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I found this when I was looking up lovely tattoos for the bad tattoos thread. Now THIS guy is committed to ugly guitars.
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Aug 27, 2014 01:36
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The sacrificial roadie brand
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Aug 27, 2014 01:39
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Not that I'm endorsing the, "EVERYTHING IS GREAT, SPEND YOUR MONEY!" rags, but in this month's guitar world they have a feature of weird guitars. Its not bad but doesn't match the level of insanity displayed in this thread. It does have a handle guitar though, and its not a JEM.
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Aug 27, 2014 01:46
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Apologies for the lovely picture, Here it is with the pots installed with the the control knobs kindly supplied by Oscar Romeo Romeo; See how they are all really badly spaced? I bored the holes drunk using a taper ream at 2am on Saturday morning, that was probably a bad idea. Pots aren't actually wired up yet, I've got no idea what they are even going to do yet. Fun fact about the pots; They came from a 70's Les Paul copy so they are at least 10 years older than I am. THE TONE! Hopefully going to get to do the headstock and body tomorrow, should have a bit of spare time between stuff.
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Aug 27, 2014 02:19
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White Dog Eggs posted:Apologies for the lovely picture, Here it is with the pots installed with the the control knobs kindly supplied by Oscar Romeo Romeo; gunna be honest i wanna buy it already
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Aug 27, 2014 02:25
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Put a blank piece of metal for the jack plate and stick more controls there as well. Install the output jack on the lower horn of the guitar where a Firebird pickup switch would go Edit: and you can only use straight patch cables, no 90* ones.
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Aug 27, 2014 02:29
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Quickscope420dad posted:gunna be honest i wanna buy it already seriously i'm GASing hard over this thing i may just steal the idea of sodacan pickups though
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Aug 27, 2014 02:37
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Here are some ideas me and my friends came up with. - floyd rose with standard nut - different headstock tuner for every string maybe throw in a bass tuner, or maybe have each tuner be alternatingly on each side of the headstock or something - make the headstock say fneder - pickup on the back of the guitar Most of these are pretty bad but you need to put a godawful floyd rose monstrocity on this thing
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Aug 27, 2014 02:49
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White Dog Eggs posted:Apologies for the lovely picture, Here it is with the pots installed with the the control knobs kindly supplied by Oscar Romeo Romeo; I feel like by standing by and watching this happen, I am, in part, responsible for the unleashing of this monstrosity upon the world. (Still looks better than Romeo's guitar.)
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Aug 27, 2014 02:53
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White Dog Eggs posted:Apologies for the lovely picture, Here it is with the pots installed with the the control knobs kindly supplied by Oscar Romeo Romeo; Looks great, maybe you could put a piezo on the underside of the pickguard and give it its own volume pot? Like, presumably the idea would've been "great, I can do all those acoustic guitar-tapping sounds on electric" but you'd get the sound of moving switches too, etc. Guess it might create grounding issues but eh
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Aug 27, 2014 03:22
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White Dog Eggs posted:Apologies for the lovely picture, Here it is with the pots installed with the the control knobs kindly supplied by Oscar Romeo Romeo; So fuckin sexy
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Aug 27, 2014 03:52
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Ferroque posted:
I've seen this done on a strat copy modified to use longer trem springs. The pickup was pointed at the springs The idea was for the vibration of the body to produce a natural reverb. No idea if it actually works or not. Only one way to find out!
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Aug 27, 2014 08:27
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White Dog Eggs posted:Apologies for the lovely picture, Here it is with the pots installed with the the control knobs kindly supplied by Oscar Romeo Romeo; I already sent you a PM, but I'll toxx myself right here. If there's any way I can reasonably buy that thing and it stays in tune and has decent-ish sound, I'll buy it, gig it and I'll post the video for all to enjoy.
