Singlecut fiver

[MPU]

Just finished my latest. I have always thought that singlecuts are all somehow ugly. Well, now I made one for myself. I like small bodies and smallish upper bouts so here it is.
Neck-thru, 7-piece maple/ovangkol laminate with ovangkol/maple tone block, ovangkol fretboard. Body wings lightweight Khaya core, walnut facings.
ETS tuner/bridge, Steinberger head piece. 34" scale. 10-coil Walish pickup, passive volume control with 1M pot. Nitro satin finish.





Sound clip at http://maihinnousu.net/s/17969

Marko

[Stealth]

Walnut's a beautiful wood for an instrument. Looks brilliant. Sounds like it, too, very wide sound spectrum there. Personally, I would've hardwired a tone cap and a 500K resistor in parallel to take the edge off the tone, but this sounds great regardless.

[MPU]

I've been making these multicoil pickups for a while. I've cast them in plastic, used steel poles and ceramic or neo magnets but this time I used alnico5 magnets and a fiber plate base. This is the fastest and easiest way to make these so far. It takes over five hours to make one from the beginning. I'm planning to have the bobbin plates and base plates laser cut. That would take an hour out of the time. These are very time consuming compared to single-coils or humbuckers.

[mc_muench]

That pickup is beautiful!!!




and so is the bass, I normally dont like single cuts either but this would works!!!

[Musiclogic]

Originally Posted by MPU

I've been making these multicoil pickups for a while. I've cast them in plastic, used steel poles and ceramic or neo magnets but this time I used alnico5 magnets and a fiber plate base. This is the fastest and easiest way to make these so far. It takes over five hours to make one from the beginning. I'm planning to have the bobbin plates and base plates laser cut. That would take an hour out of the time. These are very time consuming compared to single-coils or humbuckers.

I would love to hear and try one of these. I think if I ever figure out how to wire up an accurate digital counter to my winder, I may have to try making one. Hope you post sound clips Marko.
Very Cool!!!

[Puavo]

Originally Posted by Musiclogic

I would love to hear and try one of these. I think if I ever figure out how to wire up an accurate digital counter to my winder, I may have to try making one. Hope you post sound clips Marko.
Very Cool!!!

There's a link to a sound clip at the bottom of Marko's first post.

Sounds good, well done!

[daveman50]

Your design and workmanship are excellent. A beautiful, sleek and classy bass.

[josiah goldfish]

That's absolutely stunning

[wraub]

Also not usually a single-cut fan, but this looks nice.

wraub