Thread: gibson double cutaway

Originally Posted by Oxbox

dont forget, if you need, you have full use of my workshop facilities if you require.


Ox

thanks again.

when i get under construction i shall see if i need to take you up on that offer

And i didnt get a chance to defend myself, haha, wont get much of a bite out of me anyway.
As for pickups Arran, go for something youve heard and like, stabbing in the dark can end in disappointment having to sell them for the one you should have bought.

Greg

Originally Posted by arran101

thanks again.

when i get under construction i shall see if i need to take you up on that offer

More than welcome!. good to see your threads come back to order!, thank you Moderators and Administrators.

By The way, I'm primarily a Bassist, so comments from others re your pups probably hold more promise than mine!

Ox

Originally Posted by arran101

haha yes it was getting out of hand a bit, did that guy get banned??????

well the plannings goin good, i start school again tomorow and will start making templates straight away, i just came back from visiting Carba-Tec and they were great! there holding a bit of rock maple for me as i get some final mesurements and gave me several links/ email adresses to some guys that can sort out some timber for the top of the guitar.

im goin to go with a bolt on neck to save time and am still searching for a decent one online. as well as pickups: thinking seymour duncan but still dont know

Hey Arran,

Now that the cyclone has passed....

I have used duncans in most of the axes I play and have found them to be my fav. My favourite is the SH11 - Custom Custom. It has pleanty of heat. It is not quite has hot as the JB and it has a A2 magnet instead of an A5 in the JB which I find to give it a fuller tone on the overdrive (personal prefference)

SD's are pricey, but very nice pickups, and I doubt you will be anything but impressed with the tone.

In terms of the bolt on... If it is done well, you will get excellent tone and sustain, so I would not view it as second rate.. just different.

Cheers,

Peter

Boy its quiet in here today

*7$@## - Gibson....%%@##??ing Fender....BL**@@##^^ Rosewood.....F##@@*.

There ya go......that better??

Hi Arran,
I agree with most here in that SD's are good pups, but there are quite a few different
ones and parting with your hard-earned cash on something you don't quite know how will turn out can be daunting for builders (especially part-time ones like me).

My advice to you is to use whatever resources you can find. SD has their online tone wizard, you can even email SD with your build type and get a proper response. It is difficult to know what your guitar will sound like before it is completed, there are just so many factors.

I build around one guitar a year, and when you have all parts in hand before you start, you can get quite apprehensive about how it will all sound when its finally done. What I think is the best you can do is have an idea about what type of sound you are after. You discussed this a few pages ago. When you know what you're after at least you've got some direction to head towards. Find out what pups are used by the players you like, their guitars played (timber types etc). This might not get you the exact same sound but if you have a direction, you have a chance.

There are members here who build heaps more than I do, that may have a tried and true combination that they can reproduce and that's great for them, mainly because they are selling these builds, so they need that reliability. Asking these guys on the forum should get you good advice.

BBM

Originally Posted by watson

Boy its quiet in here today

*7$@## - Gibson....%%@##??ing Fender....BL**@@##^^ Rosewood.....F##@@*.

There ya go......that better??

Ya forgot Ramirez and Smallwood.

the search for pickups continues, i emailed Brierleys and he said he cant really do anything for my specifications so gona have a good look at some seymour duncans. i play in drop C (and some variations of drop C) and into prog rock.......... so if anyone knows any pickups that speak to this hit me up


thanks

Originally Posted by arran101

the search for pickups continues, i emailed Brierleys and he said he cant really do anything for my specifications so gona have a good look at some seymour duncans. i play in drop C (and some variations of drop C) and into prog rock.......... so if anyone knows any pickups that speak to this hit me up


thanks

Hey Mate, My old man is a Fender dude (Guitar Player), I understand the difference!! but we have had great success and satisfaction with Kinman Pickups, Aussie made (again, please remember, I personally am a Bass Player, not Guitar) I don't know if he has the same effect with Gibson style pickups (yes, he does them all), but for your relatively custom requirement maybe he's worth talking too?

Remember, questions are free, and the only silly question, is the one you didn't ask!

Best Of luck
Ox

Kinman - Home

You aren't really going to use rock maple for the body and then cap it with something are you-----boat anchor.
You want the maple as a cap and a lighter wood for the back

Originally Posted by

You are gone BYE BYE.

And he's just gone from the ANZLF forum. Guess he didn't figure that quite a few people are members of both the ANZLF and this forum.

The weed harvest must be especially good this year up the Murray.

Sounds like a banjo player to me.

Originally Posted by jeffhigh

You aren't really going to use rock maple for the body and then cap it with something are you-----boat anchor.
You want the maple as a cap and a lighter wood for the back

i was originally goin for mahogany with a maple cap but the bloke at carba-tec suggested a maple body with a darker wood for the cap, im looking at different tassie woods now.