Black Korina Solidbody Build
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DangerousR6
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WOW, that looks awesome. Sometimes there's nothing better than black korina... 
TroubledTreble
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I'm loving it! That wood really speaks to me. I like the organic low key finish. I think this is perfect for black korina. Keep up the great work :icon_thumright:
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OH LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Pwetty pwetty.
Jack Michaelson
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I can't wait until this things finished!
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Carvins have 22 poles.
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Carin makes singles with 11 poles or blades, but humbuckers are 22 screw polepieces only.
So last night I took the knobs and switches and placed them on the guitar to figure out where I wanted to drill the holes. I measured, made a template, and got out the drill. Fortunately, then, I had the bright idea to screw in the tremolo arm before drilling...and discovered a big problem.
The arm didn't clear the controls.
Never noticed that on my other Warmoth, 'cause it has a Wilkinson trem which sits higher. And now I know why Strats have that funky control layout and low knobs. Leo Fender...smart guy. But here I am, with nice chrome tele style knobs that don't fit.
To make a long story short I bent the arm in a vise to give it a bit more clearance and rearranged the controls to sort of hug the outer edge of the guitar. Funny angles...it took an hour's fussing to get something functional and eye-pleasing. Hope I can get it accurately onto the drilling template. Like I said, funny angles. So glad i didn't order the body with drilled control holes!
Let this be a lesson, or a good laugh, for someone.
The arm didn't clear the controls.
Never noticed that on my other Warmoth, 'cause it has a Wilkinson trem which sits higher. And now I know why Strats have that funky control layout and low knobs. Leo Fender...smart guy. But here I am, with nice chrome tele style knobs that don't fit.
To make a long story short I bent the arm in a vise to give it a bit more clearance and rearranged the controls to sort of hug the outer edge of the guitar. Funny angles...it took an hour's fussing to get something functional and eye-pleasing. Hope I can get it accurately onto the drilling template. Like I said, funny angles. So glad i didn't order the body with drilled control holes!
Let this be a lesson, or a good laugh, for someone.
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Lefty bridge a la SRV might work because the arm has raised off of the body by the time it gets down that low, or a Gilmour or Beck shorty trem arm could do the trick.
This is kind of unrelated, but does deal with a trem arm being obstructed. The only Floyd I ever had couldn't make a full revolution sometimes because it couldn't clear some of the fine tuners.
This is kind of unrelated, but does deal with a trem arm being obstructed. The only Floyd I ever had couldn't make a full revolution sometimes because it couldn't clear some of the fine tuners.
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telefrag said:
It's God's way of telling you to stop using the whammy.
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telefrag said:
Leo was actually more of an electronics guy than a mechanical guy, which is why some of his design decisions make less sense than one might expect from such successful and long-running product lines. The "vintage" Fender vibrato bridge you see on Strats is a good example of that, as is the Rube Goldberg lash-up used on Jaguars and Jazzmasters. Not that the Tele bridge is anything to write home about, but that was designed for the low-budget guitar player in the first place, so compromises were to be expected.
Sorry for the long update delay. I took some chances with the neck I ordered with it. It's an all Pao Ferro neck, standard thin, 1 3/4" nut, 6105 stainless steel frets. The guitar sounds great at high gain - thick and well defined- but the clean tone is weird and has a piercing top end. The neck, I think, is just not a good match for the korina body. It's also fatiguing my hands and wrist more quickly than my other guitars. The neck, she's sexy, but hard to live with. :icon_smile:
To tame the brightness and playing comfort issues, I ordered another neck (Goncalo Alves / Pao Ferro, 59 roundback w/ non-SS medium jumbo frets) from the showcase. That should help a lot.
To tame the brightness and playing comfort issues, I ordered another neck (Goncalo Alves / Pao Ferro, 59 roundback w/ non-SS medium jumbo frets) from the showcase. That should help a lot.
