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Post by heem6 on Apr 30, 2009 22:49:31 GMT -5
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Post by nickwellings on May 15, 2009 9:25:31 GMT -5
Cool stuff, Jim. So the neck is looking good, but what about the body. Is that the "crispycaster" you sent to Halo?
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Post by heem6 on May 15, 2009 13:21:21 GMT -5
It surely is the CrispyCaster. Halo's gone for a week, so nothing's happening there. I got involved with my other project, the Peavey Vandenberg clone, and pretty much need to see that thru first. Then I can get back to the HM.
One good thing, though. I had a friend of mine (John at http://www.GuitarAttack.com) rewind the pickups for this Fender HM. I asked him to wind them as hot as the Fender SSL-5's (known as the Gilmour pickups) and to use 43 gauge Formvar wire. He was really jazzed when he finished them and said he's going to wire a set for himself now.
By the way, if anyone needs pickups repaired, John is the guy. He's got a full-time job in the Armed Forces, he just does this for fun and because it's his passion. He makes some great pickups as well. I got a recreation of a Fender 50's single coil from him that is as sweet as Megan Fox in a vat of honey! LOL
His Teal HM is pictured on the Gallery page as well.
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Post by nickwellings on May 17, 2009 18:49:22 GMT -5
What does the DC check/output meter on your re-winds, Jim? 43 is a little thicker than normal isn't it...?
What sort of finish is the Crispy going to have?
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Post by heem6 on May 17, 2009 22:16:32 GMT -5
43 is supposed to be a little lighter than the wire they were made with. Seymour used it to keep the pickup clean under high gain and high output. My voltmeter is on the fritz, but I told him I wanted them to be in the 9 to 10 range. Halo's gonna do a white finish for me on the CrispyCaster.
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Post by nickwellings on May 18, 2009 17:28:49 GMT -5
Whoop, dunnow hy I said it was thicker. I know my AWG's and things pretty well....and know that lower number = thicker....
White sounds like it would look really great. Nitro or something else?
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Post by heem6 on May 18, 2009 22:00:27 GMT -5
Well, I guess it's up to Halo, he's the one who's painting it. I was hoping to get a decal of my dog made and put it under the gloss coat as well. The third HM he's painting for me will be gloss black with a maple fretboard. I'd prefer polyurethane though, I hear it has a lot of advantages over Nitro.
I really have to pick a guitar and focus on one at a time. I think I want to get my black crackle up and running again first, because it's just a wiring job away from being completed. Then The Horror (or CrispyCaster, as Halo likes to call it - lol) then the Vandenberg, then the other HM he traded me. Whew! I'm bushed just thinking about it!
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Post by halo71 on May 19, 2009 5:28:57 GMT -5
Yeah it's just poly. Maybe not as hard as Nitro but easier to work with. Plus it's already available to me in my friends paint shop.
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Post by nickwellings on May 19, 2009 12:19:56 GMT -5
What's up with the crackle HM, Jim? The wiring you say?
Poly's a good choice if you can spray it safe.
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Post by heem6 on May 19, 2009 12:34:11 GMT -5
What's up with the crackle is that I'm an idiot! haha.
I wired it from scratch using the DiMarzio wiring color codes and THEN remembered I have a Duncan Custom Custom in the bridge!
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Post by chris on May 20, 2009 10:54:06 GMT -5
Ugh, the nitro vs. poly thing is so freaking overblown it's not funny.
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Post by heem6 on Sept 6, 2009 13:57:14 GMT -5
Went over to a friend's house yesterday and then to the park where he took about 100 shots of my dog for this guitar. Here's one that turned out pretty well. It's a contender. When I pick one I'll take it into work where they'll print it on the waterslide decal paper I have and then it will get applied to this guitar, then a final spray of clear coat to seal it in permanently.
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Post by spacerocker on Sept 8, 2009 12:36:41 GMT -5
Nice sharp pic -- pity about the rock in the background, tho'
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Post by rickblacker on Sept 8, 2009 17:28:44 GMT -5
Oh shit.. that must have been a lot of sanding
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Post by rickblacker on Sept 8, 2009 17:30:29 GMT -5
I wired it from scratch using the DiMarzio wiring color codes and THEN remembered I have a Duncan Custom Custom in the bridge!Ha... bet you wont do that again. |
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