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[topekatj]

 

   @santellavision  Hey Arnie: I seem to recall that you had one of these on order, if so, did you receive it? Thoughts? Thanks 

I’ve been thinking about these since your earlier post, if I was to order one of these, I think I’d go with something close to the black one in the picture,  keeping the LH peg,head, trem and pickup orientation but also keep a conventional RH pickguard. color TBD.

 

[topekatj]

Adding: I guess the configuration I mentioned above would resemble a Fender SRV Strat, plus A LH peghead and LH pickup orientation, YEAH!

Edited Wednesday at 04:44 PM by topekatj

[velorush]

I've often wondered about the effects of the treble-forward Hendrix orientation of the bridge pickup (whether it made much difference). Somewhere in my ridiculous stack of Strat pickguards I have one with that orientation for the bridge pickup. I should slap a Strat together and see if it makes a difference.

Hmmm.

I have a Gilmour set (the Fender/Duncan set, not the EMG set) in a drawer... love that SSL-5. Might have to try this out.

[topekatj]

20 minutes ago, velorush said:

I've often wondered about the effects of the treble-forward Hendrix orientation of the bridge pickup (whether it made much difference). Somewhere in my ridiculous stack of Strat pickguards I have one with that orientation for the bridge pickup. I should slap a Strat together and see if it makes a difference.

Hmmm.

I have a Gilmour set (the Fender/Duncan set, not the EMG set) in a drawer... love that SSL-5. Might have to try this out.

Ain’t You gon hafta rout the body for the LH PICKUP orientation ? Maybe not if you have a swimming pool route on the body.

Edited Wednesday at 04:51 PM by topekatj

[kizanski]

35 minutes ago, velorush said:

I've often wondered about the effects of the treble-forward Hendrix orientation of the bridge pickup (whether it made much difference).

It probably does, along with the reverse headstock, which results in shorter plain strings and longer wound strings.
The latter definitely effects feel, which will effect sound, IMO (especially if you agree with the "tone is in the fingers" saying).

[velorush]

1 hour ago, topekatj said:

Ain’t You gon hafta rout the body for the LH PICKUP orientation ? Maybe not if you have a swimming pool route on the body.

Not a swimming pool, but I've got a Player II hollow 'hog body presently serving as the Stretchocaster II that I've routed H-H-H for the TV Jones Classics. I was going to shoot it with Lake Placid Blue, but I've run into too many projects so that's on hold until this fall (also waiting for humidity to drop as we're now in that part of the year where it's staying well above 50%).

Probably enough room for the reverse single - and if not, I can always route out enough additional space.

[topekatj]

12 minutes ago, velorush said:

Not a swimming pool, but I've got a Player II hollow 'hog body presently serving as the Stretchocaster II that I've routed H-H-H for the TV Jones Classics. I was going to shoot it with Lake Placid Blue, but I've run into too many projects so that's on hold until this fall (also waiting for humidity to drop as we're now in that part of the year where it's staying well above 50%).

Probably enough room for the reverse single - and if not, I can always route out enough additional space.

Yes to all that

[santellavision]

19 hours ago, topekatj said:

   @santellavision  Hey Ernie: I seem to recall that you had one of these on order, if so, did you receive it? Thoughts? Thanks 

I’ve been thinking about these since your earlier post, if I was to order one of these, I think I’d go with something close to the black one in the picture,  keeping the LH peg,head, trem and pickup orientation but also keep a conventional RH pickguard. color TBD.

I just got it. I really dig it for a lot of reasons. It looks so bad-ass. Sounds killer. Roy loaded mine with their hotter/fatter 'Fat Daddy' pickups which make it a bit more of a rocker than a standard Strat. I also had him put in a 'Blender' pot, so I can mix in the Bridge pickup to any switching combo for all or neck/bridge tones. Nice. The reverse headstock is weird, but you get used to where the correct tuner is. It does feel a bit different in that the bass strings have a longer headstock length. I'm not a big Strat trem guy, so that's fine being backward. RS is so easy to work with, you can have the trem normal or reverse. (Not everyone realizes, SRV had a reverse Trem on his #1) Why I love RS, they just feel so good. The necks are amazing. Nice rolled fingerboard edges and a silky nitro finish. To me, if it doesn't 'feel' good, forgetaboutit. I won't play it.

All in all, I love it. RS and the team makes such nice axes. That's why I keep coming back for more!

[BoogieMKIIA]

@topekatj, RS is not far from me. I volunteer to check it out during construction if you order one. Might even pick it up for you 😁

[velorush]

3 hours ago, santellavision said:

I also had him put in a 'Blender' pot, so I can mix in the Bridge pickup to any switching combo for all or neck/bridge tones. 

This has become my favorite Strat layout: Master Volume, Master Tone (wired 50's), Blender (technically half-blender to work the neck into the bridge or all three). Incredibly versatile but without complicating the normal intuitive Strat layout. 

Love everything about that one, especially the color.

[RobB]

What’s it like using that backwards trem? That would bug the shot outta me. 

[topekatj]

31 minutes ago, RobB said:

What’s it like using that backwards trem? That would bug the shot outta me. 

Thinking further about a similar build, I believe the novelty of the lefty trem would wear out quickly, FOR ME,  but as @kizanski mentioned, the feel of the low E string is appreciably looser with the lefty headstock. So, I may try to conjure up something just like @santellavision did (congrats on a Beautiful guitar by the way), *except*, keeping the RH TREM. A traditional right handed pick guard, OH, and a LARGE JIMI approved headstock, also.

Can Anyone comment on who is producing the best made to order pickguards these days?

Edited Thursday at 04:21 PM by topekatj

[Dave Scepter]

1 hour ago, topekatj said:

Can Anyone comment on who is producing the best made to order pickguards these days?

I haven't bought from very many different pickard companies, Cause I am pretty much a loyal customer, but Dave Chandler from "Pickguard Planet" and "Chandler Guitars" has been doing this since forever... great guy with an awesome product... 

Pickguards - Pickguard Planet https://share.google/f57RiretVERZFd63L

[RobB]

Must be Paul’s son. BITD, Paul was a dead ringer for Paul Hamer, same glasses and everything. 

[velorush]

Had great results with Terrapin Guitars (three orders).

Their web interface is fantastic. Pick the style guard you want, then enter the pickup configuration. Price totals as you go. Service has been quick and the price was (obviously) agreeable. They even made a change after ordering (before production) when I decided I wanted to go with English Mount on the Filtertrons.