Recent content by Hodgo

Oooooh that sounds better than the actual AmPro heel which is still square.

The build itself is straightforward, biggest difference being that more bass pickups tend to be direct mounted while guitars tend to lean ring/pickguard mounted. For a SSB do think about string selection. IMHO you want to get a bigger gauge AND a short scale specific string. For my purposes the...

Sheeeeesh that’s nice. Cant wait to see the finished product.

Yep. Like learning to swim by attempting a double gainer off the high dive.

Like I mentioned - you need to start with neck pocket and scale measurements. If that is a 24.75” scale guitar you are almost certainly not going to get a Warmoth product to fit without either relocating the bridge or modifying the neck pocket.

For reference - with domed thumbwheels, polished saddles and a well cut nylon nut, I can do full on dives with a maestro equipped SG, often thought of as one of the worst vibrato units ever.

Welcome to the fascinating and frustrating world of psychoacoustics For what it’s worth I find that bright guitars sit much better in a stage mix.

If I had this guitar in my hands what I would do: 1. Check every moving component for functionality - tuners, intonation screws, pots, jack, truss rod. Replace what’s needed. If the bridge is cheapo, plenty of great import bridge replacement options like Faber. 2. Check the starting setup -...

Oh it’s definitely fun, just not as simple as say, a Tele. You’re in $200 either way, and unless you are certain the neck pocket is located such that a Fender neck is a direct swap you could be in trouble - that tuneomatic gives you very little wiggle room for intonation problems, and you might...

You’ll need to confirm the neck pocket dimensions and scale before you can consider a Warmoth neck a 1:1 swap (unless someone here already knows better). I’d leave it. If the neck isn’t twisted and the truss rod functions, it just needs a little love to be a proper player. And if you can’t...

Yarp, that’s what I’ve been saying. Note the AI put microphonic in quotes?

I know the trick well. So - how exactly does this work from voice to voltage? And why can a dynamic/condensor/ribbon microphone detect a nylon guitar string but a pickup can’t if they can both detect yelling? Wiggle definitely implies a more macro motion than what is actually occurring but it...

Easy enough to test - string a solid body electric guitar with nylons and tell me what you hear from your amp. The pickups wont “hear” anything because they simply are not microphones. We use the term microphonic to describe pickups but it’s not accurate, everything comes back to whether or not...

Back before I learned to solder I purchased from Jonesy Blues pickups and harnesses and the customer service was top notch

I honestly thought this was going to be an A/B of you playing Chubby Checker or the Beatles on two different necks. Just a lil disappointed.