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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 7:42 pm
by Doog
Good work, Fearless!

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:11 pm
by Nick
It all worked out, looks Fantastic!

Also imagining a bag full of GFS hardware rust has me dying :lol: :lol:

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:28 pm
by Thom
That looks great - nice work! Lovely to see it together properly.

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 8:47 pm
by Thomas
Oooft!!! Great job! It really pops with the black plastics on it. Tames the perloid perfectly!

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 9:11 pm
by NickS
Very smart. Well done!

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:39 pm
by kingkiller
Nick wrote:It all worked out, looks Fantastic!

Also imagining a bag full of GFS hardware rust has me dying :lol: :lol:
Can you imagine the GFS copy on the website page for a “Bag of Rust� :lol:

Endorsed by Earl Slick or something

Edit: Bag of Rust is a great name for a pedal

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:52 pm
by Nick
kingkiller wrote:
Nick wrote:It all worked out, looks Fantastic!

Also imagining a bag full of GFS hardware rust has me dying :lol: :lol:
Can you imagine the GFS copy on the website page for a “Bag of Rust� :lol:

Endorsed by Earl Slick or something
:lol:

“What’s the difference between a $200 guitar and a $5,000 one? Rusty screws of course! The big brands charge thousands for these premium parts, but we bought an entire warehouse of the same rust used by the “big brands� so we could offer these at a killer price that you just can’t beat!�

Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 11:54 pm
by dots
there's prolly a secret room at the gfs factory with humidifiers everywhere and parts just dangling about.

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:03 am
by plopswagon
kingkiller wrote:Bag of Rust is a great name for a pedal
Neil Young Tonez!
dots wrote:parts just dangling about.
…erm…

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 12:21 am
by dots
you heard me.

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 5:51 am
by sunshiner
Wow, ready to be shipped to Japan, those people of Japan are so lucky

Just kidding, it turned to be looking super sweet!

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 1:14 pm
by dots
Thanks, gents, for all the advice and encouragement through the process.

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 7:31 pm
by dots
comp stang sounds
compared to
hh jag sounds

didn't use a click, just threw this together to get a rough idea of the tonal differences, and yeah, they are there. the comp stang's basswood body adds so much thump, and i think the 250k pots are also darkening them tones. you also get a lot of clarity in the clean tones, and it's fair to say the pickups are lower output than the jag's p90s.

and, despite the guitar being intonated spot on at the 12th fret, it's sharp at the lower frets. going to try shimming first before considering a slight truss rod adjustment to clean that up.

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:19 pm
by paul_
dots wrote:there's prolly a secret room at the gfs factory with humidifiers everywhere and parts just dangling about.
The Muriatrium.

Mustang looks perfect! Jealous.

My favorite trick for installing tight tuner ferrules is to slowly press them in with small c-clamps, it protects both the bushing and the headstock from the potential shock damage of hammering and keeps things nice and square. When I put conversion pushings on my '67 Melody Maker to go back to plate tuners I did it this way, though I originally got the idea while hammering new bushings into my CIJ Jaguar while my stomach tied itself in knots.

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:25 am
by theshadowofseattle
THAT'S HOT, DOT

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 1:59 pm
by dots
**happy**

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:36 pm
by dots
Fin.
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:27 am
by kingkiller
HAWT. Great work!!

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:57 pm
by Thom
Really really nice!

Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:53 pm
by plopswagon
It ain’t done until you post a demo video!