GregP

Seems to just make aesthetic sense, though of course I have no way of knowing the customer's request.

so sweet....

How much do you pay for all that air you use blowing the debris away from the guitar?

Tonnes of choice... I had to go with the Stratobastard, though.

Pretty sure Trem-Kings aren't fulcrum designs, btw, zyon! Not having ever installed or used one, I can't say for sure, though.

Loved a bunch of the rest. Had a soft spot for Crusty!

Where's the tele?

Dude, some of us are making extra comments to give Perry the 'buffer' post he needs. Chill out...

There have been guitars that haven't been scalloped treble to bass side, but not a one of them has done it as beautifully as here.

Actually, the main example I'm thinking of isn't even a guitar, but is rather a bass-- the old Yamaha Billy Sheehan model.

And not all pickups with those kinds of covers are active.

Yeah, I'm digging that, too. I've never played a scalloped guitar, but just the appearance of it alone is pretty cool.

Multiscale seems to be really catching on. I'm a big fan, myself.

*Groan*

You couldn't resist the temptation, could you?

You mean the pun? There's no resisting puns.

Multiscale seems to be really catching on. I'm a big fan, myself.

I don't know much about wood, but I know that you should look into the other steps (besides cutting) to take in preparation for using it on a musical instrument. Certainly it will need to be dried.

Great that you have someone that can cut it, though! Should be very rewarding, as mentioned.

Pickguard gets my vote. There's plenty of exposed wood that you don't have to worry about hiding it. The pickguard lends it a very special character, IMO.

Agreed-- since you're using a zero fret (a factor I had forgotten about) you can afford to take extra precautions making sure the string's not binding in the nut.

The bridge will certainly factor into this... despite it being a quality unit, it's still governed by certain design principles. Your money might be better spent getting something like a tremsetter, but that's just an out-of-the-blue suggestion from someone who's never played the guitar in question.

Pretty cool. The vortex is the inside of a gun barrel, btw.

I'd just like to play solos with the pitch shifting effect by turning a knob on the guitar. I imagine it being a lot more precise than using a pedal.

Doh, I just realized you're not talking about a WAH pedal. Ignore my comments...

Might an actual whammy bar be simpler than wiring in a digital whammy circuit?

Good luck getting a whammy bar to dive an entire octave or two. Not to mention 'stepping' through the intervals, and all the other Whammy effects.

his fingers would do me

I wouldn't say "no" to Gilmour's rig.

If it's on the cheap, you'll get great bang-for buck out of the KRK Rokit5. It's not your only option, but it's one of the ones that's always mentioned so I figured I'd be the one. It's what I have, but I also have no real basis of comparison. No idea if other monitors in the range are better or worse. I only A/B'd with a set of Yorkvilles, and the KRKs won out.

Greg

It's a famous mod alright... I just can't recall which famous players make use of it.

Sounds like this one:

http://www.guitarelectronics.com/product/WDUSSS5L1204

True, it's a push/pull, but that's just a fancy way of putting the switch physically onto the pot, but there's no magic marriage of the two; they're still separate. If you want the switch physically separate, as per Gilmour, you can still use the above diagram.

Well, sure. That's not even up for debate.

doesn't Gilmour use an EMG set with an afterburner or other EMG accessory?

Also, a knob won't work-- as already discussed.

I can't imagine a knob being more precise, though. Obviously I've never tried whammy on a knob, but even just volume swells are much more precise and controlled with a volume pedal rather than the ol' pinky around the volume knob.

As mentioned, I also can't imagine sacrificing my picking hand mobility to reach awkwardly for a knob (even if it's in pinky reach) when I could just be using my foot. I love foot control.

People have used dummy coils, but I don't fully understand how one is constructed. Somehow it's picking up the hum but not the signal (I guess it's not using polepieces to pick up vibrations and create current?)... so no cap necessary, just the dummy coil itself.