Re: P-90 with 3K resistor in series?
Thanks guys...the '59 Junior has always spoken to me for some reason. It was a good choice for me for a
first...and last build effort. It takes alot of time, paitence, resolve and a hella-lot work to build guitars. It WAS alot of fun too. My hats off to guys that do it full-time and make a living at it. I have a Melody Maker RI and that's about the only real Gibson I could afford(sweet guitar BTW). I'm a family guy with a tight budget and wouldn't even consider justifying the costs of a Gibson or US Fender. I drive my poor beautiful wife crazy enough with my musical hobbies. I did want to try my hand at building a decent guitar and amp I wanted affordably. Neither are Gibson or boutique quality, but close enough for me and my budget. I
only have $300 into both.Countless hours, however.
I also really enjoy the process of building my tube combo amp. I have learned alot through these build processes...enough to know that I'll leave it to the pros and not take all of this too seriously because it's all soo time comsuming and not very profitable if you want to try to eek out a living doing builds. I probably have 200 hours from scratch to final on the Junior which would pay only about $5.00 an hour if I was to ever sell it...not-gunna-duit. Granted, At 48 yrs. old I have no visions on grandeur of become a guitar hero or a builder. I just like to jam as a hobby.
I need to address some hum and grounding issues with my Motone amp as well. Such as placing an isolated input jack, a negative feedback loop, shorten some wires, tweak some values, try different speakers, add bias controls etc. to get some better noiseless results. It'll always be a work in progress.
...back on subject, I will try placing a bridging cap with a 3K resistor and see what I come up with(thanks Hamer). I also would like to learn more about switching alnico magnets. I'm using a GFS P-90. Are there magnets available that I could use for it as well?. I know that this is a SD forum and I hope that I don't offend anyone.
I'll be working on some of this stuff over the weekend and I'll let you know what I come up with and try to do a couple of clips for reference. Thanks again and best wishes from SC-Lowatter
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BTW...pzaxtl I can't remember where I got that pic of that kid, but it always cracks me up when I see it. It probably is someone else's avatar so consider that. No dis-respect to the kid or his parents. He's a cute kid. He just looks like he's pack'n-a-load or something. While we were in the process of adopting, I would ask our family and friends if they would like to see a picture of the kid we were thinking about and pull up that pic for a giggle.
