Your next guitar?
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- KVRAF
- 2973 posts since 10 Sep, 2003 from Karlskoga, Stockholm, Sweden
i want my next guitar to be a "tonal chameleon".. But it must also quack and sing!
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SuitcaseOfLizards SuitcaseOfLizards https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2363
- KVRAF
- 10401 posts since 3 Apr, 2002 from Austin, TX USA
You need an operatically trained rubber duck with strings!!!Crackbaby wrote:i want my next guitar to be a "tonal chameleon".. But it must also quack and sing!
Multimeter will arrive Tuesday, soldering iron will arrive Wednesday. Paycheck won't arrive until Friday, so it's going to be about 10 days before I have the tools and a replacement switch. And, of course, new strings! And the whammy bar! And, and, and... argh.
Definitely going to swap the single-coil center pickup for a humbucker.
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- KVRAF
- 2973 posts since 10 Sep, 2003 from Karlskoga, Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7W2tE36IE0 a humbucker in the middle sounding very very good imho
clean just after 2:00
clean just after 2:00
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SuitcaseOfLizards SuitcaseOfLizards https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2363
- KVRAF
- 10401 posts since 3 Apr, 2002 from Austin, TX USA
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiccccccceeeeeeeeeeee..Crackbaby wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7W2tE36IE0 a humbucker in the middle sounding very very good imho
clean just after 2:00
Killer sound out of that - definitely some quack but bite in there as well!
Now I want to go jam out but my burned fingie still hurts!
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Dean Aka Nekro Dean Aka Nekro https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=162100
- KVRAF
- 6178 posts since 4 Oct, 2007 from Escaped At Last
Looks just like Carl Weathers' get up in Rocky II & III. Sweet!Crackbaby wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7W2tE36IE0 a humbucker in the middle sounding very very good imho
clean just after 2:00
- KVRAF
- 16395 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
I need 5 tones:Crackbaby wrote:i want my next guitar to be a "tonal chameleon".. But it must also quack and sing!
1. EVH bridge
2. Dimarzio Air Zone bridge
3. SRV neck + middle
4. Hendrix neck
5. John Fogerty neck humbucker + bridge humbucker
The closest I can get is with a Dimarzio Norton in the bridge, hum canceling single coils in the neck and middle, and a neck/bridge blend pot. Blending a little of the neck in can give the Norton some of the thickness of the Air Zone, and blending all the way up gives me an approximation of the Fogerty thing.
Now I just wish someone could give me that in the shape of a PRS.
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- Fearer of cheese
- 3216 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from UK
The good luck has nearly run out.hibidy wrote:I think thought that you've had pretty good luck with your tech though, so hopefully......
My tech is the main guitar man for a large chain of music stores in the North of England, or was, it seems after speaking to him they've changed the way they operate with guitars and no longer need his services. He didn't have enough *private* work to strike out on his own so has taken another job, but this has severely curtailed the amount of time he has to spend on the guitars he had booked in.
While he's not taking on new customers, those who have supported him over the years he'll try and fit in (inc myself) but this obviously means a delay, maybe January for me. I'm in no rush to have the new pups fitted on one guitar, it'd lay there untouched for a year, and the silent acoustic is by no means unplayable, it just needs tweaking to get the best out of it, so I'm happy to wait.
RIP Black Tom and Beckett. They weren't just cats, they were MY cats, the best cats ever.
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- KVRAF
- 42529 posts since 21 Dec, 2005
Damn. That sucks on so many levelsIan B wrote:The good luck has nearly run out.hibidy wrote:I think thought that you've had pretty good luck with your tech though, so hopefully......
My tech is the main guitar man for a large chain of music stores in the North of England, or was, it seems after speaking to him they've changed the way they operate with guitars and no longer need his services. He didn't have enough *private* work to strike out on his own so has taken another job, but this has severely curtailed the amount of time he has to spend on the guitars he had booked in.
While he's not taking on new customers, those who have supported him over the years he'll try and fit in (inc myself) but this obviously means a delay, maybe January for me. I'm in no rush to have the new pups fitted on one guitar, it'd lay there untouched for a year, and the silent acoustic is by no means unplayable, it just needs tweaking to get the best out of it, so I'm happy to wait.
Personally, even though I live in a very large metropolitan area (not LA large, but big enough)....techs are ROTTEN here!
I've really gotten into a more DIY mode. No, I'm saying you should go that route because there are prolly other options for you, but just saying......
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- Fearer of cheese
- 3216 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from UK
With the pups, if it was just a case of one-out-one-in I could probably do it, but I want these buckers tapped and that, especially starting from square one with all the wiring, is beyond me I'm afraid, especially with my monkey-with-a-soldering-iron *technique*hibidy wrote:Damn. That sucks on so many levelsIan B wrote:The good luck has nearly run out.hibidy wrote:I think thought that you've had pretty good luck with your tech though, so hopefully......
My tech is the main guitar man for a large chain of music stores in the North of England, or was, it seems after speaking to him they've changed the way they operate with guitars and no longer need his services. He didn't have enough *private* work to strike out on his own so has taken another job, but this has severely curtailed the amount of time he has to spend on the guitars he had booked in.
While he's not taking on new customers, those who have supported him over the years he'll try and fit in (inc myself) but this obviously means a delay, maybe January for me. I'm in no rush to have the new pups fitted on one guitar, it'd lay there untouched for a year, and the silent acoustic is by no means unplayable, it just needs tweaking to get the best out of it, so I'm happy to wait.
