ROOTS - let's see yer Strat, then
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ROOTS - let's see yer Strat, then
Howd'ya do it? I think that bears a close-up Got a better pic?
I'm hoping to do a 'Crash'-type job on my own one soon.
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Re: ROOTS - let's see yer Strat, then
its in my parents loft at the moment!!
I got a (japanese copy) strat with a broken neck, stripped it down, took all the electrics out, cant remember what stripper i used to get the laquer off the body, used a jigsaw to recut a headstock from a neck blank.
tore up a load of old magazines and glued them in a pattern onto the body then varnished the body replaced all electrics and tremelo springs and then bolted the neck back on, strung it twice and played it 4 times before i got an archtop.
I got a (japanese copy) strat with a broken neck, stripped it down, took all the electrics out, cant remember what stripper i used to get the laquer off the body, used a jigsaw to recut a headstock from a neck blank.
tore up a load of old magazines and glued them in a pattern onto the body then varnished the body replaced all electrics and tremelo springs and then bolted the neck back on, strung it twice and played it 4 times before i got an archtop.
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Re: ROOTS - let's see yer Strat, then
roots, how do you compensate for the arch top affecting the action? or is it just an ornament. I've got to admit it looks nice,
since uncovering a wasps nest in a bathroom refit and getting everyone out , I became an unstung hero,
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Re: ROOTS - let's see yer Strat, then
sorry the archtop is an ibanez blues guitar with a bigsby bridge and tremelo, bloody lovely guitar sounds awesome but a bugger to keep in tune!
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Re: ROOTS - let's see yer Strat, then
I love an Arch-top too. Since I got my Epi Riviera the others havn't got out much:
Here's an Amp I built a few years ago: First Decent bit of wood work I ever did!
Here's an Amp I built a few years ago: First Decent bit of wood work I ever did!
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Re: ROOTS - let's see yer Strat, then
My ex wife smashed my guitar up pmsl.
I want a cigar box 3 string for me birthday.
I want a cigar box 3 string for me birthday.
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Re: ROOTS - let's see yer Strat, then
Thanks!Devs Ad wrote:Hmmm, agreed
Did you build the leccy bits as well?
I did the circuit from a kit from ampmaker.com. SE-5A with a few mods.
I couldn't put the parts together myself for less so I went with the kit.
The speaker is a salvaged 16ohm 1970 Celestion Green back.
The amp kicks out a mighty 2.5 watts in this config
I was a bench technician for a few years after college so I know how to do this sort of thing. But I was very impressed with the instructions from ampmaker. With enough patience anyone could do it.
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Re: ROOTS - let's see yer Strat, then
Cooooool.
2.5W might not seem like much, but I bet it's plenty loud. The ear doesn't respond to sound levels in a linear way, so 5W, for example, is nothing like twice as 'loud' as 2.5.
2.5W might not seem like much, but I bet it's plenty loud. The ear doesn't respond to sound levels in a linear way, so 5W, for example, is nothing like twice as 'loud' as 2.5.
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Re: ROOTS - let's see yer Strat, then
It's surprising loud!
What was probably an accidentally discovery fifty years ago is that a guitar amp sounds best when its valves are driven over (overdrive) their ability to cleanly reproduce sound and start to distort in a pleasant way.
In a big 500 watt monster amp you have to crank the thing up to very un-neighbourly levels to get this sound.
These little 2 to 5 watt amps are perfect for practice, recording and small gigs.
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What was probably an accidentally discovery fifty years ago is that a guitar amp sounds best when its valves are driven over (overdrive) their ability to cleanly reproduce sound and start to distort in a pleasant way.
In a big 500 watt monster amp you have to crank the thing up to very un-neighbourly levels to get this sound.
These little 2 to 5 watt amps are perfect for practice, recording and small gigs.
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