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just looking through this thread, the whole concept seems very innovative =]

as for the quick connect...

Couldn't you perhaps have 1/4" jack sockets countersunk into the body of the guitar, with 1/4" jacks on the end of the neck peice? i'd imagine it wouldnt degrade the signal at all, you could perhaps use one for each pickup too. You'd have to use Stereo Jacks/Socket i'd imagine.

Just tossing an idea out there.

If you could link us to that template it would be great

i love the alexi guitar

hope you have a good build , it sounds good

Looking good so far

Is that a Woodycustoms neck ? off ebay ?

if so whats it like ? ive seen that neck on ebay and ive always been curious

hi all

ive got an old strat copy that im thinking of modifying , and i'd love a floyd rose on it

are there any resources or tutorials to do this ?

is it hard to set up properly ?

what steps have to be taken ?

thanks

is it to do with the amount of pull on the strings ?

less pull means more vibration so the harmonics can ring out more ?

is the dimebucker close to the Bill Lawrence pickup ?

wait , the Bill Lawrence is cheaper

is the seymour duncan any better than the bill laurence ?

hmm i see

an excuse to play loud

thanks for all your help

although as a little project i might change the pickups anyway

hmm yeah

sounds quite a delacate thing in terms of electrics , thats what my electronics techer said when i wanter to build an effects pedal

the really squeally harmonics seem to be orientated to emgs , Zakk has got emgs as mentioned so has Alexi laiho although his are passive with a je1000 booster so i suppose there sorta active .

but then dimebag had bill laurences or the dimebucker

but i suppose technique comes before getting a new pickup maybe

i like the strengh and vercitility of it =]

but thanks for the feedback =]

hmm i see

thanks

so 27k would get outragiously loud harmonics ?

switch one is series/parallel for one half of the motherbucker(pickups 1), switch two is series/parallel for the other half of humbucker (pickup 2) - but if you use a 3 way on/off/on switch the middle position will turn pickup 2 off completely.

then the 3rd switch is to decide if you want the pickup 1 and pickup 2 wired togther in series or parallel - but i guess it lets you turn off pickup 1 in the middle position so you just have pickup 2 by itself

Personally i would go with a normal pickup selector switch wired for pickup1/both/pickup 2 - then i would probably have a 3 way on-on-on mini switch for each pickup wired like the series/singlecoil/parallel switch.

it would feel more logical anyway - especially if both the mini switches did the same thing

the series/singlecoil/parallel switch can basically be seen as a fullpower/halfpower/quarterpower switch although the reality isnt that simpleand there are other tonal differences in how they sound

hmm yeah , i see what you mean wez

just like a gibson style pickup selector

that would be easier , less holes at least

athough i might just put like a coil tap push pull for the humbucker closest the brige , just incase i need to frop down to a single coil doe something

but thanks everyone

hanks or not

thanks

i dont know what your talking about

so figure 6 features coil taps with a series parallel switch at the end ?

or am i missing the point ?

hehe

i googled it but i probably wasnt searching the right stuff

so figure 6 features coil taps with a series parallel switch at the end ?

sorry

thanks

hey

this tthigs got 8 conductor wiring , and i was just wondering if you could just use 4 switches to go between , on , off anf phase ?

just the motherbucker and a volume

could someone help me with this ?

or perhaps a volume push pul coil tap to drop it to a dual rail pickup then a toggle to turn it into a single rail

so it can be toned down

any help with these examples ?

thanks

hey

ive recently discovered whammy harmonics and pinch harmonics

i can do them and i am told that some pickups can pick them up better than others

are these active pickups ?

or does the pickup just need a high resistance ?

for example would a 21k humbucker (a 'motherbucker') pick up harmonics very readily

thanks

hmm yeah , cant say ive ever seen seperate single pickup covers beign sold

unless you got telecaster neck single coils but then you wouldnt get a powerful bridge

or you'd have to create your own

i dunno why they call those iommi covers , didnt he used to have flat black on his covers ?

what about a zebra ?

fits the guitar well

just a zebra on the 11 , 12 and 13th frets , maybe a little bigger

they have chrome or gold blank covers on axesrus

there called : PLAIN IOMMI STYLE HUMBUCKER COVERS

about £4.50 each i think

hmm

yeah , was what i though

its just the floyd rose on my current guitar is annoying me , its a licensed and it eats strings which is annoying

but i have and old strat copy , perhaps a active pickguard setup would do for that , would save on the floyds string breakages

hey

ive been lurking for a while

and i really wanna build a guitar

thing is im on a budget of £125

is t worth trying to build one for this price ?

or should i just upgrade the pickups and electronics in my current guitar ?

thanks

wow

they sound awesome

too bad im in the UK :/

wow 20k ?

how do they compare to actives ?

where from ?

could you link us ?

anyone got a roswell rhoads cad blueprint ?

wow

thats turned out awesome , for a firstbuild too

for the lil carvity plate thing , you could try using some magnets to save drilling the lovely finish

how much did this thing cost overall ?

thats one sweet rhoads =]

frankenrhoads , for sure

that looks awesome

:O :O :O

you could have red knobs and a red pickup selector hat to match the pickups perhaps ?

you could do crazy buzzsaw of yellow and green

with maybe white or black'binding' intbetween each section

but that might be too mad