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- Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:17 am
- Forum: Guitar Mods
- Topic: Dimarzio upgrade
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1793
Re: Dimarzio upgrade
I've read good things about the Tonezone, supposed to have a good lower midrange crunch to it.
- Thu Jul 09, 2015 8:15 am
- Forum: Guitars
- Topic: BEHOLD!!! Fender Innovates!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 6425
Re: BEHOLD!!! Fender Innovates!
What is the point? It's now just a hardtail strat.
- Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:19 pm
- Forum: DIY BUILD YOUR OWN - Guitars
- Topic: Kauri slab
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5693
Re: Kauri slab
At present there are several options as to what it may become, most likely a Firebird or SG. Either way I think I'm going with some type of neck-through construction. If I go the SG path, I'm pretty sure there will be no need fro chambering.
- Tue Jun 23, 2015 5:06 pm
- Forum: DIY BUILD YOUR OWN - Guitars
- Topic: Kauri slab
- Replies: 16
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Kauri slab
So I've got a perfectly sized piece of Kauri that used to be a bench top many years ago, and I'm looking to turn into some kind of Telecaster/Firebird hybrid. So the piece its self weighs a lot, as in to much to be a guitar. So I figure it will require some type of weight relief, which will come cou...
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:18 am
- Forum: Bass Guitars
- Topic: Wiring fail
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6636
Re: Wiring fail
I'm thinking at the least. I'll have to remove the masking tape and re-set any existing solder joints that look dodgey.
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:13 am
- Forum: Bass Guitars
- Topic: Wiring fail
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6636
Re: Wiring fail
OK, so the thing seems to have a master volume, blend, low EQ, and a high EQ. The EQ section seems to work fine, the blend is a little crackly and the circuit completely dies on rare occasions. The volume is where all the fun is, you can barely even look at it and the whole instrument goes dead. At ...
- Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:49 pm
- Forum: Bass Guitars
- Topic: Wiring fail
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6636
Re: Wiring fail
Will try some trouble shooting on it tonight. Reports to follow.
- Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:00 pm
- Forum: Bass Guitars
- Topic: Wiring fail
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6636
Re: Wiring fail
IS it possible the tape is just there to stop the soldered joints shorting, it's pretty common, although heat shrink is more common... But it doesn't look terrible. Have you tried a new battery? It doesn't sound like a battery issue to me as the with most active circuitry you still get a small leve...
- Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:53 am
- Forum: Bass Guitars
- Topic: Wiring fail
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6636
Re: Wiring fail
are the pickups active? Probably easier to just rip everything out, test the pickups are good and dump a whole new wiring harness in Correct, active pups indeed. It's not volume, tone, volume, tone though. It's volume, blend, tone, volume. I think, but because it's not working properly, I can't tell.
- Mon Jun 15, 2015 10:15 am
- Forum: Bass Guitars
- Topic: Wiring fail
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6636
Re: Wiring fail
You can see the amazing tape wiring system here.
How easy is it to remove pots from circuit boards and solder in new ones?- Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:25 pm
- Forum: Bass Guitars
- Topic: Wiring fail
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6636
Wiring fail
OK so a good friend of mine has moved overseas and left me with his spare bass and amp. I don't know a huge about about these things, other than bass players tend to have more time on their hands than us guitarsit, since they've got two less strings. Anyway I've cleaned re-strung and intonated the t...
Re: P-90 Pots
I've never tried resistors across any of the pots, might have to give it a crack. Also considered a Seymour Duncan P-Rail, but haven't heard much about them. Or even seen one in a guitar as of yet. I did that with a Strat upgrade recently. Not sure I could tell the difference and it made the job mo...
Re: P-90 Pots
I've never tried resistors across any of the pots, might have to give it a crack. Also considered a Seymour Duncan P-Rail, but haven't heard much about them. Or even seen one in a guitar as of yet.
- Thu Mar 26, 2015 6:38 pm
- Forum: Guitar Mods
- Topic: Custom Tele neck
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3241
Re: Custom Tele neck
If you're having tuning issues, rather than go crazy with a new neck, on my tele I have a decent graphtech nut, and graphtech string trees, gotoh tuners and bridge, no issues at all, if anything, angled back headstocks are worse for tuning stability, just look at Les Pauls.... *ducks for cover* You...
- Thu Mar 26, 2015 8:15 am
- Forum: Guitar Mods
- Topic: Custom Tele neck
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3241
Re: Custom Tele neck
There are multiple reasons for wanting to replace the neck. Tuning stability, looks (I want and angled reverse headstock Tele). The angle would also mean I could lose the string trees, as in my mind they're just another thing for the strings to bind on.