Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Searcher on October 09, 2006, 06:34:22 PM
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My Warmoth guitar is finally finished. I had so many crazy problems with it that I just about gave up, but a friend from another guitar forum helped me out big time and now it's done.
Specs:
Body: Mahogany, sprayed with nitrocellulose lacquer.
Neck: Mahogany with an ebony fretboard. CBS-sized headtsock. The back is oiled and the headstock face is sprayed with urethane. Graphite nut.
Pickups: Bare Knuckle Pickups Warpig in the bridge; [Another Brand] P-90 in the neck.
Tuners: Planet Waves locking tuners, the ones that automatically snip the strings when you tighten them.
Electronics: Switchcraft 3-way, stacked concentric tone-volume pot, Vitamin Q paper in oil tone capacitor, vintage cloth wire.
Bridge: Schaller, adjustable for different pickup spacing.
It feels and sounds awesome! Here's a quick pic I snapped off:
(http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/9091/guitar2ti3.jpg)
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wow - she looks nice. is that a photo? it looks too pristine ¬¬ like one of those "design your own guitar" website creations.
What made you go for that style bridge may i ask? and also, what's wrong with a BKP90? :P
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looks awesome mark, what made you go for one h/b one p-90?... unless you've already said and im just being silly
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Yep, that's a photo I took of the actual guitar.
There's prolly nothing at all wrong with a BKP-90, but I didn't have one and I did have one of these kicking around. It's a scatterwound, vintage-spec P-90 and sounds good--why replace it? :P
I've always like single coils in the neck position and humbuckers in the bridge, that's why I chose this particular combination. I really like it and I don't miss having a middle pickup at all.
Oh, and I went for this style bridge because it doesn't require the neck to be tilted back like a typical SG has. I like the feel of Strat necks and I'm not used to Gibson-style guitars much.
I have it strung with 11s at the moment, though I'll try 10s on it soon. 11s put a lot of strain on the neck and I have have it tuned a semi-tone flat right now.
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now thats a nice finish. But why the strat Headstock? Kinda looks outa place to me. But othere than that \mm/
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now thats a nice finish. But why the strat Headstock? Kinda looks outa place to me. But othere than that \mm/
It looks like a Fender on a Gibson... come on now this is 2006 not 1966 ;)
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why the strat Headstock?
I like Strat necks and I like SG bodies! :lol:
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Nice job, well done!
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I've always like single coils in the neck position and humbuckers in the bridge, that's why I chose this particular combination. I really like it and I don't miss having a middle pickup at all.
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interesting! why is it that then if im not being too annoying lol... cause i love my p-90.... but i really want to have a humbucker in a guitar somewhere! so your combo idea sounds really interesting...
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^ works well in my les paul
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I like a neck single as well. They just sound better for everything other than smooth sustained solos 8)
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Nice. Very unique.
Did you spray the lacquer yourself? and how's the neck dive?
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Did you spray the lacquer yourself? and how's the neck dive?
Dive? Not sure what you mean. If you mean action, then it's actually really good. The neck is almost perfectly set up.
I did spray it myself at first, but I had a bunch of things go wrong. Not so much from the spraying--I'm good at spraying--but weird things like it got dropped and so forth. Some of it definitely was inexperience, but a lot seemed like bad luck. I started to think it was cursed after it got ruined so close to being finished as many times as it did. I finally gave up on it and a friend did the body. He did a fantastic job, too.
interesting! why is it that then if im not being too annoying lol... cause i love my p-90.... but i really want to have a humbucker in a guitar somewhere! so your combo idea sounds really interesting...
Nah, you're not annoying. Why do I like this combo? Hmm. I've never actually had a guitar with it before, so it was a bit of an experiment, but I like how it turned out. After buying guitar after guitar, I've discovered that I really prefer humbuckers in the bridge for that extra kick they give. I just like the sound! It's nothing more complex than that. :lol:
As for the neck single coil, well, the answers the same. I find single coils more mellow than humbuckers in the neck position. Maybe mellow isn't the right word, but there's something about how they sound that just does it for me. Sorry I'm not being clearer. It's just a taste thing and I'm too tired to get into more technical details.
Here are a couple more pics, too:
(http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/7137/sgagainrw9.jpg)
(http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8076/guitarbacksi4.jpg)
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sound clip sound clip!!! :D
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That looks amazing in the new pics. The finish/colour is really nice.
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Woah Searcher! That is amazing mate, great photos too! I bet it sounds so niccce! 8) 8) 8)
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Looks great! Really interesting combination of woods, parts and construction details. And the Warpig looks cool with the black cover and screw polepieces (did that cost extra, by the way?)
The concentric pot is a neat idea. Do you find it works well, or is it a bit fiddly?
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Thanks, guys.
The concentric knob is easy to use. They're firm enough that you don't accidentally turn one when you're turning the other one. Besides, I hardly ever use the tone knob anyways.
Oh, and the 'Pig didn't cost anything more the way it is, as far as I remember.
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interesting! why is it that then if im not being too annoying lol... cause i love my p-90.... but i really want to have a humbucker in a guitar somewhere! so your combo idea sounds really interesting...
Nah, you're not annoying. Why do I like this combo? Hmm. I've never actually had a guitar with it before, so it was a bit of an experiment, but I like how it turned out. After buying guitar after guitar, I've discovered that I really prefer humbuckers in the bridge for that extra kick they give. I just like the sound! It's nothing more complex than that. :lol:
As for the neck single coil, well, the answers the same. I find single coils more mellow than humbuckers in the neck position. Maybe mellow isn't the right word, but there's something about how they sound that just does it for me. Sorry I'm not being clearer. It's just a taste thing and I'm too tired to get into more technical details.
lol no worries man, it sounds like a really good idea actually... and seeing as i really want to have a humbucker available for use i also love p-90s so it seems like it would suit me perfectly... might have to try it some day.
cheers.