This is very cool, and well done and bravo to Mr. Jury.
Will this concept ever reach the 8-string bass level of production? I have a Kramer XL-8 sized hole in my heart after I sold mine years ago.
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92Eager to hear even the roughest phone recording of this!c jury wrote: Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:20 pm Couldn't help myself- so made a late-night trip to the practice space to plug it in to the big amp and pedals...fucking gnarly...so much clang and sustain. The neck pickup is great. Less in love w/ the 1/4 pounder bridge. Making a list of improvements, which I'll share after a few others have a chance to check it out.
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93Coming off lurk to say wow.
Chris - that is quite pretty.
Sa-effin-lut.
= Justin
Chris - that is quite pretty.
Sa-effin-lut.
= Justin
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95I'll see about firing up the little field recorder at the practice space.Dudley wrote: Tue Feb 08, 2022 10:54 amEager to hear even the roughest phone recording of this!c jury wrote: Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:20 pm Couldn't help myself- so made a late-night trip to the practice space to plug it in to the big amp and pedals...fucking gnarly...so much clang and sustain. The neck pickup is great. Less in love w/ the 1/4 pounder bridge. Making a list of improvements, which I'll share after a few others have a chance to check it out.
Dr. Balls- pm'd - I have thoughts.
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97Had a great hangout today w/ FM Tallchris. Was able to A/B/C with a Tyranny and a Series 2. While cosmetically not even close, I think sonically very similar to the Tyranny, and with a much thicker neck than even the Dennison profile on the Series 2, which for me is key to playability. Tallchris has taken the guitar for a week and will give it a proper shakedown and return with feedback.
I have a list of refinements for this guitar:
-Enlarge the cutout in the headstock and ease edges further to reduce weight and maybe make it look slightly more elegant,
-Replace faulty bridge PU with similar PAF type humbucker
-recess plate over back cavity
-refine neck/polish
-Refit nut
-and whatever other folks come up with.
I have a second billet of aluminum on the way to make #2. The biggest change will be some adjustments to the headstock geometry. In looking at the EGC's, I can see Kevin was confronting the same issues, which is reassuring.
I have a list of refinements for this guitar:
-Enlarge the cutout in the headstock and ease edges further to reduce weight and maybe make it look slightly more elegant,
-Replace faulty bridge PU with similar PAF type humbucker
-recess plate over back cavity
-refine neck/polish
-Refit nut
-and whatever other folks come up with.
I have a second billet of aluminum on the way to make #2. The biggest change will be some adjustments to the headstock geometry. In looking at the EGC's, I can see Kevin was confronting the same issues, which is reassuring.
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98Just wanna note that Jury's build plays really great, and I'm looking forward to digging into it more over the next week! Will have some more interesting/detailed feedback for Chris, but really it felt pretty dang comfortable in my hands right off the bat.
Neck profile is definitely closer to what I think of a 50's Les Paul or baseball bat Tele neck, thicker than the EGC Dennison neck for sure. Balance really well too, no neck dive!
Neck profile is definitely closer to what I think of a 50's Les Paul or baseball bat Tele neck, thicker than the EGC Dennison neck for sure. Balance really well too, no neck dive!
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Older band: www.policeteeth.bandcamp.com
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99tallchris signature model?tallchris wrote: Mon Feb 14, 2022 3:08 pm Just wanna note that Jury's build plays really great, and I'm looking forward to digging into it more over the next week! Will have some more interesting/detailed feedback for Chris, but really it felt pretty dang comfortable in my hands right off the bat.
Neck profile is definitely closer to what I think of a 50's Les Paul or baseball bat Tele neck, thicker than the EGC Dennison neck for sure. Balance really well too, no neck dive!
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100I met up w/ FM Tallchris yesterday, got some good feedback, and brought the prototype home. Today after work I got it disassembled and started making some refinements to the neck unit. I re-contoured the neck a bit and slimmed the headstock slightly. also cut the heel on the body to be slightly less obnoxious. Tomorrow I'm working from home, so will fire up the drill press on my lunch break- The goal will be to extent the slot in the headstock by about 1/2" and to drill out the areas in sharpie to relieve some more weight.
Chris also made a great demo MP3- just trying to figure out the best way to post it here.
Chris also made a great demo MP3- just trying to figure out the best way to post it here.
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