Recent content by ArnaudS1979

Agreed. It does seem to heat up... but the solder doesn't react...

I have done that, but maybe I haven't put enough on. I am just slightly nervous with the pots as it looks like I have screwed up the ones I have in the Epi LP. I think I'll give it another try with the maximum temperature and if it still doesn't move I'll get someone who knows what he is doing...

Right! Finally got round to dust off the soldering iron. I have prepared 2 trial kits using alligator clips: - 3x 180pf capacitor in parallel. - 180pf + 130k in parallel. Now, I ran in a bit of problem. I have a temperature controlled 48W soldering station and heating up the connection on the...

To be honest, I had been thinking about it for a while, but was a bit daunted by the idea of 'attacking' the neck of set neck guitars. If it wasn't for the good advice I received from the good folk here, I would probably still be sitting on the fence. If you are cautious, there is nothing to be...

Satin neck or nothing!

So, I have now given a similar treatment to the Studio. I went with 1000 and 1500 grits. In terms of look, though I was better organised and thought through the transitions a bit better, I feel like I have let my self down a bit in the workmanship. The look of the neck is not as consistent on...

Sweet!!!

Brilliant, I just finished reading Dave Burrluck's book on PRS history. Seeing up close these seminal guitars was a blast. Sergio, I never really though about VY before, but now I think you are absolutely right.

I have a few 130k resistor kicking about but I ran out of 0.001 uf orange drop. I know they don't cost the earth but I haves election of others I could trial. I was actually wondering, I probably don't need much more than the stock 180pf. Since I have a few more 180pf quicking about, could I put...

In theory: nothing. In practice: it can be months between outings of the welding iron :D. I'll start with a bit more homework.

The neck inlays look awesome. I personally have some reservation on the colour but for some reason when I look at it, it feels like an amazing player. How does it feel and sound? Congratulations!!!

Very interesting, thank you for chiming in Tone-y. So if I wanted more treble left in the mix I should go for an even smaller cap? Not really understanding how these things work, back in the days I fitted a treble bleed on my LP with both a cap and a resistor - based on discussions I had on a...

The treble! When I first played my SE Custom 24 through the Vox Amplug AC30, I was quite happy rolling off the volume without feeling I was losing out too much on the treble. When the Tweaker was fixed and started to use it again, it seemed to me that some of treble was actually going away in...

So I finally did it. It may not be the most beautiful looking neck in string instrument history but boy it feels good. I came at it with the 600 grit sand paper for a good 10 minutes. Then finished it with 1200 grit. I wasn't too keen on a clear separation mark at the head so I created a wee...