New Partscaster Day!
This is a Cabronita build made up of parts received in trade for builds I've done. I'm finding that, if you know enough musicians, pedals can be used as currency, much like cigarettes in prison.
The parts on here are rather nice. It's made up of:
- Warmoth body with Glendale saddle (not sure about the bridge plate)
- TV Jones pickups
- WD Music Neck
- Gotoh locking Kluson style tuners
Big thanks to Scootercaster, who provided the neck, tuners and awesome headstock waterslide.
As for the guitar, it plays nicely. The neck is very flat (12" radius), very wide 11/16 and a reasonably deep C shape. Good thing I have large hands. The satin finish on the neck is particularly nice and fast.
So far, I am really digging the TV Jones pickups. For clean playing, I really like the neck. I am surprised at how great the bridge sounds dirty, even at higher gain settings.
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(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/pickdropper/Guitars/Cabronita3_zpsb6b7c1d1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/pickdropper/media/Guitars/Cabronita3_zpsb6b7c1d1.jpg.html)
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Nice. I picked up a Cab not too long ago on a fire sale. Gotta say, liking it a whole lot more than I thought. Might have to try the Jones pickups though.
Lots of cool choices there! Trons are the only type of bucker that's allowed to go in a tele. ;D
Nice!
And since it's got the company name on the headstock, it's a business expense! ;D
She's purdy! :)
Quote from: culturejam on May 29, 2014, 07:28:04 PM
Nice!
And since it's got the company name on the headstock, it's a business expense! ;D
Since there wasn't any hard currency exchanged, that might prove difficult. :-)
Very nice, Love that color. My father just picked up the Squier VM cab with the Bigsby and he is in love with it.
Cody
Sweet!! I too am working on a partscaster and hope to have it finished in June. I love me some Filtertrons. I have them on my Gretsch and I just love the tone.
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That's very cool looking. Love the color with the white pickguard.
That's a whole lot of cool - fit for a classy mutha shut-yo-mouth.
The 'cigs in prison' analogy is hilarious.
Gawdayum it's hot!
Nice! I too want to try a Cab sometime soon. Not terribly sold on the colour on that one, but I do like the finish. Looks slick Dave.
Jacob
That is so clean and gorgeous! Congratulations and nice job!
Awesome git. Super nice. I dropped my pick when I saw it. I've been wanting one of those since I first heard one. Better build up my cigarette stash.
Obey the 'Tron! 8)
Beautiful instrument!
Thanks guys. So far, I'm really enjoying it.
Ooo, that is nice :) Nicer than mine anyway (but then, I was going for a rough-as-guts look.)
How are the two pickups? Classic Plus'es? I'm finding that my single filtertron has forced me to learn wth the tone knob is for. If you do, then it's very flexible.
Quote from: alanp on May 30, 2014, 05:11:13 AM
Ooo, that is nice :) Nicer than mine anyway (but then, I was going for a rough-as-guts look.)
How are the two pickups? Classic Plus'es? I'm finding that my single filtertron has forced me to learn wth the tone knob is for. If you do, then it's very flexible.
They are actually great. There is no tone control, but there is a treble bleed cap switch in the volume control.
I'm going to play with it as is for a bit. If I find I need a tone pot, I won't have any issue drilling a hole and adding it.
Wow!!! I need a tele.... I need a cabronita
Quote from: pickdropper on May 29, 2014, 06:50:04 PMThis is a Cabronita build made up of parts received in trade for builds I've done. I'm finding that, if you know enough musicians, pedals can be used as currency, much like cigarettes in prison.
Using pedals as currency is awesome. I got the TV Master that way!
Cabronitas are sweet. Looks lovely mate 8)
Also another fan of the TVJ Filtertrons *thumbs up*
Well played 8)
Josh
Quote from: pickdropper on May 29, 2014, 06:50:04 PM
I'm finding that, if you know enough musicians, pedals can be used as currency, much like cigarettes in prison.
