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Post by nickwellings on Mar 20, 2010 12:53:25 GMT -5
Really, the whole internet should know about this f-in build. Amazing!
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Post by heem6 on Mar 20, 2010 13:46:55 GMT -5
That's right El Beast - he's a Trail Blazer!
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Post by Bodaggit23 on Mar 21, 2010 9:09:47 GMT -5
Lol Much appreciated guys.
Here's a video I made last night.
I screwed up a bit, but oh well.
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Post by heem6 on Mar 21, 2010 10:23:09 GMT -5
Very nice, man. I think you nailed those solos exactly!
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Post by Bodaggit23 on Mar 21, 2010 12:07:06 GMT -5
I do know those solos, note for note, but I flubbed a bit as usual when the camera is running.
The guitar is very touchy, depending on the song and how it's played.
When I bump a string by accident, it puts out a high pitched "harmonic" that is not pleasing to the ears...
I might try adding a block of wood under the pickups, to help transfer the reverberations into the body, instead of reflecting them.
(I got that from Alumasonic!) =D
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Post by heem6 on Mar 21, 2010 12:42:41 GMT -5
Hmm. I didn't hear that in the video. I've used a block of Mahogany bolted to the underside of a pickup before (then to the body) to thicken up the sound, and while it's not the same thing, I see what you're trying to accomplish.
I guess this is the R&D phase. ;D
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Post by spacerocker on Mar 21, 2010 14:08:52 GMT -5
Hmm - I wonder if adding wood behind the pick-ups would make any difference? The string vibration is transferred to the body via the bridge and neck, I would have thought that the pick-ups would be relatively inert, being there to pick up the changing flux caused by the string vibrating in the field of the pick-up magnets....
I guess a guitar of this kind is bound to have it's own unique characteristics. good and bad!
Amazing project, though! Much respect!
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Post by Bodaggit23 on Mar 21, 2010 18:18:45 GMT -5
Hmm. I didn't hear that in the video. ;D True. But I also recorded "Always On The Run" by Lenny Kravitz, and it was painfully noticeable.  I would have thought that the pick-ups would be relatively inert, being there to pick up the changing flux caused by the string vibrating in the field of the pick-up magnets.... Here's where I got the idea for the Mahogany Plug. "When the guitar is on overdrive, this plug shields the back of the pickup from the deep resonant feedback normally produced by a hollow body". |
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Post by Bodaggit23 on Mar 21, 2010 18:56:21 GMT -5
Here's an excerpt of the Kravitz video.
Starting about 26 seconds, you can hear the squeal.
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Post by nickwellings on Mar 21, 2010 19:03:37 GMT -5
I hear what you mean too now. Some at 00:39 ish too? How bizarre!
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Post by Bodaggit23 on Mar 21, 2010 19:06:23 GMT -5
Yeah, it's in the same spot in the song basically. Hurts the ears.  |
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Post by nyeguitarist on Apr 14, 2010 20:50:53 GMT -5
This is sweet, so much more high tech than my metal guitar. haha, maybe i'll do one like this after I take my 3d solid modelling class.
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Post by Bodaggit23 on Apr 14, 2010 23:31:32 GMT -5
Go for it!
CAD is the shizzle. ;D
Right now I'm tweaking the bottom pieces to reduce some more weight.
I'm going to machine them this weekend hopefully.
I'm hoping to get down to 8 pounds body weight.
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Post by lbeast on Apr 15, 2010 19:41:49 GMT -5
Yeah, it's in the same spot in the song basically. Hurts the ears.  |
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Post by Bodaggit23 on Apr 15, 2010 22:48:55 GMT -5
Actually, I've narrowed it down to a crummy preset on my amp.
I can play the same song on different settings and it doesn't do that.
ALSO, that video of the Alumisonic 1100 Custom got the attention of the owner of the company, via Youtube...
I thought I was in trouble at first for posting his video, but turns out he liked my guitar and offer me help to rectify the feedback issue. How cool is that!! 
This is partly the reason I want to trim it a bit more, because he stated a thinner body would produce lower frequency feedback, than the high pitched feedback I was getting.
That, and the dam thing is just too heavy. 
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