Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Dmoney on March 23, 2011, 12:03:36 PM

Title: guilty of being white
Post by: Dmoney on March 23, 2011, 12:03:36 PM

...is a Minor Threat song... (Slayer also covered it)...

apart from that, my charvel feels guilty of being too white...
I changed the knob to an MXR one recently, and I had to change the toggle switch as there was something wrong with the old ones contacts (if I switched to the neck then the volume out was cut down, kind of like dirt in the switch but cleaning it didn't help). The new one feels better.

it feels very white! not a major technical issue I know... I should have gone for some green zebra pups and a pink fender style volume knob or something

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: Andrew W on March 23, 2011, 01:22:54 PM

I think it looks cool.  Very white suits a superstrat I think.  Wait until your fingerboard is all grubby, then it'll feel more lived in. :)

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: gwEm on March 23, 2011, 01:28:19 PM

will look great on stage though!!! white guitars FTW \o/

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: Dmoney on March 23, 2011, 01:42:05 PM

haha, I'm partial to a crisp white tshirt though, wearing white while playing this guitar makes me feel like I'm in an 80's metal dazz advert.

well it ain't that bad really. I am looking forward to the neck getting grubby! I like that look on maple.

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: Philly Q on March 23, 2011, 02:50:07 PM

I think it looks good, brightly coloured pickups or knobs would be too cheesy with the white body.

The picture immediately made me think of Tony MacAlpine.  If I remember right, he's playing a similar looking guitar (a Kramer?) on the back of his first album.

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: MrBump on March 23, 2011, 02:55:12 PM

Looks great.  1980's Gary Moore.

Love it.

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: dave_mc on March 23, 2011, 05:40:00 PM

Quote from: Dmoney on March 23, 2011, 12:03:36 PM

I should have gone for some green zebra pups and a pink fender style volume knob or something

+1 :lol:

seriously, though, I like what you've done to it, looks really good.

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: Dmoney on March 23, 2011, 06:51:34 PM

thanks for the comments.
I'm not sure I like the MXR knob, but it does the job. the switch feels soooo much better than the old one. less stiff... and it doesn't cut off!

I like this guitar.
Dr Know's (aka Gary Miller) strat. Looks like a charvel. I like the colour going on.
It's HSS with a Green humbucker bridge, yellow rails in the middle, and red rails in the neck.
I assume the knobs are red volume and orange tone. looks like it has 3 mini toggles too.
looks great! I can't see a pickup selector though, so I'm wondering with the mini toggles are on/off switches for each pup. I like the style!

(http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1037/955031954_fadd00f3c4.jpg)
(http://cache1.asset-cache.net/xc/85226368.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF8789215ABF3343C02EA54847FAB44913AD39C48E7B24DBF79DAB4FFC9C9BA2D4A6B468)

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: 38thBeatle on March 23, 2011, 07:32:32 PM

I think it looks simple and functional- just as I like a guitar to be.

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: d1dsj on March 23, 2011, 10:40:06 PM

Very very nice! All these cool guitars on here at the moment.... giving me... Burp... Pardon!

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: Telerocker on March 24, 2011, 01:12:19 AM

Nice one there.

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: hunter on March 24, 2011, 06:35:15 AM

If you find it too white you could fit a pick guard or pickup frames.

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: horsehead on March 24, 2011, 08:05:51 AM

mmmm tasty mighty white

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: Dmoney on March 24, 2011, 09:29:26 AM

Quote from: hunter on March 24, 2011, 06:35:15 AM

If you find it too white you could fit a pick guard or pickup frames.

good call!

I tried to find some pics of things others had done.
this was the original look
(http://images.peachguitars.com/5/1289653608_58.jpg)

I don't like the ring look so much on any of the charvels TBH. as per below.
(http://shredguitars.com/imagehosting/4524a2f2418b393d.jpg)

This is another I found that is even whiter than mine!
One someone had modded with the P Rail thingy and a mini toggle.
(http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn313/firejack018/Charvels22.jpg)


I also want to get a brass block for mine. There seems to be more on ebay than just the 'floyd upgrades' one. I dunno whether to go for any of the others. These guitars seem like a good base for messing around. brass block, pickup changes, mini toggles... I'm half tempted to go HSH and have loads of switches!

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: Madsakre on March 24, 2011, 10:31:23 AM

GUILTY OF BEING RIGHT! :D

$%&# i love minor threat :D

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: hunter on March 24, 2011, 11:27:11 AM

I love the look of the cream pickup frames!

Title: Re: guilty of being white
Post by: Dmoney on March 24, 2011, 02:07:11 PM

I'm not that partial to the rings i'm afraid
in other news... I just ordered a brass big block for this. 37mm L