Fender XII style guitar in Burgundy Mist (definitely)

[mayfly]

I think the black sock is the winner

 

[rgand]

I'm a black sock fan, too.

 

[Logrinn]

Shouldn't that be Red Sox? :icon_scratch:

 

[Rick]

Black ebony fretboard goes with black pickguard. :icon_thumright: with the black/red/black wouldn't look two bad.

 

[rgand]

Shouldn't that be Red Sox? :icon_scratch:

No, this is team Burgundy Mist. :icon_biggrin:

 

[BigSteve22]

:icon_scratch: I think the darker scratch plate brings out the full burgundy of the burgundy mist, the lighter weakens it. :toothy11:

I do believe you're right. Black socks all around!

 

[amigarobbo]

Hands off socks, errr....


Anyway, I have ordered the standard Curtis Novak XII-V pickups with…





Black pickup covers.

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I've gone for no-connection between the two halves of the pickup so I can experiment with put the individual pickups into Parallel/Serial.

Still thinking about how I'm going to do it,  :icon_scratch:

 

[rgand]

It'll be interesting to know how that wiring between the pickup halves works out.

 

[amigarobbo]

Well it works great with Fender P bass pickups, and they, errr... look similar.  :turtle:


It's one of those things that you can't tell if it'll work or not until you try it. I'm hoping it go from a Rickenbacker Hi-gain sort of jangle to a even thiner, sorta wrong, technically worse, but oh so right Rickenbacker Toaster sort of jangle. But more Fenderey.

:icon_scratch:

Alas, this may take more time than I would have hoped, as I've had a cash setback, I've been a bit naughty…

 

[BigSteve22]

I've been a bit naughty…

Don't leave us in suspense, WE NEED MORE PICTURES!  :blob7:

 

[stratamania]

He has bought a Shergold double neck by the looks of it. Note the six string neck has the strings brought straight by a couple of string trees, very similar to a device being sold recently to keep a Les Paul in tune.

 

[Verne Bunsen]

Note the six string neck has the strings brought straight by a couple of string trees, very similar to a device being sold recently to keep a Les Paul in tune.

I do note, I do! The crooked string pull on my LP and 137 plays havoc with my Bigsbys, drives me nuts. My gears are turning... (hear that grinding sound?)

 

[amigarobbo]

Strum-de-strum…

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Pickups are here! DC resistance ~10.4K for the neck, ~11.4K for the bridge, which seems a bit high, but errr. I've no actual idea what the Fender original ones were (?) Anyway,

Anyone notice anything not quite right about this custom order?

 

[amigarobbo]

And about the other matter,

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I'm putting that one away for xmas, the desire makes it all the more bittersweet!

 

[BigSteve22]

He has bought a Shergold double neck by the looks of it. Note the six string neck has the strings brought straight by a couple of string trees, very similar to a device being sold recently to keep a Les Paul in tune.

I'm think'n those "string trees" look an awful lot like strap buttons....  :icon_scratch:

 

[amigarobbo]

Shergold never wasted time or money on something that you don't need to overthink, like a finish that lasts more that 5 years etc etc. That time is better spent overthinking the electronics!

 

[stratamania]

He has bought a Shergold double neck by the looks of it. Note the six string neck has the strings brought straight by a couple of string trees, very similar to a device being sold recently to keep a Les Paul in tune.

I'm think'n those "string trees" look an awful lot like strap buttons....  :icon_scratch:

Multi-purpose possibly.

 

[amigarobbo]

I know you're all curious;

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[rgand]

Very cool. Talk about upper fret access, this one has it.

 

[amigarobbo]

I have handed the guitar over to a trained professional!

I've asked them to see if they can get the 3 way sliders will work in the bizarre way I want. If not I'll go for a rotary knob.  :turtle:

And I've decided to make it Stereo will a pull of the volume knob.  :turtle:


Oh, and after looking at matt black, I've decided on green pearloid for the pick guard.

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