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One thing I forgot to mention - the B string. I've always erred on (what I thought was) the side of caution when it comes to scale length on a fiver. But despite being 3" shorter than most other B strings I've played, it's actually tighter and more focused sounding than some 35" scale B strings I've played. No real floppiness or "flubby" sounding notes. Chuffed!
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Had some time to properly (I think!) set up the filter preamp @mhoss32 kindly provided. Firstly, although it took me a while to get my head around, I find it really intuitive - like a "super tone control" almost. Very happy with how it sounds, can coax so many different tones out of this with just the one pickup. I don't have any recording equipment - which will be a blessing for you all considering my sloppy playing - but if that changes I may post some clips 🙂
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Edit: reduced to £400 for quick sale. 2nd edit: now sold! As the title suggests! Bought last year, had home use only. Mahogany body with flamed maple top, matte finish in black cherry. Maple/wenge neck through, wenge fretboard. Has licensed Hipshot Ultralight tuners and a Hipshot Transtone bridge. Took out the slightly lacklustre Bartolini MK1 electronics and replaced with Delano SBC Driver pickups, and Sonar 3 3-band preamp. Super versatile setup, pickups are switchable between single coil, series humbucker and parallel humbucker with 2 3 way switches. Bypass switch for passive operation, and 3 way mid frequency selector switch next to mid control pot. Set up with Ken Smith Rockmaster strings, .45 - .130. Action is between 1.5mm and 2mm @ the 12th fret at the moment, plays lovely. Reluctant sale but needs must unfortunately. Any questions, please ask. EDIT: price is now including postage - I'll happily package in the original cardboard and bubble wrap, or if preferred I can courier in a hardcase for an extra £30.
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That looks amazing! Congratulations!
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Spalted alder top, self build 🙂
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Now sold. Edit: Price drop to £25 including UK postage. 5 string Sandberg Bridge in black. Bought new for a project, fitted and strung up once before changing to alternative bridge for tighter string spacing. Includes screws, allen key, cloth and instructions for use. Adjustable string spacing from 58-60mm. Price includes postage. -
Thought I'd post this as I did a fair bit of trawling online (not trolling) and emailing back and forth with EMG to find wiring diagrams for non "Quik Connect" wiring, so I thought I'd share it in case anyone else has the same setup as me. In this case 2 diagrams, for wiring the pickup to a dpdt 2 way switch instead of a push pull. Also, wiring for resistors to normalise the volume between single coil and humbucker modes. Hopefully it helps someone!
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Looks great! I agree with the above, much prefer the small control plate & no scratchplate 👏🏻
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Thanks Mark - eagerly awaiting plugging in and playing with the preamp!
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Those f holes look amazing!
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Thank you! And yes, I'm already planning the next one in my head 😂
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Thanks Tony! There's a lot I'll do differently next time, the routing could be much cleaner and you may have spotted a slight repair to the neck behind the first 3 frets where I sanded through to the truss rod cavity 😂 but it's all a learning curve. It's been a weird dichotomy of being both easier and much harder than I thought it would be!!
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Ta da! IT'S ALIVE! Going to leave the strings on for a day or so and do a proper set up before testing.
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Waiting for the final coat to dry/cure on the body, so got some fretwork done today.
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WOW 😳 what a stunner!
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Great job, looks fantastic!
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Getting close now 🙂
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Each one as lovely as the next - lovely!
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First coat on the body - 1:1:1 oil based poly varnish, boiled linseed oil and white spirit. Used to use this mixture when finishing oak doors and architrave in a previous job, always worked well.
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Finish test!
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Thanks Andy - I'm excited about giving it a try, as it'll be my first filter based preamp and I'm trying to get my head around how it works. Looking forward to the glorious reveal!
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Did you manage to get any recordings sorted @Andyjr1515? Following with interest as I have one of @mhoss32's wonderful filter preamps ready to go in my build, and can't wait to hear how it sounds 🙂
