Big_Stu Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 My brother came to me with a kid's Rockwood by Hohner guitar that was skip-salvage; maple neck, black Strat shaped-ish body & one cr*ppy single coil. Broken jack & some fairly bad scratches. Cleaned it up a bit & fitted a new Neutrik, then had a root thru my parts boxes and found a 1990's John Birch "Full Range" Strat pickup; bwwwwaahhh-ha-ha-ha-haaa. It screams like a good 'un and goes right down to a cool rhythm chunk!
Kiwi Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 what was the body made from? Ply or some kind of solid wood?
daz Posted November 10, 2012 Posted November 10, 2012 [quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1352507009' post='1864144'] what was the body made from? Ply or some kind of solid wood? [/quote] MDF isn't it ?
Big_Stu Posted November 10, 2012 Author Posted November 10, 2012 [quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1352507009' post='1864144']what was the body made from? Ply or some kind of solid wood?[/quote] [quote name='daz' timestamp='1352547812' post='1864429']MDF isn't it ?[/quote] Hard to say, I wouldn't think solid wood of any kind - the cavity is very simple, one input & one x vol and very thick paint (original) I can't see any layers to say plywood, so I'd assume MDF. The neck plate says it's from the "Performer" range. Looks like someone has had a go at tarting it up in the past, there's a red wire & a green one coming from the vol pot - about 2 inches long and just twisted together - and a nice day-glo green wire from input to the bridge for the earth. The maple neck has also had the finish sanded off - across the grain - on the fingerboard which has been soaked & stained, presumably by rain, with rust off the frets getting into the grain in places. So it's still a wreck - but I haven't filed the nut down to .5 of a mm for ease of beginner chords NOR have I adjusted the relief at the top nut by a gnat's c*ck............yet! But a wreck has never sounded like this one does.... ah well, it filled a few hours .
fumps Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1352555390' post='1864561'] So it's still a wreck - but I haven't filed the nut down to .5 of a mm for ease of beginner chords NOR have I adjusted the relief at the top nut by a gnat's c*ck............yet! But a wreck has never sounded like this one does.... ah well, it filled a few hours . [/quote] Thats because your not a pro yet lol
Big_Stu Posted November 14, 2012 Author Posted November 14, 2012 (edited) [quote name='fumps' timestamp='1352906453' post='1869216'] Thats because your not a pro yet lol [/quote] I know - I do hope to aspire to his dizzy heights. Then it would be a Wreck-par-excellence! I'm still looking for a "soap-bar pickup" which is cunningly disguised as a humbucker sized single coil. Edited November 14, 2012 by Big_Stu
iiipopes Posted November 14, 2012 Posted November 14, 2012 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1352906974' post='1869230'] I'm still looking for a "soap-bar pickup" which is cunningly disguised as a humbucker sized single coil. [/quote] Gibson P-94 [url="http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Gibson%20Gear/Pickups/P-94/"]http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Gibson%20Gear/Pickups/P-94/[/url]
Big_Stu Posted November 14, 2012 Author Posted November 14, 2012 [quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1352925887' post='1869520'] Gibson P-94 [url="http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Divisions/Gibson%20Gear/Pickups/P-94/"]http://www.gibson.co...r/Pickups/P-94/[/url] [/quote] Yeah, I got that thanks - but I would hazard a guess that he wouldn't know what a soap-bar looks like in any other context apart from what he uses to spruce himself up before his pic is taken for his adverts.
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