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Aug 27, 2014 09:05
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iostream.h posted:I already sent you a PM, but I'll toxx myself right here. Hahah, ok! I pm'd you back. Quickscope420dad posted:gunna be honest i wanna buy it already Dewgy posted:seriously i'm GASing hard over this thing I'm honestly surprised that people want this. I guess if iostream.h can't buy it for whatever reason you guys are welcome. This thread is giving me horrible ideas btw, junk strat bodies are easy as poo poo to pick up, I've got three or four just lying around at the moment (it's often cheaper/less hassle to buy a poo poo guitar with a serviceable neck than it is to buy/make a neck), I could always 'modify' some more if there is a market. Sockington posted:Put a blank piece of metal for the jack plate and stick more controls there as well. Install the output jack on the lower horn of the guitar where a Firebird pickup switch would go Oooh, I like this idea. I won't do it on this because that would involve routing a bigger cavity and I'm still not able to do that until I get my tools back (I'd love to elaborate but I can't until everything is sorted. It's a good story though, I'll post it here when it's cleared up), but I am going to do this on a another guitar for sure. It's an awesome idea. Ferroque posted:Here are some ideas me and my friends came up with. Sadly the floyd/rear pickup (lol) would involve more routing. I was going to pick and choose the best of my left-over tuners anyway, so that's on. I'm going to put "Bender" on the headstock, unless the thread thinks of fneder is funnier, it's all good. Heartbroken 2Twice posted:Looks great, maybe you could put a piezo on the underside of the pickguard and give it its own volume pot? Like, presumably the idea would've been "great, I can do all those acoustic guitar-tapping sounds on electric" but you'd get the sound of moving switches too, etc. Guess it might create grounding issues but eh I can totally do this, I reckon there is room to squeeze in one more pot somewhere.... DicktheCat posted:I feel like by standing by and watching this happen, I am, in part, responsible for the unleashing of this monstrosity upon the world. There is a special hell reserved just for all of us. I'll see you all there 
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Aug 27, 2014 15:25
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poo poo, I missed thisActuary X posted:I do 90% of my playing through a (modded) 5 watt Fender Champion 600. That t-shirt is awesome. I may have to steal this idea at some point.
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Aug 27, 2014 15:27
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The pissed drilling for pots makes it just perfect. This is starting to look like the kind of monster I used to see at shoegaze gigs during my Uni days. Art schools breed a very interesting kind of odd ball musician. It needs an obscenely long vibrato bar like Kevin Shields uses. Oscar Romeo Romeo fucked around with this message at 20:54 on Aug 27, 2014 |
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Aug 27, 2014 20:51
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:It needs an obscenely long vibrato bar like Kevin Shields uses. It doesn't have a Bigsby or Floyd Rose or any other tailpiece that can create vibrato. Therefore it needs TWO bars. EDIT: Preferably one of them will be some place bizarre, like coming out of the lower strap button BigHustle fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Aug 27, 2014 |
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Aug 27, 2014 22:30
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Use the flipstick ala Phil X. A vibrato arm that is actuated with your knee hahahahaha http://youtu.be/xhzDOLHRAMg like what is the benefit to this
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Aug 27, 2014 22:37
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White Dog Eggs posted:Apologies for the lovely picture, Here it is with the pots installed with the the control knobs kindly supplied by Oscar Romeo Romeo; lol i love how unusable the tone knobs are, can't wait to see/hear the finished product. Are those pickups shielded with coke cans?
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Aug 27, 2014 22:54
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Did actually chuckle a bit when I noticed WDE's only used Tone knobs. I sent some volume knobs too but in the words of EVH, "Volume IS TONE!" Is it going to be wired up as Volume + Tone for each pickup or are you planing some weird on board effect wizadry similar to Frank Zappa's guitars?
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Aug 27, 2014 23:17
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build an instrument cable into the guitar. you pull it out and then press a button to automatically wind it up. best if enough force to tear it out of the amp
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Aug 27, 2014 23:45
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I think it needs a ridiculously oversized furry tremolo bar.
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Aug 27, 2014 23:49
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unlawfulsoup posted:I think it needs a ridiculously oversized furry tremolo bar. A cat's tail to match the print on the pick guard?
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Aug 28, 2014 00:15
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pfs Write posted:build an instrument cable into the guitar. you pull it out and then press a button to automatically wind it up. best if enough force to tear it out of the amp Oh gently caress yes. Rip the mechanism out of a little hoover and you're sorted!
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Aug 28, 2014 00:34
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Looking at how close together the knobs are now I think they need to be geared so turning one turns the other ones too making them completely unusable as proper tone knobs.
