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Post by fussel62 on Oct 4, 2011 12:02:14 GMT -5
Here is my 17-tone wiring on my Squier Affinity Tele. I was told that the Mike Richardson wirings are quite popular, not only in this forum. I used one of Mike's SSS Strat wirings as a basis for my project. But when I looked at it closer, I noticed that it isn't a real Strat wiring, but more a kind of Tele wiring with the Strat's positions 2 and 4 added, missing the state of the middle pup alone: So I decided to replace the push/pull Mr Richardson uses by an on/on/on mini toggle switch to get a third possible throw with each of the three pups alone. The push/pull pot I then used for the middle pup in order to get six additional out-off-phase combos. Why I like this mod:Mini-switch in position 1:- I get the normal Tele sounds on 1, 3 and 5 of the 5-way. - I've got the two Strat-like combos in position 2 and 4. Mini-switch in mid-position (2):- I've got B, M or N pup alone. I didn't want to miss the Middle pup sound when I added the pup to my guitar. Mini-switch in position 3: - I get all three pups in parallel and four combos in series, which sounds really fat with less treble, more like a Gibson ES imo. The six out-off-phase combos are completely different in sound and very interesting which I haven't thought before, very suitable for early Who stuff e.g. I think the switching is quite self-explaining now. I got used to it very fast. Would be nice if I could get a feedback and opinions. Fussel
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Post by newey on Oct 4, 2011 13:30:35 GMT -5
+1 for a very thorough explanation, (and a nice looking Tele to boot!)
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Post by 4real on Oct 5, 2011 15:45:00 GMT -5
Nice guitar ;-) I built a variation on the MR scheme in my strat (HSS) and love it, good choice. Not had much call for the middle pickup as I got hooked on the bridge/neck thing from playing my tele, so not that fussed about getting that missing variation. Nice neat install too, tele's can be tricky due to lack of space, but amazing what you can fit into them if you have a mind to. Mine added a third knob, two push pulls, a battery and a 4pdt switch into the control cavity!!! Love the sound of those tele neck pups too, be really nice to have two of them as distinct from the strat sound. Well done, a worthy addition to the GN2 database, well drawn and executed
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Post by fussel62 on Oct 16, 2011 13:43:23 GMT -5
Wow, that's interesting!!! I've got three questions:
Is that an active circuit? What's the third poti for (for blending)? And what pup is that additional one at the neck?
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Post by 4real on Oct 16, 2011 14:25:18 GMT -5
Thanks F62, this guitar has received some notoriety since it was built about 3-4 years back and was my main guitar till recently (I have tended to use my strat and am working on a new guitar project now)...there is a right up in the gallery here... The 'extra's' are for my DIY sustainer. The 'extra' pickup in the neck is a very compact driver...it surface mounts to the pickguard on this guitar and drives the strings...bit like a fixed 6 string ebow. The small rear toggle bypasses the selector and selects the bridge pickup and turns on the power for the sustainer circuit housed under the bridge pup in this guitar. The guitar is passive when the sustainer is not in use, the pup's are an SCn neck and vintage fender widerange. The middle control is for the 'drive' of the sustainer, it is a push pull so pulling it will go into harmonic drive. The selector is a gibson sized toggle and there is a micro kill switch next to it (never really got the noise out of it unfortunately)...the volume is in a good position for reaching in a hurry or volume swells, normal tone at the back with a battery under. Pulling the volume control reverses the phase of the neck pup. Most of my guitars are kind of 'concept guitars' these days but I try and look natural and "clean"...this was the first of 3 'classics' like that, my strat and Lp being others (also in the gallery) and on this tele this extended through to the kahler trem and associated features. Like your guitar, a good squier is a beautiful thing and perfectly valid instrument and basis for mods...very often better than a parts caster and likely that you can play the thing and check it is a good one and decide what to do to it from there. Thanks for the interest, most people seem to like it...if only for the colour apparently LOL. It was sprayed by a car painer and colour matched to an AC Cobra...hence I put in some of that 'feel' in the GT stripes around the pickups and chrome appointments on it...subtle, but it is there.
