Re: [pic heavy as fuck] James's backyard goldtop day spa
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:59 pm
AsRx, here we are, back on the bench again for more fiddling and i dotting and t crossing.
You can't really see how off the nut filing is, but it's enough to make it feel just a bit ... Not quite right.
Put a new battery in my tuner too. Forgot how useful this little thing is - I usually only use it for the acoustic. Given there's no amp or anything in the shed and bringing the whole pedalboard seems a bit silly, this worked.
Oddly enough, this proved to be quite a consistent way to get the height right. File (really carefully) until it buzzes on the folded sandpaper, and then stop
Didn't take a hell of a long time, really - Still, I stayed in the shed til topless women talk about their lives was done.
All done
Just a tidbit more work with the truss; lifted the tailpiece so strings weren't sitting on bridge saddles and frame. This brought string tension down quite a bit, but not so much that the 11s are now a sloppy mess like 9s on a duo sonic.
Checked the intonation and marginally adjusted pickup heights again, and had a play of some of my favourite songs.
I don't think I could do anything to improve on the thing, now. Short of a refret with stainless obviously.
I'm really surprised how well the job I managed to do turned out. It's like whatever spiritual entity in charge of guitars is happy with me now ... Or I'll pay for it with karma by picking up the tele and not liking it lol.
Ahh well, guess that's it for my dear old goldtop in the way of mods and silly shit being done.
Feels great to play, looks good just sitting, and sounds like a million bucks. The entwistles have hit the nail on the head in terms of the sound I wanted. Not bad for an impulse buy (thanks slowy, I think - Maybe willow? for mentioning them). The writing on them is a bit naff, but it's not obstructive, so I think I'll be happy repping the dude's stuff.
Gotoh hardware ... Ugh, nuff said. Great stuff. Love it.
So thanks you lot, for standing by through all the sanding and painting, and vague descriptions of things that I couldn't put my finger on at the time of writing.
Now I have a sound card and my mics, maybe I'll even get some sounds up somewhere.
You can't really see how off the nut filing is, but it's enough to make it feel just a bit ... Not quite right.
Put a new battery in my tuner too. Forgot how useful this little thing is - I usually only use it for the acoustic. Given there's no amp or anything in the shed and bringing the whole pedalboard seems a bit silly, this worked.
Oddly enough, this proved to be quite a consistent way to get the height right. File (really carefully) until it buzzes on the folded sandpaper, and then stop
Didn't take a hell of a long time, really - Still, I stayed in the shed til topless women talk about their lives was done.
All done
Just a tidbit more work with the truss; lifted the tailpiece so strings weren't sitting on bridge saddles and frame. This brought string tension down quite a bit, but not so much that the 11s are now a sloppy mess like 9s on a duo sonic.
Checked the intonation and marginally adjusted pickup heights again, and had a play of some of my favourite songs.
I don't think I could do anything to improve on the thing, now. Short of a refret with stainless obviously.
I'm really surprised how well the job I managed to do turned out. It's like whatever spiritual entity in charge of guitars is happy with me now ... Or I'll pay for it with karma by picking up the tele and not liking it lol.
Ahh well, guess that's it for my dear old goldtop in the way of mods and silly shit being done.
Feels great to play, looks good just sitting, and sounds like a million bucks. The entwistles have hit the nail on the head in terms of the sound I wanted. Not bad for an impulse buy (thanks slowy, I think - Maybe willow? for mentioning them). The writing on them is a bit naff, but it's not obstructive, so I think I'll be happy repping the dude's stuff.
Gotoh hardware ... Ugh, nuff said. Great stuff. Love it.
So thanks you lot, for standing by through all the sanding and painting, and vague descriptions of things that I couldn't put my finger on at the time of writing.
Now I have a sound card and my mics, maybe I'll even get some sounds up somewhere.