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by david C
Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:17 pm
Forum: Instruments
Topic: Latest squeeze
Replies: 196
Views: 136631

The Stratmangler wrote: The stock pickups sound very good.
The pots are cheap and nasty, so I'll change 'em out sometime.
whatever you do don't talk to Philip Ramsay at Bluebell about guitars you get information overload :)
by david C
Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:30 pm
Forum: Instruments
Topic: Latest squeeze
Replies: 196
Views: 136631

When I have more time and money, I think I'll start playing around with pickups and stuff. I did throw a cheapo single coil (off a strat copy) pickup at my bass, but the results weren't great: too low sensitivity, and doesn't pick up the low E string much. Next time I'll know better. Chris PS - Chr...
by david C
Sun Nov 11, 2012 3:22 pm
Forum: Instruments
Topic: Latest squeeze
Replies: 196
Views: 136631

be nice if they were alnico, Seymour Duncan was designing pickups for Fender to fit but I don't think He made them it was a bit of an advertising ploy although they are better than the normal far east products, it seems you only get really nice electronics on USA built Fenders the Mexican JB pickups...
by david C
Sun Nov 11, 2012 1:04 pm
Forum: Instruments
Topic: Latest squeeze
Replies: 196
Views: 136631

sorry Chris that's great then,
sorry I just made an assumption based on my Mexican jazz bass and my Squirer Strat both of which had ceramic p/us
by david C
Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:29 am
Forum: Instruments
Topic: Latest squeeze
Replies: 196
Views: 136631

going to the dark side then Chris,


these are a great upgrade to the standard ceramic ones

http://www.tonerider.com/pickups/basspickups.html
by david C
Thu Nov 08, 2012 2:02 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: Amplifier distorts when speakers connected
Replies: 27
Views: 11878

Sorry to be pedantic, that applies to amplifiers using an output transformer, e.g. valve amplifiers, not transistor which are direct coupled, so in actual fact the opposite is true, high impedance load is usually better, too low impedance load can be worse if it can't handle it or might even cause ...
by david C
Fri Nov 02, 2012 2:29 pm
Forum: Your Fave Artists
Topic: Chas and Dave...the documentary!
Replies: 10
Views: 6308

great programme

I hadn't realised what accomplished musicians they both were

and Chas had quite a career beforehand, I liked the bit with Albert Lee and Eric Clapton
by david C
Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:40 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: 15W OTL
Replies: 226
Views: 80910

please don't give up on it,
let Nick cast his eyes over it, it's got to be something simple,

after all the things you've done you do know what you're doing

remember CBT is fun!! :D
by david C
Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:20 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: 15W OTL
Replies: 226
Views: 80910

well done Steve, good luck!!
by david C
Sun Oct 21, 2012 4:41 pm
Forum: Everyones Projects
Topic: 15W OTL
Replies: 226
Views: 80910

don't give up this time Steve,
walk away and come back to it later :)
by david C
Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:52 pm
Forum: Instruments
Topic: Trés Hombres
Replies: 21
Views: 31315

sorry can I just butt in for a moment, as you're talking about les pauls here's my latest project
a 59 replica


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by david C
Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:42 pm
Forum: Speakers
Topic: Humour me...
Replies: 54
Views: 33436

Hi Stu welcome to the forum

a bit off topic but a friend of mine is looking for someone with a cnc to take measurements of a guitar body to enable him to pass them on to the far east to be produced, is this something that might interest you?
by david C
Thu Oct 11, 2012 11:51 am
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: CNC PROGRAMMES
Replies: 12
Views: 6692

Hi david Easiest way is to find a workshop with a cutter that has a learning program. That way you can put the original on the cnc bed and trace round the outline with the cutter head. The software will record the dims for reproduction. hth Ed on the face of it that's the best way, and it may in pr...
by david C
Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:37 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: CNC PROGRAMMES
Replies: 12
Views: 6692

thanks Simon I think you can forget the exact copy with the edges, as long as the cutter produces an accurate profile and routs out the various holes in particular the neck socket then the rest can be done by hand I don't think there's a normal CNC that will radius edges they normally only work in o...
by david C
Wed Oct 10, 2012 9:00 pm
Forum: Assorted Stuff
Topic: CNC PROGRAMMES
Replies: 12
Views: 6692

thanks Simon
what he wants I think is a computer file that will when put into a CNC wood cutter will produce an exact copy of the original, I understand that a CNC won't cut radius on the edges but would have to be done afterwards by hand