Taz Rules
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My Seymour Five-Twos arrived, along with the black covers to match the JB Jr in the bridge.
All installed, wired, and played..... MAN THIS THING IS LIGHT AND BRIGHT!!!!!!
Pawlonia body felt like balsawood when it was raw, now that all is assembled, I've confirmed it...the guitar weighs in at 5.4 lbs including the leather strap! And yes, there is some neck dive, but the Strat strap locations really are good for balance, so the neck dive isn't really noticeable.
Specs:
Pickups: Bridge: JB Jr.; Middle: SSL-52 Five Two RWRP; Neck: SSL-52 Five Two
Controls: Master volume, master tone, blend pot. Pots are 250k, .22 cap on the tone pot
5 way switch: Bridge; Bridge/Mid; Mid; Mid/Neck; Neck, blend pot adds Neck or bridge depending on 5 way position,
3 way DPDT switch On On On: controls the JB Jr...up is parallel, middle is split, down is series
Materials: Maple neck with ebony finger board. Neck custom shaped, flat back, asymmetrical from 7th fret increasingly to nut. Finished with stain and Tru Oil.
Pawlonia (Empress wood) body, all cavities shielded with copper tape. Artwork burned in, then stained with oil based stain and 3 coats nitrocellulose lacquer.
Pick guard cut from 1/8" thick birch ply, using a strat pick guard as a template.
D'Addario 9-42 strings
Maple control knobs, just for kicks.
I may upgrade the bridge and tuners down the road, but it seems to hold tune fine right now. Though I do need 4 springs on the trem.
Wiring Pics....
Finished body pics.....
Wiring diagrams.... (I used a regular pot for the blend, not a no-load, and I also reversed the input to the other pole, so "1" has the blend off, and "10" is max blend)
All installed, wired, and played..... MAN THIS THING IS LIGHT AND BRIGHT!!!!!!
Pawlonia body felt like balsawood when it was raw, now that all is assembled, I've confirmed it...the guitar weighs in at 5.4 lbs including the leather strap! And yes, there is some neck dive, but the Strat strap locations really are good for balance, so the neck dive isn't really noticeable.
Specs:
Pickups: Bridge: JB Jr.; Middle: SSL-52 Five Two RWRP; Neck: SSL-52 Five Two
Controls: Master volume, master tone, blend pot. Pots are 250k, .22 cap on the tone pot
5 way switch: Bridge; Bridge/Mid; Mid; Mid/Neck; Neck, blend pot adds Neck or bridge depending on 5 way position,
3 way DPDT switch On On On: controls the JB Jr...up is parallel, middle is split, down is series
Materials: Maple neck with ebony finger board. Neck custom shaped, flat back, asymmetrical from 7th fret increasingly to nut. Finished with stain and Tru Oil.
Pawlonia (Empress wood) body, all cavities shielded with copper tape. Artwork burned in, then stained with oil based stain and 3 coats nitrocellulose lacquer.
Pick guard cut from 1/8" thick birch ply, using a strat pick guard as a template.
D'Addario 9-42 strings
Maple control knobs, just for kicks.
I may upgrade the bridge and tuners down the road, but it seems to hold tune fine right now. Though I do need 4 springs on the trem.
Wiring Pics....
Finished body pics.....
Wiring diagrams.... (I used a regular pot for the blend, not a no-load, and I also reversed the input to the other pole, so "1" has the blend off, and "10" is max blend)
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