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Post by dnic on Aug 30, 2014 19:48:38 GMT -6
Very cool, hard to believe it's your first.
I'm surprised the the 1meg pots aren't making it ice picky. I've used the Golden age pups in 3 or 4 guitars very nice sounding pups with 500K pots.
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Post by brianloco on Aug 30, 2014 20:39:39 GMT -6
I watched a video for fine woodworking magazine where James condino demonstrated his burst technique and just kinda did the same, hoping the next one will come out better the guitar actually has a very bright warm tone
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2014 9:00:42 GMT -6
The guitar attack parts build I did... the burst was put on by hand, no spry gun or cans for the burst. I like doing a burst with stain... I think you can control the blend a whole lot better. What did did on the guitar Attack build was I got the blend where I liked it, then I put a coat or two of clear on it put some stain on and cleared, I think I even wound up putting some of the color in the clear. (wipe on clear)then sanded smooth and finished up with can spray poly... One of the few times I used Poly clear.
I have done a few burst finishes on the years, like I said I like the rub on way of doing it. I have also done it with spry cans, but doing that way, it has a harsh transfer going from on color to another..
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Post by dnic on Aug 31, 2014 9:16:43 GMT -6
Very bright and warm to me is an oxymoron. Not that it's wrong. I just describe it differently, "very bright" is what I call "ice picky" "warm" is in the middle of the range and "dark/muddy" would be on the other end. FWIW
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Post by brianloco on Aug 31, 2014 13:26:41 GMT -6
What I meant was the bridge pickup is very bright ice picky however the neck pickup is very warm
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Post by lilpanther on Sept 1, 2014 8:30:57 GMT -6
I love the finish you used on the LP and I think it looks great. It makes me want to do a lp with a burst like that.
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Post by brianloco on Sept 1, 2014 9:06:34 GMT -6
Thanks it wasn't really that hard after watching the condino video he explains it pretty good I'll post a link when I can find it
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Post by brianloco on Sept 1, 2014 9:12:26 GMT -6
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Post by brianloco on Sept 1, 2014 9:12:20 GMT -6
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Post by dnic on Sept 1, 2014 17:52:40 GMT -6
Good vid, thanks for the link
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Post by siblingchris on Sept 2, 2014 11:22:25 GMT -6
Interesting colours, looks cool.
Re. The 500k pots mentioned, what have you guys used on your builds? Anything specific?
Cheers Chris
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Post by dnic on Sept 2, 2014 12:11:59 GMT -6
Pot values are typically 500K for hummers and 250K for single coils. Lots of folks like 300K for hummers and I think Gibson set a lot of their hummers up that way. Higher cap values cut more highs so Fender use .047 on single coils while most use .022 on hummers. But it's fun to run jumpers out of the guitar and test different value caps or even no caps to see what works for your guitar.
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Sept 3, 2014 5:08:08 GMT -6
Interesting colours, looks cool. Re. The 500k pots mentioned, what have you guys used on your builds? Anything specific? Cheers Chris I've used some 1meg pots but I have gravitated back to 500k for humbuckers and 250k for single coils. I use 500k for my AttackBucker+ pickups, and they sound smooth in humbucking and single coil modes. I never could get the 1meg pots to sound less harsh -- maybe it was just the guitars. I have also wired a switch which bypasses everything and sends the signal straight to the output jack. That will let you see what the pots and caps do to your sound! John
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2014 8:43:45 GMT -6
I use 500k on almost all my guitars. Even on the single coils. As far as caps, I like to use 033 PIO's on both humbuckers or single coil. Thinking of changing to the 33 on my last build. Oh and I use CTS pots. Please be aware that there are the cheap CTS pots and there are the better ones. The better ones have the brass shaft in them. I have tried so many kinds of pots out there and I always come back to the CTS.
EB
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Post by latestrummer on Sept 3, 2014 15:35:50 GMT -6
Very cool look and finish! And thanks for sharing the video it makes the idea of a sunburst pretty doable!
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