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  1. Nope We moved from near St Louis to Tupelo, MS this Summer. We still haven't fully sorted out the garage. It's really hot in MS in the Summer.
  2. I got a set of TV Jones "scratch & dent" 'Trons last year. They're both perfect, so I just got a great deal. Anyway, I was planning on getting a Chinese Gretsch White Falcon clone to put them into. The build quality on the Chibson SG I got for Christmas was damn good, so I figure it's worth another go. When this one is done, ya gotta post some sound samples of the Artecs. I have a set of Artec 1/4 pound Tele pups that sound pretty decent.
  3. I love me some P90s also. They live in a sweet spot between a HB and a SC - a little beef and a little twang. In fact, I recently bought a custom Chibson SG with 3 P90s. In the near future, I'll be getting a set of Lindy Fralins to put in there.
  4. I'm sure this was covered early in the thread. Not that this has ever made anyone go back and look for the info. That's just not what we do. Why did you go for a P90 in the neck instead of a Tele neck pup?
  5. I got the Wilkinson tuners on Amazon. They're inexpensive, but definitely not junk. They turn smooth enough and hold the string in tune. IDK what more you really need.
  6. The green tint coat did wonders to bring out the color. Also, I'm glad the initial green/sandback on the limba vastly improved with the clear coat. It faded way back to become a subtle undertone.
  7. Wow. 8 months. I didn't realize it'd been that long. I stopped working on this one because I'm a little terrified that I might have screwed up the shell binding. I'm afraid I left it too proud, and when I sand it flat I'll go right through the pretty part. So fear led to inaction. In the meantime.... (Beverly Hillbillies theme) Tax man said "Boy, I'm gonna take your dough!" So we're loading up the truck and moving to Tupelo. Mississippi, that is. Elvis's home, low taxes. We just can't afford to live in Illinois any longer. Wifey works out of the home, and I drive linehaul for FedEx, so I can work almost anywhere. Property taxes are about 15% of what we're paying here. Cost of living is about 25% below us, gas is $1/gal less, and you get a lot more bang for your housing buck. Once we're fully moved in and the shop is set up, I've dedicated myself to getting over my self doubt and finishing up this one, the Kelly, the StraTele, the church guitar, and the Aelita. It prolly won't be until the Fall. We're hoping to put our house up for same May1 and be in Tupelo a couple of weeks after. Our realtor is confident that with the upgrades wifey made to the interior, it'll sell for top dollar and give her a $50K profit over what she paid for it. In any event, I'm likely to continue to be mostly absent for the next few months.
  8. I'd not have considered the clamping notch on the inside piece of the mold. Rather obvious in hindsight.
  9. You sound a lot like me. A random, likely bad , certainly bizarre ides wandered into your head. It's so "out there" that you are now you are obligated to make it into reality.
  10. Well, we have the sound clips here, soooooo....... I think they sound 10X better. To my ear, the stock pups were completely unusable. The bridge was bland & dead, and the neck was even tinnier than the bridge.
  11. 2 reasons 1) I'd have to undo all of the wiring going through the hole already. Not that it can't me done, but it'd be a huge PITA. 2) Since I moved here 4 years ago, I haven't been able to find the long drill bits I'd use to do this, and I currently refuse to buy another. 3) If I'm gonna just make another body next year, I don't wanna put any more effort into it. If I don't make another body, I can get a Gretsch White Falcon copy on AliExpress for <$300 and do some upgrades, including these pups. Honestly, this is the most likely option. 4) Frustration leads to rage quitting.
  12. It has to accommodate 2 4-conductor pickup wires, 2 wires going from the individual volume pots to the switch, and another coming back from the master volume. The original HBs were single conductor, so this explains the lack of space.
  13. Before i get going.... I like to put a towel down onto the table before I worn on my guitars. There are several reasons, all of which you can realize for yourself. Tonight I just grabbed the next one out of the cabinet without a second thought. After laying it out on the table.... I don't know what those kids did to it, and I'm better off not knowing. All I know is that it's going straight into the "rags" pile, and that I don't really want to touch it again. So does anyone remember this one? Only the old heads have a chance. It's a copy of the Gretsch Thunderbird. Mahogany body, thin maple cap, chechen neck, cocobolo fretboard, Gretsch humbuckers, There's a 3-way toggle, 2V, 1T, and master V. I was still buying the cheapest hardware available, so it all tarnished from sitting out for prolly 10+ years. A few weeks ago, TV Jones had a sale on their blemished pickups. The TV Classics are normally about @$160. These were @$100. Like any sensible guitar addict, I realized this was finally the time to get the real thing and put them into the Thunderbird. TRUTH: If there was a blemish of any type on either pickup, I couldn't find it. They both came with foam spacers and wood screws for direct mounting, and a pair of tabs and necessary screws for PG/ring mounting. In case y'all were wondering how they worked, here's a couple of pictuires. I also got a pair of rings for them. @$&.00 is highway robbery for pickup rings, but these are the only ones with the opening sized for TV Jones, so I went for it. I made some sound samples of the Gretsch HBs, but they won't be making an appearance today. I haven't picked this guitar up in a while. Like, in several years. Honestly, I'm embarassed by it. It's not that I didn't know what I was doing when I made it, it's that it's REALLY sloppy. I can't believe I had the balls to enter it into GOTM. It was on this first-in-years handling that I decided I was going to have to make another body for it next year. The neck is fine, so it can be kept. Everything else screwed to the body except the jack, switch, neck screws/bushings, and strap pins had to go. So I got the old pups out and put in the new neck. I tested it without strings, and it worked. That's the beauty of a straight pup swap - it's just 2 hot & 2 ground. All the rest already works. When I tried to put in the bridge, it all ground to a halt. The hole going from the bridge pup cavity to the control cavity is just too small. The wire will NOT go through no matter what I tried. Believe me, I tried everything. I've done this dance before and I know all the moves. So f* it. I took the pups and salvageable parts, put them into a box, and closed the door on the whole thing. The body & all the crap screwed to it can go into the burn pile. The rest sits on a shelf, probably until after we move next year.
  14. How thick is the body? It looks like it'll weigh more than a LP.
  15. I actually bought these on Amazon "used". That means they were a return. IIRC, they retailed for over $70, but I got these for around $50. $70 may or may not be right, but we all know Hipshots aren't cheap, so $50ish for a gold set is pretty damn good.
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