Kicking around the humbucker Strat
- Thread starter Pete Galati
- Start date
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
Ok, thanks. I think I see what you mean now. Actually, that'd make hitting the edge of the pickup ring less critical, and it'd make it easier to continue the 45 degree angled edge around the radius too.
Actually I meant sth along the lines of this.
VERY quick mock up, you decide the specifics
Ok, thanks. I think I see what you mean now. Actually, that'd make hitting the edge of the pickup ring less critical, and it'd make it easier to continue the 45 degree angled edge around the radius too.
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
Star Treckie? Wouldn't it need giant engines out outriggers for that look?
I think that ship was made obsolete by the Futurama Planet Express deliver ship. "The engines don't move the ship across the universe. The ship stays in place and the engines move the universe around it."
One more thing I want to try (I have enough Cheerio cardboard for one more!) is to do an EVH Frankenstein like angle on the top edge, and a radius on the bottom edge.
Star Treckie? Wouldn't it need giant engines out outriggers for that look?
I think that ship was made obsolete by the Futurama Planet Express deliver ship. "The engines don't move the ship across the universe. The ship stays in place and the engines move the universe around it."
One more thing I want to try (I have enough Cheerio cardboard for one more!) is to do an EVH Frankenstein like angle on the top edge, and a radius on the bottom edge.
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
Here, I just cut an angle into that one I did earlier.
I suppose I should probably add one more pickguard screw up near the pickup ring, close to that angle.
Here, I just cut an angle into that one I did earlier.
I suppose I should probably add one more pickguard screw up near the pickup ring, close to that angle.
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
Could be. Sort of make it like the angle of the route for the middle pickup.
Could be. Sort of make it like the angle of the route for the middle pickup.
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
I'm sort of committed to this shape now. I could do a slightly slicker job by having someone like Warmoth make me a pickguard with no potholes drilled yet, but I'm trying to do this one without spending any money if I can. I'm sure I'll end up buying a new pickup eventually though.
That pickup ring was located by centering it under the strings (the holes to adjust the PU height), and it's 5 degrees off the frets. And the one corner of the pickup ring had to be so the screw would go into wood.
The fingerboard's not really dirty, there's just a lot of flame in this neck. To the point that it's distracting when I play.
I'm sort of committed to this shape now. I could do a slightly slicker job by having someone like Warmoth make me a pickguard with no potholes drilled yet, but I'm trying to do this one without spending any money if I can. I'm sure I'll end up buying a new pickup eventually though.
That pickup ring was located by centering it under the strings (the holes to adjust the PU height), and it's 5 degrees off the frets. And the one corner of the pickup ring had to be so the screw would go into wood.
The fingerboard's not really dirty, there's just a lot of flame in this neck. To the point that it's distracting when I play.
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
Thanks. It does need a little work. I need to make sure I can't cut myself on it anywhere. So I'll probably blend the radii in with the straight sections better when I work on that. As it is, the bandsaw only cut it to the general shape, and I had to smooth things out a bit.
The most critical edge was the one that meets the the pickup ring. Other than that, there was room to fudge on things as long as I covered the control cavity route.
Thanks. It does need a little work. I need to make sure I can't cut myself on it anywhere. So I'll probably blend the radii in with the straight sections better when I work on that. As it is, the bandsaw only cut it to the general shape, and I had to smooth things out a bit.
The most critical edge was the one that meets the the pickup ring. Other than that, there was room to fudge on things as long as I covered the control cavity route.
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
One more deviation. I guess I'll add a neck pickup.... because I kind of like the look. I have these 3 hot Kent Armstrong Strat pickups from this Strat's first build, and they don't weigh much.
I have a spare Oak Grigsby Tele switch, so I still won't end up spending any money.
I have this thread bookmarked where Artie explains how to check if pickups are in phase, so that'll be handy for mixing pickup brands.
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showpost.php?p=1465906&postcount=2
One more deviation. I guess I'll add a neck pickup.... because I kind of like the look. I have these 3 hot Kent Armstrong Strat pickups from this Strat's first build, and they don't weigh much.
I have a spare Oak Grigsby Tele switch, so I still won't end up spending any money.
I have this thread bookmarked where Artie explains how to check if pickups are in phase, so that'll be handy for mixing pickup brands.
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showpost.php?p=1465906&postcount=2
KeeperOS
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
Heh, my personal favorites are HSS guitars, HH a close second and HS a little behind.
Personally I think an HS guitar is as 80s and as Metal as any single H.
