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This thread necro is brought to you by my oldest beastie, a one-off built by luthier Ed Reynolds (I believe either for himself originally, or as a NAMM sample... I forget which). I've put many, many miles on it since acquiring from him in 1993. She's a bit faded and scarred, but still enormously fun. Administered some much needed TLC today and am pretty delighted with the results. I give you.... my little slice of nerd heaven.
(Sorry for the harsh indoor lighting and occasional cat hair. )
Koa body, set maple & mahogany neck, ziricote board, locking Sperzels, modded Bartolini actives, Wilkinson trem with an ingenious spring-loaded arm height & angle mechanism. The switching block gives you two rows of five buttons, laid out like a 5-way in sequence. Top row = coil taps. Bottom row = humbuckers. The intent was to be able to access any of the pickup positions with just one click. Works like a treat. That little reed switch activates an onboard (adjustable) EQ boost, and there's a separate treble boost that kicks in at about 9/10 on the tone knob. Pots are push-pulls; pop up the volume knob and you bypass the onboard electronics (with inner adjustable, hidden EQ!) to go passive, pop up the tone knob and you bypass the tone circuitry. Intended string gauge is .0095, .012, .017, .026, .036, .046. Would you believe I can't even remember the scale length? I knew these things once...
So many great memories with this axe in my hands, every time I pick her up it's like getting a hug from your favorite relative. One of these days I'll get her refinished or at least touched up, as there's a bit of pitting and cracking developing. That rubber grommet around the input jack just gave out and popped as I was taking these photos, haha.
(Sorry for the harsh indoor lighting and occasional cat hair. )
Koa body, set maple & mahogany neck, ziricote board, locking Sperzels, modded Bartolini actives, Wilkinson trem with an ingenious spring-loaded arm height & angle mechanism. The switching block gives you two rows of five buttons, laid out like a 5-way in sequence. Top row = coil taps. Bottom row = humbuckers. The intent was to be able to access any of the pickup positions with just one click. Works like a treat. That little reed switch activates an onboard (adjustable) EQ boost, and there's a separate treble boost that kicks in at about 9/10 on the tone knob. Pots are push-pulls; pop up the volume knob and you bypass the onboard electronics (with inner adjustable, hidden EQ!) to go passive, pop up the tone knob and you bypass the tone circuitry. Intended string gauge is .0095, .012, .017, .026, .036, .046. Would you believe I can't even remember the scale length? I knew these things once...
So many great memories with this axe in my hands, every time I pick her up it's like getting a hug from your favorite relative. One of these days I'll get her refinished or at least touched up, as there's a bit of pitting and cracking developing. That rubber grommet around the input jack just gave out and popped as I was taking these photos, haha.