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Molly wrote:If I back-off the preamp on my RK50 from one o'clock to twelve I get a completely different dynamic thing going on that makes me favour one guitar over another. Strat on the lower, Tele on the higher. If I hit the boost it makes me want to play on humbuckers. So, yeah. Amps will play a part.

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I like that position 2 and 4 stuff on a Strat. The sound you can’t get from a Tele. That’s probably what I’m aiming for. I don’t know what you’d call it. Is that what these dudes refer to as “glassy”?
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you should probably have a read of this: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/ ... e-Friedman
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WellyBlues wrote:you should probably have a read of this: https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/ ... e-Friedman
Yeah - I read through all that the other day. The string gauge thing is pretty interesting, eh?
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Even if you can solder, you should still get an obsidian wire kit from Mat at tone lounge, you just need to strip the wires and plug them into the fancy connectors he uses on the PCB :)
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lollars for me
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mugamee wrote:lollars for me
I love Lollars. I have a vintage set in my Tele. Proper bo.
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Well, I found a neck. A second hand MJT/USACG one.

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I've probably got some parts etc here. what do you need to complete it?
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AiRdAd wrote:I've probably got some parts etc here. what do you need to complete it?
Thanks Danny.

I think I'm going to go with the loaded pickguard route, and I've already a nice bridge assembly. The neck came with tuners, so from my calcs, I just need a jack-plate, neck-plate and neck-plate screws and I'm done. Got any of those bits?
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AiRdAd wrote:I've probably got some parts etc here. what do you need to complete it?
Thanks Danny.

I think I'm going to go with the loaded pickguard route, and I've already a nice bridge assembly. The neck came with tuners, so from my calcs, I just need a jack-plate, neck-plate and neck-plate screws and I'm done. Got any of those bits?
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No worries. They're not pricey bits. Can get those through guitarparts.co.nz anyway, I think.

I think I might hit Tony B up for a couple of the assembly jobs. No holes drilled on the neck, and I want to make sure I do a good job of that. I can probably manage the rest.
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MattH wrote:No worries. They're not pricey bits. Can get those through guitarparts.co.nz anyway, I think.

I think I might hit Tony B up for a couple of the assembly jobs. No holes drilled on the neck, and I want to make sure I do a good job of that. I can probably manage the rest.
Yeap - good idea - I get him to do the same :-)
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Having great sounding wood can make most pickups sound great, but you can often find a perfect match for a particular guitar if you have a few sets with different resonant peak you can fine tune things to get that perfect match, and fine tune again with different value volume pots and capacitors, you will know when you find the sweet spot it’s like focusing a camera. Some body recommending there fav pickups might not be the best for your particular guitar?

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Voxshall wrote:Having great sounding wood can make most pickups sound great, but you can often find a perfect match for a particular guitar if you have a few sets with different resonant peak you can fine tune things to get that perfect match, and fine tune again with different value volume pots and capacitors, you will know when you find the sweet spot it’s like focusing a camera. Some body recommending there fav pickups might not be the best for your particular guitar?
I would never know what I was aiming for. the only way I could do it is if I had one as a reference point, and kept on A/B ing them.
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Voxshall wrote:Having great sounding wood can make most pickups sound great, but you can often find a perfect match for a particular guitar if you have a few sets with different resonant peak you can fine tune things to get that perfect match, and fine tune again with different value volume pots and capacitors, you will know when you find the sweet spot it’s like focusing a camera. Some body recommending there fav pickups might not be the best for your particular guitar?
Definitely agree with this. Oooh happy days! The CS69 pickup I ordered on 13/3 just arrived :) I'm gonna replace the current neck pickup in my Strat (a 57/62) with the CS69. I've always struggled with the Strat neck position and continue to try different things. So here we go again :)
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