claydots
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I got one of these guitars about 6 months ago and I think it's a great guitar. It plays well, neck is comfy and it stays in tune.
It sounds very one dimensional... like a Tele no matter what you do. The switches control the sound... they make a Gretsch mud switch sound great...
Both pickups are on all the time, the knobs are both volume.
Sounding like a Tele is not all bad, but I have been thinking about wiring it like a Melody Maker (one volume, one tone) and just use the neck pickup. I pulled the plate and it was like YIKES !!
I was just going to put new pots and cap in but I was also wondering if I could use one of the slider switches to engage the bridge pickup if I wanted to. It would also be controlled by the same volume and tone pots.
I was wondering if anyone has done this or has fooled with one of those Hofner control plates. The pots are small but feel quite good and are very responsive. The value of the pots are obscured with solder... they are supposed to be true mini-humbuckers.. 250K or 500K ???
There isn't room for a full sized pot as it would hit a slider switch.... (see pic) Suggestions ??
It sounds very one dimensional... like a Tele no matter what you do. The switches control the sound... they make a Gretsch mud switch sound great...
Both pickups are on all the time, the knobs are both volume.
Sounding like a Tele is not all bad, but I have been thinking about wiring it like a Melody Maker (one volume, one tone) and just use the neck pickup. I pulled the plate and it was like YIKES !!
I was just going to put new pots and cap in but I was also wondering if I could use one of the slider switches to engage the bridge pickup if I wanted to. It would also be controlled by the same volume and tone pots.
I was wondering if anyone has done this or has fooled with one of those Hofner control plates. The pots are small but feel quite good and are very responsive. The value of the pots are obscured with solder... they are supposed to be true mini-humbuckers.. 250K or 500K ???
There isn't room for a full sized pot as it would hit a slider switch.... (see pic) Suggestions ??