Maude Posted August 24 Posted August 24 I liking the reverse P plan. I genuinely don't know why Fender (and nearly everyone else) have persevered so long with it the 'wrong' way round. Quote
NancyJohnson Posted Monday at 16:36 Author Posted Monday at 16:36 Painting is done. Slight scar from the outline of bridge pickup, but it's fine. 1 Quote
Richard R Posted Tuesday at 21:39 Posted Tuesday at 21:39 And there was me, thinking it was going to be a harpsichord Should be good! Quote
Geek99 Posted Tuesday at 22:08 Posted Tuesday at 22:08 (edited) 34 minutes ago, Richard R said: And there was me, thinking it was going to be a harpsichord Should be good! It is - the Schaller allows fine intonation adjustments of the gut strings he will use grolsch washers on the strap buttons as it the traditional way, around these parts Edited Tuesday at 22:14 by Geek99 Quote
NancyJohnson Posted Thursday at 21:28 Author Posted Thursday at 21:28 A less than usual glamour shot. Been a bit busy ripping out a downstairs loo and workshop full of said rooms new fittings, so I'm limited to doing small stuff on the ironing board at the moment. Pickguard should be here tomorrow. Machines are installed. Neck is (like the other), great quality. Profile is chunky. It will need oiling and ill probably sand off the finish on the back of the neck. Once the plate is here, I'll do final measurements afore routing out the pickup cavity. The guard isn't white. 3 Quote
NancyJohnson Posted 9 hours ago Author Posted 9 hours ago One bit of sage advice if anyone is considering a reverse-P pickup configuration, these Tonerider pickups have raised poles for the A & D strings, so they need to be aligned accordingly. This causes a bit of an issue with the length of the wires connecting the individual pickups. Quote
neepheid Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago (edited) 5 minutes ago, NancyJohnson said: One bit of sage advice if anyone is considering a reverse-P pickup configuration, these Tonerider pickups have raised poles for the A & D strings, so they need to be aligned accordingly. This causes a bit of an issue with the length of the wires connecting the individual pickups. Not all Toneriders have that, it's an option when you order them. Got one (a Duke) with raised A/D poles in reverse P config in my "Ratlet", it just requires a bit of careful navigating around the sprung foam blocks - nice of them to include those, innit? I was genuinely blown away at how "fancy" it all felt from a packaging point of view for such an inexpensive pickup. Sounds great too! Did you get the regular P or the Duke (overwound)? Edited 9 hours ago by neepheid Quote
NancyJohnson Posted 7 hours ago Author Posted 7 hours ago 2 hours ago, neepheid said: Not all Toneriders have that, it's an option when you order them. Got one (a Duke) with raised A/D poles in reverse P config in my "Ratlet", it just requires a bit of careful navigating around the sprung foam blocks - nice of them to include those, innit? I was genuinely blown away at how "fancy" it all felt from a packaging point of view for such an inexpensive pickup. Sounds great too! Did you get the regular P or the Duke (overwound)? Its a P1-4S. Very whumpy! Quote
NancyJohnson Posted 7 hours ago Author Posted 7 hours ago Ta daa! Up with the lark etc. Everything works as it should, however the neck (like my other one) needs a little shim to angle the headstock away just a bit. Annoyingly, the pickup rout is a bit of a mess because my router conked out (it's been in a box for about 18 months), so I simply reverted to the drill/chisel method. The reverse P (and the pickup location), offers quite a bit more whump/thump than in a regular position. 5 Quote
NancyJohnson Posted 1 hour ago Author Posted 1 hour ago Neck has been on and off a couple of times; it needed a piece of sandpaper to shim it. There was actually zero tension on the truss rod (sorted), so that was throwing things out. Quote
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