One more triple

RVA said:
Such fine work! Are you still routing your pup cavities freehand? I have to ask because you would never know it by looking!
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Thanks Ray, yes I am. I use a small trim router.
These flat bodies are cake.
I outline everything on painters tape and just nibble up to the line a little at a time.
 
Hackmaster said:
You can't really see it in the last pic, but this thing had a butt ugly black bent plastic truss rod cover that was less than inspiring.
like this...

So I made a proper radiused one on my scroll saw with a piece of maple, tinted as needed, a shot of clear and...
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Grain's not exactly right but it beats the bent plastic thing.
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you could resell those -- to any Maple neck PEavey owner for sure --- they uised them ODD ball plastic things for a couple decades
 
patent the design-- get slave labor overseas to do it -- .48 cost-- sell em for 8.00----I get a 1.00 off every sale we can discuss the marketing strategy over lunch ;)
 
RVA said:
How do you start the route? Do you have a plunge router base?
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I just clamp the guitar body to my bench, grab the router with both hands, hold my breath and bury the router in the middle of the area to be removed.
Then slowly work my way out to the scribed lines.
 
OK, I've settled on three individual volumes and a master tone with a push pull pot putting the middle pickup electronically out of phase with the neck & bridge when pulled up. That along with the triple shot pickup rings gives me a few sonic options. No 3 way or 5 way switches.

The out of phase sounds with the middle pickup in addition to the neck and / or bridge pickup is glorious.
Volume changes on either one yield an interesting pallet of sounds.

Need more time with the triple shots to do a really thorough evaluation, but at this stage of the game, I say they sound better in text.
The tonal differences between the switch positions are almost indistinguishable.

Unfortunately my chrome knobs haven't shown up yet, so the pic seems kind of incomplete...
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But at least I could make sure everything worked.
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Don't look too close, it was two new pots & two used pots. But it all works so, who cares!

The shrink wrap on the trem springs was put there to squelch odd overtones on high gain.
It works. So does foam stuffed inside the springs.

So what have I learned from his exercise?
1. Adrian is a Ferengi, but has a kind soul.
2. U.S.A. made Peaveys don't suck.
3. Guitar Madness pickups are the bomb.
Are they Lollars? No.
Are they over $100 a piece, like the Lollars? No.
Do they sound great? Yes.

So there you have it!
 
I was able to fondle this beastie PRE knobs-- and I tell you (well I mean I rubbed my junk all over it when it was mine but I assume Hack did the prerequisite delousing prior to playing) this is one HOT LITTLE MAMMA!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hackmaster said:
OK, I've settled on three individual volumes and a master tone with a push pull pot putting the middle pickup electronically out of phase with the neck & bridge when pulled up. That along with the triple shot pickup rings gives me a few sonic options. No 3 way or 5 way switches.

The out of phase sounds with the middle pickup in addition to the neck and / or bridge pickup is glorious.
Volume changes on either one yield an interesting pallet of sounds.

Need more time with the triple shots to do a really thorough evaluation, but at this stage of the game, I say they sound better in text.
The tonal differences between the switch positions are almost indistinguishable.

Unfortunately my chrome knobs haven't shown up yet, so the pic seems kind of incomplete...
DSC06797_zps5k1rdbht.jpg

But at least I could make sure everything worked.
DSC06800_zpsqgkdge03.jpg

Don't look too close, it was two new pots & two used pots. But it all works so, who cares!

The shrink wrap on the trem springs was put there to squelch odd overtones on high gain.
It works. So does foam stuffed inside the springs.

So what have I learned from his exercise?
1. Adrian is a Ferengi, but has a kind soul.
2. U.S.A. made Peaveys don't suck.
3. Guitar Madness pickups are the bomb.
Are they Lollars? No.
Are they over $100 a piece, like the Lollars? No.
Do they sound great? Yes.

So there you have it!
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You had me at out-of-phase!
 
Hackmaster said:
So what have I learned from his exercise?
1. Adrian is a Ferengi, but has a kind soul.
2. U.S.A. made Peaveys don't suck.
3. Guitar Madness pickups are the bomb.
Are they Lollars? No.
Are they over $100 a piece, like the Lollars? No.
Do they sound great? Yes.
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Perhaps -- I have taught the Master a thing or two ?? ;)
 
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