What are YOU up to, DIY/projectwise? Ask for help?

[Muffin Man]

Also, this may be some snake oil bullshit, but i think the bridge sounds more solid, more thick, maybe the increased contact with the body? I like it.

words

How's it going with the tele? Was just perusing some old links and thought of you. (Glendale guitars makes some trick tele parts, mostly for twang/country stuff but I've got some old strat gear from them too) Anywho, they mentioned mounting a pickup directly into the wood instead of floating in the ring. (I might have done this with my SG, don't remeber but I'll look) Nothing new there but just an idea if you're still tweaking your guit.

I put mine out for a sun bath. Probably won't do anything, maybe lighten up the shade a bit after some days/weeks. Poly but why not let it breath. Just a thought if you wanted to bake out some nitro or whatever. /rambling. Not here to post this guit but what the heck. Looks like I better oil the fingerboard. Too bad it's not a darker board but it is what it is.

What kind of oil do you use for the fretboard? I've got a 30 year bottle of juice, lasts forever.

[Pissy]

That's a cool guitar.   

[Muffin Man]

It'd be fun if you would play it. It's a good one. Lemme know if you're in the studio sometime, I could loan it out. ps. it was signed by Reeves.

[James1214]

Muffin Man, I've just been playin' the tele for the last coupla weeks, have a whole host of projects around the house and haven't dug into figuring out wiring. At the very least I wanna split it so I can have a single coil sound.  But honestly, there's no getting around the fact that because I play in C standard, and have a super distortion in it, it's basically a tele shaped metal guitar. Not a chickin' pickin' country bird.

words

[Muffin Man]

James1214, cool. I looked at Dimarzio, maybe redundant to your search but under their "SPECIAL" section there's a cool wiring. Single hum, split, parallel, series. I'm not seeing what they say about vol. pot value (500k?) Anywho, just a thought.

https://www.dimarzio.com/support/wiring-diagrams
https://d2emr0qhzqfj88.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/diagrams/dual_split_phase.pdf

[James1214]

Ha, literally have had those pages in my bookmarks for like 6 months.

words

[Muffin Man]

I know I have something worthwhile yet. Maybe not, but danggit I'm digging.

[James1214]

I hella appreciate the links. Honestly it wasn't until I clicked on them that I remembered that I already saved them. (My bookmarks list is entirely too long and completely unorganized)

words

[Muffin Man]

That's it! I have a bookmark, somewhere, that solves the entire equation that you, possibly (with luck), may be seeking re the 4-wire pup split/trick. Wanna know how to loose a bookmark? Loosed a harddrive. Let the pcb-controller fry.... immediate toast. No more bookmarks! I've PM'd you fellow boarder

[renfield]

Obtained the tremolo kit. I've begun painting the enclosure

[James1214]

Currently making one of the dumbest things I've ever made..... And I love it. Not been concerned at all about fit and finish or the visible decal edges, I kinda like how shitty it looks, given the ridiculous price and praise of the real thing.

I present the Reverse Centaur.

Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

[Danny G]

Bad ass.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[James1214]

Its done, sounds fucking killer.

Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

[Danny G]

Sweet!

In my search for an additional low-gear overdrive so I don't have to tweak settings on my Blues Driver between songs, I built my own Klon Centaur clone and it kicked the shit out of the other contenders fair and square

Of course now I have 2 ODs and 2 fuzzes on my board, and do not stack them. Each is its own sound.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[RAGER]

Obtained the tremolo kit. I've begun painting the enclosure

Is that the Brown Face?  I built one but I don't remember it being a brown face type.

[renfield]

Yep. Doesn't work (yet). I'm such utter shit at soldering, should have started with a simpler circuit for my first PCB.

[renfield]

Successfully built the Bass Overdrive from byoc. Cool circuit! Sounds way heavier than the od I was using

[Danny G]

Got my guitar boat back in working order. Had to cut some new pieces of wood and paint them black to match, then reinstall the metal pieces.

Cheaper than buying a new one




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Danny G]

Next up is pulling apart my bass cab to address  and reglue a farty dust cap on one of the speakers

(I hope it's just the dust cap)


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Danny G]

I did finally get to field test my LP Studio after completely replacing the guts and adding the early 00's Rio Grande BBQ.

Holy cow it played itself. Thought the different body shape would throw me a bit over the Iceman. But was reminded I've actually owned the LP longer than that 79 and it was becoming my main guitar towards the end of Southern Gun Culture.

Awesome. The 79 needs some imminent fretwork and if I need to leave it in the shop I have a fully functioning backup. (I'd have been using the LP more, but the 79 just looks cooler )

And I like the purposely mismatched chrome cover on the Rio Grande. Looks like C-3PO's oddball silver leg after he got blown up in Cloud City hahaha




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Danny G]

Finally pulled the Dietz 2x15 cab apart and got to re-gluing the dust cap. A lot of effort just to get the speaker out.

Glad I pulled it apart tho, ALL of the bolts holding the speakers screws on were hand-loose. Tightened them all back. Also taped the proper Allen wrench for the weird screws *inside* the cab so I never have to search for it again.

Won't be able to field test until next weekend. Hope it worked.




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Pissy]

Those Gauss (sp?) speakers in that thing?

[RAGER]

The basket looks like EV to me.

[James1214]

Alright nerds. After well over a decade my soldering station finally crapped the bed. So I'm in the market for a new one. Looking for recommendations for a decently priced and reliable station. Say around $75-100. My last one was the one I got in the BYOC starter kit. Thanks in advance for any help.

Sent from my SM-N986U using Tapatalk

[RAGER]

You're probably already familiar with StewMac but if you're not, go there.

https://www.stewmac.com/search/?q=soldering+iron