Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: gwEm on August 28, 2010, 09:05:39 PM
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(http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~shane/rockguitarworld/yngwie/images/flyingv.jpg)
not sure it needs the scalloping, trem or the jack plate though..
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so going by elimination, you want 3 singles on a flying v? i dig the idea!
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so going by elimination, you want 3 singles on a flying v? i dig the idea!
yes, or maybe just two ;)
the control layout might be a problem, i like the functionality of strat positioning, but it looks a bit bizarre. would need to think about this.
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A Tele V could be a nice way to solve the scheme. either that or have all 3 pups with a push pull or mini switch to add the middle pickup if you want it in the mix. that way you can also have all 3 pups in parallel as a bonus position
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P90 is cool, this strat thing is meh :(
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my initial ideas would be...
put all three pots in a straight line backwards, and mount a 5 way selector under them, parallel to the bottom edge of the V.
or do something similar, but have a master vol and master tone, and use a rotary switch disguised as a knob as the selector?
or same as above with a dual concentric pot to give you two tone controls, change the knobs to tele style metal knobs.
or mustang style pups and control!
i think the mustang layout would be pretty cool! 2 single coils and slide switches at the top?
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editL: double post
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P90 is cool, this strat thing is meh :(
+1
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P90 is cool, this strat thing is meh :(
+1
Actually... usually I think it looks @rse when folks start putting strat pickups on other guitars... but I have to disagree with you chaps here :lol:
This looks pretty good to me, and I think I can see what Gwem's driving at.
I'd probably go with Dmoney's suggestion of a master volume and tone and a rotary selector. But I would kind of miss my 5-way or 3-way blade switch...
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This looks pretty good to me, and I think I can see what Gwem's driving at.
+1 :)
Very Blackmore!
I'd go with 2 pickups, as I've always found playing space a problem when trying to get 3 pups in a Gibson scale length.
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Isn't that the Yngwie J Malmsteen signature? I heard a story that this came about when Gibson approached Malmsteen & said "we'll build you ANYTHING" so the tubby one said "build me a strat" so instead of taking it as a refusal, they took him literally & built it.
To answer the original question, yes Gwem, you have gone too far, that thing is vile :lol: (JMO, YMMV etc...)
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Yngwie has a lot to answer for! :lol:
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The whole Yngwie thing isn't my cup o' tea.
I'd rather see a V with P90's and a Bigsby.
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P90s do look cool in a V, but you have to be careful or they get quite dark. What may work is mini-humbuckers in a V. My WezV Firebird does sound very nice.
It is a YJM guitar indeed, he had a 60s V butchered (!!) for the strat setup.
I'm really into the strat sound at the moment, but naturally Vs do look the dogs bollocks.
I had the feeling strat pickups can look lame in other guitars, but they sound so good.
Thanks for the thoughts on control layout. I'm going to have a think to see if there a way that lameness can be avoided. I still think about the Ibanez Fireman which looks the dog bollocks as well, but is designed to look the dogs bollocks with strat pups.