my buddy and i are retired and bored. comments welcome. we dont get offended easily
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Looks cool, 
that thing!
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It's the normal Strat wiring..... N/N-M/M/M-B/B...... The danged thumb rest makes a sound. Go figure.... 
I do not care for the typical 2-pickup Hofner style setup or electronics: too boomy or twangy or scooped (with both pickups on), and no place to anchor a thumb properly, as I play with a traditional right-hand technique, not a pick, except for the occasional song that requires that particular articulation. I really like the third pickup, and Strat-style wiring. I could gig that bass with its mid pickup having better tonal balance and a place to anchor my thumb. Great job!
thanks iiipopes. i was quite surprised at the tone variances too. you are right about the thumb anchor. clutch cargo is going to push it one step farther. he is going to use the original slide switches on his and wire it up to get the same effect. hes going for the traditional look. anyone wanting to try what we have done feel free to ask any questions. a dremel with a router bit and a steady hand cut the pickup hole. we appreciate and value the response and support we have recieved from all of you.
Indeed. I moved the bridge pickup the same way on my 1981 Rickenbacker 320. Late '70's and early 80's 320's had a 21-inch scale, not the vintage 20 3/4 inch scale of the Beatle style 325's. But RIC used the same pickup template aligned on the neck to place the pickups. So the bridge ended up being 1/4 inch too far away from the pickups to get the appropriate jangle, even with the inline .0047 jangle cap. So I took my over sized tool that looks like a cross between a dremel and a router, shaved 1/4 inch on the bridge side of the neck pickup rout, 1/8 inch on the bridge side of the middle pickup rout to keep the spacing even, remounted the pickups, and, voila! Jangle. In spades.
If my back ever gets to a point I need drastic lightening of an instrument, I will keep this thread in mind, knowing it can be done to a Hofner.
Yes, the option to keep a quasi-stock look with a master volume and master tone, and rewire the three slide switches between them so each pickup can be off or on, and actually have some tonal control, instead of the all-or-nothing tone on the stock slide switches, is a good mod. It should be fairly easy to have someone cut a control plate without the engravings, or just leave the original for looks in case anybody wants to reverse the wiring back to stock.
iiipopes, good thinking on the Ric modification, yep. Way to go. We wanted to try the 5-way switching on his Rogue and obviously that's a new plate he made to accommodate it. Keeping the three switches on mine is easier and Kawiokie's old brake fluid and Q tip trick will remove the unwanted switch labeling. If it just had a G&L neck on it.....
