Went out for milk and found this in the strat isle..
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One of Jerry's Kids
Very pretty. I use the FR style block. It blocks the trem but you can still pull up if you really want to and it is easy to adjust.
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ehdwuld
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I made one of these in the shop
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beaubrummels
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Nice score!
What pickups are in it?
What pickups are in it?
Fender_Punk
BerriesAndCreamologist
Very cool! I dig the matching headstock and the contoured heel. What pickups are in it and how do they sound?
The intonation can use a lot of work.
The pickups are stock BKPs; ragnarock bridge and trilogy single coils. I haven't tried them yet although I've already considered SSL-2 and SH-55.
The neck smells like maple syrup.
I hope the intonation improves after I have a tech go over it. I will have it decked and, if needed, blocked too. I just can't keep it floating as the heel of my hand has always rested on every bridge of any guitar I have. My partscaster strat is decked and I wouldn't have it any other way. Mincer, isn't that why a lot of folks despise Kahler?
The intonation is so bad it's unpleasant to play up the fretboard. My other top guitars sound way better, especially my Gibson custom shop R7 that was adjusted PERFECTLY from the factory.
I hope I didn't just buy another guitar that will just stay untouched in my basement.
The pickups are stock BKPs; ragnarock bridge and trilogy single coils. I haven't tried them yet although I've already considered SSL-2 and SH-55.
The neck smells like maple syrup.
I hope the intonation improves after I have a tech go over it. I will have it decked and, if needed, blocked too. I just can't keep it floating as the heel of my hand has always rested on every bridge of any guitar I have. My partscaster strat is decked and I wouldn't have it any other way. Mincer, isn't that why a lot of folks despise Kahler?
The intonation is so bad it's unpleasant to play up the fretboard. My other top guitars sound way better, especially my Gibson custom shop R7 that was adjusted PERFECTLY from the factory.
I hope I didn't just buy another guitar that will just stay untouched in my basement.
ehdwuld
A Ficus
Is it that you can't set up the intonation yourself
Or
That it wont intonate and you have tried?
It shouldn't take more than twenty minutes with a tuner and a screw driver
Mincer, I took your advice to adapt to it rather than deck it.
ehdwuld, when it comes to truss rod adjustments and intonation adjustments I'm just not comfortable doing it myself. I used to pay $60 to get it done and I just had it done recently for almost $100 more at the same shop but at least it sounds much better now. The bridge is level now too.
I'm trying to love the guitar. The "floating" bridge forces my picking to be right at the mid pickup, so I'll need to lower it flush with the pickguard.
The pickups are generally dark and compressed. When arpeggiating, the unwound strings are louder, unbalanced using the single coils. Maybe a 78, PG or brobucker and a pair of SSL-2. I already have a brobucker and love it. But I haven't tried the 78 or PG. All of the youtube videos on the 78 and PG are amazing. I have a white bridge A2P in another guitar that I'm also thinking about swapping in.
I will get the wiring/pots done with one 500k pot for the HB and the other pot as a 250k pot for the singles. No tone knob. I prefer pots that are hard to rotate. The current pot is very easy to inadvertantly turn down while playing. What brand of pots need more force to turn? I spec'd my G&L for linear 500k pots and they're perfect.
ehdwuld, when it comes to truss rod adjustments and intonation adjustments I'm just not comfortable doing it myself. I used to pay $60 to get it done and I just had it done recently for almost $100 more at the same shop but at least it sounds much better now. The bridge is level now too.
I'm trying to love the guitar. The "floating" bridge forces my picking to be right at the mid pickup, so I'll need to lower it flush with the pickguard.
The pickups are generally dark and compressed. When arpeggiating, the unwound strings are louder, unbalanced using the single coils. Maybe a 78, PG or brobucker and a pair of SSL-2. I already have a brobucker and love it. But I haven't tried the 78 or PG. All of the youtube videos on the 78 and PG are amazing. I have a white bridge A2P in another guitar that I'm also thinking about swapping in.
I will get the wiring/pots done with one 500k pot for the HB and the other pot as a 250k pot for the singles. No tone knob. I prefer pots that are hard to rotate. The current pot is very easy to inadvertantly turn down while playing. What brand of pots need more force to turn? I spec'd my G&L for linear 500k pots and they're perfect.
ehdwuld
A Ficus
I feel your pain
I have had beautiful nice guitars that I just couldn't bond with
I ha a Yamaha Pacifica that was wonderful
Something about the neck I just couldn't bond with
Great guitars
That one was different
Artie
Peaveyologist
I'm the opposite. I like the ones that feel like they're damped through maple syrup.
ehdwuld
A Ficus
I have put o-rings under knobs to add some tension to them
Haha, different strokes I guess. My pinkie is always on either the volume knob or doing wah-like swells with the tone knob.
Artie
Peaveyologist
Don't get me wrong, I wish I could do pinky swells like Jeff Beck, but until then, I like smooooth.
Well, not many can, but it is sure fun to try. I learned the tone swell wah thing from Steve Morse, who uses it a lot.
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