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Post by 1150lefty on Jul 7, 2011 20:48:14 GMT -5
Man, I can NOT believe the tone this guitar has! I like it way better than any Epiphone I've ever played or heard, and I'd even put it up against some Gibson 335's under $10k.  Surprisingly, I want to leave it pretty much stock. I usually hate Ibanez pickups, and this China-made hollowbody must've been made and finished with lots of love - it's pretty much flawless. Can someone point me to a diagram that separates tones and volumes when both pickups are selected, or maybe a master tone and a blender? I think I remember seeing something. I don't think I want to work through the F-holes too much - that's almost too far for me. Almost. I'll have to tape up a few of my hemostats and small clamps from med school...maybe modify a couple. ;D My wife will have me committed any day now. |
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Post by ashcatlt on Jul 7, 2011 23:37:25 GMT -5
If turning one Volume all the way down kills all output and you don't want it to, just swap the wires between the middle lug and the outside lug which is not grounded on both V's. If the pickups are in parallel (yours are) and both Vs are all the way up, then both Tones will (inter)act as Masters and there ain't a damn thing you can do about it. Putting the Ts before the Vs can help some for when the Vs are turned down a bit. I'd almost bet that your guitar is wired this way already, since it's the "modern" way of doing things. (See Modern and 50's Wiring) As for Master Tone and Blend...well, what're you going to do with the other pot? |
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Post by 1150lefty on Jul 8, 2011 9:44:32 GMT -5
I was kinda thinking I could have seperate circuits for n and b, and then have either n or b blend in with the other, and of course have the middle position with both pickups and have volume for each pickup.
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Post by ashcatlt on Jul 8, 2011 10:12:35 GMT -5
Well this has turned into a Guitar Wiring question, and might garner more response over there. Personally I'm not completely sure yet what it is you're looking for there.
Anyway, glad you're happy with the guitar. Part of me really wants a 335 style guitar, but I've already got a neck through semi-hollow and a set neck HH, so it's kind of hard to justify.
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Post by 1150lefty on Jul 9, 2011 17:04:03 GMT -5
Never mind - I figured out how to make these knobs work, and the way they are set up almost makes sense. Now if only I could tapp the coils...naw, I gotta leave this one alone.
Now to find a lefty SG that isn't Epiphone or ungodly-expensive.
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Post by Yew on Jul 10, 2011 11:20:42 GMT -5
Never mind - I figured out how to make these knobs work, and the way they are set up almost makes sense. Now if only I could tapp the coils...naw, I gotta leave this one alone. Now to find a lefty SG that isn't Epiphone or ungodly-expensive. Tokai? |
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Post by ashcatlt on Jul 10, 2011 14:07:57 GMT -5
Or Xavier from guitarfetish. I've never played their double cutaways but they're mahogany and real set necks and if they're anywhere near the quality of my offset they'll be at least as good as the Epiphones and probably better, at least in the pickup department.
An SG is another one of those things for me. I've always preferred them to LPs, but since I've inherited this LP I can't justify spending on an SG.
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Post by cynical1 on Jul 10, 2011 15:39:03 GMT -5
If you can find one, the Fernandes/Burney SG's are an option. I was impressed with the Fernandes guitars I've seen, and the old Burny's are unique in that they had set necks rather then bolt-ons. Some of the early SG's also had a Trem as a standard as I recall. As you might guess, these were the guitars that Gibson had such a fit about. Here a good shot of one of the older ones without a trem.  They're not all that common, but if you're not in a hurry they're worth looking around for. Happy Trails Cynical One |
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Post by 1150lefty on Jul 11, 2011 9:47:14 GMT -5
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I was originally looking into the Agile LP's because they HAD a bunch, but now they are becoming scarce and expensive. I figure I may as well buy the AS73 that I've had my eye on for the longest time and the guy dropped the price $140 with free shipping; I couldn't resist. My buddy got one of the LP's, sent it back for the Valkyrie, and I'm not too impressed with it.
I did find a lefty Gibson SG that was supposedly USA-made, but my wife wanted a new car instead. The Epi LP's I've tried are junk. I'll keep Fernandez in mind; the quality is there in the strats, but the tone just isn't right to me.
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Post by Yew on Jul 11, 2011 10:50:07 GMT -5
C1 That SG looks excellent. Deep bevels, the gisht neck joint/shape. a Very good cherry colour. For a second I thought it was a modern standard.
The only thing about it is the binding, it has frets over it instead of being part of the fret/ ( also some of them have very little in the way of profiling on the fret/binding. Depends how old it is
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Post by cynical1 on Jul 11, 2011 17:20:26 GMT -5
The only thing about it is the binding, it has frets over it instead of being part of the fret/ ( also some of them have very little in the way of profiling on the fret/binding. Depends how old it is The practice of running the fret over the neck binding is very common. There's actually a tool for nipping the tang of the fret short to accommodate this practice:  And I've seen good and bad fret jobs on expensive and cheaper guitars. That's my biggest apprehension in buying a guitar or neck on-line. It's still a very quick fix with a common fine cut 8" file...or you can pick up a jeweler's file...or a set of hobby files to get the job done. Fret wire, except stainless, tends to file very quickly and smoothly with a good set of files. And the SG in the image above is one of the nicer ones I've seen...that goes for the Gibson's as well... HTC1 |
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Post by simes on Jul 13, 2011 3:12:30 GMT -5
The only thing about it is the binding, it has frets over it instead of being part of the fret/ ( also some of them have very little in the way of profiling on the fret/binding. Depends how old it is The practice of running the fret over the neck binding is very common. Is this considered a bad thing? I'd have thought that having the frets extend to the outer edge of the binding would be a positive feature, both in terms of playability and ... er ... refrettability. Or is this a "Gibson does it this way so that's the way it should be" kind of thing? Cheers, Simes |
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Post by cynical1 on Jul 13, 2011 7:00:48 GMT -5
Simes -
Most builders nip the tang and run the fret out over the binding. Some don't. It's cheaper and faster not to run the frets over the binding.
Most of the time you see that it's because the neck was re-fretted and whoever did it didn't take the time to do it right, IMHO.
HTC1
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Post by simes on Jul 13, 2011 9:02:03 GMT -5
The debate I’ve often heard is between the way you describe (tang nipped and fret end over binding to the outer edge) and the Gibson way (binding fitted to the same height as the frets then scraped down between them flush with the fretboard, leaving what amounts to plastic fret extensions to the outer edge of the binding). I’ve always had the impression that a lot of people consider the latter to be superior, for some reason.
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Surprisingly, I want to leave it pretty much stock. I usually hate Ibanez pickups, and this China-made hollowbody must've been made and finished with lots of love - it's pretty much flawless.
