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sorta/not really NGD - CTN - 08-05-2015
bought a new neck, new pickguard, new pickups and new electronics for my '62RI strat. The neck is a licensced neck from WD music. It's got a 12" radius, jumbo frets, and a soft V profile. It's exceedingly comfortable and very well made. All I had to do was install the nut (Tusq XL), tuners and dress the fret ends.
The pickups are a set of custom humbucker sized P90s that I ordered from Tim Engel of Buddha Pickups. The neck is 7.5k A3/A4, and the bridge is 8.8k A2/A4. Running through just a 500k vol, 250k tone. I'm going to put a treble bleed on there too. The pickups are just great. Girthy humbucker-esque mids but with the vibe and snap of a nice strat single coil. I can quite easily switch between jazz, blues and straight up metal without compromising on the tone at all. It's really sweet.
Before:
![[Image: tmp_4031-IMG_20141219_104631-336087133_zpse726f038.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/Mobile%20Uploads/tmp_4031-IMG_20141219_104631-336087133_zpse726f038.jpg)
After:
![[Image: DSC_0149_zpsgkedov8o.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_0149_zpsgkedov8o.jpg)
![[Image: DSC_0150_zpsmhkbrv2h.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_0150_zpsmhkbrv2h.jpg)
![[Image: DSC_0154_zpshhae3mgf.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_0154_zpshhae3mgf.jpg)
![[Image: DSC_0152_zpsdv1wo4fr.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/blackwater/Mobile%20Uploads/DSC_0152_zpsdv1wo4fr.jpg)
RE: sorta/not really NGD - Snake Aces - 08-05-2015
Nice man, those pickups sound pretty cool too.
RE: sorta/not really NGD - kinnikuman - 08-05-2015
I liked it more before. Now it looks like grandpas slippers with a hot tea looking at the sunset.
RE: sorta/not really NGD - Agileguy - 08-05-2015
(08-05-2015, 03:28 PM)kinnikuman Wrote: I liked it more before. Now it looks like grandpas slippers with a hot tea looking at the sunset.
That's Ryan's new jam.
RE: sorta/not really NGD - kinnikuman - 08-05-2015
(08-05-2015, 03:33 PM)Agileguy Wrote: That's Ryan's new jam.
He makes jam now? Its all beginning to make sense.
RE: sorta/not really NGD - CTN - 08-05-2015
(08-05-2015, 10:18 AM)Snake Aces Wrote: Nice man, those pickups sound pretty cool too.
They are pretty awesome. my first set ever of P90 style pups, and I'm really glad with how they turned out seeing as i did most of the spec-ing out, with a bit of input from Tim. I left the wind and materials (except for the magnet choices) entirely up to him, though I did want a sorta hotter than vintage output level. In any case, the dude winds some mean pups. WAY more than worth the money.
(08-05-2015, 03:28 PM)kinnikuman Wrote: I liked it more before. Now it looks like grandpas slippers with a hot tea looking at the sunset.
It's a good thing I don't make gear choices to please you! :wwe: :toast:
RE: sorta/not really NGD - Securb - 08-05-2015
I love the retro vibe. It looks classy and cool.