Autumn 2025 project starts here.

[Maude]

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. 

 

[NancyJohnson]

Painting is done.  Slight scar from the outline of bridge pickup, but it's fine.

[Richard R]

And there was me, thinking it was going to be a harpsichord 

 

Should be good!

 

[Geek99]

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

[NancyJohnson]

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.

 

[NancyJohnson]

[NancyJohnson]

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.

[neepheid]

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

[NancyJohnson]

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!

[NancyJohnson]

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.

 

 

[NancyJohnson]

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. 

[BTops]

Nice, where is the pickguard from?