El Toro's Official Guitarded Thread...

[ElToro]

hmmm.......
well, I'm gonna off my Brian Mays anyhow...

[T-Jay]

All those tuners are great if you get the high end versions, but you're not staying in tune at all? Maybe you could try putting graphite on your nut first.. it may be sticky.

Is changing the nut pretty straight forward or best left to someone with experience with it??
Not something I've needed to do before...

Changing a nut needs to be done by someone with experience, but lubing/graphiting is simple.

Pull the strings out of their grooves, make sure there are no spurs or jagged edges and take a soft pencil into those groves... even coat the string near the nut woith graphit... that will let you know if something's wrong.. if it continues to go out of tune, it must be the tuners.

Nice.. thanks for the advice.

[choppersauce]

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Electronics,_pickups.html




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[ElToro]

The guys at McKnight have a few sets of Fender pickups lying around, if you want some cheap.

[Sleek]

You know, I played the thing last night, and it sounded pretty damned good...I may not replace these pups for a while.

I was on the rhythm pup most of the night, or the rhythm+neck out of phase and it sounded satisfyingly stratty...the few times I went to the lead, it sounded good, too...

Wiring harness has to go, tho. I'm thinking of disconnecting the tones (I keep hitting them) and just getting a better volume pot.

Damned thing stays in tune well, even with moderate bar usage.

Also feels and plays well. I may even go up to .11s just so it fights me a little more...

All in all, a good $119 spent.

[ElToro]

What make of guitar again? Pics?

[Sleek]

What make of guitar again? Pics?

Squier. Affinity.

Fine. Indonesian. Craftsmanship.

Mystery. Wood.

Yeah, that's right.

[lerxstcat]

I think they are basswood right now. Other cheap woods used are agathis and paulownia. It's still a maple neck with a rosewood or bubinga fretboard in that neck of the woods. Cheap labor is an amazing thing!

[Captain Morgan]

The guys at McKnight have a few sets of Fender pickups lying around, if you want some cheap.

What kind?

[ElToro]

Fender stuff all over the place...

[ElToro]

It appears I will have 4 new stompboxes to grind on. It's a good day.

[ElToro]

anything new out there?

[Sleek]

Here's a phone pic of my new strat:



It's hard to see the stuff I have done to it...whole body has had the gloss knocked off and the edges sanded to show wood in spots, then recovered with tru-oil and resanded for that old finish look. The headstock got a new label, then coats of tru-oil and "aged varnish" stain. The pickguard and stuff have all been done too, all chrome parts have been nicely scuffed and I bought a set of black knobs and shit for that '70's look.

It seriously just looks old in person...not like some bad relic job...which it is!

I already got asked about my "cool old strat" at a rehearsal with it.

Feels really good and sounds fine, though I am corresponding with a guy about maybe winding me some pups specially for the '60's soul I bought this to play.

I did, however, get a cts 250k volume pot, which I wired straight, taking the tone knobs completely out of the circuit.

Here's a stock before photo:

[ElToro]

Great job! I'm doing the same to my Peavey Predator

Black knobs and p/u covers next!

[T-Jay]

I wanna get a cheap piece of crap with floyd rose & bridge humbucker ... modify it into what I want in a guitar.... I guess like a first project guitar.. could be fun.

[ElToro]

I wanna get a cheap piece of crap with floyd rose & bridge humbucker ... modify it into what I want in a guitar.... I guess like a first project guitar.. could be fun.

There's a "project" on ebay ending tonight at $110 like that. Search project.

[T-Jay]

This one could be interesting....

Ibanez/Greco SG copy... postage only $80 insured for overseas. Oooh... just had a better look at the pics.... pretty beat to shit
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Vintage-Japa ... 2565d7ef06

Another Ibanez Electric... only $10 so far...
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ibanez-Style ... 2a126ddc4e

Thanks for the tip ElToro .... might have a crack at something like that over the next couple of months.

[ElToro]

But those Kramer replicas will do exactly what you need and supply the parts.

[ElToro]

I'm polishing a Predator Turd right now..

[ElToro]

This project should be done today. It's an Inca Silver Esquire w/ a SSD that goes single coil / P90 ? Humbucker!

[PAF Pro]

Seymour Duncan P-rail? Sweet! shitpot of wiring, and switching to figure out...but damn ,the versatility!

Ever get the itch for a good pawnshop crawl? Been meaning to pick up a good OD pedal on the cheap....stopped off at one on the way home from work(the guy that runs the place turned me on to Brian Wampler's boutique pedals....expensive muthafuckas, but they's GOOD)..$20 later, fresh battery and cleanup...Digitech Screamin' Blues OD/Distortion. Not a bad little pedal at all.....not as all-dominating as my Keeley-mod DS-1, more subtle and articulate in ways.

[Sleek]

I got a wampler pinnacle (2 switch version) I am thinking about unloading..

[hendrixstrat]

Thinking about getting a "Chibson"..I know there was a thread about them..What was the general opinion?Worth $300?

[lerxstcat]

Thinking about getting a "Chibson"..I know there was a thread about them..What was the general opinion?Worth $300?

I have never played one. but Tracii Guns loves his. He says go to seller Jaja and ask a lot of questions. I take that to mean talk to him and tell him exactly what you want on your5 guitar. Others have said they didn't like their and Tracii said "you should have talked to them more" Maybe message Tracii and ask him more like exactly what questions to ask, and if he really means talk, like phone and not email, what exactly to say to get a good guitar.

[ElToro]

I had 2 fake Gibby's that rocked, but had to make room for a healthier herd.

I picked up a Kramer Focus 6000 that will probably be sold off soon (original Floyd) and my son bought "The Bomber."

The Bomber smokes his old Whammy.

[ElToro]

Nothing new out there?

[Sleek]

I picked up a Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve yesterday...pretty sweet.

[ElToro]

I picked up a Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve yesterday...pretty sweet.

LOVE THOSE! Pics, please!

[T-Jay]

Is this the Silvertone 1484 you mentioned ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54l5gQXXBeQ

Looks like a nice old amp.

I ordered the UnO eprom for my Behringer FCB1010 yesterday
http://www.ossandust.be/

All the info I've come across recommends this as the way to go... now if only my cables would arrive already so I can use the damn thing.

[Sleek]

I picked up a Silvertone 1484 Twin Twelve yesterday...pretty sweet.

LOVE THOSE! Pics, please!

Yup.

Doing a little work on it, so no photos yet. It had been painted white (pretty well, actually) and I am restoring it to a more original color. (I found a gun-metal grey with a *hint* of metallic to it at an auto store~perfect).

I'm kinda tapped money-wise right now...I wanna take it to my guy for a tune-up. (Sounds great now, but I wanna max out the clean headroom.) and maybe get some more efficient speakers. (It has a *beautiful* set of late '50's Jensen alnico 12"s now, but I could use a little more volume...)

I needed something "fender combo" ish with a price ceiling around $400...which would only get me into the cheepest fenders (Blues Jr. HRD, etc.) . I think the same price for this puppy is pretty damned good.

This is for the '60's soul thing I am doing...it is the companion to the strat I just bought/built.

I either gotta hit ebay or just wait 'till next paycheck...and I ain't good at waiting!