Jaicen Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Anybody have any idea what this thing is? I'd always assumed it was just some sort of ferrule for routing the piezo wires to the preamp cavity, but I'm still not sure. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Looks kind of like one of the posts from a ToM bridge to adjust the height? Maybe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboMansonMB-1 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Looks kind of like one of the posts from a ToM bridge to adjust the height? Maybe... That would be my guess as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technica Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Anybody have any idea what this thing is? I'd always assumed it was just some sort of ferrule for routing the piezo wires to the preamp cavity, but I'm still not sure. Any ideas? it must just be part of the Roland GK-2 pickup is all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 I was thinking that perhaps it is some sort of height adjuster for the GK. it's certainly not part of the GK Kit. It's so frustrating that there are no better pictures available. I'm hoping maybe Bobbles or someone else who has seen the real thing can shed some light on it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technica Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Yea its definitely not part of the kit but its the same hardware as the guitar so I'm guessing its to do with some sort of adjustment anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bs Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Could be - is the aluminium knob on the left raising it a bit as well? Looks like it's a bit higher than just surface level - might have been to improve tracking at the time maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 The aluminium knob on the left is just slotted to protect the end of the GK pickup. The pickup itself is floating on springs and screws at either end, the slot prevents the pickup from being bent over. I can see why you would want to put something under the pickup to screw it down onto, but why not put it in the middle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james90 Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 maybe it's there just to add some support. Aren't the GK pickups usually flat against the body (like with a strat) or on that adapter (like on a tune o matic guitar) maybe that adapter thing couldn't be used in this case, as it's not the standard TOM bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 The adaptor didn't exist when this guitar was made. And yes, it wouldn't fit even if it did exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 The adaptor didn't exist when this guitar was made. And yes, it wouldn't fit even if it did exist. i just modded a Tuneomatic post, worked ok http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/musecasters/delorean_zps0e1fbec5.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Anybody have any idea what this thing is? I'd always assumed it was just some sort of ferrule for routing the piezo wires to the preamp cavity, but I'm still not sure. Any ideas? have you noticed that all the saddles are split from damage, bet it sounded shite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 Aye Kev, that's what it looks like and it's pretty much what I was going to do. Just seems really odd though. Have spent my day off today trawling through live footage for a better view of what it actually is. I can be pretty neurotic about the details sometimes. Re: the saddles, they're supposed to be notched before use according to the string spacing that you're using. I don't think they're necessarily damaged. Could be wrong though. At the very least, you can see that the bridge is misaligned by about 5mm EDIT: Maybe a bit less than 5mm, but still out. Regardless, what the hell is the ferrule thing for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 Aye Kev, that's what it looks like and it's pretty much what I was going to do. Just seems really odd though. Have spent my day off today trawling through live footage for a better view of what it actually is. I can be pretty neurotic about the details sometimes. Re: the saddles, they're supposed to be notched before use according to the string spacing that you're using. I don't think they're necessarily damaged. Could be wrong though. At the very least, you can see that the bridge is misaligned by about 5mm EDIT: Maybe a bit less than 5mm, but still out. Regardless, what the hell is the ferrule thing for? i would say it's just a height adjuster. the saddles are split as you can see they are split down to the wire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted November 11, 2013 Author Share Posted November 11, 2013 So do we think that it's just a tunomatic thumb wheel adjuster thing with the protrusion removed?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted November 11, 2013 Share Posted November 11, 2013 that's my guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 So do we think that it's just a tunomatic thumb wheel adjuster thing with the protrusion removed?? thats all i did :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Hmm, ok. Having spent yesterday trawling my archive of live footage from 2001 -2005, I am pretty sure that it is just a height adjusting thing. Not 100% happy not knowing for certain, i'm somewhat obsessive about accuracy with this build, but I guess this is the best I can do unless Hugh turns up to give us the skinny. He'd probably lie or not remember anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Hmm, ok. Having spent yesterday trawling my archive of live footage from 2001 -2005, I am pretty sure that it is just a height adjusting thing. Not 100% happy not knowing for certain, i'm somewhat obsessive about accuracy with this build, but I guess this is the best I can do unless Hugh turns up to give us the skinny. He'd probably lie or not remember anyway. it must be, as you can height adjust it with the two screws, but to stop it dropping towards the body, it must have that acting like a stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 (edited) That's my guess too. The screws have springs which are compressed as they're screwed into the body, but I suspect that it was unstable without the additional support. It just seems like such an inelegant solution. The more I've studied this guitar, the more I'm convinced that Hugh just chucked it together. I suspect that he had this youngster coming in giving him a vague description of what he wanted, and Hugh just got it done as quickly as possible. Stuff like the big rectangular slot for the GK wires, and the piss poor routing on the P90 sort of suggests that Hugh had no idea that his creation would be seen by millions of people worldwide. I wonder at what point he realised that Muse were sort of a big deal? Edited November 12, 2013 by Jaicen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomrulez Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 That's my guess too. The screws have springs which are compressed as they're screwed into the body, but I suspect that it was unstable without the additional support. It just seems like such an inelegant solution. The more I've studied this guitar, the more I'm convinced that Hugh just chucked it together. I suspect that he had this youngster coming in giving him a vague description of what he wanted, and Hugh just got it done as quickly as possible. Stuff like the big rectangular slot for the GK wires, and the piss poor routing on the P90 sort of suggests that Hugh had no idea that his creation would be seen by millions of people worldwide. I wonder at what point he realised that Muse were sort of a big deal? I've often thought this also. If he had had any idea how big and how much income that guitar and that man would make his guitar shop I wonder if he would have done things differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazybobbles Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I was thinking that perhaps it is some sort of height adjuster for the GK. it's certainly not part of the GK Kit. It's so frustrating that there are no better pictures available. I'm hoping maybe Bobbles or someone else who has seen the real thing can shed some light on it?? come on, that was over 10 years ago! i just remember it being a heavy motherfucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Son, I am disappoint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musecasters Posted November 14, 2013 Share Posted November 14, 2013 That's my guess too. The screws have springs which are compressed as they're screwed into the body, but I suspect that it was unstable without the additional support. It just seems like such an inelegant solution. The more I've studied this guitar, the more I'm convinced that Hugh just chucked it together. I suspect that he had this youngster coming in giving him a vague description of what he wanted, and Hugh just got it done as quickly as possible. Stuff like the big rectangular slot for the GK wires, and the piss poor routing on the P90 sort of suggests that Hugh had no idea that his creation would be seen by millions of people worldwide. I wonder at what point he realised that Muse were sort of a big deal? i can't find the photo but the original didn't have the springs on the Roland pickup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaicen Posted November 14, 2013 Author Share Posted November 14, 2013 i can't find the photo but the original didn't have the springs on the Roland pickup Are you sure? that would suggest that the 'thing' is the only thing keeping the GK pickup above the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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