I suck at having one drink only when I go out
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Build 4 and 5: modern vs. classic
- Thread starter Frederiek
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I solved that problem by riding a motorcycle. I can drink all the drinks I want, so long as they ain't got no alcohol (that's a vernacular improper use of a double negative that actually means "none") in them until I get home or somewhere I'll be sleeping - I've had many a ginger-beer or tonic-water while "out" - and I soon found I didn't miss it much at all, so kept doing it even when driving a cage rather than riding, and I'm OK with that. I may or may not have a beer or wine when I get home...
As you can see the draft dissertation is done 
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+1 on the lovely work, and me too on the green basses.
Thanks all 
Almost forgot; I wound pickups for the first time! I installed them in another bass to try and I was positively surprised.
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Here's one I made earlier. Years before finishing the bass itself so predestined
The Escher stool and strap are amazing, along with all the rest.
Very Cool! Did you re-wind another set that died? Buy new bobbins? Make your own?Thanks all
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Thanks all!
I made the bobbins myself, I bought some new fibre for the plates but I also got this first set of flatwork for future reference. They needed a slight bit of adjustment as the magnets are German made and 5 mm in diameter instead of .187" (I was surprised that actually mattered). I tried something in the range of 70s specs and used this nice tool Coil Estimator to make calculations.
Magnets are AlNiCo 5 and the wire is probably way older than I am! There is no date on the spool but the Dutch factory that made it was sold in the early 90s and I think it stopped producing wire years before that. I didn't pot the pickups yet to be able to make some adjustments later, and because I'm curious for any differences in sound. Cloth wire just looked a bit fancier As this is just the first set I'm going to experiment a bit and make variations in materials and specs, and see if I can reproduce what I like. For these pickups I used the best materials I could find, and I wonder what happens if I use the cheapest I can get 
How they sound is a difficult question to answer, I'll come back to that later when they are installed in the new bass and tested on high gain/volume I was surprised though that I found them way better sounding than the high end custom made pickups that came with that bass ( the bass is really nice and from a well-known luthier too). More output but much more silent, more balanced and open, nicely defined. I think they sound like jazz pickups should sound!
I made the bobbins myself, I bought some new fibre for the plates but I also got this first set of flatwork for future reference. They needed a slight bit of adjustment as the magnets are German made and 5 mm in diameter instead of .187" (I was surprised that actually mattered). I tried something in the range of 70s specs and used this nice tool Coil Estimator to make calculations.
Magnets are AlNiCo 5 and the wire is probably way older than I am! There is no date on the spool but the Dutch factory that made it was sold in the early 90s and I think it stopped producing wire years before that. I didn't pot the pickups yet to be able to make some adjustments later, and because I'm curious for any differences in sound. Cloth wire just looked a bit fancier
As this is just the first set I'm going to experiment a bit and make variations in materials and specs, and see if I can reproduce what I like. For these pickups I used the best materials I could find, and I wonder what happens if I use the cheapest I can get How they sound is a difficult question to answer, I'll come back to that later when they are installed in the new bass and tested on high gain/volume
I was surprised though that I found them way better sounding than the high end custom made pickups that came with that bass ( the bass is really nice and from a well-known luthier too). More output but much more silent, more balanced and open, nicely defined. I think they sound like jazz pickups should sound!This is truly exceptional work. What I like about your designs is that you have utilize very unique and well-crafted details. For example, those inlays on the neck are really great. How did you do that with the rosewood where it wraps around the side dot inlays?
The leather pickguard looks awesome too!
The leather pickguard looks awesome too!
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