One important thing: the Bare Knuckles can be very sensitive to the height! Be sure to take your time to tweak there..
EDIT: looking at your post count, you've probably seen that advice a couple of times before :lol:
Zaned
Tim told me that too, so I've tried some height adjustments, and it does help.
I parked the pups like 1mm from the strings, and it's made the tone a bit more saturated and more to my liking, but it's not a very BIG difference.
I tried switching around the hot lead and ground wires on the output jack, but it didn't make any diff what so ever.
it should make a difference :? believe me, i think i did my output jack the wrong way on the first 10 guitars i wired... i'm a slow learner ;) the hot goes to the tip and the ground goes to the sleeve, any other way will produce nasty results.. there is only 1 right way for it to be!! if its not making a difference for you it may suggest a wiring problem somewhere else
Hmm, well I've done it 3 ways already.
The first time I soldered the hot lead wire to the ground, so there's a constant buzz when there's no signal, and when I play a note the buzz goes away until the sound fades.
I found a fault in the ground connection on the back of the volume pot, and once I fixed that, the ground buzz went away.
Then I had to switch the wires on the output, the volume was tiny before the switch, afterwards it was really loud.
I can't think of what else to fix, if you look at the pic I posted, the inside of my output jack is very difference from all the pics I've seen, there's just 3 straight legs, 2 short and 1 long.
I might switch around the wires on that some more and see if there's a difference, but it feels OK right now, the sound I mean.
Hi, :)
I wonder if there is an experienced BKP forum member in your area who could check out the wiring / pickup heights / and let you test through an amp more appropriate to your chosen style ?
Any BKPer in toronto?!?!!? Hello?~?~?~?
I could go "amp shopping" if I crack under the pressure, but I'm hoping to pick up a used 5150 or xxx from craig's list, I'm watching it like a hawk right now.