Recent content by Chocklit_Thunda

Re: Who's working on a build right now? Let's see your stuff! Just something I recently finished up. Walnut top ash body GFS Retrotrons X-Trem Walnut veneer on the headstock to match the top. Just need to sort out the wiring. I set it up for 50s wiring but every time I role down the...

Re: Tele build ideas - TOM with Bigbsy 3 degrees seems to work on a les paul but with a Tele, I found that 1 degree was enough. 3 was way too much.

Hello all. Yes I've tried the search but couldn't really find what I was looking for Yes I've looked at those damn expensive brackets. So how do you direct mount pickups? I'm not looking to permanently modify the baseplate and mounting holes. (And shipping to RSA is a expensive.... So it's...

GOLD! GOLD FOILS IN THE DUNGEON!! Thought you ought to know..... Anyway..... Here's a link Thoughts? Anyone keen to try 'em? With the postal strike down here I won't be able to get a set for a while....

So I have a scrap strat copy that I can mess around on and plenty of loose cheap pickups in my parts bin....... I'm thinking of playing around with adding more pickups to the standard strat configuration.... Maybe 5 or 6 pickups with individual on off switches for any combo. Probably 5 pickups...

Re: Exotic instruments. But on a serious note.... I dabble in some ukulele and banjo and also play various Indian and African percussion instruments

I'm just thinking out loud here but it was just wondering, what would an acoustic magnetic sound hole pickup sound like if it was mounted on an electric, or maybe an archtop electric? As far as I know, sound hole pickups are made to sound as transparent as possible to allow for the full...

Hi there... I'm currently in the middle of planning some future builds but this particular combination has me a bit stumped... (Not sure if this is the right place or if it belongs in the guitar shop but it does centre around the pickups) I have me a set of Duncan designed pickups that I want...

Re: Eko guitars pickups? here you go Eko-400 Eko-500

Anyone have any information on these? More specifically the pickups used on the Eko 400. I'm interested in replicating one in the near future and I want to know how the pickups are made. The list: Magnet types? Are they magnetic poles or bars like a P90? Wire type/gauge? DCR? Construction...

Re: SDUG Ultimate Axe - Category 9; Teles ENTRIES (Hopefully this Image upload works....) My home built Pine tele. The first guitar I ever completed. I recycled some SA Pine roof trusses to make the body and finished it off with a matte coat of shellac. The neck is maple with a rosewood...

Hi I've been running through the design of a new bass pickup for a project of mine. Basically it's a soapbar humbucker with the magnets situated directly in the coils in the place of the blades. Wire gauge and coating to be decided a bit later, I've been looking at mixing and matching 2...

Re: SDUG ULTIMATE AXE - Category 6; Hollow and Semi Hollow The pickguard, decorated by my little cousin. My Cort Yorktown, "Catalina" :) Spruce top, Maple back and sides. Named after a friend whose nickname was Catalina... Said friend had a birth mark on her thigh, right under her butt and...

Hi guys. Anyone out there with an ES335 style guitar (preferably Gibson or Epiphone) willing to check theirs out and help me? I recently started a 335 build and got some templates off Amazon (it's that really common 335 temp that you see everywhere) and I made the templates and cut the...

Hi I have two questions, one quite simple, the other not so much. Both have to do with Mismatched coils on a HB. First: What does mismatching the coils do when using the same gauge of wire, i.e. one coil is wound fuller and hotter than the other? What is the difference in sound/tone vs a HB...