matthijs Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Cool, the OPB-3 is a magic box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowella Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 May have fucked up slightly... Received my Nordy 5.2 pickup. Forgot to check the pole spacing on the pickup on purchase... My OLP has string spacing of 16mm, this pickup is for 19mm spacing. Shiiiiiit. At the moment, the strings don't even go over the B and G pickup poles. Fortunately, I was planning on ditching the bridge for a wider 17.5mm Hipshot because I am pretty unhappy with the narrow spacing but I might have to go for an 18mm now which will at least get them over enough to at least be more useful. I'm just going to hope there is enough room on the neck for the strings to fit. At least it is truly going to be a "beater" bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 1976 Limited Edition Explorer, same as the Edge's. First guitar I ever wanted. It's a project, but I've finally got one. Beyond excited about this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 nice what does it need? besides the mounting ring on the neck pickup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Headstock repair is the big one, other than that just some more correct parts like the tailpiece and tuners. I took out that DiMarzio bridge pickup and put the other one (which is actually a period-correct Gibson T-Top bridge pickup) in there, so it also needs a neck pickup. Oh, and a case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Headstock repair is the big one, other than that just some more correct parts like the tailpiece and tuners. I took out that DiMarzio bridge pickup and put the other one (which is actually a period-correct Gibson T-Top bridge pickup) in there, so it also needs a neck pickup. Oh, and a case. I hope you don't mean you're going to break and repair the headstock because the edge has a headstock repair on his. Are there any pickup winders that do T-top replicas? Or are you going to try to find an original? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthijs Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 May have fucked up slightly... Received my Nordy 5.2 pickup. Forgot to check the pole spacing on the pickup on purchase... My OLP has string spacing of 16mm, this pickup is for 19mm spacing. Shiiiiiit. At the moment, the strings don't even go over the B and G pickup poles. Fortunately, I was planning on ditching the bridge for a wider 17.5mm Hipshot because I am pretty unhappy with the narrow spacing but I might have to go for an 18mm now which will at least get them over enough to at least be more useful. I'm just going to hope there is enough room on the neck for the strings to fit. At least it is truly going to be a "beater" bass. Will the neck handle the wider spacing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crowella Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 17.5mm will be possible with the neck and the strings will have enough of the fretboard behind it. A bit of a push considering it still won't be over the middle of the pickup at that spacing anyway. I'll see what my options are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I hope you don't mean you're going to break and repair the headstock because the edge has a headstock repair on his. Are there any pickup winders that do T-top replicas? Or are you going to try to find an original? No, it's already been broken, I've just got to repair it now. Since I've got an original T-Top bridge pickup I'll probably try to find an original matching neck pickup that's not terribly expensive. Lollar's quote for a replica was $250 each, and I can find an original for around that price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 No, it's already been broken, I've just got to repair it now. Since I've got an original T-Top bridge pickup I'll probably try to find an original matching neck pickup that's not terribly expensive. Lollar's quote for a replica was $250 each, and I can find an original for around that price. DAMN if only I knew of you back in 2006 or so. I had one of those late 70's walnut SGs and I sold the neck T top for about $30...................But I'm sure they weren't worth as much back then. $250 each? Are original ones even that expensive? How bad is the previous repair? Is it at least stable? I used to have a LP which had a pretty ugly repair, but it held up incredibly well and never broke again (in the exact same way at least ) Also, apparently the explorer is the ergonomic LP. ....Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 DAMN if only I knew of you back in 2006 or so. I had one of those late 70's walnut SGs and I sold the neck T top for about $30...................But I'm sure they weren't worth as much back then. $250 each? Are original ones even that expensive? How bad is the previous repair? Is it at least stable? I used to have a LP which had a pretty ugly repair, but it held up incredibly well and never broke again (in the exact same way at least ) Also, apparently the explorer is the ergonomic LP. ....Really? Saw that too... Yeah, eBay looks like they're selling for $250+ nowadays. Shame, I wish I'd bought yours back then too. The repair is stable for now but ugly as hell and I don't think it'll hold up - it's as if the guy left the headstock sort of broken but splinted in two thin pieces of mahogany for support. Here's what it looks like now: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Ouch... who is going to repair that? Those schallers aren't stock are they? (I'd leave them though, as they're probably better than what it originally came with) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Ouch... who is going to repair that? Those schallers aren't stock are they? (I'd leave them though, as they're probably better than what it originally came with) Guess Schallers are off now, going to replace them with a correct set of gold Klusons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 The question is, how far do you go in terms of restoration? New 'new' Schallers might look a bit now, and then when you repair the neck, do you have it all refinished, or just the repair? To be fair, you could have it restored to 'as new' and you would sweat it back to relic within a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 The question is, how far do you go in terms of restoration? New 'new' Schallers might look a bit now, and then when you repair the neck, do you have it all refinished, or just the repair? To be fair, you could have it restored to 'as new' and you would sweat it back to relic within a week. Might just work. My goal is to find some original Gibson tuners from another guitar from the '70s. Otherwise I'm going to shop around for relic'd replacement parts. Only going to refinish the repair on the neck. I don't want it to be "new," just accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Guess Schallers are off now, going to replace them with a correct set of gold Klusons. How much experience do you have in repairing headstocks then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 How much experience do you have in repairing headstocks then? WRONG I'm gonna send it to Elliott Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 WRONG I'm gonna send it to Elliott Man I see. To be honest, if I were in your shoes boots, I wouldn't ship something like that. It looks like it could break again easily... and if it broke in shipping, chances are Elliott man would have a lot of splinters to clean up, and a more difficult repair. Sit back son, and let me tell you a story. Actually, no, but my point is, it could break again and end up worse than before. Also, what's that weird looking join in the wood towards the bottom of the picture? Or is that just the finish? Oh and what dimarzio bridge pickup did it have? I might be interested if you don't want it anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 I see. To be honest, if I were in your shoes boots, I wouldn't ship something like that. It looks like it could break again easily... and if it broke in shipping, chances are Elliott man would have a lot of splinters to clean up, and a more difficult repair. Sit back son, and let me tell you a story. Actually, no, but my point is, it could break again and end up worse than before. Also, what's that weird looking join in the wood towards the bottom of the picture? Or is that just the finish? Oh and what dimarzio bridge pickup did it have? I might be interested if you don't want it anymore It was an old DiMarzio PAF, but I already sold it to a friend here Sorry, dad. I'm not planning on shipping it - planning on visiting some friends in NC sometime this semester anyway, so I'll take it with me and drop it off at his farm when I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 It was an old DiMarzio PAF, but I already sold it to a friend here Sorry, dad. I'm not planning on shipping it - planning on visiting some friends in NC sometime this semester anyway, so I'll take it with me and drop it off at his farm when I do. It's ok son. I would've only been interested if it was a super distortion anyway. elliott man has a farm too? he doesn't live in texas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave. Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Sorry, dad. This explains everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 This explains everything It would, but in case you haven't already realized, he's adopted. Sorry you had to find out this way, Jim. Recent purchases: cool mist humidifier MORE duracell procell batteries (mostly 9v for my pedals and guitars) fretboard oil knobs for one of my guitars because i don't like what it has now and this And this too. 15 oz size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 It's ok son. I would've only been interested if it was a super distortion anyway. elliott man has a farm too? he doesn't live in texas? Northern Carolina. They have very large tracts of land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 Northern Carolina. They have very large tracts of land. I'm supposed to be moving down there in the next 5 years. I'm not ready to become a texan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomrulez Posted December 25, 2013 Share Posted December 25, 2013 and this srs? If so then I am seriously jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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