Aharon

The neck is very nice maple/rosewood ,as a matter of fact it belonged to a Lado Hawk worth quite a bit in it's time but somebody broke the body and slapped this rubbish to it.

I think I'm definately going to try the body first and see,hardware and pups are ok.

Thanks

Aharon

Here's my opinion.

1.If your body is made of plywood or other crap laminate, build a new body with any of the tonewoods and you'll get a much better sound.

2. If you still don't like the sound after that then the electronics is what needs changing.

I'm sure there's nothing wrong with your bridge.

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Thanks for your input Phil.Here's a picture of the bridge.Stays in tune alright so I want to keep it.

http://www.putfile.com/aharon

Aharon

Hope this wood combo counters the darkish tone that I blame on the Kahler bridge.

Not sure I find any logic in this comment. I understand the sound of a guitar to be colored by lots of factors....all woods, type of pups, scale length, etc....and even type of bridge can create it's specific character...........

but a Kahler bridge creating a darker sound......

Are you sure you're magic laminate body isnt creating that sound???

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Hi RGGR

There might very well be no logic to my statement that's why I seek enlightment from you guys.....

The laminate could be the problem that's one of the reasons I want a new bod (besides....laminate....come on...hahaha).I've heard comments about that type of bridge killing highs but I have to admit it could be bunk.I just want to make sure I get a bright sounding guitar when I'm done.

If you have any other tips or advice please...let me know

Thanks and take care.

Aharon

I would try swamp ash.  I love the sound of strats with swamp ash  

Or mabye alder with a nice flame maple cap.

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Thanks Godin. The flame maple cap sounds good since I want a natural finish on this one with a rear route,no more pickguard.Hope this wood combo counters the darkish tone that I blame on the Kahler bridge.

Aharon

Well, what wood is it at the moment? Maple is a common choice for a Strat if you want a brighter tone.

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Sorry....forgot to mention,it's some sort of laminate.

I have a strat style guitar,love the neck but the body is crap.The bridge is a surface mount Kahler (the one with the wheel saddles) and might be the cause of the guitar being a little dark sounding.I'd like to keep the bridge cause it never goes out of tune but I'd like the new body to be,tonewise, a little brighter .

What's my best choice of wood here?

Thanks for any help.

Aharon

Schaller maybe?

Aharon

Ok measured each side,6.5k.

In series double that.

The colors are red and white,sorry about the mistake.

I did the screwdriver test and they seem to be out of phase with each other which is the way it should be right?

So red/white taped together and the other two are hot and ground(plus shield).

Did I get it right?

Thanks

Aharon

I could not find anything on HBs with 4 wires plus ground shield.

There's one catch,the colors are two red/two black plus shield on each one.

Am I correct to assume that series would be black/red together and the remaining red is hot and the shields + remaining black to ground?.

Thanks for any info

Aharon

Thanks marksound.

Listen,can somebody make the brand of the chrome bridge,is it Khaler?.

Thanks

Aharon

Thanks!

Aharon

I have a BCRich strat style platinum series guitar that plays well but the bridge sucks.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/liv_energy/d...1fe.jpg&.src=ph

The bar does not fit properly,is too loose and it makes clanging noises when the guitar is plugged in and you handle the bar.

Overall I don't think is too well made,intonation and tuning seems to be a problem.

I have this one that I could install

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/liv_energy/d...63f.jpg&.src=ph

but the pivoy screws are wider appart.

So I was thinking of plugging the old ones with dowels and redrilling new holes for the new pivots etc.

Maybe somebody more knowledgable can tell me if the change is worth it by looking at the bridges.

Any tips welcome.

Thanks

Aharon

I have collected about 15 pups over the years and I have them all in one box,what's the best way to store them to avoid possible problems like demagnetizing and or polarity changes etc?

Thanks

Aharon

when you move a pickup twards the neck it gets warmer/darker sounding, thats physics.  Since you have just had a bridge humbucker to listen to for a while you probally are just not used too the neck or mid posistion.  Try upping the treble on your amp.  The bridge humbucker should be bright enough to make you not really wanna play rythem with it.  Than the neck and mid will sound better with rythem and the bridge will have a good EQ for soloing.  I personally like to bring my middle pickup up close to the strings and back off the bass side of it and solo with that.

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Thanks Godin SD.I will try your suggestions.

Aharon

I have a LADO Hawk (canadian made axe) that originally came with a single humbucker in the bridge position.

One day I opened it and I found that the body had the routing for 2 SC and 1 HB.

After installing them I find that the guitar is sort of dull or a little dark sounding and lacks snap.

The bridge is a Khaler 2300 cam tremolo kinda deal with the wheel saddles and I wonder if that accounts for the dullness when using the SC pups,the HB sounds alright .

I already changed the vol pot to 500K and the cap in the tone pot to a smaller one.

What else can it be?

What can I do to improve the tone?

Thanks a lot

Aharon

I think USA Custom Guitars is the best bet.Dropped by the site and the choices are many and prices decent.I will probably send him an email soon.

Thanks

Aharon

Thanks guys.It's a LADO strat copy.The neck measures 18" from the nut to the last fret and 25 1/2" to the bridge,21 frets.

That's pretty standard I guess.

I'll try Warmoth and see what they have and check back with you.

Thanks again

Aharon

I have a neck that I absolutely love,is fast,slick etc but the body it's attached to I kindda found out is laminate and the bridge is not so good.

What do I need to know in order to buy a body with a neck cavity that fits dead on plus the scale lenght matches?.

Thanks

Aharon

Thanks Goth,wow,there's so many nice sites I did not know about....

Aharon

Thanks Brian.

Aharon

Hi,I'm new to the forum and have a little problem with a Kahler.

A friend gave me one of those Red Khaler locking floating bridges with the flip nut lock,it's great.One caveat,there's no pivot screws!,those are MIA.

I was wondering if any of you know where to get a replacement knife(it can be unscrewed and it's not the regular knife edge but rather a slot)and/or the right pivots cause this thing looks like an improvement over anything I have on my guitars so I would like to install it.

If you guys know please give me some tips.

I could also have a machine shop make a knife and use regular screws but I thought I'd ask first.

Thanks

Aharon