BoogieMKIIA

The add says sold. Good price for the buyer

While I lean to the Les Paul tone, the other Studio Custom tone possibilities are worth exploring. Mine has great resonance you can feel in the wood and strings. Maybe due to a thinner body and, of course, great wood selection. It would be fun trying different pickups, coil taps, etc. to see what gets translated to the amp.

The Les Paul’s bottom end is fuller, with or without an amp. Similar in other ways like hum buckets and overall sound. With overdrive/distortion and tweaking amp tone controls, you couldn’t tell a difference between the Studio Custom and the Les Paul in a listening test. The fit of the guitar on your body, location of controls are the most different.

Update from nearly one year ago. I am still working on playing more than my Tele on gigs. A bit tough since I've have a variety of sounds dialed in. Played the Les Paul the last set last weekend, always fun. Last night, played the Studio Custom the last set which is the first time out since RS Guitarworks worked on the frets/setup and adjusted the pickups. Wow, it really screamed! The lead tones on La Grange were inspiring. I had to turn down a couple of gains since the pickups are hotter than than the Tele - another challenge to swapping guitars but that can be managed with a little work. In addition to the crew at RS, props to @JGravelin for the pickups in the Hamer and Les Paul.

I thought the “LEDs” might be relays, now it makes sense. The 20V and 1K resistors means around 20mA per LED.

Just got back on, it’s really snappy

I assumed individual squares were the LED and just noticed they are dual color LEDs. Is that your assumption or info from Peavy? This means it’s likely there are several resistor values. Different color LEDs have different current specs to get a specific brightness. From the way it’s wired I would guess two different colors. What are the amp functions for each LED. I don’t understand the diagram so well. There is a wire (Bare Wire?) that is common to all 4 LEDs, seems it would be ground and not power. The fourth LED has both “control” pins going to the bank of three resistors associated with the White wire. Both LED elements in that device always on. Doesn’t seem right for what looks like the Channel LED. Could be that the voltage on the orange and white wires are switched in the amp. The middle leg of some 3 terminal LEDs is often ground. If you have a DC bench supply, you can use that with a known resistor to determine a good LED current. Look at the LED as you increase voltage until it looks bright enough. Measure the resistor voltage and you have the LED current. Then, use the voltage you measured to find your resistor value. If 20 mA typical is correct, you should be somewhere near it. Also note the LEDs could be rated lower, you could get from 2 to 20 mA. If your current is much higher or lower, you can plot the current curve using the DC bench supply. Or, look for the turn on voltage (with DC bench supply and known R). From one generic diagram, the operating point was about 0.7 V above turn on voltage. It would help to have the schematic to the rest of the circuit, maybe there is one on the web. But I think you will figure it out if not already done.

If you can find the voltage driving the LEDs (12V?), assume an operating current, say 20 mA. Then solve V/I=R, with a typical diode drop of 0.7V. (12 - 0.7)/0.020 = 565 ohms. Of course, more resistance means lower current and lower brightness. If you could find the LED spec you would have all but one variable. Different color LEDs have different specs, that why you can see different resistor values.

Have you figured out what to get? I tried my cheap Guitaria at Friday night’s gig. The plastic housing at the 1/4” plug came apart and it was dangling the last songs of the first set. Thankfully it kept working and I swapped to a real cable. Have re-glued it and will use it for the weekly jam and not on gigs. That Sure looks nice.

I have one of these, my second. It’s a plastic case that you have to watch out for a little. I glued this one back together and it’s still working. Sounds good and rarely has reception issues. Else, spend big bucks for a Sure or Sennheiser system. It’s on Amazon. Getaria Wireless Guitar Transmitter Receiver Set 5.8GH Wireless Guitar System 4 Channels for Electric Guitar Bass (Silver/Black) https://a.co/d/0ciqAjxo

Picked up the guitar today. Only have about 10 minutes of unplugged play time so far and it plays great. I was expecting the fretwork to be very good and it is. I was hoping somehow the sound coming out of the wood would be better and it is. The nut slots were adjusted for string height and the top of the nut was lowered so the strings aren’t buried in it like before. Needs some amp time as Bob also adjusted the pickups. Wild to think I’ve had it 8 years and didn’t know how good it could play.

i thought that’s what I did, apparently not. I did it from YouTube Music, think it should work the same. Thanks

@Saul Goodman thanks. We say we are a country band but play a variety of covers that include rock and, obviously, Southern rock. The originals also cover a range of styles. Exile hails from this area and were hard rock very early on. We used to say if you want to make it in Country music, keep playing rock for 25 years! @specialk how did you embed the YouTube video? Thanks for that.

