PaulThePlug Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo85 Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Yes, we all know how they look like. But we still need more pictures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Did Fender bought a new brand ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paolo85 Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 Ha! I am the least visual person in the world! I did not notice it was not Fender! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franticsmurf Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 3 minutes ago, Paolo85 said: Ha! I am the least visual person in the world! I did not notice it was not Fender! Me too. Had to turn my head to one side to read it. 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) It was hard for me too, i could not believe that at first ! Edited June 22, 2023 by nilorius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) I'd been 'Following Form' on Facebook Market Place... Time Rich but Money Poor i set of on a 60 mile nearly 4 hour round trip to Borehamwood... Could of done it in half-ish the time, at double the distance, M25, M1... But that would of cost over 4x as much plus the bridge toll in the car, so it was the 'lil 125 scoot 15 miles in to Central London, then 15 miles out the other side... and back. Returned with a neglected Squier P, Affinity Indonesia '04, In Black, with a few dents, dinks and donks, 2 strings, and a manky rosewood fretboard... All apart... Fretboard de-gunk with Isoprop and 0000 wire wool, then a lemon oiling... Frets got a 0000 wire wool-ing, followed by Dremel and Auto-sol polish... Back of the neck got a sanding with 3 grades of Halfords Sanding Sponge to remove the lacquer, headstock sanded... Neck bees-waxed, Cheeky Decal and a couple of coats of lacquer... Tuners and Bridge dismantled cleaned and back together. Edited June 22, 2023 by PaulThePlug 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 Stripped the Pickup and electrics out... New loom time with a Kent Armstrong Hot Vintage Alnico Pickup to go in, Alpha pot for Vol an Artec QTP Passive Tone Switch and a Pure Tone Multi-Contact jack socket and some old school cloth covered wire... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 22, 2023 Author Share Posted June 22, 2023 (edited) Couple of issues to sort... The Kent Armstrong pickups (i got a deal on when doing the Ibby Passive P, which got Maida Vale Low Rider Alnico IV...) are Alnico, hence no magnet on the bottom and the sponge blocks i've got are two thin to hold the bobbin in the cover... Need thicker foam. Edited June 26, 2023 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted June 22, 2023 Share Posted June 22, 2023 45 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: I'd been 'Following Form' on Facebook Market Place... Time Rich but Money Poor i set of on a 60 mile nearly 4 hour round trip to Borehamwood... Could of done it in half-ish the time, at double the distance, M25, M1... But that would of cost over 4x as much plus the bridge toll in the car, so it was the 'lil 125 scoot 15 miles in to Central London, then 15 miles out the other side... and back. Returned with a neglected Squier P, Affinity Indonesia '04, In Black, with a few dents, dinks and donks, 2 strings, and a manky rosewood fretboard... All apart... Fretboard de-gunk with Isoprop and 0000 wire wool, then a lemon oiling... Frets got a 0000 wire wool-ing, followed by Dremel and Auto-sol polish... Back of the neck got a sanding with 3 grades of Halfords Sanding Sponge to remove the lacquer, headstock sanded... Neck bees-waxed, Cheeky Decal and a couple of coats of lacquer... Tuners and Bridge dismantled cleaned and back together. Hey !!!! You know the rules !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) Pickups In... Kent Armstrong Hot Vintage Alnico V Wired Up... Alpha A250k, Artec QTP, Pure Tone Multi-Contact Jack Edited June 23, 2023 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 (edited) Rummage thru the odds 'n sods uncovered a few sets of pre-used strings... was looking for Rounds for this... every set except one were cut 2+2 ala Ibby SR... So strung up with the only set of 4 In-Line strings i could find, which happen to be Rounds... and this happens!.. Core on the E had snapped at the peg, so Tuning-Up just stretched the wrap... AR$E! Now gotta sort a set of rounds... £$€ ☹ EDIT: Cut of the broken bit... and with a short bit down the hole, got a turn and a half-is around the peg.. SAVED! Edited June 23, 2023 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaulThePlug Posted June 26, 2023 Author Share Posted June 26, 2023 Mmmm... the strings felt overly thick... dunno what make they were, or what gauge. But found an unopened set of Olympia 45-100 Nickel Rounds... Sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted August 11, 2023 Author Share Posted August 11, 2023 (edited) Update: The Artec QTP... BIG Jump in tone from '0 - Bypass' to '1 - Extra High Cut' as described by... Like going from open to half-way on a pot... I checked i was using the Bass connection, not the other one. I'm wondering if Bypass, like wiring Vol straight to jack, is the same as a Tone Pot (250k) on Zero? - Is the 250k effectively across the pickup.. what about the effect of the Cap still being in line? Maybe the QTP just doesn't suit the Kent Armstong's character... So swapped the tone switch out for an Alpha B250k and 47u... standard. Other than that, i'm very much enjoying it. 😁 The Pure Tone Double Contact Jack Socket... real nice mechanical engineering feel to pluggin' in... If ya moddin' fit one while ya in there. Edited August 11, 2023 by PaulThePlug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted December 5, 2023 Author Share Posted December 5, 2023 Update: Squier P has been moaning that the Ibby's have been getting nice pickups and the like, and copt the hump... Little did it know that a BWB Scratchplate was winging its way from the Far East curtesy of Ali Express for £Fiver... Call it an early Christmas Pressie... and rather fine it looks too, way better than the single ply white 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Now gained a High Mass Bridge thanks to @Raslee... and lost the Tone Pot for a blanking bung... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nilorius Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, PaulThePlug said: Now gained a High Mass Bridge thanks to @Raslee... and lost the Tone Pot for a blanking bung... Sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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