jackthehack
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Neck: Sorry, used a Musikraft, can't get a hard symmetical V neck profile like an old '57 hard V from Warmoth yet (HINT, Gregg... :dontknow
in lightly flamed maple (hard to see in pix) with a graphite nut & Wilkinson Kluson style tuners, shot with Fender Neck Amber and just 2 coats of nitro so it'll "relic" naturally
Body: Warmoth Walnut body, "big hunk of steel" Wilkinson bridge, black hardware, black aluminum pickguard and Gibson speed knobs, finished in Watco Danish Oil.
Electronics: Neck/middle pickups - hand-overwound "greybottom" staggered Alnico magnets with 42g Formvar pulling 7.2K/8.0K, and a Seymour Duncan "Lil '59" in the bridge position, experimented and used all 500K CTS pots and a .1 capacitor.
The neck has that definite late 50's hard V feel, not for everyone, but I like it. The combination of the walnut body and heavy block vintage style bridge add a lot of "deep" sustain, more pronounced in the lows/mids with the neck/mid pickup, sounds a lot like an old 60's walnut SG when you kick it to the bridge "lil '59" pickup.
in lightly flamed maple (hard to see in pix) with a graphite nut & Wilkinson Kluson style tuners, shot with Fender Neck Amber and just 2 coats of nitro so it'll "relic" naturallyBody: Warmoth Walnut body, "big hunk of steel" Wilkinson bridge, black hardware, black aluminum pickguard and Gibson speed knobs, finished in Watco Danish Oil.
Electronics: Neck/middle pickups - hand-overwound "greybottom" staggered Alnico magnets with 42g Formvar pulling 7.2K/8.0K, and a Seymour Duncan "Lil '59" in the bridge position, experimented and used all 500K CTS pots and a .1 capacitor.
The neck has that definite late 50's hard V feel, not for everyone, but I like it. The combination of the walnut body and heavy block vintage style bridge add a lot of "deep" sustain, more pronounced in the lows/mids with the neck/mid pickup, sounds a lot like an old 60's walnut SG when you kick it to the bridge "lil '59" pickup.
