Elias Graves
New member
A little video of my new build. It's a thinline walnut hollowbody.
Very bright, punchy guitar that took a few tries to get right with pickups.
First, a telecaster neck pickup went in. That didn't sound too bad but the pole piece alignment was awful.
Second, an SM-3 firebird pickup. Solved the alignment problem but wasn't quite right. Not enough flavor.
Third, a Lollar El Rayo. Great pickup, waaaaay too bright for this.
Finally, a pair of Phat Cats went in. Bingo.
In the video, Ash is playing straight into a Hughes & Kettner Silver Edition. Basically a 60 watt Marshall style. The audio isn't the best but live it sounds like a 335 or maybe a P90 equipped semi hollow of some sort. It has the big fat mids but a little more strat-like on the high end. The overdrive isn't quite as gritty as my soapbar equipped guitar. A little smoother on the dirt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D-AswqWFEU
Thanks, Seymour. You really came through on this one!
Very bright, punchy guitar that took a few tries to get right with pickups.
First, a telecaster neck pickup went in. That didn't sound too bad but the pole piece alignment was awful.
Second, an SM-3 firebird pickup. Solved the alignment problem but wasn't quite right. Not enough flavor.
Third, a Lollar El Rayo. Great pickup, waaaaay too bright for this.
Finally, a pair of Phat Cats went in. Bingo.
In the video, Ash is playing straight into a Hughes & Kettner Silver Edition. Basically a 60 watt Marshall style. The audio isn't the best but live it sounds like a 335 or maybe a P90 equipped semi hollow of some sort. It has the big fat mids but a little more strat-like on the high end. The overdrive isn't quite as gritty as my soapbar equipped guitar. A little smoother on the dirt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D-AswqWFEU
Thanks, Seymour. You really came through on this one!
