Badger wrote:

eddiekatcher wrote:

...chucked the Orville Wright thing and bought Mrs. Katcher a new house. Probably a wise decision in the long run. I do get calls from some friends who are current and just baiting me to climb back in the cockpit.

Ditto. After 850 hrs real life got in the way.
Now returning to tubes & strings & wood & stuff.

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Thats why I deleted it. To many hobbies! Better stick to surf. We'll meet on other fora for the other stuff.

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Before long, Papa Surf will be a playable guitar once again! Today the frets were leveled and crowned. I also put the guard on. Now it just needs new strings and some nut work then it's ready to go.

Hey Mike!

Do I have a great idea.............. You are right about the Boatwerx. But we could build the airplane at YOUR house.

You can tell your Mrs. that it's my project and I can tell Mrs K that it's your airplane. Or, we can paint it olympic white and swear that we've had "that one" for years.

Helpful ed.

Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?

Impressive work Bob! Great colour too.

50-60 watt 2x 6L6 version of a SSS with High and Low Filters, 3 tube reverb,level controlled signal in and out, 4,8,16 ohm output.

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Had the Senn Model One open for the last 24 hours, in prep for putting in a set of GFS Surf 90's. Was just doing a few little other things since I had to crack the chest anyway.

• Investigated the vibrato to give a thorough look-see; loosened then retightened a couple screws to let the whole think arm-holder seek the full opening in the plate because I will use upward bends occasionally.

• I went with 250K audio pots but kept the .047uf tone cap; traditional Tele values. NB: If you swap pots with standard US dimension pots with 3/8" (Alpha/CTS, etc.) you may need to open up the holes in the pickguard just a touch. Few seconds with a 3/8" drill bit will take care of that.

• Ran a few runs of cloth to a few points, but left the 2-conductor in a few places; it does fine and is conducive to some tight spaces. Minimizing cloth wire home runs in a tight cavity. I do like the traditional wire though because, like a good dog, it stays where you put it in terms of routing. The Surf 90's come with nicely-bundled 2-conductor wiring.

• Replaced the almost balsa-like shim with one of same dimension (.018") using a little strip of 400-grit (I think) folded.

It's now the only guitar I have with .010's on it, so am gonna grab a bite & see how the neck comes back & tweak the action. So it's at pitch but couldn't stand it so ran it quick, no pedals, through the little AC-10. This thing is going to be Tele-like and I can't wait. Lovely sounds from the neck, that sweet middle position, and a barking but not rude bridge sound - and haven't tweaked the pickup or polepiece heights yet.

On the Surf 90 mounting I'd thought of mounting the bridge pole-pieces forward as I've seen some do, but was looking at dimensions (bridge to pole-piece) on Teles as well as noting the fact that the Model One's bridge orientation if offset slightly from traditional square anyway. So went with traditional pickup orientation; really glad I did. It sounds great so far. BTW, the Surf 90's have no issues going into the existing beauty rings on your Model One so if you don't want to use the black ones from GFS, stick 'em in the furniture you want.

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.

Last edited: Sep 27, 2016 13:25:45

Gilette wrote:

Are you sure the pole pieces are adjustable on the Surf 90? I've read somewhere that the screws on the pickups aren't connected to anything inside.

Funny, we both thought the same thing. Saw the same things as you perhaps (someone at one of the Gretsch sites had posted about them being for decoration only but were apparently talking about a different pickup). Haven't adjusted them yet actually but they seem to be very nice (for what I want); am running them pretty low and they're very clear. For the variety of guitars they could go on the adjustment screws may come in handy. I'm not detecting anything like some would complain of on a staggered Strat pickup.

ERRATA: Jack at GFS advises that these really don't move the pole-pieces in the traditional fashion but may provide some almost-imperceptible tone shaping/mitigation for some install situations (hollow-body arch-top maybe?). He cautions also that these are small set-screws and, if turning them down, take care not to force anything lest it end up penetrating the body of the pickup shell. So there's the deal; not an issue for me but just in case someone searches for this stuff.

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.

Last edited: Sep 29, 2016 14:29:45

I used that blue Steinberger for a two hour gig on 9/30 and it worked great. There was frequent audience reaction to it. Usually my bandmante Tom's Mosrite gets more interest than my striped strat or black Steinberger, but this blue Steinberger set a record for audience comments in my personal experience.

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Last edited: Oct 02, 2016 22:03:03

My guitar tech chum is requiring the pickups on this old Hofmer that a customer found in a shop in France.

100 Euros.