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 August 25 Author Posted August 25 Painting is done. Slight scar from the outline of bridge pickup, but it's fine. 1 Quote
Richard R Posted August 26 Posted August 26 And there was me, thinking it was going to be a harpsichord Should be good! Quote
Geek99 Posted August 26 Posted August 26 (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 August 26 by Geek99 Quote
NancyJohnson Posted August 28 Author Posted August 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 Saturday at 08:44 Author Posted Saturday at 08:44 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 Saturday at 08:50 Posted Saturday at 08:50 (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 Saturday at 08:50 by neepheid Quote
NancyJohnson Posted Saturday at 10:54 Author Posted Saturday at 10:54 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 Saturday at 11:02 Author Posted Saturday at 11:02 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. 7 Quote
NancyJohnson Posted Saturday at 16:49 Author Posted Saturday at 16:49 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
NancyJohnson Posted Saturday at 18:52 Author Posted Saturday at 18:52 1 hour ago, BTops said: Nice, where is the pickguard from? Gig ink. They did a Hamer guard fir me a few months back. Really high quality work. 1 Quote
NancyJohnson Posted Monday at 07:18 Author Posted Monday at 07:18 Spent a bit of time fettling everything yesterday. I'm a bit annoyed with myself that I forgot to check the truss rod (the neck was straight when I got it, just assumed it was tensioned). Neck needed a tiny shim - literally a 1cm x 5cm sliver of sandpaper required at the back of the pocket was enough. Nut slots needed a bit of filing. Action at the octave is down to just under 2mm on the E and 1.5mm on the G, which is decent. 1 Quote
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