BigRedX Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 That's looking fantastic. Can't wait to see how it's going to turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myke Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Oh man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonybassplayer Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Looking very nice. Very inspiring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Can't wait to see it finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Very nice, good job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 Oh gawd, I don't dig that colour, but on that it looks fantastic. Great restoration thread so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 What paints and lacquer are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted October 16, 2013 Author Share Posted October 16, 2013 Well it's not me that's using them, but it's Manchester's finest: [url="http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/shop/"]http://www.manchesterguitartech.co.uk/shop/[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 [IMG]http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18k3v1ua5q246gif/ku-medium.gif[/IMG] Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Any updates? I bought another Thunderbird and have done the usual upgrades - I was thinking about this project when I was swapping out the strap lugs. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gust0o Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Neep's taking a quick break. I think he's tired of people telling him he needs a P-bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Rich Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 I love the look of rippers (my 74 natural gets a run out every now and then), great project, looking forward to the finished pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 great so far,want to see more,thinks I hooked on this build Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 How did I miss this for nearly a year? There will be more pictures, won't there? You can't tease us like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 1, 2014 Author Share Posted February 1, 2014 Sorry for the lack of updates. Refinish is ongoing, no more shiny pics of that at the moment. Tonight I made a mounting bracket for the choke coil. I took a PC blanking plate: And after some drilling, bending, cutting and filing I ended up with this: This idea is taken from the later Rippers (early ones had a small bracket soldered to the side of the pot), this one basically acts as a washer on the pot shaft. So with it attached it looks like this: And the choke will sit like this, with an M5 machine screw straight through the whole thing and bolted to the bracket (don't have one at the moment) Also tided up the pots - some of them had wires soldered to them and tags soldered to the casings which needed freeing up. I'm going to do all the wiring soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Excellent recycling and metalwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Wee bit of work tonight - mounted the choke coil and did some soldering: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 All wired up and no place to go (yet) - just the pickups and the bridge wire to add but I think I'll wait until assembly time for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Good job top banana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Is that a "proper" Gibson choke or did you wind it yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Apple Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Without wanting to sound un-cool and that, what does the choke do? Apart from getting it to fire up on a frosty morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 [quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1391547495' post='2358523'] Is that a "proper" Gibson choke or did you wind it yourself? [/quote] Neither Curtis Novak wound it for me - http://www.curtisnovak.com/pickups/EB-Choke.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 [quote name='Billy Apple' timestamp='1391548272' post='2358541'] Without wanting to sound un-cool and that, what does the choke do? Apart from getting it to fire up on a frosty morning [/quote] The choke (inductor) is part of an LC circuit (inductor/capacitor) which acts as a mid filter. The mid pot will progressively scoop out mids but I think I read somewhere that it also alters the impedance of the circuit so the effect it has on the sound isn't as clear cut as that. It'll be fun finding out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 I'm interested in how this turns out. I have an old shape Ripper that I think must be 1974. When I got through the black paint someone had sprayed over everything, I found the body was Alder, which was a surprise. It's good though, lovely grain and 2lbs lighter than the 1978 maple one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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