Sorry, but I'm sending you a Paypal invoice for a new keyboard on this one. I sprayed a mouthful of Leinenkugel Red after reading that line. Damn fine looking guitar and I've been lusting after a cab since they came out. Thinking about doing a bridge pickup only but with a wrap-around tailpiece instead of the normal strat hard tail.
Has anyone seen the new Slick GFS guitars? Stupid cheap and about as fundamental as it gets but look interesting. Earl's starting to look like a tomato that's been in the sun too long but damned if he isn't marketable these days. I recall a Rod Stewart concert back in his heyday that was pretty much a write-off till Slick got his solo of the night and it cut a swath about 300 feet wide thru the crowd. Nothing fancy but I'd never heard the guy play anything remotely interesting (especially on his Lennon stuff) till that point and I'll carry that night around for a good many years.
The GFS stuff always makes me slightly suspicious -- you get what you pay for, quite often (with strongly diminishing returns as the investment goes up, mind you!), and they're so cheap I have to wonder how they can break even, let alone make a profit.
Quote from: alanp on May 31, 2014, 03:02:33 AM
The GFS stuff always makes me slightly suspicious -- you get what you pay for, quite often (with strongly diminishing returns as the investment goes up, mind you!), and they're so cheap I have to wonder how they can break even, let alone make a profit.
Maybe they make their real money selling parts to TMG.
The Function F(x) logo means I must be part owner of thees gitr.
Well, the ebony neck proved too much for me. It was wide and thick and I have wrist problems. After playing for a while, my hand would go numb so I'd have to stop.
I came across another neck with proportions that suited me better, so I swapped one my mini phaser pedals for it. It's a very nice Guitar Mill neck with some nice birdseye figure to it (probably not too visible in the picture). Since it was drilled for Sperzels, I decided to use those instead of putting the Klusons from the other neck on there. I'll use those somewhere else.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/pickdropper/Guitars/CabronitaRedux1_zpsc000edf1.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/pickdropper/media/Guitars/CabronitaRedux1_zpsc000edf1.jpg.html)
Oh, and I really dig the TV Jones pickups. I feel like it's taken me too long to discover these.
Where is this magical place where all of you seem to be able to trade your pedal builds for fabulous guitars? :-\
Bad ass! I think it looks a little bit better with the maple.
Very nice. Think I'm gonna get a Warmoth baritone fatback neck for by Blackie, and stick either Filtertrons or Powertrons in it.
That looks so good with the maple neck!!
Quote from: GermanCdn on May 29, 2014, 07:09:25 PM
Nice. I picked up a Cab not too long ago on a fire sale. Gotta say, liking it a whole lot more than I thought. Might have to try the Jones pickups though.
Anyone in the UK/EU who wants some Filtertrons I can't recommend Mojo pickups (http://www.mojopickups.co.uk/) highly enough. I've got a TVJ in my Telemaster and Cleggy's just fitted a pair of Mojo Filtertrons (The TVJs here are so expensive it's not funny) into his ES335 and they are every bit as good. It sound absobloodylutely amazing with them in fact. They were bucker sized ones, but he also does trad sized ones. Utter bargain too.
Quote from: juansolo on September 30, 2014, 08:56:29 AM
Quote from: GermanCdn on May 29, 2014, 07:09:25 PM
Nice. I picked up a Cab not too long ago on a fire sale. Gotta say, liking it a whole lot more than I thought. Might have to try the Jones pickups though.
Anyone in the UK/EU who wants some Filtertrons I can't recommend Mojo pickups (http://www.mojopickups.co.uk/) highly enough. I've got a TVJ in my Telemaster and Cleggy's just fitted a pair of Mojo Filtertrons (The TVJs here are so expensive it's not funny) into his ES335 and they are every bit as good. It sound absobloodylutely amazing with them in fact. They were bucker sized ones, but he also does trad sized ones. Utter bargain too.
Thanks for the suggestion, I love all the humbucker-sized pickups they have.. now I want a re-routed tele to try some of those :)
In fact: I've been thinking about getting a Smitty telecaster routed for 2 hbs for a while...