Fat Pete
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Here we go then; another test for your patience!
Presenting the Wilkinson Scimitar6. If you have something weirder, I'd like to see it (I really would like to see it).
Visually, this was intended as some kind of Teisco Spectrum/early Yamaha/Mosrite/Hagstrom mash-up, plus some Fender Swinger/Musiclander thrown in, obviously. Of course it doesn't look much like any of them.
As justification for another build, I came up with the idea of it serving double duty with a 2x P90 and a standard Strat configuration. Hence the threaded inserts for the scratchplate screws and the 21 fret neck to make swapping easier. It's not really quite either in a conventional way.
'Standard' config:
'Alternative' config:
I had Allan at Catswhisker Pickups make me a pair of tapped P90s with flush pole pieces. Obtained some undrilled covers and modified them.
The Creamery Sonic 60s - alnico 5 version. I don't have a Strat around to make a direct comparison, but they do the job when I'm after that sound - it's not like I'd want anything too 'vintage correct'. Really beautifully made chrome plated brass covers.
Unexpected sports field ad effect. Not noticeable apart from in this pic.
These are perfectly normal names for guitar controls, they're just not usually labelled.
Grunt/squeal indicates pull up for extra windings; down is tapped for standard P90. I like individual interactive volume controls with P90s.
Standard 3-way toggle for neck/bridge, 'doctor' = pull up to switch on middle p/up in any position. No, I can't have middle only.
Important comma, Hipshots and almost quartersawn grain pattern.
Ziricote (all the rage right now) and azurite malachite dots up close and overexposed - I would have liked a bit more green in the dots but I guess the azurite won out in this batch. They're still very nice though - depending on the light, sometimes almost invisible, sometimes a really strong blue. I failed to take a photo that shows the whole fingerboard properly - apologies.
Shocking I know, but there's no DR6 neckplate on this one. I think it just maybe has enough branding already. There is a regular, plain chrome plate on there, but it's hidden to protect the vulnerable.
And (almost) finally, the real reason for this whole build - just so i could do these trick mirror shots.
I now realise this project isn't actually quite finished. I still have to cut a piece of foam for the scratchplate case(!)
Presenting the Wilkinson Scimitar6. If you have something weirder, I'd like to see it (I really would like to see it).
Visually, this was intended as some kind of Teisco Spectrum/early Yamaha/Mosrite/Hagstrom mash-up, plus some Fender Swinger/Musiclander thrown in, obviously. Of course it doesn't look much like any of them.
As justification for another build, I came up with the idea of it serving double duty with a 2x P90 and a standard Strat configuration. Hence the threaded inserts for the scratchplate screws and the 21 fret neck to make swapping easier. It's not really quite either in a conventional way.
'Standard' config:
'Alternative' config:
I had Allan at Catswhisker Pickups make me a pair of tapped P90s with flush pole pieces. Obtained some undrilled covers and modified them.
The Creamery Sonic 60s - alnico 5 version. I don't have a Strat around to make a direct comparison, but they do the job when I'm after that sound - it's not like I'd want anything too 'vintage correct'. Really beautifully made chrome plated brass covers.
Unexpected sports field ad effect. Not noticeable apart from in this pic.
These are perfectly normal names for guitar controls, they're just not usually labelled.
Grunt/squeal indicates pull up for extra windings; down is tapped for standard P90. I like individual interactive volume controls with P90s.
Standard 3-way toggle for neck/bridge, 'doctor' = pull up to switch on middle p/up in any position. No, I can't have middle only.
Important comma, Hipshots and almost quartersawn grain pattern.
Ziricote (all the rage right now) and azurite malachite dots up close and overexposed - I would have liked a bit more green in the dots but I guess the azurite won out in this batch. They're still very nice though - depending on the light, sometimes almost invisible, sometimes a really strong blue. I failed to take a photo that shows the whole fingerboard properly - apologies.
Shocking I know, but there's no DR6 neckplate on this one. I think it just maybe has enough branding already. There is a regular, plain chrome plate on there, but it's hidden to protect the vulnerable.
And (almost) finally, the real reason for this whole build - just so i could do these trick mirror shots.
I now realise this project isn't actually quite finished. I still have to cut a piece of foam for the scratchplate case(!)
