Finally... She's done!!!

[ShredCow]

Re: Varitone pots

Hi

Can this varitone pots be done on a strat? What main difference does it make to the sound/tone ?
Switchcraft jack... hmm..gonna chck out on dat too.

How much does everything cost u, bro?

See Ya Somewhere
Musically
Jay_Clones

Well, the Varitone is something like a tone pot ... It can make my guitar sound like a hollow body jazz guitar, then switch it to a fat, warm bluesy tone, then switch it to a thin, lower output tone, and so on. Great stuff... I will post some clips of it asap.

Ah,... switchcraft jacks are the industry standard jacks... nothing else to it.

Everything cost me around $800?

 

[ShredCow]

The difference lies only in the pole pieces' placement. In which the F-spaced are slightly wider apart. He bought it from Dimarzio.

pole piece are farther apart..I know! dats why I ask...you canna fit F-space in regular cover. What is DiMarzio part number for F-spaced cover??? I canna find on da website

GG1601 for f-spaced covers.

Its under the hardware section on www.dimarzio.com

 

[sanXp]

Hey dan no more locking strap nuts?

 

[ShredCow]

Hey dan no more locking strap nuts?

No more man... I tried the Dunlop Straplocks and I didn't like the amount of noise they make.. then I tried the Schaller straplocks but I found that the locking nut on them always come off! Then I went for the Dimarzio cliplocks, ultra secure and quiet... but they were too long!

So I'm back to the norm...

 

[popeye]

Re: Varitone pots

Hi

Can this varitone pots be done on a strat? What main difference does it make to the sound/tone ?
Switchcraft jack... hmm..gonna chck out on dat too.

How much does everything cost u, bro?

See Ya Somewhere
Musically
Jay_Clones

Well, the Varitone is something like a tone pot ... It can make my guitar sound like a hollow body jazz guitar, then switch it to a fat, warm bluesy tone, then switch it to a thin, lower output tone, and so on. Great stuff... I will post some clips of it asap.

Ah,... switchcraft jacks are the industry standard jacks... nothing else to it.

Everything cost me around $800?

interesting.
Bro... where did you do the wiring?

 

[ShredCow]

Well... the mini toggles and pup switch wiring... was done with a friend. And so was the drilling for the mini toggles.

STRESSFUL I TELL YOU!

 

[pooo]

You could have just dumped the stress on a tech :lol:

 

[ShredCow]

You could have just dumped the stress on a tech :lol:

But then I wouldn't be able to sleep because I wouldn't know if the tech was really taking care of my baby...

 

[SpaTanS]

woo ... groovy ... rem to bring and show me ok ?

 

[pr0n]

i hope ure not using this again to play jazz.

 

[pooo]

i hope ure not using this again to play jazz.

I'm sure he would do it even more, now that he has a varitone to make his guitar sound like a jazz box

 

[ShredCow]

i hope ure not using this again to play jazz.

I'm sure he would do it even more, now that he has a varitone to make his guitar sound like a jazz box

You bet

Its pretty... strange I would say... I mean, my axe doesn't look mild you know... and there i am, playing something like Wonderful Tonight, or Girl From Ipanema.

 

[pr0n]

wonderful tonight still ok la..

 

[edder]

just curious, where did you get the inductor for the varitone? bought it as a kit from somewhere?

I remember the original varitone inductor is around the size of a pickup.

 

[ShredCow]

just curious, where did you get the inductor for the varitone? bought it as a kit from somewhere?

I remember the original varitone inductor is around the size of a pickup.

Hey man, I bought this varitone from an online dealer... do a google.. it'll turn up!

And yeah, the orignal was BIG. This is the size of what, 4 10cent coins stacked up.

 

[edder]

ahhh cool.... nice one there.

 

[AsphaltMK]

hmm, just remembered, i also wanted to ask... what's that 5-way megaswitch you were intending to put into your guitar at first? sounds wicked.

 

[vivalapunkrawk]

Omg! Dats Hot! I'm Just 8O hahahaha!

 

[ShredCow]

hmm, just remembered, i also wanted to ask... what's that 5-way megaswitch you were intending to put into your guitar at first? sounds wicked.

That megaswitch is basically a 5-way with 24 lugs so it can replicate the complicated H-H wiring that ibanez uses. A normal strat 5 way cannot replicate that wiring.

Problem was that the megaswitch was too large for my control cavity so I had no choice but to ditch the idea and use a 3-way but add in the coil split and phase for versatility.

 

[superak]

cool upgrades you have. Who did it for you? If someone did so, can you forward me the contact?