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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #30 on: June 11, 2013, 08:25:43 AM »
Quote from: Philly Q on June 11, 2013, 12:58:18 AM
Quote from: gwEm on June 10, 2013, 11:23:20 PM
Yes, they are dimarzios. Some kind of DLX I assume.

Thinking about it, if those were the stock pickups on that Yamaha, they're probably Q100 pickups (see what they did there?  :lol: ), which are the same as the DiMarzio DLX Plus neck model.

I've got a few DLX pickups at home, needless to say I have never got round to using them.  One day they will probably end up in some of my MIJ Juniors or Specials, for a slightly more "modern" vibe than the P-90s.  That's the plan, anyway....

That looks like an SGV800 to me, so it would have had these weird shaped P90 like pickups:



You can kind of see something funny going on with the pickguard at the edge of the DLXs.
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #31 on: June 11, 2013, 06:47:36 PM »
Quote from: gwEm on June 11, 2013, 08:23:15 AM
Yeah, exactly. It's the combo isn't it? My yellow SGV has double strat pickups which looks great though.

yeah. it's amazing how much of a difference very small things can make to the aesthetics. I'm still amazed how a different colour pickguard can make the thing look like a totally different guitar :lol:
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #32 on: June 13, 2013, 06:54:51 AM »
Interesting guitar. I like that headstock, between Explorer and ParkerFly.

I know Vinny a bit from Facebook and HugeRacksInc, he's a funny guy with a nice Marshall collection.
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #33 on: June 15, 2013, 01:13:25 PM »
Was just at Jonathan's place and he pointed out to me that the body has a wood cap on it. Probably it's mahogany with a maple cap.
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #34 on: December 14, 2013, 11:20:07 PM »
 8) Jonathan and his team at Feline have done a nice pimp job on her haven't they?

She look, plays and sounds exactly to my liking now :)

Pickups are a special set of P90s, with the neck having a Stratocaster sound. The body has been done in Olympic white. There's quite a few other little things that had to be done, but I'm very pleased with the result. Absolutely gorgeous guitar!
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #35 on: December 15, 2013, 12:36:27 AM »
That's quite a big change, but it looks good!

You do like white guitars, don't you?  :D
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #36 on: December 15, 2013, 07:59:51 AM »
Quote from: Philly Q on December 15, 2013, 12:36:27 AM
That's quite a big change, but it looks good!

You do like white guitars, don't you?  :D

Yes  :D

And except for some rare case (white binding/very large pickguard) I dislike black ones ;)
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #37 on: December 15, 2013, 09:15:18 AM »
I like everything about this guitar err apart from the body :(. It's kind of unbalanced in a distortercaster way but it's
not trying to be humourous. 
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #38 on: December 15, 2013, 09:55:36 AM »
I still love it. It's a great looking guitar and I really think the P90s in it. I think Olympic White is my favourite Strat, and therefore by extension, all other solid colour finishes.

Did you consider 3D printing a more SGV800 pickup cover to fit the P90 bobbins underneath? It would be quite doable I reckon.
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #39 on: December 15, 2013, 08:01:42 PM »
nice :D
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #40 on: December 15, 2013, 10:46:24 PM »
Yeah, that looks very nice in white! Besides that, it's a cool shape!
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #41 on: December 15, 2013, 10:49:06 PM »
I think it looks great. Not normally my thing but it looks like a player.
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #42 on: December 16, 2013, 12:54:42 AM »
Quote from: Andrew W on December 15, 2013, 09:55:36 AM
I still love it. It's a great looking guitar and I really think the P90s in it. I think Olympic White is my favourite Strat, and therefore by extension, all other solid colour finishes.

Did you consider 3D printing a more SGV800 pickup cover to fit the P90 bobbins underneath? It would be quite doable I reckon.

I did consider that yes. But there are a few SGVs around with straight P90s and it looks good, so I decided to keep it simple.
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #43 on: December 16, 2013, 12:56:35 AM »
Quote from: 38thBeatle on December 15, 2013, 10:49:06 PM
I think it looks great. Not normally my thing but it looks like a player.

Thanks! I found almost by chance with the other SGV I have that the shape is perfectly balanced and feels good live. When I saw the stop tail one I knew I had to go for it, even if it was the wrong colour.
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Re: It was the heat of the moment - Yamaha custom shop content
« Reply #44 on: December 16, 2013, 09:29:28 AM »
Happy NGD!

Cool looking guitar, never seen one before
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