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Aug 28, 2014 00:48
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pfs Write posted:build an instrument cable into the guitar. you pull it out and then press a button to automatically wind it up. best if enough force to tear it out of the amp
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Aug 28, 2014 01:18
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but it will keep the cable in a perfect tone spiral. the sound waves will travel sooo much more smoothly with that consistent curve
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Aug 28, 2014 01:27
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pfs Write posted:but it will keep the cable in a perfect tone spiral. the sound waves will travel sooo much more smoothly with that consistent curve 
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Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:The pissed drilling for pots makes it just perfect. This is starting to look like the kind of monster I used to see at shoegaze gigs during my Uni days. Art schools breed a very interesting kind of odd ball musician. I like this idea.... Mixodorian posted:Use the flipstick ala Phil X. A vibrato arm that is actuated with your knee hahahahaha http://youtu.be/xhzDOLHRAMg ....but HOLY poo poo. Spanish Manlove posted:lol i love how unusable the tone knobs are, can't wait to see/hear the finished product. Does "Fixed to the pickups with screws" count as shielding? If so yes. They are pretty much just resting on top, like those lovely plastic covers you can get to make everyone think you've got active pickups (I swear these exist). Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:Did actually chuckle a bit when I noticed WDE's only used Tone knobs. I sent some volume knobs too but in the words of EVH, "Volume IS TONE!" Haha, I was wondering if anyone would notice that. Honestly, I've got no idea. The two switches are standard 3-ways (they are also the only brand-new thing on the guitar), The idea is that you get on/coil-shunt/off. I could change it to something batty like on/coil-shunt/straight to jack and have the pots wired to dial the volume back or something. It's all good. unlawfulsoup posted:I think it needs a ridiculously oversized furry tremolo bar. Sockington posted:A cat's tail to match the print on the pick guard? That's so easy it'd be a crime to not do it. pfs Write posted:build an instrument cable into the guitar. you pull it out and then press a button to automatically wind it up. best if enough force to tear it out of the amp Oscar Romeo Romeo posted:Oh gently caress yes. Rip the mechanism out of a little hoover and you're sorted! pfs Write posted:but it will keep the cable in a perfect tone spiral. the sound waves will travel sooo much more smoothly with that consistent curve iostream.h posted:Actually, put a wind up cable in it, as long as it terminates in something utterly useless and I still have a jack for my wireless. I could totally do this as I'm the kind of poo poo-head who has a dead hoover lying around, but it'd probably add a fuckload of weight which make shipping fun. I'll take the winding thing out the hoover ad see what the score is. Thumposaurus posted:Looking at how close together the knobs are now I think they need to be geared so turning one turns the other ones too making them completely unusable as proper tone knobs. This would be funny. Mean, but very funny. I know gently caress all about gears though.
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Aug 28, 2014 02:27
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Aug 28, 2014 03:00
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Aug 28, 2014 03:03
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muike posted:if you didn't say russia i would've known anyway
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tacodaemon posted:Get a load of this Russian dude's drum kit woah thank god you miced up the kick guys
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Aug 28, 2014 03:10
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Sockington posted:A cat's tail to match the print on the pick guard? I have a cat stencil on my road cases so it'd go along quite well.
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Aug 28, 2014 03:59
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Since a dude toxx'd himself to buy it declare it an avente garde master piece and charge a thousand dollars for it.
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Aug 28, 2014 04:02
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Acquire Currency! posted:Since a dude toxx'd himself to buy it declare it an avente garde master piece and charge a thousand dollars for it. Bear in mind that most of my gigs are in the southern states, primarily Alabama and you fuckers are going to get me murdered.
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Aug 28, 2014 04:07
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iostream.h posted:That dude was me, and the toxx was that if we can work out my purchasing it (and we're in negotiation) that I will gig it, have it filmed and post the video here for the enjoyment of all. goonspeed you insane person
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Aug 28, 2014 04:52
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Acquire Currency! posted:goonspeed you insane person currently one of my regular guitars is the rainbow PRS yes, I've been asked more than once at a gig if I'm gay for that specific reason.
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I would ask you that as well, due to it being an al dimeola guitar. I bet it plays sick tho
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