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Post by fussel62 on Oct 18, 2011 3:25:52 GMT -5
Thanks for explaining it to me,4real!
May I call that hardcore modding? It's crazy! Was this configuration your idea? Is there a sound clip to listen to that tone monster?
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Post by 4real on Oct 18, 2011 4:02:57 GMT -5
Thanks again, yes all mine, I enjoy making a whole 'concept' these days... There is a thread at PG and the guitar came 2nd in their GOTM competition when entered missing out by one vote against spectacular custom built instruments...not bad for a 'modded squire' LOL projectguitar.ibforums.com/index.php?showtopic=37370&st=0&p=388703&hl=blueteleful&fromsearch=1entry388703The gallery entry here is similar and my other guitars (strat and Kahler LP) are in there too... guitarnuts2.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=music&action=display&thread=5318And there are a pair of soundclips...actually a very late night improv recording direct to a computer to show it's 'clean' tone, the battery in the sustainer had gone a bit flat in the building but worked ok (it gets a little 'dirty' when it lacks power...the guitar is passive when off. It was recorded completely silently with headphones on, this is one of the great things about this device as a recording tool. The track was recorded without editing as one take on a single guitar to a drum machine (the bass was added after). here is a clip... www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=869409and her a description of the demoed sounds within the clip... Much of it may seemed 'overdubed' but it is just a single guitar without any editing...it went on for a while, so the 'jam' was split into two. Other demos there are from the previous $50 strat which was the first sustainer guitar. It is worth hearing the second part for the jazzy solo, the neck SCn was a real surprise and a great tone I think and makes a good compromise with the brash bridge pup. The guitar is completely silent being completely HB'ing...there is no noise reduction or compression in the recording to give a false impression. I also went nuts with the trem to not only show the bizzare sounds it can make, but to show that it returns perfectly in tune! ... Generally I was seeking to make instruments that seem familiar but have a distinctive look, unique innovation, practical and attractive ergonomics and push myself a little further each time. The guitar was a great success and the only guitar I played for quite a while...tele's are great but I had become so accustomed to tremolo's that I use much like a bigsby (though a kahler has the range beyond a floyd). Some of the "improvements" for myself I think was to bring the volume control to the front (some people reverse the control plate for this) and I've always liked the gibson style selectors. The 'look' worked out well too. ... It was replaced in the pecking order by my strat which is wired similarly to your tele. I did consider adding a middle pup to the guitar, but it is such a good workhorse guitar, it really didn't need any more than it has, which might already be too much. It's been a good ambassador for the DIY sustainer though the commercial ambitions for a more evolved model were never realized. However, times change and my musical things are leading me in different directions...the new project is more acoustic in nature and being built to reflect those needs. These things take an enormous amount of time to achieve and in particular, though built on a squier are quite expensive instruments...all the hardware pretty much have been replaced...I later learned that the rare mint bridge pup is worth more than the entire guitar that I got from ebay as an abandoned project with the pup thrown in...you can be lucky some times
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Post by fussel62 on Oct 18, 2011 4:36:15 GMT -5
Congrats, 4real! I admire such inventory abilities! I'll listen to the clips later this evening.
Go to a Greek restaurant with my daughter now. It's her 16th birtday today.
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Post by 4real on Oct 18, 2011 4:37:53 GMT -5
Enjoy, love greek food and my daughter who is turning 16 in a couple of months weeks...
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Post by fussel62 on Oct 18, 2011 4:39:24 GMT -5
We have something in common than.
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Post by 4real on Oct 18, 2011 4:53:19 GMT -5
Yes, we both have some lovely squier tele's modded to perfection and good enough to put the 'real things' to shame I dare say! Oh, and teen daughters...
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Post by fussel62 on Oct 21, 2011 16:15:56 GMT -5
The sound clips really amazed me. Never heard that before! Only one guitar? No overdubs? Simply great and fascinating how that Tele sounds! Sometimes I thought of a sythesizer.
That axe is a Soundblaster, not a Telecaster! Congrats, 4real!
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