Personally, even though I live in a very large metropolitan area (not LA large, but big enough)....techs are ROTTEN here!
I've really gotten into a more DIY mode. No, I'm saying you should go that route because there are prolly other options for you, but just saying......
RIP Black Tom and Beckett. They weren't just cats, they were MY cats, the best cats ever.
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Dean Aka Nekro Dean Aka Nekro https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=162100
- KVRAF
- 6178 posts since 4 Oct, 2007 from Escaped At Last
Sorry to hear that Ian man, It has happened already to quite a few decent blokes I know that are proper quality. Its turning everything into shit.Ian B wrote:The good luck has nearly run out.hibidy wrote:I think thought that you've had pretty good luck with your tech though, so hopefully......
My tech is the main guitar man for a large chain of music stores in the North of England, or was, it seems after speaking to him they've changed the way they operate with guitars and no longer need his services. He didn't have enough *private* work to strike out on his own so has taken another job, but this has severely curtailed the amount of time he has to spend on the guitars he had booked in.
While he's not taking on new customers, those who have supported him over the years he'll try and fit in (inc myself) but this obviously means a delay, maybe January for me. I'm in no rush to have the new pups fitted on one guitar, it'd lay there untouched for a year, and the silent acoustic is by no means unplayable, it just needs tweaking to get the best out of it, so I'm happy to wait.
Welcome to...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1QFY-jSt60
It isn't about the wait is it, Its the people being sold short and severed that have put in decades of top draw service. Sick of the way things are always only getting worse
Peace and rantish mode off
Dean
- KVRAF
- 16395 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
In Europe, you're able to get some versions of the Megaswitch that we can't get in the US. They make a lot of complex pickup combinations easy to accomplish. Personally, I'd love to get the E+ version:Ian B wrote:With the pups, if it was just a case of one-out-one-in I could probably do it, but I want these buckers tapped and that, especially starting from square one with all the wiring, is beyond me I'm afraid, especially with my monkey-with-a-soldering-iron *technique*
http://www.eyb-guitars.de/Eyb-English/M ... h%20E+.pdf
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Dean Aka Nekro Dean Aka Nekro https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=162100
- KVRAF
- 6178 posts since 4 Oct, 2007 from Escaped At Last
I could/would send you some over mate. Let me know! What friends are for, No?Uncle E wrote:In Europe, you're able to get some versions of the Megaswitch that we can't get in the US. They make a lot of complex pickup combinations easy to accomplish. Personally, I'd love to get the E+ version:Ian B wrote:With the pups, if it was just a case of one-out-one-in I could probably do it, but I want these buckers tapped and that, especially starting from square one with all the wiring, is beyond me I'm afraid, especially with my monkey-with-a-soldering-iron *technique*
http://www.eyb-guitars.de/Eyb-English/M ... h%20E+.pdf
Dean
- KVRAF
- 16395 posts since 22 Nov, 2000 from Southern California
Thank you! I may be asking you for that favor very, very soon.Dean Aka Nekro wrote:I could/would send you some over mate. Let me know! What friends are for, No?
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- Fearer of cheese
- 3216 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from UK
He's good Dean, and to be fair he did take some work off the chain of stores who employed him by doing it *privately*, but I'm still amazed they've opted to go without a in house guitar tech. Guitars, amps, etc, will still count for a huge part of their sales and I can't believe they're intending to sell instruments with nothing but a out-of-the-box-factory-setup.Dean Aka Nekro wrote:Sorry to hear that Ian man, It has happened already to quite a few decent blokes I know that are proper quality. Its turning everything into shit.Ian B wrote:The good luck has nearly run out.hibidy wrote:I think thought that you've had pretty good luck with your tech though, so hopefully......
My tech is the main guitar man for a large chain of music stores in the North of England, or was, it seems after speaking to him they've changed the way they operate with guitars and no longer need his services. He didn't have enough *private* work to strike out on his own so has taken another job, but this has severely curtailed the amount of time he has to spend on the guitars he had booked in.
While he's not taking on new customers, those who have supported him over the years he'll try and fit in (inc myself) but this obviously means a delay, maybe January for me. I'm in no rush to have the new pups fitted on one guitar, it'd lay there untouched for a year, and the silent acoustic is by no means unplayable, it just needs tweaking to get the best out of it, so I'm happy to wait.
Welcome to...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1QFY-jSt60
It isn't about the wait is it, Its the people being sold short and severed that have put in decades of top draw service. Sick of the way things are always only getting worse
Peace and rantish mode off
Dean
RIP Black Tom and Beckett. They weren't just cats, they were MY cats, the best cats ever.
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- Fearer of cheese
- 3216 posts since 12 Mar, 2002 from UK
If it involves soldering, however simple, it'd still be a major, and likely insurmountable, challenge for meUncle E wrote:In Europe, you're able to get some versions of the Megaswitch that we can't get in the US. They make a lot of complex pickup combinations easy to accomplish. Personally, I'd love to get the E+ version:Ian B wrote:With the pups, if it was just a case of one-out-one-in I could probably do it, but I want these buckers tapped and that, especially starting from square one with all the wiring, is beyond me I'm afraid, especially with my monkey-with-a-soldering-iron *technique*
http://www.eyb-guitars.de/Eyb-English/M ... h%20E+.pdf
RIP Black Tom and Beckett. They weren't just cats, they were MY cats, the best cats ever.