Cheri Strat - Mon Cheri Needs Some Work





"Cheri" Strat - copy, really well built instrument.
I'm about to change some stuff though.
Should provide a nice opportunity to do the old "before and after" thing.




Update: As promised - after building in a Steve Lukather set by EMG.





Career Les Paul - Quick Connection makes me Wylde!






Finished another one earlier this week.
It's a rather cheap thing of course but everything that should be straight is straight and it's got the right angles at the right places.
Only setback is the wood. That's why I decided to put EMG pickups into that pale fellow.
I know there are some pairs of ears out there that might dissagree but for me EMGs are the perfect solution for instruments which don't sound so well on their own.
Now the communist copy of my preferred instrument has a Zakk Wylde set installed. I reversed it though, the EMG 81 is at the neck position and the 85 at the bridge.
That quick connection thing of EMG is rather nice, a whole less soldering to do but space is always an issue and I really don't know if this is the way to go. I had quite a hard time fitting everything into the cavity, so soldering might still be my first option.
White pickup frames of course, white knobs and white tip for the toggle.
Funny enough, I'm gonna work on a black LP next!
And yeah it's an Career guitar, so you can start arguing about brands and quality and working conditions right away, in the meantime I'll be throwing my hands in the air, wave them around and so on.


Update: Those black blocks hurt my eyes - yeah, same ones, just different colour.



Stepdance on Nanga Parbat



Posting the setup used on the live recording "Nanga Parbat", mainly for the sake of remembering since it's already dismantled.

Creating a new signal chain again - can't stop playing with toys I guess.

Johnson Sugar Plum Fairy - Changing The Signature Of A Signature Guitar





Now, after quite some time I have work space and leisure mess with some guitars.
This one is my one and only signature guitar (so far...).

It's a Johnson model for the band "Sugar Plum Fairy" and I must confess I know nothing about them. Ferocious fans please, I'm utterly sorry.

But the guitar is fine, I always liked the trem system in particular, vintage style yet floating and solid - nice.

Since copyright is quite a serious thing I won't put pictures of the original on the blog but a quick search on the web might serve if you're interested in the original looks.

Mine now has two old DiMarzios at neck and middle position and a Fenix Humbugger (yeah!) at the bridge.
Due to soldering mishaps I have a phase cancelling situation when the bugger and the middle coil is selected - an issue of changing two wires - but I must say, I quite like the thin sound, so maybe I will keep it that way.