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Yeah, I am not whipped up about the big farging "logo" but I really like the idea of being to adjust individual string height in a TOM bridge. No filing saddles to a 18 inch radius for me...
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Märkeaux said:
+1.. looks good with the chocolate flavour.
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OzziePete said:
Thanks guys - I was not sure about the gold (and the gold haters almost changed my mind) but it really does look better in gold than nickel
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bagman67 said:
Good question - I don't have one to try. There doesn't seem to be anything special about it unless the inserts have special threads.
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Wanted to provide an update - I bought these pots from GFS but they were (just barely) too short.
So I ordered some of these but they literally only come with one 32 thread nut, one dress washer and an "inside" washer. There is no second nut to "shorten" the length of the shaft. So I had to de-solder some old pots out of another project. <rant> I think that $5.95 minimum to ship small parts like lugs and caps is excessive. Also, the Guitar Parts Resource (GPR) website is terrible to navigate. The flyout menus are so bad that going back means starting all over and clicking on a picture opens up a new window or tab. Based on my surfing experience, I wouldn't even use GPR if I could find another source for soldering lugs grounding washers.</rant>
Sorry. I feel better now.
After rummaging around inside the guitar cavity trying not to overheat anything or burn myself, I remembered how much I dislike soldering inside of a rear routed guitar so I traced the hole pattern of the LP and my VIP and headed off to the drill press. A couple of metal drill bits and some scrap metal later I have a small stainless steel soldering "template" that I can do the bulk of my soldering on. Completely unnecessary but it works pretty well. I just solder up everything except the ground, jack and pickups and drop it in.
Some pics follow. Sorry about the quality but the battery quit after three shots so I couldn't take any do-overs. Not the it would make any difference as I am the worst photographer in the world....
So I ordered some of these but they literally only come with one 32 thread nut, one dress washer and an "inside" washer. There is no second nut to "shorten" the length of the shaft. So I had to de-solder some old pots out of another project. <rant> I think that $5.95 minimum to ship small parts like lugs and caps is excessive. Also, the Guitar Parts Resource (GPR) website is terrible to navigate. The flyout menus are so bad that going back means starting all over and clicking on a picture opens up a new window or tab. Based on my surfing experience, I wouldn't even use GPR if I could find another source for soldering lugs grounding washers.</rant>
Sorry. I feel better now.
After rummaging around inside the guitar cavity trying not to overheat anything or burn myself, I remembered how much I dislike soldering inside of a rear routed guitar so I traced the hole pattern of the LP and my VIP and headed off to the drill press. A couple of metal drill bits and some scrap metal later I have a small stainless steel soldering "template" that I can do the bulk of my soldering on. Completely unnecessary but it works pretty well. I just solder up everything except the ground, jack and pickups and drop it in.
Some pics follow. Sorry about the quality but the battery quit after three shots so I couldn't take any do-overs. Not the it would make any difference as I am the worst photographer in the world....
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very nice body. I already have a wenge/padouk body by warmoth (padouk top) and a wenge/padouk body by crimson guitars (wenge top), and these woods look awesome, as always.
The gold looks very slick and classy! I'd definitly go Gold.
about the pots: thats why I always go to my standard supplier
I never use anything else but CTS longshafts. that gives me enough leverage to do some freaky stuff if neccasary 
on my newest builds I'll be getting 1 megaohm pots for the volume though, and recessed knobs (and a relocation of the knobs and pots, more close to the bridge and more space between them, so I can do volumeswells on even the bridge pickup).
The gold looks very slick and classy! I'd definitly go Gold.
about the pots: thats why I always go to my standard supplier
I never use anything else but CTS longshafts. that gives me enough leverage to do some freaky stuff if neccasary on my newest builds I'll be getting 1 megaohm pots for the volume though, and recessed knobs (and a relocation of the knobs and pots, more close to the bridge and more space between them, so I can do volumeswells on even the bridge pickup).
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Thanks Orph - this is my first time using CTS pots and I am impressed by the quality. I also ordered a sack of those nuts so I won't ever run into that issue again!
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CrackedPepper said:
I often do the same thing, and use some of those multi-drawer cabinets to stash all the little pieces and parts in.
Keeps you from having to pay exorbitant shipping rates on small parts that you'd think they could just drop in the mail for fifty cents or so. Often, a box of 50 or 100 screws/nuts/bolts costs very close to what a little bag of 10 will, because the small quantities require suppliers to add labor and leave a partial (and possibly unsaleable) box on the shelf while the standard package quantities don't.
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Here is the finished product sans strap buttons:
More pics to come soon
More pics to come soon
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Thanks! I am moving pictures to this thread