So, what I'm trying to say is DO IT!!! :9:
Plus a white rails looks cool in it's own right anyway...
Heh, my personal favorites are HSS guitars, HH a close second and HS a little behind.
Personally I think an HS guitar is as 80s and as Metal as any single H.
So, what I'm trying to say is DO IT!!! :9:
Plus a white rails looks cool in it's own right anyway...
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
I'll probably do this instead since I was mostly adding the Kent Armstrong pickup for cosmetic reasons. Not that it's not a good pickup or anything, but it was kind of straying from the original concept, and I can still add it later if I need to.
I'm not even sure what these Strat pickup covers are from anymore. They'll be like fake hoodscoops, and my wiring will still be easy enough to do in my sleep.
The masking tape's still there, I just phtoshopped it out of this picture real quick just to see how this'll look. Sort of.
I'll probably do this instead since I was mostly adding the Kent Armstrong pickup for cosmetic reasons. Not that it's not a good pickup or anything, but it was kind of straying from the original concept, and I can still add it later if I need to.
I'm not even sure what these Strat pickup covers are from anymore. They'll be like fake hoodscoops, and my wiring will still be easy enough to do in my sleep.
The masking tape's still there, I just phtoshopped it out of this picture real quick just to see how this'll look. Sort of.
Iron Horse
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
Now all you need to do is re-paint it CAR, and change the guard for a white one, and pickups and brodge pup guard into black ones. Or I at least would do that, but it's looking somewhat good already as it is, but no cigar.
Now all you need to do is re-paint it CAR, and change the guard for a white one, and pickups and brodge pup guard into black ones. Or I at least would do that, but it's looking somewhat good already as it is, but no cigar.
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
It's Winter! Even if I wanted to repaint it, that'd have to wait.
I don't actually want to get too close to Eddie's FrankenStrat! But if I decide to sink some money into this guitar, it'll probably get a black or a zebra pickup. Too much extra work getting a double cream Duncan. I could custom order one under a nickle cover, but they solder their covers on with Kryptonite or something!
My favorite sounding Duncan in the sound samples (that I've heard so far) is the Full Shred. Fat sounding, with snarl. Pearly Gates is good too. But this Super Distortion has been sitting in my pickup drawer for a few years, and it was time to kill this Strat's quack.
Last night I countersunk the pickguard screw holes that weren't being used (so paint chips wouldn't happen), and put screws in them.
It's Winter! Even if I wanted to repaint it, that'd have to wait.
I don't actually want to get too close to Eddie's FrankenStrat! But if I decide to sink some money into this guitar, it'll probably get a black or a zebra pickup. Too much extra work getting a double cream Duncan. I could custom order one under a nickle cover, but they solder their covers on with Kryptonite or something!
My favorite sounding Duncan in the sound samples (that I've heard so far) is the Full Shred. Fat sounding, with snarl. Pearly Gates is good too. But this Super Distortion has been sitting in my pickup drawer for a few years, and it was time to kill this Strat's quack.
Last night I countersunk the pickguard screw holes that weren't being used (so paint chips wouldn't happen), and put screws in them.
KeeperOS
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
Actually you can order a double cream duncan as a shop floor custom order or sth like that. Basically this means it will take a couple more weeks to arrive but it won't cost anything extra (and certainly less that to have it under a nickel cover).
Still, a Super D lying around just BEGS to go in an alder Strat...
Actually you can order a double cream duncan as a shop floor custom order or sth like that. Basically this means it will take a couple more weeks to arrive but it won't cost anything extra (and certainly less that to have it under a nickel cover).
Still, a Super D lying around just BEGS to go in an alder Strat...
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
The Shop Floor will do a double cream without the cover?
Actually, if I was going to call them up, I'd probably want them to hand wind me a humbucker. It'd take some careful consideration about what I wanted first.
So far, this is just stuff I had sitting around, going into a guitar I wasn't using.
The Shop Floor will do a double cream without the cover?
Actually, if I was going to call them up, I'd probably want them to hand wind me a humbucker. It'd take some careful consideration about what I wanted first.
So far, this is just stuff I had sitting around, going into a guitar I wasn't using.
Pete Galati
New member
Re: Kicking around the humbucker Strat
I decided against using a Tele knob because even the aluminum Callaham knobs are heavier than Strat knobs, and I'm trying to be careful with this guitar's weight.
I decided against using a Tele knob because even the aluminum Callaham knobs are heavier than Strat knobs, and I'm trying to be careful with this guitar's weight.
Similar threads
