Tom Stafford

2 hours ago, funkle said:

Straight DI sound would be great. 

Any requests?

Just requested standard ones! What is the Wal recipe? Am sure its here in this thread somewhere

Will try and do a straight DI sound demo as well at some point

Also gonna get the Herrick surrounds for the pick ups for the complete Wal look...

And just as yours arrives so does mine! Here is the lefty StingWal...

Gotta say I have to take back what I said about G&B Builds, they did a great job in the end and it plays fantastically.

Still just getting to grips with the dialling in of tones, but here are some quick rough takes of the usual Wal tone examples. Schism is Neck and Bridge, Give It Away is just neck pickup. Running into UAD Softube SVTR and being driven a bit, especially with GIA. No other processing - gonna experiment with my Mesa M3 and maybe some pedals etc in the next week or so.

Herrick Multicoils

Lusithand Double NFP Special

Mahogany body with walnut top (and a maple veneer in between)

Maple neck w/rosewood fingerboard

Schaller DaVinci machine heads

Alright we’ll see how that turns out!

I am now in need of a neck!! It will have to be Stingray shape (and left handed). Annoyingly MM don’t sell official parts otherwise would just go down that route.

Does anyone have any recommendations for a good builder in the UK? Preferably London area?

On 03/01/2023 at 18:47, funkle said:

 

I emailed them last year and asked them about it. Got a good email chain going. Then, they just stopped responding and I decided they might not be reliable. I got an email a while after that explaining one of their team had gone on paternity leave hence the unanswered emails, but by that point I had lost faith.  

Just an update from my end! Having an absolute nightmare with Guitar and Bass Builds to be honest.

Took the neck and body to a luthier in London and on inspection he found there to be a twist in the neck which he showed to me and was clearly visible. I sent the neck back to them and they denied that it was there.

I've been asking them to send the neck back to me or give me a refund for over a month now and have not received a single reply and they wont pick up the phone... Slightly at a loss as to what to do as they have my money and the neck right now!

And most of all getting very itchy to hear what mine might sound like after all the demos on this thread...

Sting-Wal body and neck have finally arrived! Stupidly forgot a few parts so will be a week or so before I finally plug it in…

Also slightly nervous to take a drill to it to mount everything so might take it to Denmark st…

I'm wondering if I could potentially take the signals of the Lusithand filters pre-blend, split them off and implement the HPF of the Wal circuit and then blend them back in for a makeshift attack switch. Wouldn't quite be the same obviously and would require one of the filters to be completely open at any time in order to work but I might have a poke around on my breadboard if I get a minute.

On 18/08/2022 at 15:47, Lfalex v1.1 said:

Whilst I can't think of a specific unit,  to my mind, bridges ought to allow the usual adjustment for string height and intonation plus string spacing; The latter being relevant as you'll be wanting good string alignment over the coils.

Lockable saddles would be a plus, as would a very secure attachment to the body. 

 

Edit- having looked at the original units, I note a Stingray- like 5 screw attachment (2 either side and 3 to the rear)

There's also the horseshoe- shaped casting. Even if the saddles aren't lockable  it'll limit side-to-side movement. No provision for spacing adjustment is provided. 

 

The nearest thing I can see is actually a G&L bridge. They even come in black with bare metal saddles.

 

Downsides?

They'll be stamped with the G&L logo.

They take imperial Allen keys.

They require the body to be routed to fit them- They're not surface mounted as such.

Annoyingly I can't seem to find a dealer for the G&L in the UK, and routing the body might be a bit of a faff... Currently looking at either Babicz or Schaller 3D-4 (though I'm not sure if the latter is lefty friendly due to the width of the rollers, not sure if anyone here who has one can confirm how hard it would be to swap those around?)

On 19/08/2022 at 16:16, luthifer said:

 

Underhill chap here!  Nice to get a look at the circuit, thanks for the work Kinkh. What jumps out at me is the deliberate phase reversal of the pick attack. It makes sense since the phase above cutoff is also reversed? The Q switching scheme is also not what I expected!

On a separate note this is really interesting! My Lusithand pre just arrived, but the design doesn't have a pick attack mode, just a boost in the resonance of the cutoff. I'm wondering how tricky it would be to implement, its made slightly trickier by the fact that the circuits are gooped and that my pickups are wired new way 1HBPS... Might message Nuno to see!

The rest of my build isn't looking like its going to be finished for another month or so so going to have to wait to hear how it all sounds. Will post some sound clips when its up and running though!

Loving the thread!

I am currently putting together a (lefty) Stingray/Wal - have got a body (mahogany w/walnut top) and neck being made up atm with custom MK1 pickup spacings, and I plan on putting Herrick multicoils and LusitHand electronics in there.

All the info here has been amazingly useful. Just wondering what peoples thoughts on bridge choice would be?