Prostheta Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 I'd say that with most pickups, pole/pickup height in relation to the strings changes timbre as well as output. Boost as a mitigator is nice if you require that space for non tonal reasons! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 No it's just for the tone variety. Meaning the boost gets your regular high gain tone, and without it lower output than normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 Sure. I was referring to adjustment of a pickup and/or its poles relative to the strings. The difference is not purely volume, it also changes the dynamics and timbre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 It's close to done! Waiting on a new nut and chrome control cavity plate. I'll try and cast a glow in the dark resin truss rod cover for it. We'll see how that goes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted March 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 Do you think you have golden ears? Testing the difference between a neckthrough and a bolt-on. Same woods, pickups, tuners, nut material. Different frets and bridge. One guitar is: 25.5" scale telecaster, one-piece maple neck, ash body. Schaller tune-o-matic bridge, graphtech nut, Schaller tuners, EMG 81. Other guitar is: 25.5" scale neckthrough, one-piece maple neck, ash wings. Hipshot bridge, graphtech nut, Schaller tuners, EMG 81. There is a difference you can hear, but subtle. I can post the match eq frequency comparison later. https://soundcloud.com/lumiaaltoguitars/001-vs-006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted March 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 New nut installed, intonation checked. Glow in the dark resin truss rod cover done! Very happy with the quality of the powders, they stay lit for at least 45 minutes with just being held against a light bulb for a couple seconds. These: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0875X7W7F/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 22, 2022 Report Share Posted March 22, 2022 Damn, should've given me a shout! Did you see my adventures in casting resin with luminescent powders? Tomasz in Poland at chaostrade.eu has tons of different grades that can be bought to suit the end purpose. I have a bunch of his M-JNW450 aluminium strontate which is bright as all hell when fired up with a blacklight, however the L-JNW500 is probably as strong as you can get without significant crashing. https://chaostrade.eu/Comparison-table-of-luminescent-pigments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted March 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 Thanks! I think I already have enough powder to last me for 15 guitars though! Almost ready for gotm, got the control cover in the mail. Only waiting for the chrome switch tip and it's 100% done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 48 minutes ago, nakedzen said: Only waiting for the chrome switch tip and it's 100% done. And, with or without the switch tip, looking absolutely splendid! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 Fantastic news. Let's see her in GOTM for definite. So, what did you take from this one in terms of upping your game, build on build? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted March 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 Thanks! Takeaways: 1. I'll never ever again do a satin white nitro finish. Seriously though, there's a local paint shop that will do it for me for a hundred euros. I paid more for the rattle cans on this. 2. Slowly is better than fast. But that's a given. 3. Got the string ferrules lined up nicely. First drilled from the top with forstner tipped bits so that it just barely comes through. Then did the ferrules on a line drawn between the outermost ones, ignoring if the string hole is centered or not. Not much went wrong on this build, pretty simple design and not that much different workflow wise vs. bolt on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 25, 2022 Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 Yeah, rattlecans get expensive very quickly and have a lot of disadvantages. I could do with a friendly paintshop as well really. With string-through locations, it's worth completely ignoring them lining up. As long as you can locate them top and back, drilling just over halfway through and accepting any slight misalignment as a given is fine. I usually recommend using a twist drill run backwards to smooth out the transition between the back hole and the front so that strings don't hang up on insertion. That's hardly ever really needed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted April 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 Glory shots for gotm! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyjr1515 Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 Lovely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 congrats on gotm!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted May 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 Thanks Mike! It was a real pita to get the white finished. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 24 minutes ago, nakedzen said: Thanks Mike! It was a real pita to get the white finished. i bet. the one time I did off white it was hard. of course I paint in a temp greenhouse outside which doesn't help... but little fuzzies kept making me sand back and do more coats! i imagine alpine white was even worse. bravo and a great build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGTay Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 Congrats on GOTM! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 Congrats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShatnersBassoon Posted May 2, 2022 Report Share Posted May 2, 2022 Congratulations on the win Zen! Amazing looking guitar! Nothing about it I don’t like 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted May 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2022 16 hours ago, mistermikev said: i bet. the one time I did off white it was hard. of course I paint in a temp greenhouse outside which doesn't help... but little fuzzies kept making me sand back and do more coats! i imagine alpine white was even worse. bravo and a great build. Thanks Mike. It was really a pain. I started thinking maybe it's better to get it painted by the local auto shop. Would've been cheaper than the 8 rattle cans of nitro at least! At least it felt like the satin white surface was sucking in dust from the air. Once I thought it was finally done, then the next day I saw little black spots that wouldn't sand out. Only after putting a coat of clear it stopped sucking dirt in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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