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If you've chosen to recess the TOM instead of making a neck angle, you'll likely need to go with a string-through just to get enough of an angle over the bridge, otherwise I don't imagine there will be enough downward pressure.

Could you just recess the tailpeice as well?

Pretty cool, but not my thing

Looks awesome - very neat.

Keep the pics comin

I get you drak

Maybe im going over the top, but thats why i would never buy a artists signature guitar... like even though he acts like a woman im a big fan of kirk hammett and i think his "caution: hot!" signature ESP is really cool, but i would rather just buy a plain old ESP instead and make it my own, instead of having a guitar which is just a copy of the things kirk did to the guitar to make it his own... if that makes any sense

cool SRV guitar though! hope it sounds as good as it looks

Hey man dont have a go at me, i was honestly confused, i had heard comments around the place that Shaller make the original floyd rose trems now, and yet still make their own licensed copy, so when you said OFR by Shaller, i wasnt sure what you meant. No only that, but im new to the world of FR trems in general, so i was after a bit of clarification.

Jeez, no need to blow it out of proportion. But then again... your comments were fair... im a rude, demented young man who uses my very small knowledgebase to pick on every mistake EVERYONE makes on the forum

Thanks for the replies

If i replace the pickups on this thing, I think I will be going with a 81/SA/89 set. Thanks for the Passive pickup suggestions too, ill keep them in mind for any future projects

- Dan

way too much

OFR by Shaller = Original Floyd Rose by Shaller?

im confused!

It looks exquisite setch - amazing work

The EMG 89 is coil tappable as far as i know, like an 85 in the humbucker mode and an SA when tapped.

- Dan

Someone always has to spoil the party dont they

haha

that trem doesnt look like its a full locking one. It must have a locking nut though?

Yes it has a locking nut, but its only a Single Locking FR style trem. I dont really understand that because I have never owned a gutiar with one before

An explanation wouldnt go astray, although im sure ill find out eventually, and it doesnt really bother me. I bought it over ebay and it arrives end of the week.

- Dan

ps: thanks for the comment skibum

edit - ive also decided if i upgrade the pickups i will buy them from that guitarpartsdepot and have my aunt bring them back over here with her when she comes back with my Boss GT6 The price difference is just too big to ignore.

What opinion do you have of the Korg AX1000G there? I have a mate who is picking one up cheap as his first unit..

- Dan

Most of what i say has already been said

Squish it up so its not so elongated, and also, just go with what you like - provided it works just do what you want, we may not like it but if you do, then thats all that matters!

- Dan

Thanks for your help guys, i might see if i can get an Austrlalian number for EMG off their site and give them a ring.

Any comment on the basswood with EMG's issue?

Hi,

Im getting a new superstrat style guitar and after ive gotten used to the thing (its my first superstrat style guitar with a locking trem and those oddly positioned knobs (i usually play LP style guitars )), I'll probably be replacing the mightymite pickups.

I got the thing at a good price, and im happy im going this way, cause like i said its my first guitar in this style, and for the money its a quality instrument i think. the stock pickups arent without their merits though - quite versatile and nice sounding for the money, and both the humbuckers are coil tapped.

Basically, I would love to put in an EMG 81/85 set in the bridge/neck positions respectively, but its from there i have a few questions.

1. What should i put in the middle position? Is ther any hard and fast rules that i cant mix active and passive electronics? Ive heard the EMG 'S' single coils are nice, but I would like something that will give me a bit more of a mellow clean sound, as i know the EMG humbuckers im looking at are ultra high output ass kicking pickups, and i am conscious to still being able to pull of a nice clean sound.

2. What do i get when i buy EMG pickups? I understand i get their quick connect kit, and that includes pots and wires - but would it be feasable to buy the ZW set for the 81/85 then buy the single coil seperately? Or should i get all 3 'seperately' and wind up with extra pots and stuff?

Any advice from peeople with experience here would be appreciated.

Also actually, can someone tell me how much say an... EMG 81 costs in your area? Here in australia im having a tough time finding one for less than 250AUD (~$180US).

Thank a lot,

- Dan

EDIT - One other big thing: the body of hte guitar is basswood... is that not ideal for EMG pickups like these? That would be an awful shame, but I woudl really like to know heh

they would have to be some of THE worst photo's i have ever seen

did you like, drive over the camera in your car and then take them?

i downpick most things...and it is only because of the attack it gives...i prefer that sound...

I don't know if you were tyring to agree with me or not... but that is basically what i meant

So yea, your right its just practice

I play puppets fairly close to what Hetfield does... it gives a very similar sound, but not exactly, mainly because he plays the way he plays, and i play the way i play

As someone else said, James Hetfield plays almost all downstrokes in most things. I read in an interview he does it for the particular sound it gives, and since I (unlike some of my idiot friends, who think im a maniac) understand that, i tended to beleive him

As far as im aware they are all digital effects

but i could be wrong

^ lol

ok thanks for the help guys. This guitar is missing the bridge, so ill be buying a new one including a new locking nut, so ill install the new one up flush with the fretboard.

thanks again!

- Dan

well i spent that long trying to figure out how to palm mute so i could play the main riff of come as you are

yeah, you read it right

thanks eddie

ive just got this thing off ebay.com.au for $60 so yeah, should be a nice project

thanks again

- Dan

So what would you guess has happened to this to leave that gap there?

Hai,

little help?

Thanks!

- Dan