Prostheta Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Most guys really understood and listened when I talked about pickups and how the lower ohm pickup is capable of a much fuller range of tones... but they believed when they played them. Funny how people mis-associate pickup output with instrument output. A nice cool pickup (PAF clones are the classic example of course) juiced up a little by a pre-amp kicks far more arse than an excessively overwound overly inductive copperball (there's a name you can have if you want it) banged up to the gills with ceramic mags. Overwound pickups have their place of course, but it's difficult to find good ones that aren't one trick ponys. Still, people will think what they're told to by the marketing wash. Good to hear that you are freeing people from The Matrix, RAD. Perhaps you need a pickup model called "The Rabbit Hole" or "The Red Pill". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Good lord that last one is HOT! What is that back wood? Peruvian Walnut? And as you have surely already surmised, I am very much in the lower ohm fuller tonal range camp. Get the tone first- then blast it around any way you please. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted October 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Good lord that last one is HOT! What is that back wood? Peruvian Walnut? And as you have surely already surmised, I am very much in the lower ohm fuller tonal range camp. Get the tone first- then blast it around any way you please. SR The last one... S9 Drifter Figured Northern ash top with a Peruvian Walnut body. Sipo neck with a Macassar Ebony board and Ash headplate. Experimental low angle headstock. Thin body provides improved ergonomics and reduced weight. Neck shape provides stress and fatigue relief. Wide string spacing and flat radius add to playability. Top: Figured Northern Ash Body : Peruvian Walnut Neck : Sipo Fretboard : Macassar Ebony Scale : 25.5" 24-fret 16" Radius 1.75" Nut Trussrod : ALLPARTS Double Action Tuners : Hipshot Grip-Lock Pickups : Diablo Humbuckers Bridge : Hipshot Electronics : Vol/3-way Finish: Behlens Teak Oil with Polyurethane topcoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Love the combination of woods on Drifter. The contrast of the walnut on the back in that front-on shot almost makes it look like it's being shadowed by its evil alter-ego. How are you finding the low angle headstock? I was under the impression that low angles can accentuate behind-the-nut sympathetic string ringing while playing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestorationAD Posted October 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 How are you finding the low angle headstock? I was under the impression that low angles can accentuate behind-the-nut sympathetic string ringing while playing? Not a fan. I am going to stick with my 14 degree headstock. It is very convenient when building as it lays flat against the table. Also awesome to use a single piece of wood. I think the string tension feels slinkier with the lower angle. As for the wood combos. They are awesome. The northern ash adds a little pop to the smooth warm tones. It is very versatile and LP like at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 I put string retainer bars on all of my low/no angle headstocks.The pleasure of working with the headstock flat is too awesome to resist sometimes. But on Gibson-esque guitars it looks horrible.From now on my superstrats are flat headstock,and the rest are angled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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