Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Very nice, i really wish i had the know how to make a tidy acoustic guitar, all that bracing, clamping...Amazing( one day ) , and 5 at once

Cant wait to see them come together

Yeah, the lap steels have a wider cavity/pickup, the issue trying to run 2 coils next to each other in a regular electric guitar is space for the wire on the inside of the bobbins. I know there was an old Flying V that did this, though the bobbins were slightly angled to fit the 4 coils. Once im hap...

100% correct tod, i planned on series as it seemed logical, but thought to run them parallel while im in here doing this stuff to actually hear the difference, and try phasing. . Its not quite there yet, its very usable but i have a few ideas to get things balanced closer to perfection, i am impress...

Yep, although some things just work regardless of the theory behind it, sometime they really dont

In this case, success Ill wire it up in series tomorrow, so its more like one whole unit working the frequencies. Hope you enjoyed the games

Mmm, where does one start. By removing 3 "slugs" from the bobbin, youve merely created a point for interference pickup, the area where the slugs are now missing are not being influenced by a magnetic field any more, that lack of influence area is the same as running 300meters of unshielded wire. Th...

WOW :shock: I really like it! I might spend a week playing around but some great new sounds available.... i dont think a new pup is needed, removing the poles/screws works well :dri Maybe a seperate tone control for each pup to broaden the options but for now im pretty amazed. Not everyones cup of t...

Sorry Nick, a bit vague, yeah thats the idea

Ill see what i can do for a clip but protools is down and it looks like ill be needing a new disk, I have no idea where the old disk is to re-install. Just about to plug her in after a coffee. Looks like something from mad max alrightLOL

Now to throw them in the Geetar, with a phase switch, why not

A little sunday tinkering, i thought you guys may find this interesting, going for silky smooth highs and snappy lows by creating 2 half buckers The original idea was to have 4 mini coils side by side but before i get to having them made up and getting around the coil space issue, i'll be running a ...

Sorry... :oops: steve, im am 100% sincere when i say i admire what you do, believe me. The laugh icon was a visual of me as i was reading your post and thinking of trying to do what you do. Knowing how the hysteresis curve applies to that specific metal is the key, retentivity and permeability of th...

Mike (is it?)

I do believe you are being modest, i ment to get back to you about the magnets, that is definately an artform IMHO And knowing how to chop out or add wire is something ill leave to you guys thats for sure.

PM sent about Mags

Mick Brierley's setup is a little more refined than most. Full-time and very busy shipping worldwide. Custom wound pickups to your specific requirements with great home grown personal service from South Oz. :wink: What's not to like about that ! Got to support the local winders, especially when the...

Back to winders, i am sure there are some good local guys here. Will surely be contacting Mick Brierley, looks good

Hmm, can you tell me what seperates you from others, what makes you special? :) Experience with alternate winds and gauges, metals used in poles, magnets used, wind patterns. I mean anyone can wind a pickup, but there is an art to it and i'm seeking the artists from Oz. I have 3 really good guys and...

^ Thanks, sounds like a great winder (judging by the clips) Nice tones. But im after that real double tone vintage sound, no ice pick (and no flab) but shimmery. Personal experience is a big bonus, if you use em and dig em, id love to hear about them. Ill keep him in mind for hot modern type winds, ...

Hi guys, im keen to try some Aussie winders. I have been running with Zahngbucker,MHD and sheptones generally, all from the US and fantastic winders. Although id love to try out some good Aussie winders and see how we are going :) Ill be after a hot vintage scatterwound set to start, if anyone knows...

My favourite solid body guitar Thanks for bringing this Tele into the world! I love these things, beautifully shaped slabs of musical wood (i have an old '85 Ibanez Tele copy, 2 buckers and just magical)

This one is looking good so far

Looks like a nice fat neck too...?

Funny, i actually re-worded the post to avoid such a generalization, guess it was bound to happen. But yes puff, i posted for YOUR knowledge, no more

I hope you get some input out of the post, but with comments like that i see why i were reluctant to come back to the forum, thanks again puff

I love tele bodies, this one definatly has the class you expect from the infamous shape. Stunning

Wow, i love what you did at the butt join, really nice work!

Very nice bit of tree you have there

Hey Tim, thanks for the info. Most of my electric guitars use EMG active pickups. They come with their own pots presumably to handle the small current but I have never really looked into it. Do you know if the ones you showed work with active pickups? I also have a couple with coil splitting push p...

Hi Kim, :moo Your regular cts pots have the regular Audio or linear taper as posted in the white graph above, the custom taper 10% CTS pots have a different resistance curve, this graph comes from a freind, Jonesy in the US (it was sent to him from Ron at CTS) Red - Linear CTS Black - Custom CTS Yel...

They are US made pots, i have been chatting with some guys over there and will be getting a supply of the premuim/vintage and low-high torque soon, until then i know jonesy at tonemojo.com stocks them if you would like to try, he is a great guy and has very decent pricing/postage.

Another thing i found really interesting is that the standard unsealed pots come in 3 different torque levels(how hard it is to rotate the pot). Not a bad idea really, if you dont use the tone pot much, a high torque would come in handy to prevent bumping the pot lightly and changing the tone settin...

Ok, here is where these 2 sealed pots shine...the taper. For gradual roll off and volume swells, i give a 9/10 for both. These are really easy to control your tone, using 50's wiring i were able to clean up and add dirt quite easily by rolling the volume back, no extreme jumps or loss of volume, jus...