What's on your work bench?

[NippleWrestler]

Neck pickup created.

Dog approved.

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[olegmcnoleg]

I have a guitar that feels like the frets are too low. But when measured, they're within .1mm of instruments that feel fine. Any insight into what's happening here?

Higher action or different gauge strings?

Don't think so.
Think I need an Oleg.

Hmm, ok, you could also check the scale length, the neck relief and the height at the nut, as well as the bridge. (Taylor & Lowden do not use the same scale length, for example). All of these affect how difficult it feels to press down on the strings.

Also, and a bit harder to measure, you could check the relief angle at the bridge and at the neck, as these will also affect string tension. Often, you cannot change these, but at least you will know why one guitar feels 'tighter' than the other.

Finally, the neck size plays a role here too, because if the neck is thicker, then you are reliant more on the strength in your finger ends, and you have to work a little bit harder (wrist) to get your fingertips at 90 degrees to the strings. All these things affect how the guitar feels to play. Also, don't slouch

BUT

You have been playing a long time and you know how you want a guitar to feel, I'd say you have some considerable expertise there. So, if you say that the frets feel too low, I'd suggest replacing them with taller ones

[Timoes]

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HHow would one date the pots shown here. Boy I am learning shit thus week...!

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Looking at this strat under better lighting, I would say the body is from a buddy guy polka dot strat. Its been refinished, really well, but under harsh lighting you can see the polka dotting. My camera is not good enough to pick it up - so maybe its a hybrid as I'm pretty sure even the MIM sigs had a v neck.

Hmmm the plot thickens, I might lift the pick guard on sunday.

[Slowy]

..... So, if you say that the frets feel too low, I'd suggest replacing them with taller ones

Agreed. But I still want you to meet it first.

[jeremyb]

Just file down the fretboard!

[Timoes]

I found it. 137 is the code for CTS (Chicago Telephone Supply). 74 is the year of manufacture and the 3 is the week of production. There ya go. Simple really.

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Just file down the fretboard!

Just scallop it and be done with it.

[olegmcnoleg]

..... So, if you say that the frets feel too low, I'd suggest replacing them with taller ones

Agreed. But I still want you to meet it first.

Well of course. Looking forward to it.

[NippleWrestler]

The pickup set is installed in the customers Epiphone SG muse that's been refinished a bunch. Cool guitar with huge frets. He likes the action about twice as high as I do but horses for courses. The pickups sound massive and thick, just as intended.

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[ChAoZ]

The pickup set is installed in the customers Epiphone SG muse

Any pictures of the winding process???

[NippleWrestler]

The pickup set is installed in the customers Epiphone SG muse

Any pictures of the winding process???

Not really, I mean once it's going it's going. Not the kind of thing you can stop midway for a photo, and I'm not sure it's as exciting you imagine it to be sadly, just a lot of very thin wire around a bobbin. The real fun is in the design process, translating what a player wants into winds, tension, pattern, magnets, gauges, poles, that sorta thing.

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[ChAoZ]

Walnut T-style, Never made a guitar out of all the same timber before, this is all from the same tree - some slabs I bought about 3 years ago

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[NippleWrestler]

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Made this alnico 2 set for my incoming '85 Strat. Potted in my own great smelling blend too as unpotted pickups are the devil.

9k bridge, 6k middle, 5k neck. I don't believe in staggered poles.

Should be a nicely sweet sounding set that I think I'll call Ophelia (my current idea is to name pickup sets after Shakespeare characters) when I get there as making pickups is quite enjoyable and the feedback seems to be they sound better than off the rack things. I'm into it.

[Bg]

Looking at this strat under better lighting, I would say the body is from a buddy guy polka dot strat. Its been refinished, really well, but under harsh lighting you can see the polka dotting. My camera is not good enough to pick it up - so maybe its a hybrid as I'm pretty sure even the MIM sigs had a v neck.

Hmmm the plot thickens, I might lift the pick guard on sunday.

Finally lifted the pick guard, not sure if its a factory paint job over a buddy guy or someone who couldn't live with the polkadot finish and had it refinished. It's a great paint job, just in certain strong lights you can see where the polkadots where....

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