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GuiTony

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Mr New Here
« on: April 20, 2008, 02:53:18 PM »
As the thread title says, I 'm a complete noob here, though I did follow Wez's "what shall I build" thread last year.  

So, firstly, hello all.

I heard a set of BKPs on a recent guitar-building course, and they were just absolutely amazing, so I'd count myself as a BKP fan.  Hopefully, I'll get to learn and understand a bit more by joining and participating here ... about the pickups themselves, and guitars generally.

I've recently been bitten by the "build-it-yourself" bug.  To date, I've built 3 guitars.  2 of those were on a course (see above) run by Mark Bailey.  The 3rd, I'll share with you later (if you're not bored already).  The 2nd is below ...






So, again, "hi all"  :)
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« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2008, 03:24:42 PM »
welcome :D

i always think that guitar looks absolutely superb!!!

show them the tele

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« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2008, 03:37:23 PM »
That guitar looks awesome, though i'm not really a fan of the pickup config, would be better with H-H or H-S-S imo. But still, the woods and craftsmanship look spectacular!
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« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2008, 03:40:06 PM »
Looks great!
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« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2008, 03:40:44 PM »
Welcome. Have you got any details of this guitar building course?
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« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2008, 03:43:52 PM »
Welcome from me too-nice plank!
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« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2008, 03:46:14 PM »
Wellcome!!!!

Nice guitar! Looks very well build!
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« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2008, 03:46:21 PM »
looks great quality work, but I'm not a fan of that pickup config either - would've went with twin P90s myself.

you should route it again for three P90s (hell yeah!)

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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2008, 03:50:08 PM »
Yep, very nice looking guitar.

Ditto for info on the course...

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« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2008, 03:57:46 PM »
Lovely looking guitar! Nice one. :D

Although I'd have to agree about the pickup config. But horses for courses!


The Bailey course would be this one, right?

http://www.baileyguitars.co.uk/BuildYourOwn.aspx

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« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2008, 04:28:02 PM »
I like that pickup configuration.  If it's good enough for Richard Thompson then it's good enough for me :)
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« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2008, 05:28:35 PM »
Just looked at the Bailey site...  Take a look at this:

http://www.baileyguitars.co.uk/CustomGallery.aspx?CustomID=17&CustomType=Electric&CustomName=David's%20guitar

Is that over the top?  I think I like it, but I may need convincing...

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« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2008, 06:04:27 PM »
All - thanks for the welcome and the comments.

The pickup config is a little sneaky, in that it's a P90 plus 2 single coil sized HBs, both of which are coil tapped via the tone pot, with a standard 5-way selector switch.

So I've got "a range" of sounds from the guitar - SC, SC+SC, SC+P90, HB, HB+HB, HB+P90.  I went for flexibility, and I already have a 3 x P90 config on another guitar.

The course is indeed this one:  http://www.baileyguitars.co.uk/BuildYourOwn.aspx

I blogged the build at http://tonysguitars.blogspot.com, more or less in real time over the 5 days.  Take a quick look at the blog and you'll see what I think of Mark and his course  :wink:   Before I did the course the first time (last year), I couldn't saw a piece of wood in half in a straight line.  Seriously.  I was the original DiY numptie.

Wez requested a pic of "the Tele" ... so:
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This one was built to a £100 budget for a challenge elsewhere - it actually cost me £76.88 all in.  That's a one piece Cherry body.  Finished that one this morning, started on the next one (Thinline Tele-alike) this afternoon.  If I can find the ££s, then a set of BKP P90s might just find their way into this next build.
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« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2008, 06:27:01 PM »
LOVE the tele!


£76.88!?

 :o  :o  Was that built using knowledge/techniques from the course, or something different entirely?

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« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2008, 06:36:40 PM »
Mr Bump ^
I take no convincing, that is an awesome guitar!
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