]

But it required getting out the rotary tool for some routing.

Interesting, I had plenty of room to rotate the switch 90 degrees.
Did you make the pickguard, or have it made?
I made mine, so maybe the switch hole placement was just different enough that gave me the clearance.

Last time I dealt with Ash dust it got into my eye and lasted weeks with the agony.

I heard they have these things called "safety glasses" or something silly like that...
Just kidding! I'm terrible with my PPE, except for my hearing protection.

Got onto soundcloud. Cool track. Did you do all the instrumentation or is it a prerecorded backing track?

Cheers,
Mick

[king casey]

Hi McCreed (mick it is then)

I got the scratchplate as a 'blank' on ebay. just the outline + 4 screw holes.
I did the rest from a previous scratch plate just slightly adjusting position of the pickup holes.

The backing track is from a chap by the name of 'Johnny Ferriera' who does saxophone backing tracks.
https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/
I would prefer them to be simpler with just rhythm section (drums bass keyboard) oh well..

All of the tunes I'm doing with guitar are from my repertoire of saxophone tunes.

When I was a callow 16 year old...my Printing apprenticeship involved learning to run one of these.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnvE9pOD4kI

OH&S was not entrenched into my psyche. hehe.

cheers, Mark.

[McCreed]

Ah yes, I should have specified that mine was blank strat guard as well, except without any holes even for screws.

That printing press would have so safety guards on it nowadays you wouldn't recognise it!

[DarkMark]

I dig the tune. Nice one Mark. Can you offer any background on that song?

[king casey]

Hi DarkMark.
I guess the definitive answer would be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Nocturne

There have been many different versions.

cheers, Mark.