Sorry, I get to it by searching “Who I Am Robert Eskridge”. I double checked this link, maybe it will work. https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=X0BGXRrA-m8&si=jHGK0xeUaL7W2bUy

Update on this older thread. I took the Studio Custom to RS Guitarworks today to see what they thought of the frets, nut and setup. Also had binding in the lower cutaway that was starting to detach. They thought the frets might have been leveled but not crowned at some point before i got it, but the guitar looked unused when i got it. They called a few hours after I left, to update what to do. Good to know they took a closer look before starting work. Final plan is a gentle level and crown, check the nut slots, do a setup and fix detaching binding (found it on the neck as well). RS told me it will play like it should when completed. Waiting is the hardest part.

Wanted to share our new release with the HFC crew. Any comments are OK with me - good, bad smart assed or none. If you can’t reach YouTube Music, the song is on all streaming platforms as “Who I Am” by Robert Eskridge and going out to small/medium radio (our stuff tracks on New Music Weekly). The song is all true, written by the band leader. Robert grew up in the Pikeville, KY area. Can trace ancestory back to Devil Anse Hatfield and to the McCoys. He wanted something mean and swampy. I clearly hear Skynyrd influence though we didn’t plan or think of it. Recorded, mixed and mastered at the other guitar player’s home studio in Lexington, KY. I don’t know much about recording but it’s so interesting how it turns out. There is a brief twin lead part that came from different tracks done at different times that just came together. I’m the lead fills on the left side. Went away from most of my live setup (Tele/Boogie) and used my Les Paul (Gravelin-equipped) -> Black Zen -> Black Tchula -> New Vintage 2xEL84 combo. Don’t recall the mic, preamps and software stuff. Got some “chew” a few places and the feel was part of the inspiration. Did some rhythm using the Tele, both Kevin and I are blended tightly to add girth. https://music.youtube.com/channel/UC54K0S5RAJQQjG8XZ5blJWw?si=ebe-AHoRUJz3-Sbk

Good sign that he used a Les Paul Deluxe on the cover

Hammond B3 with growl, a bazillion string bass. So funky yet laid back.

So much of electric guitar technology is old, most things have little changed. Just consider all of the replacement pickups available with so many saying they nail an old Fender pickup or PAF. If they were exact copies, they would have the variation of the originals. I don’t doubt many winders pay close attention to all details but what is cited may not be their secret sauce. Maple vs another wood/material as spacers on PAFs could make no difference. I recall story about John Lennon sanding all the finish off some electric guitar to improve the tone. Maybe so on a semi or full hollow body. Certainly the feel of the neck is changed and could change your perception. Seems more likely the life experience of an amp/cab with no tolex might do something to the mechanical integrity of the cabinet that results in a difference of sound. Or variation of wood, glue, build. A controlled experiment might shed light if there is a difference and what makes the difference. It is certainly more entertaining to try ideas to improve tone and see what happens. And easier to create marketing stories based on inference.

I found a few sites with history, but didn’t look at design details other than a mention of a dual op-amp in some version. There are links to archived threads on this board with history, see previous posts. Designed in the US, produced in Japan, then US with forks of the design built many places. Interesting how Maxon was involved with many influential pedals. Maybe it was the time in history where few were pursuing this market. Or maybe they were guitar fanatics on a tone quest.

Thanks for the history. I did some other searches to see what the variations have been. IF there was some IP concern it would be Butler. I'll search some more. The rhythm track I laid down sounded great. I may try a different setup for the slide just to see. Recording is so different from live. Luckily, our live versions still sound like the same song.

My PayPal shows your name instead of HFC@………. Does that work for me?

Yes!

Gave it a go tonight to record a rhythm part and little slide. Has a crunchy undertone but not fuzz. Used a Player Tele to this pedal and then a Pro Reverb. There is a noise gate control on the front. Behaved like it changes the threshold of the floor. The other guy tweaked it and I did not. The Gain and Master worked well and it was nice having the Mid control. My friend said there were 500 of this version made, then they took out the noise gate when Chandler said it was their design. I don’t know, maybe someone here knows if this really happened. Cool older real tube pedal.

Anyone know about this pedal? Our other guitar player has this and I'm getting ready to record with it.