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November 12th, 2011, 05:17 AM
Yup:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yoBMk-ANmLs/Tr5Rj1M25KI/AAAAAAAAEcs/1pUd_rEwoJ8/s640/IMG_20111112_091819.jpg
I have the 81TW and 98 EMG's installed, no tones, just two volumes with push/pulls to change between single- and dual coil (humbucker) modes.
I wired it so that the neck 89 is by default in single coil mode and turns to bucker when the knob is lifted, and vice versa for the bridge 81TW.
I've yet to test it with a real amp, but on Amplitube the 81TW sounded surprisingly warm, usually the 81's are a touch colder than my usual 85's but we'll see...in my experience the 89 which is supposedly 85 and SA in one pickup sounds like neither either. (ha). I once tried an 89 in bridge position but it didn't work anywhere as well as a real 85. So I have high hopes for this 81TW now; I was already preparing to swap it for an 85. We'll see. Since the neck 89 is in single coil mode, it's easy enough to mix it in a little if need be, it gives it warmth a plenty if used both pickups on & adjusted their mix to taste with the neck pup volume.
In this pic (cell phone pic) the guitar color appears very much like it actually does indoors. On a quick glance and low(ish) light conditions it could even be mistaken for black.
The next pics I took with an actual camera under a window, and that brings out the colour much better, even better than it looks in reality usually:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sNK9cZN1IbA/Tr5RlGf4ehI/AAAAAAAAEc0/6Wun0eHbgmY/s720/2011_marraskuu%252520033.JPG
Ain't she pretty? It's now very much like the EX model would have been, but I like the fact it's not that modern-metal looking with the red tint, as the gray would have been. Plus now it's kind of GX/EX as with these pups I could retain the original GX ability of using single-coil modes on both pickups as well. Also the copper EMG marking on the pups (on all splittable EMGs) happens to match the reddish overall scheme really well as if planned.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dVD1a3flunk/Tr5RliF_l7I/AAAAAAAAEc4/qf6stuEGwco/s720/2011_marraskuu%252520031.JPG
In bright sunlight or flash like here the guitar looks quite different, and the wood grain jumps out from behind the dark surface lacquer.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K2aBfXfhNV0/Tr5RkmTGhKI/AAAAAAAAEcw/z-CVL0VfUT8/s640/IMG_20111112_090207.jpg
Finally a pic of the control cavity. The previous owner had cut the wires in the middle so I had to first repair the wires (14 tiny weeny leads in all to solder!) which already took a good while. Then he had soldered the push-pull pots really weirdly - I don't understand what kind of a setup he had had - but anyway I had to de-solder 'em again and re-build the entire switching system, so that was a few dozen more solders. Damn those EMG wires are TINY I really felt like a surgeon trying to fit my solder gun there. In the pic it's still missing a battery and the clip, but they just fit in there nicely.
In the back corner you can see the tape under which I drilled two .40 holes 1" deep and pushed two S&W .40 caliber bullets in the holes and covered with tyre lead. That, and the battery and the EMGs weighing down the body made it balance rather perfectly. It is nicely enough neck heavy so that it's very nice for bending as the guitar stays down and provides a stable leverage point for bending the strings, but not neck heavy enough so that it would turn the neck downward, but instead it stays perfectly straight on a strap when just hung around the neck.
In fact I started thinking I might want to add just a little bit of weight in my Davette's headstock...it feels very nice to have the neck weigh enough so that you can bend the strings without holding on to the neck, and it stays down and doesn't follow the bend upwards like usually happens.
If the sound is similarly good as my Davette's or the strats, this could become a main player even methinks.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-yoBMk-ANmLs/Tr5Rj1M25KI/AAAAAAAAEcs/1pUd_rEwoJ8/s640/IMG_20111112_091819.jpg
I have the 81TW and 98 EMG's installed, no tones, just two volumes with push/pulls to change between single- and dual coil (humbucker) modes.
I wired it so that the neck 89 is by default in single coil mode and turns to bucker when the knob is lifted, and vice versa for the bridge 81TW.
I've yet to test it with a real amp, but on Amplitube the 81TW sounded surprisingly warm, usually the 81's are a touch colder than my usual 85's but we'll see...in my experience the 89 which is supposedly 85 and SA in one pickup sounds like neither either. (ha). I once tried an 89 in bridge position but it didn't work anywhere as well as a real 85. So I have high hopes for this 81TW now; I was already preparing to swap it for an 85. We'll see. Since the neck 89 is in single coil mode, it's easy enough to mix it in a little if need be, it gives it warmth a plenty if used both pickups on & adjusted their mix to taste with the neck pup volume.
In this pic (cell phone pic) the guitar color appears very much like it actually does indoors. On a quick glance and low(ish) light conditions it could even be mistaken for black.
The next pics I took with an actual camera under a window, and that brings out the colour much better, even better than it looks in reality usually:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-sNK9cZN1IbA/Tr5RlGf4ehI/AAAAAAAAEc0/6Wun0eHbgmY/s720/2011_marraskuu%252520033.JPG
Ain't she pretty? It's now very much like the EX model would have been, but I like the fact it's not that modern-metal looking with the red tint, as the gray would have been. Plus now it's kind of GX/EX as with these pups I could retain the original GX ability of using single-coil modes on both pickups as well. Also the copper EMG marking on the pups (on all splittable EMGs) happens to match the reddish overall scheme really well as if planned.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-dVD1a3flunk/Tr5RliF_l7I/AAAAAAAAEc4/qf6stuEGwco/s720/2011_marraskuu%252520031.JPG
In bright sunlight or flash like here the guitar looks quite different, and the wood grain jumps out from behind the dark surface lacquer.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K2aBfXfhNV0/Tr5RkmTGhKI/AAAAAAAAEcw/z-CVL0VfUT8/s640/IMG_20111112_090207.jpg
Finally a pic of the control cavity. The previous owner had cut the wires in the middle so I had to first repair the wires (14 tiny weeny leads in all to solder!) which already took a good while. Then he had soldered the push-pull pots really weirdly - I don't understand what kind of a setup he had had - but anyway I had to de-solder 'em again and re-build the entire switching system, so that was a few dozen more solders. Damn those EMG wires are TINY I really felt like a surgeon trying to fit my solder gun there. In the pic it's still missing a battery and the clip, but they just fit in there nicely.
In the back corner you can see the tape under which I drilled two .40 holes 1" deep and pushed two S&W .40 caliber bullets in the holes and covered with tyre lead. That, and the battery and the EMGs weighing down the body made it balance rather perfectly. It is nicely enough neck heavy so that it's very nice for bending as the guitar stays down and provides a stable leverage point for bending the strings, but not neck heavy enough so that it would turn the neck downward, but instead it stays perfectly straight on a strap when just hung around the neck.
In fact I started thinking I might want to add just a little bit of weight in my Davette's headstock...it feels very nice to have the neck weigh enough so that you can bend the strings without holding on to the neck, and it stays down and doesn't follow the bend upwards like usually happens.
If the sound is similarly good as my Davette's or the strats, this could become a main player even methinks.