Gibson Grabber/Ripper -influenced build.

[Teacher]

Very nice! Schaller tuners?

 

[joseplluissans]

This is a real beauty!

Thanks! While I'm waiting my mentor to get well (I need guidance for winding the pups) I'm contemplating on whether to make pickup covers or leave them butt naked. I have some purple heart left, so they could be all PH. Or, I could make them equal to the neck laminates...

 

[fretless19]

Thanks! While I'm waiting my mentor to get well (I need guidance for winding the pups) I'm contemplating on whether to make pickup covers or leave them butt naked. I have some purple heart left, so they could be all PH. Or, I could make them equal to the neck laminates...

They could be the reverse of the laminate too.

 

[joseplluissans]

They could be the reverse of the laminate too.

Have to think about it First I'll have to see if I have enough purple heart.

 

[fretless19]

It would produce a sort of offset checkerboarding effect

 

[Barbaric.Eric]

this is the most beautiful build!! definitely sub'd, can't wait to see more progress! Keep up the great work!

 

[joseplluissans]

It would produce a sort of offset checkerboarding effect

Yeah, I can see it already

this is the most beautiful build!! definitely sub'd, can't wait to see more progress! Keep up the great work!

Thanks! At the moment there's a break on this instrument, I'm hoping to continue on it soon. Planning the pickup covers too...

 

[i hate username]

I've never seen purple inlays before. Very very pretty with the maple.

 

[joseplluissans]

Very nice! Schaller tuners?

I somehow missed this question. Not schaller, but some Korean tuners.

 

[joseplluissans]

I've never seen purple inlays before. Very very pretty with the maple.

Agreed very much I'm going to use wood inlays in the future too. Maybe something Billy Sheehanish..

 

[Teacher]

I somehow missed this question. Not schaller, but some Korean tuners.

Crazy thing is, I meant to type "Grovers!"

 

[joseplluissans]

I wound the first pickup and glued a plank for the covers. The pickup is a wee bit hotter than the originals, at 5,85 Kohm. Next week more pickups and routing the covers out...

 

[bholder]

Wow, that looks amazing! More pics when you can, please! I love the inlays matching the neck stripes, very very nice looking.

 

[joseplluissans]

Wow, that looks amazing! More pics when you can, please! I love the inlays matching the neck stripes, very very nice looking.

Thanks! I'll probably route the pup covers next week, so there'll be a "mock up". I'll also try to see if I can make some sound clips after the pickups are wound. I just don't have the equipment, but maybe I can get a friend to record me.

 

[bholder]

(I might go with oxblood rather than yellow for the chickenhead switch.)

 

[joseplluissans]

(I might go with oxblood rather than yellow for the chickenhead switch.)

Haha The chickenhead is a temporary knob and I haven't given many thoughts to it yet. It was just a leftover from an analog synth project

 

[ctmullins]

Alrighty, @joseplluissans , it's time for an update!

 

[joseplluissans]

Damn, it's been the same for a long time As an AD/HD person, any obstacle great enough is a huuuge obstacle, and for me it's been the electronics. The pickup covers are sans PU coating. Otherwise the instrument is playable

 

[jeffreylee]

I have two Grabbers. The Grabber with the sliding pickup, and a G-3 with three Bill Lawrence pickups. I have the G-3 wired so that the middle pickup is always active, and the toggle adds either the neck, bridge, or both pickups in series with the middle pickup. It sounds FANTASTIC.

 

[joseplluissans]

I have a four position switch and the possibilities are endless