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by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:43 pm
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: New pickup day (pics)
Replies: 48
Views: 9027

Re: New pickup day (pics)

k1w1 wrote:.and yes I was taking the piss :mrgreen:
Does not look like it I'm afraid, smart way there to get out of it :lol:
by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:18 pm
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: New pickup day (pics)
Replies: 48
Views: 9027

Re: New pickup day (pics)

That's great, but apart from having a few insanely huge output ones it still seems to be a standard Kent Armstrong humbucker. What is different apart from having your ignitial on an admittedly nice case? Such a shame that you did not read the PDF article to find out about those questions and to fin...
by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:39 pm
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: New pickup day (pics)
Replies: 48
Views: 9027

Re: New pickup day (pics)

I though Switzerland was the capital of Swindon? Fixed that for ya buddy. But Mr Blackroid, please, can you tell me what is special about your particular pup, I mean specs, low output, high output, wire gauge etc etc enquiring minds want to know :D very easy sir, a simple search will bring you to a...
by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:29 pm
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: New pickup day (pics)
Replies: 48
Views: 9027

Re: New pickup day (pics)

I think that most of you know that switzerland (swiss francs) is not sweeden right? But that those are 2 different countries? Because 250 swiss francs = 230 USD No I read fine, you have a hand wound humbucker which is a shit load of money, which may be better in some way from a production model alth...
by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:18 pm
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: New pickup day (pics)
Replies: 48
Views: 9027

Re: New pickup day (pics)

Sounds cool, any idea of how much it would cost to send some to New Zealand? I believe the shipping would be arround 20 euro's, if more I pay the difference, I dont mind lol (not a money maker here with money instead of a brain lol) There is also 3 to 4 weeks to wait for Kent to build the pickups...
by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:05 pm
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: New pickup day (pics)
Replies: 48
Views: 9027

Re: New pickup day (pics)

Wow, that is a lot of euros for a middle of the road humbucker, any special features on your proprietary ones other than the case? middle of the road humbucker??? you still did not read my previous post and still think that those are production armstrong pickups? :) hmm no thats not a lot of money ...
by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 8:28 pm
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: New pickup day (pics)
Replies: 48
Views: 9027

Re: New pickup day (pics)

Cool stuff. Kent Armstrong pups are cheap and cheerful here too, a good alternative to the higher-end brands for those on a budget. You may have got this wrong, those are not the production armstrong pickups, those are the handmade armstrong pickups made by Kent himself which is the highest brand o...
by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 6:54 am
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: New pickup day (pics)
Replies: 48
Views: 9027

Re: New pickup day (pics)

jeremyb wrote:Ooooh very nice!!! We will expect tone clips :mrgreen:
Its the same pickups, that I have been using for many years... Just redesigned them to standard dimentions...

sound clips, videos available all over my website :mrgreen:
by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:31 am
Forum: Guitars
Topic: Seven string gas
Replies: 23
Views: 4370

Re: Seven string gas

I'm really gassing for a seven atm, what do you reckon I can get for ~$700? There's sweet FA around on trademe for that sort of price that I can see. I'm in contact with a guy in invercargill who's keen to ship me his ltd viper 407 for $700, good deal/rip-off? Has anyone owned/played one of those w...
by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:25 am
Forum: DIY BUILD YOUR OWN - Guitars
Topic: Custom guitar guys
Replies: 45
Views: 9006

Re: Custom guitar guys

check this out guys, its a very cool read... Some Thoughts on the Differences Between Handmade and Factory Made Guitars by Ervin Somogyi I am often asked what makes hand made guitars different from factory made ones, and whether they're better, and if so, how. These are good questions, but complex o...
by blackdroid
Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:22 am
Forum: Guitar Mods
Topic: New pickup day (pics)
Replies: 48
Views: 9027

New pickup day (pics)

So I'm all exited today because I just received the very first new designed pickups :D:
by blackdroid
Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:28 am
Forum: DIY BUILD YOUR OWN - Guitars
Topic: my handmade guitars
Replies: 50
Views: 11184

Re: Building a baritone 7 string (pics)

xCaptainx wrote:Beautiful guitars man! very nice!
thanks :)

BTW this guitar I built in the thread is kinda even more special...

Its the 250th guitar which I built with my 2 hands :mrgreen:
by blackdroid
Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:24 am
Forum: Guitars
Topic: 7 string, 8 string, baritone, whats the dealio???
Replies: 13
Views: 2571

Re: 7 string, 8 string, baritone, whats the dealio???

Wow! They'd be beasts to play!! its also tuned very differently.... But it all depends which range the player needs really... But this has been around for many hundereds of years, in classical guitar for exemple, some guitars are built in order to play some old lulte music, they can go up to 13 str...
by blackdroid
Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:01 am
Forum: Guitars
Topic: 7 string, 8 string, baritone, whats the dealio???
Replies: 13
Views: 2571

Re: 7 string, 8 string, baritone, whats the dealio???

here is a 9 string exemple....

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbV-jlSkek4[/youtube]