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Piplodocus

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Re: HSS set for mahogany Parker Nitefly/MIDIFly
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2015, 05:52:20 PM »
Hmmm... I don't know what I want. That's the whole problem. I guess I want something a little different to the HD in my Mojo, so maybe that is it.

I'm working in the principle this other Swamp Ash Nitefly I might go Crawler/MM for a more hot rodded humbucker + the more vintage SCs, then make this one a bit more bitchin' with a harder sound than I originally was planning and the hotter equivalent of the Mothers Milks (ITs).

Then I get:
Big and Fat - Mojo Fly with HD/Mule (mahogany thru neck)
More grungy/punky/snarly/contemporary heavy - mahogany bolt-on MIDI Fly w A-Bomb and Irish Tours
Funk Rock fusion - swamp ash bolt-on Nitefly with Crawler or something + Mothers milks.
(and super-twang - tele with vintage flavour Seymours, at least for any foreseeable future after I've bought these + another set later for the Nitefly SA)

Then it kinda makes more of a spread in the long term master plan. There's a video of a newer different design Nitefly with an A-bomb going through a Peters on YouTube. Might go look at that again.

At least if I buy some, for some and change my mind it's a lot easier than my HD/Mule where I had to cut the legs off to fit them. Obviously wouldn't be able to sell/return those! Good job I like them! :)
Fly Mojo: HD/Mule | MIDIFly (Nitefly M): Abomb/Irish/Irish | Nitefly M: Abomb/Supermassive/MMilk | Nitefly SA: Crawler/MMilk/MMilk | Southern Nitefly: Blackguard set

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Re: HSS set for mahogany Parker Nitefly/MIDIFly
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2015, 11:17:27 PM »
Can you gimme a brief description of that Suhr diagram and what it's doing Telerocker? I could sit and try to work it out but I already have a headache from trying to follow all my hex piezo wiring and custom switching mess for the MIDI pickup and acoustic sounds round this guitar this evening. Just a brief description of the principle will do great. Is that a single 5-way quad pole selector switch or something, my brain's not working today, but it seems to have a lot more tabs than mine unless it's 2 switches?  :undecided:
Fly Mojo: HD/Mule | MIDIFly (Nitefly M): Abomb/Irish/Irish | Nitefly M: Abomb/Supermassive/MMilk | Nitefly SA: Crawler/MMilk/MMilk | Southern Nitefly: Blackguard set

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Re: HSS set for mahogany Parker Nitefly/MIDIFly
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2015, 11:31:14 PM »
It puts 250k volume and tone on the singles (including the M+split bridge setting), 500k volume and tone on the humbucker, .047μF cap on the singles and .022μF cap on the humbucker. R1 and C1 is a treble bleed mod. If you don't want this, you can leave them out.
It can be done with a 5-way switch. You need a 4-wire humbucker because you need to wire the white/green(BKP wiring color code) to the switch. RWRP single coil should be working fine.

Result: the humbucker will sound full and not too bright and the single coils will sound like on any Fender guitar.
« Last Edit: February 04, 2015, 11:40:10 PM by Telerocker »
Mules, VHII, Crawler, MM's, IT's, BG50's.

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Re: HSS set for mahogany Parker Nitefly/MIDIFly
« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2015, 11:33:12 PM »
Cheers. Sounds good. I'll look at it again when my brain is firing on all cylinders again. :)
Fly Mojo: HD/Mule | MIDIFly (Nitefly M): Abomb/Irish/Irish | Nitefly M: Abomb/Supermassive/MMilk | Nitefly SA: Crawler/MMilk/MMilk | Southern Nitefly: Blackguard set

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Re: HSS set for mahogany Parker Nitefly/MIDIFly
« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2015, 11:40:33 PM »
Cheers. Sounds good. I'll look at it again when my brain is firing on all cylinders again. :)

Just modified my reply.
Mules, VHII, Crawler, MM's, IT's, BG50's.

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Re: HSS set for mahogany Parker Nitefly/MIDIFly
« Reply #20 on: February 04, 2015, 11:53:01 PM »
I was actually pondering the standard wiring with a 15nF instead of 22nF. This way I'll actually get that slight mid boost when down low as I don't tend to use my tone pots much as is (been watching this interesting series http://youtu.be/RjDwjXN9auY). I guess I could try the Suhr wiring but with equivalent caps for 15uF and say 22-33ish uF for HB/SCs respectively.

Anyone tried lower capacitance for different tone knob flavour? That video makes that idea at least look more interesting to me in principle. Maybe it's not such a good idea, but I don't use tone knobs much as is and they should sound the same when full up?
Fly Mojo: HD/Mule | MIDIFly (Nitefly M): Abomb/Irish/Irish | Nitefly M: Abomb/Supermassive/MMilk | Nitefly SA: Crawler/MMilk/MMilk | Southern Nitefly: Blackguard set