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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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.

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  5. 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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  6. 19 hours ago, Velarian said:

    I got myself a multimeter today and checked the continuity between the cavitIes and all is good. I therefore cracked on and completed the assembly. I used copper foil to secure the bridge ground wire. After finishing that I checked the continuity again and was able to confirm that there there is complete continuity from the bridge, through both cavities and the back of the control plate. 

     

    There’s a significant amount of adjustment needed from a set up point of view but I’m quite pleased with how things have turned out so far. I was able to plug it in and it worked perfectly first time. It sounds pretty good even though it’s not very playable in its current state. It felt a bit like that bit in car SOS where they start the engine for the first time. 😁


    More tweaking tomorrow. Here it is:

     

     

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    Looks great! I agree with the above, much prefer the small control plate & no scratchplate 👏🏻

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  7. 37 minutes ago, mhoss32 said:

    Bloody hell...

     

    Thats a marvellous bit of work it really is.

     

    I shall pour a g&t, find a comfy chair and enjoy re-reading the thread!

     

    Congrats, a real achievement. You should be damn well proud :)

     

    Thanks Mark - eagerly awaiting plugging in and playing with the preamp!

  8. 3 minutes ago, durhamboy said:

    Very well done. Yes, sure you'll have a few mistakes and cover ups, those things happen even to the best of builders sometimes. It can be especially testing when it's a first build, or a new design and you're working out things as you go.

     

    Looking forward to seeing the next build you attempt. (You'd be a rare person if having built your own, you can stop at one....😉)

    Thank you! And yes, I'm already planning the next one in my head 😂

  9. 20 minutes ago, Hellzero said:

    Very nice, Ben ! Excellent work.

     

    No more TLRT's, so 💙.

    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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