Travis Posted November 10, 2019 Share Posted November 10, 2019 Well, technically it’s on the island in my kitchen. Best lighting in the house, close proximity to outlets for soldering irons and the beer fridge is nearby. Polished the frets, oiled the fretboard and yanked the pickups. Talking to Josh about what we want to do with this one. Stay tuned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ua D Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Triple Humbucker routes. Just kidding....or not..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbonesullivan Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 I'm sure Josh can come up with something killer. Looking more hum cancelling or more traditional? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanky Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 Do this https://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/22130-atquinn-gets-updated/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Travis Posted November 12, 2019 Author Share Posted November 12, 2019 7 hours ago, spanky said: https://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/22130-atquinn-gets-updated/ Proper link. I remember that mirage and it’s actually the inspiration for what I’ve been thinking. I asked Josh how close to a P90 he could get sticking with a single coil size. He said he could get some single coils done up with a p90 vibe. That’s where I’m leaning. this mirage was my very first Hamer, a ‘94 bought new in January ‘95 for me by my dad. I can’t bring myself to route it. After I pick up another mirage maple top to complete my trilogy (since I foolishly sold an insanely figured maple top years ago) I might look for another Mirage I to mod heavily... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Dave Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 Nice job with the P90s, and pardon my French but phuck photobucket with their blurry-arsed pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draelyc Posted November 12, 2019 Share Posted November 12, 2019 16 hours ago, Travis said: I remember that mirage and it’s actually the inspiration for what I’ve been thinking. I asked Josh how close to a P90 he could get sticking with a single coil size. He said he could get some single coils done up with a p90 vibe. That’s where I’m leaning. this mirage was my very first Hamer, a ‘94 bought new in January ‘95 for me by my dad. I can’t bring myself to route it. After I pick up another mirage maple top to complete my trilogy (since I foolishly sold an insanely figured maple top years ago) I might look for another Mirage I to mod heavily... My first Hamer ~ and still my #1 axe ~ is a Mirage I. I did end up having mine modded for a full sized humbucker in the bridge after a few years, and while I don't regret that decision and still love the guitar dearly, I do sometimes wonder "what if" I'd gone in the other direction and put three traditional single coils in there. And I do remember, probably ten years ago now, going down an internet rabbit hole and discovering this company that (allegedly) made single-coil sized P-90s, and I really wondered what my Mirage would have sounded like with those. Will be very curious to see ~ and hear ~ what y'all end up doing with this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted November 13, 2019 Author Share Posted November 13, 2019 Pickups chosen. Parts ordered. And now we wait for josh to work his magic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs_42 Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 On 11/11/2019 at 2:32 PM, spanky said: https://www.hamerfanclub.com/forums/topic/22130-atquinn-gets-updated/ Proper link. I owned that one at one point. It is living in Canada now I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadroller Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 @atquinn, where’s he been? I bought a T51 from him years ago. It’s moved on, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted November 23, 2019 Author Share Posted November 23, 2019 They have arrived! i know what I’m doing later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted November 24, 2019 Author Share Posted November 24, 2019 Installed! I asked Josh to get the single coils as close to P90's as you can get without using the larger housing and routing the guitar. Bridge is 10k and hot. Got the power of a humbucker with a bit more midrange. Neck is 8k and middle is 6.4k, positions 2 & 4 are noise cancelling. The stock blower switch is now a kill switch. We’ll see if I decide to wire it up as a blower again or not. Kinda cool to do some Randy Rhoads’ style toggling... Will need to mess with the pickup height some, but it sounds really good so far. Thanks, @JGravelin, another grand slam! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg G Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 Where have you been, atquinn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGravelin Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Thanks for the kind words Travis. I had a blast making these for you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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