scratch build #9 - the twang master - would love your feedback...

[mistermikev]

so this is my scratch build #9... there are many scratch builds like it... but this one is mine. without me my scratch build is nothing... without my scratch build i am nothing...
anywho, just wanted to share!

 

[Georg_Figel]

it has lots of great little details
but my favourite feature is how the whole top is arched

 

[mistermikev]

it has lots of great little details
but my favourite feature is how the whole top is arched

well thank you for noticing. that was certainly something I had to work for... cracked the first top I tried it on!
thanks again for the reply.

 

[Hifi_Aaron]

The guitar is beautiful. I as well really like the curved body. But what really got me thinking is the wiring and the mode switch with stacked humbuckers. I wind my own pickups and really enjoy doing coil tapped single coils and split humbuckers. The sound options considering there is only two pickups is awesome. Rock on!

 

[mistermikev]

The guitar is beautiful. I as well really like the curved body. But what really got me thinking is the wiring and the mode switch with stacked humbuckers. I wind my own pickups and really enjoy doing coil tapped single coils and split humbuckers. The sound options considering there is only two pickups is awesome. Rock on!

sorry for belated response... I should check this site more reg but... life! thank you. the curved body is sort of my 'thing'. I have done several guitars in that style but this one is the most 'extreme' afa radius and it was def a challenge and learning experience.

winding your own - awesome. I have thought so many times about building or buying a winder and getting into it... but one only has so much free time! Winding is an alchemy all it's own. respect.

Guitar wiring/layouts - seems like everything has been done: it's hard to come up with anything really "original"... but I like to think I came about as close as one could with this. I'm a big fan of the way prs used to wire humbuckers in the 90s... with the rotary... and have a guitar with that wiring, but the common complaint is it is hard to quickly move to bridge or neck, and hard to "know" where you are on the dial. My idea was to provide all those wiring options (and more!) but have it interact with a toggle so you'd always be able to 'quickly' get to a more bridge, or more neck sound. It has sort of become my signature "thing" and for someone who is a 'spice of life' kind of guy... it's about as versatile as it gets.

thank you again for the kind words - means the world to me. It is that sort of encouragement that keeps me motivated.

cheers