Recent content by mwong61

Hey there, Hmmm, I can't recall which blender pot model that is but it's a CTS one. I ran that config for a while but wound up putting a PAF in the bridge and when I did that I returned it to the original PRS wiring schema (albeit with better components). It was a cool novelty for a while...

Yah the pickups are stock but in this recording I am only using the neck pickup. The "Bird" in the title of the song refers to Tom Bukovac's Gibson Firebird that he plays and talks about in one of his "Home Skoolin" YouTube videos. I know the Vela Type D single coil is not anywhere close to a...

Unfortunately, the LovePedal Amp 11 has been discontinued as well. There's a replacement for it with a different name as I recall.

Haha, well it's the Analogman.com "King of Tone". Kind of a crazy long wait list and used ones on Reverb going for $800 or more. It was never even on my radar until just a few months ago when I watched an episode of "That Pedal Show" talking about it. Then of course I had to check one...

Hey all, been a while since I posted here about my Vela mods. I love the sounds I'm getting out of the guitar but been tempted to go back to standard pickup selector lately......or get a second Vela heh. Leave one stock and leave this one with my mods. Anyway, I've been getting into building...

Which pickup "zings" or both? Which pick up pole piece did you adjust? Does it "zing" in all pickup selector positions? If it's in all positions, then I might be suspecting the bridge saddle might an issue. Sometimes the brass alloy (even when its supposed to be "solid" brass) can have...

ok my Ivoroid knob came in the mail today to complete the look. BUT....heh....numbers are a little hard to see......(it's always something....) I may wind up using some grease pencil to fill in the number outlines, or at least the number "5" on the blender and "8" on the tone pot to quickly see...

Hey funny you should mention the RailHammer, how do you like them? I've been looking at them for a different project of mine. It's a bright-ish guitar and I was thinking about possible using the Railhammer Humcutter P90. Which one is that you have in there? It's either that or possibly the...

Wait, you're using the V-Treb in the tone position? Hmmmmm.....that could be interesting......

Omg....don't even mention my golf game....hahah. Ruptured disc at L4-L5 kinda took care of my swing for the most part. I only play a round occasionally these days and swing gingerly like and old man. (wait.......I AM an old man....hahaha) . I hear you on the Gretsch layout with the master vol...

Ahh yes, I've seen those V-Treb things, they look pretty cool and let you mess with different values on the treble bleed. I generally don't have a strong preference one way or another on treble bleeds. I actually prefer to not have them on my LP style wired guitars and prefer the 50's style...

Here's what the final wiring looks like. I liked the way the treble bleed on the volume pot worked on the Vela so I stayed with the same value capacitor, 181uf, but upgraded it from the stock ceramic disc to a silver mica cap. I also liked the the stock tone capacitor value they used (.033uf)...

Hey all, Since getting my Vela a couple months ago I've been pondering a couple of modifications that I wanted to do. Let me first emphatically state that none of these mods or upgrades are "necessary". The stock components are perfectly fine and the wiring/soldering is all top notch. I've read...

I love it! Now you're giving me ideas.....hahah.. I think the SE's are awesome platforms to tinker with, just always thought the headstocks looked a bit cheesy (although they've gotten a lot better over the years). Until reading your post, that always seemed like a dead end unless I really...

Man, that sure is pretty! I've been thinking about putting some Lollartrons in my S2 Starla. How do you like them? Did you just replace the pickups or also redo the wiring? Part of the pondering is thinking through how I'd want to wire the L-Trons. I just finished a re-wire of my Vela (about to...