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Post by ChrisK on Apr 10, 2006 13:19:39 GMT -5
Deleted padouk chambered Strat copy body, padouk/ebony neck 1 7/8" nut 1" boat profile. Stainless steel frets. No finish (required, ever). Wilkinson vibrato, Schaller locking tuners (black and gold sets mixed for contrast). DiMarzio Virtual Vintage pickups, Heavy Blues in bridge, DP401 VV 2.1 in middle, Blues in neck (pro calibrated setup). Mike Richardson wiring scheme (original) with PP (neck phase) pot for neck tone (directly across the neck PU), and PP (phase) pot for bridge (again, directly across the bridge PU). This is the wiring scheme: Mike Richardson wiring with phase
Again, no finish required!    |
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Post by jdl on Apr 11, 2006 0:57:48 GMT -5
I want this guitar!!!!!!! Very nice Chris!!!!!!
James
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Post by Mini-Strat_Maine on Apr 18, 2006 13:40:39 GMT -5
Way cool!  |
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Post by Ripper on Apr 24, 2006 15:06:07 GMT -5
Looks good! ...have fun!  |
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Post by dunkelfalke on Apr 24, 2006 15:28:26 GMT -5
you are the man.
this is more or less the way i would make a custom strat
especially congrats for the padouk chambered body and black wilkinson combination
seems now there are two wilkinson lovers here
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Post by ChrisK on Apr 26, 2006 18:38:28 GMT -5
I'm not so much a Wilkinson lover, as not a Wilkinson hater.
In reality, I do virtually all bending manually and never put the arm into the vibrato. That's why I like big frets, I can do micro-step "wobbling" on a note by note (or handful of cents) basis (one does have to fret lightly). Often just pressing on the tail piece is enough chord-wise.
It's hard to find a "candy store" body that isn't routed for "your choice of tremolo" (which it ain't, it's vibrato). A Wilkinson seems to be the best default.
The biggest problem that I have is remembering whether it's Wilkinson (vibrato) or Wilkerson (razors/swords).
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Post by Mike Richardson on Apr 26, 2006 21:56:00 GMT -5
I'm happy to see that someone has used my diagram to such good effect. Nice axe!
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Post by sexybeast on Oct 10, 2006 12:45:30 GMT -5
It's more breathtaking than a Hot Pocket.
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Post by ChrisK on Oct 10, 2006 13:59:04 GMT -5
Hmmmm, I'd get that looked into if I was you. ;D  |
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Post by ux4484 on Oct 10, 2006 15:03:26 GMT -5
That's a great body for a natural look, it looks darker than the kit pics of the bod (I think) you posted a while back (or is it a different body?) Is there nothing on it, no stain, no rubbed finish, no polish,....came just like that?
I ended up using miniwax hand rubbed poly on the tele, comes only in satin, it gives it protection while keeping the look of unfinished (but polished) wood, needed to use a brand new cotton T-shirt to apply it (was the only thing that applied it the way I wanted).
Some day I'll even get off my butt to take some pics and post them.....
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Post by ChrisK on Oct 10, 2006 18:02:25 GMT -5
No, it's the same body. Padouk starts out being very orange. It turns brown(er) over time. I'd left the body in the sun for about a year (turning it of course). My office had an 8 foot by 8 foot window.
The neck was left in the sun for 2 years, but it was much darker red when new (radically different trees).
Nope, none, nada. Sun aging is.
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