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There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
More teasering (sic): it'll be a modern take on a long-established design, and I can think of several people who will, initially at least, be quite upset about it.
The cap-head screws for the pickups have arrived. Let's hope I measured right... these'll give SP4 a nice industrial look.
Scratchplate trimmed around the neck pocket and screwed in - also used cap head screws for the pickups, pickup switch and control plate.
http://monkeyfx.co.uk/pictures/builds/SP4/010617 assembly/01 neck pup.jpg
http://monkeyfx.co.uk/pictures/builds/SP4/010617 assembly/02 bridge pup.jpg
http://monkeyfx.co.uk/pictures/builds/SP4/010617 assembly/03 control plate.jpg
And this is the body assembled - wiring still to do, then drill the neck for its mounting screws, mount the tuners and do the nut and we're there. I have tomorrow off and should get most of this done.
http://monkeyfx.co.uk/pictures/builds/SP4/010617 assembly/04 body.jpg
Today I have started wiring. The control plate and one knob needed drilling out so that I can use a no-load tone pot, and I'm not certain about some of the pickup phases so I'm using teeny crimp connectors to make it easy to swap later. Neck is bolted on and the tuners are fitted - with a following wind I'll be done today.
Pickups are an Oil City Scrapyard Dog in the neck and an overwound Nightfighter in the bridge, then the combinations are:
Neck (series)
Neck (parallel)
Neck and bridge (parallel)
Neck and bridge (series, out of phase)
Bridge
Because the Nightfighter is so high output the out-of-phase option isn't all thin and wispy like normal, instead it has a sensible output and a nicely honky sound to it. I am most pleased with this.
http://www.monkeyfx.co.uk/pictures/builds/SP4/020617 completed/01 sp4 front.jpg
http://www.monkeyfx.co.uk/pictures/builds/SP4/020617 completed/02 sp4 back.jpg
Full specs (as much as I can remember at least)
Body is something mahoganyish (2-piece from David Dyke)
Neck is birdseye maple
Can't remember what the fretboard is
25" scale, 12" radius, jumbo fretwire
Lefty Wilkinson bridge with a set of righty compensated brass saddles
Oil City pickups - Scrapyard Dog and overwound Night Fighter, 5-way switching
No-load tone pot
Axetec mini locking tuners
DiBond brushed ali scratchplate
Finish is Chestnut spirit stain and brushed acrylic - very, very thin
I cant remember if I've commented on this Discussion before but I love a stratele and some further little twists here as well. That looks absolutely great.
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