Steve Haynie Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 I see the hair ties on basses around the nut often enough.
RobB Posted April 27, 2020 Author Posted April 27, 2020 Bored. Added a 3-ply pickguard. Whoopdee-efffin'-DOO..! P.S.---TRAVIS! Buy that Budda cabinet, damn your eyes!!
scottcald Posted April 27, 2020 Posted April 27, 2020 29 minutes ago, RobB said: Bored. Added a 3-ply pickguard. Whoopdee-efffin'-DOO..! P.S.---TRAVIS! Buy that Budda cabinet, damn your eyes!! I’m sure the acoustic voice has changed with a 3 ply guard.
RobB Posted April 27, 2020 Author Posted April 27, 2020 How'd you know? The upper-mids are much more vibrant.
RobB Posted April 30, 2020 Author Posted April 30, 2020 Got new Gravelin slug-coils today. Here's a preview of my weekend project:
Travis Posted April 30, 2020 Posted April 30, 2020 2 hours ago, RobB said: Got new Gravelin slug-coils today. Here's a preview of my weekend project: Ooohhh... that’s gonna slay. Can’t wait for the full review.
scottcald Posted April 30, 2020 Posted April 30, 2020 Nice. love the just a volume and a switch. Nice and simple.
RobB Posted May 1, 2020 Author Posted May 1, 2020 1 hour ago, Travis said: Ooohhh... that’s gonna slay. Can’t wait for the full review. Yeah, the MM-clone certainly suits my late-70's aesthetic. I checked my parts boxes and I had to do an order for pots, switches, nuts/washers and wire. So, it'll be a while... Weird, the So-Cal uses Fender/CTS solid-shaft pot, Gotoh toggle and a Switchcraft jack. Quite a mish-mash.
gorch Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 Lots of tinkering on that guitar. Although it’s looking great stock, eventually want to have it Stike’d?
RobB Posted May 1, 2020 Author Posted May 1, 2020 2 hours ago, gorch said: Lots of tinkering on that guitar. Although it’s looking great stock, eventually want to have it Stike’d? Not this one. I like it the way it looks.
chromium Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 That's looking nice, RB! I'm kinda digging the white guard on mine too - something different. Really like the pickup and control layout on these (probably the biggest reason all my traditional strats have come and gone). I'm liking my SOCAL so much that I had a weak moment and snagged another Model 1 body for the Musicraft neck that has been sitting here. its original body, similar to your GJ Legacy, is now approaching ten months(!) at the paint shop. Might do a quick refin, and I'm planning to build this body up to resemble the Gary Moore Charvels... but with an old Schecter Superrock that I have here in lieu of the EMG. If the other body eventually makes it way back, I'll probably find a rosewood board neck for this one... Anyway, here's to having some fun with our respective pandemic projects!
RobB Posted May 1, 2020 Author Posted May 1, 2020 16 minutes ago, chromium said: That's looking nice, RB! I'm kinda digging the white guard on mine too - something different. Really like the pickup and control layout on these (probably the biggest reason all my traditional strats have come and gone). I'm liking my SOCAL so much that I had a weak moment and snagged another Model 1 body for the Musicraft neck that has been sitting here. its original body, similar to your GJ Legacy, is now approaching ten months(!) at the paint shop. Might do a quick refin, and I'm planning to build this body up to resemble the Gary Moore Charvels... but with an old Schecter Superrock that I have here in lieu of the EMG. If the other body eventually makes it way back, I'll probably find a rosewood board neck for this one... 10 months?! I'd contact the guy and have him pay you for the body and call it soup. What, did he put his spray gun on a ventilator?
chromium Posted May 1, 2020 Posted May 1, 2020 1 minute ago, RobB said: 10 months?! I'd contact the guy and have him pay you for the body and call it soup. What, did he put his spray gun on a ventilator? Yep - I can more than deal with a hefty wait... but the complete lack of response is a guarantee that I'll never deal with this outfit again. Had I known what 2020 had in store for us all, I would have never outsourced the refin to begin with. As for getting another body, well that would have happened regardless. Had every intention to build a guitar around that pickup!
stonge Posted May 3, 2020 Posted May 3, 2020 well, they're still kinda teles... purple is USA, 7 is MIM. both pretty nice though.
RobB Posted May 5, 2020 Author Posted May 5, 2020 On 5/3/2020 at 11:28 AM, stonge said: well, they're still kinda teles... purple is USA, 7 is MIM. both pretty nice though. Both really cool. How is the 7 tuned?
LucSulla Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 I used to have one of those Purple USA's just like that. Sold it back in 2015 I think.
stonge Posted May 5, 2020 Posted May 5, 2020 6 hours ago, RobB said: Both really cool. How is the 7 tuned? standard low B to E - I had to go to a .010-.059 set as the .009-whatever was way too muddy and meh on the low B. The neck is really thin and wide, and the string change didn't even require an trussrod adjustment due to the reinforcing rods in the neck. Plays and sounds great, but I'm still not really sure to do with that B lol. I think I picked up the purple USA back in 2013 or so as an NOS leftover.
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