Brian Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 I need three people with high output pickups that want to do an experiment (10K ohms or more) single-coil or hum-bucking pickups and a 250K control pot. Installation is easy, with no guitar body routing. Instructions included. The purpose of this experiment is to see if you get a tube overdrive tone when the tone is turned up all the way. The Hotstick is a mini passive overdrive for guitars. It is my home built version of the Stew Mac Black Ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 I'd love to but all my guitars are active, even my basses are! soz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 i'll give it a go in my ibanez destroyer...you know me i love gadgety knobs that make my guitar different...do you ship tothe uk??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 when you get my bsb done ill give it a go in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 I'd love to give it a go but one gutiar has EMG's and the other has ESP's. I'll do it if you ship to Ireland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 Thats three, E-mail me your address folks I'll get them out. I'd ship to Iran as long as the person follow's through and post's the results syxxstring, soon as it show's up I'll get to work on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted August 13, 2003 Report Share Posted August 13, 2003 Email sent Brian. Questions included with email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Email sent Brian. ditto...boy am i lazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 You quoted THAT?? Yes you are lazy. Go build me a guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 You quoted THAT?? Yes you are lazy. Go build me a guitar ok...can i build out of playdoh??? i wonder how playdoh sustains......mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Bugger. I missed my chance to try out Brian's gizmo. If anyone backs out, let me know. I'm game to try anything new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Weezerboy: I don't know. I reckon if you bake it for long enough and make sure it's good quality playdough, it could be quite a nice guitar. Not sure about the neck though. Reckon it could be a bit sticky and/or crumbly! Jehle: I'm surprised I got selected tbh. I'll let everyone know what they're like when I get them. Really looking forward to playing with them. Wouldn't need a guitar tech to change my sounds :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jener8tionx Posted August 20, 2003 Report Share Posted August 20, 2003 I'm acctually redoing the pickups in my fender right now....will post pics when done...and would love to test it out!!! jener8tionx@yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Brian, they arrived this morning. I'm just opening my guitar, about to put them in. Clips and opinions soon :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Well those are just prototypes, ugly little boogers huh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 They're definately interesting looking. Mmmm, red wax. Me go play now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Hey Brian, just wondering, would one work on my EMG's? I know it says don't use them on active pickups but still, with the amount of output coming from them, they would clip wouldn't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 Hey Brian, I got the little red buggers in the mail over the weekend. I played around with them (alligator clipping before soldering) and couldn't tell any change in the sound. I know how to read a schematic, so I'm fairly certain that I had everything connected right. I even took it appart and put it back together just to be sure. I'll keep tinkering until I get something working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 I put one into my bass and I can just about get clippage when I hit the strings fairly hard. I've only gotten a tiny bit of clipping from my guitar so far. Haven't tried my EMG's with it yet. So far however, I'm not particularly impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 If my X-ray goggles are working okay, I'm guessing that there's a few diodes in the playdoh. *puts on pointy hat* I'm thinking that the voltage from the pickups may not be higher than the activation voltage for the diode. I could make a simple buffer from a 741 op-amp to raise the voltage and get it to clip that way, but this is supposed to be a passive device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feylya Posted August 25, 2003 Report Share Posted August 25, 2003 I'm thinking that the voltage from the pickups may not be higher than the activation voltage for the diode. I could make a simple buffer from a 741 op-amp to raise the voltage and get it to clip that way, but this is supposed to be a passive device. Then you've just made a dod 250 overdrive or an mxr distortion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezerboy Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 i've also just recieved them and am going to get someone else to install them as my cavity is crowded....does it matter which way round they go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jehle Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 i've also just recieved them and am going to get someone else to install them as my cavity is crowded....does it matter which way round they go? I tried mine both ways around and neither worked that well. Brian is oddly silent on the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syxxstring Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 still waiting for mine? maybe the postal diservice will be kind today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted August 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Well I may have to go back to the drawing board on them, not silent just been busy flipping through the forum and other site's. Yes your right about them being a pair of switching diodes. On the other hand I've been chatting with a local guitar freak here that's got a solution for doing the same thing to active pickup's. Thats in the work now and I know a few of those will be going to Wes for sure to play with......... BTW it's fiberglass resin not playdoh syxxstring I hope your's show up as well but if they don't , don't worry I'll send you out part of the next batch since this things gotta be worked out and I definately want real opinions once they work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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