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Post by salteedog on Jan 18, 2018 16:23:10 GMT
Sorry to hear that. A misaligned bridge is a serious screw up. Is it possible to intonate?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 19:54:39 GMT
Intonation is not suffering from this misalignment.
Im starting to question these Roswell pickups! I tried the single coils in my ST-62 and was not impressed at all! These FLT are a little bit better but still sound as if they are covered with a blanket. They miss that clear (non harsh) treble! Maybe 50's wiring could help aid this issue or maybe Ironstone pickups have changed the way how i hear pickups?!
Im returning this one and from now on will only buy HBs as a modding platform with new pickups and new electronics.
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Post by MartinB on Jan 18, 2018 20:35:49 GMT
Pots are supposed to have a big affect (or effect, never sure which to use) and HB do use cheap mini pots.
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Post by DerAlex on Jan 19, 2018 10:07:33 GMT
Pots, Caps and all other electronic parts are usually crap on low-budget guitars. Haven´t seen one that was acceptable (to me).
Changing the electrics of the guitar is IMHO the cheapest and big impact mod one can do.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2018 11:30:08 GMT
Sorry defjef, its already on the way to Thomann. Had no time to take the pup out and look. We do have at least 3 members here that have this guitar and can confirm those are true FLT pups!
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Post by ropica on Feb 2, 2019 21:39:48 GMT
Hello, more than one year have past from last post. Yersterday i bought a TE-90FLT VW B-stock, i saw you have a bad experience with another b-stock from this model. You said "Bridge misaligned 3mm approx, maybe more. 3 piece body mismatched in color, not nice looking at all.", please can you explain with more details whats was misaligned bridge, and if this make this item a deko guitar. And if you have pictures of the defects, I would be very grateful if you put them to me. I would not be happy if i have bought the same guitar that you returned.Thanks.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 21:44:16 GMT
It is impossible to buy my model after more than a YEAR B-stock models get solds very fast. And I think my model was likely thrown into the bin by Thomann as I have explained this issue to them. I had another ST-70BP guitar which was missaligend totally and that guitar would not be put into B-stock after all the emails and pics I've sent to Thomann. Can you post the pictures of your guitar here please and I will tell you if it looks anything like the one I had. Im not sure I can even find those pics of mine.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2019 21:47:46 GMT
Just looked throuhg my photos and I can not find them. They must be on my old laptop which died. Sorry. The old pictures are probably gone with the old PostPictures web site or what ever else we used to uplaod pics with.
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Post by ropica on Feb 4, 2019 11:37:34 GMT
Hi, yes when HB 90FLT arrived i upload images, at the moment i´m not going to generate GAS to nobody, with my other teles and mods...¿no?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 13:02:12 GMT
WOW dude that some nice collection and mods there!!! Is that a TE-20 burst??? Wow!
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Post by ropica on Feb 4, 2019 14:46:54 GMT
About guitars and pickups.
*HB TE20. Yes its a TE20 SB. Neck: Donlis Alnico V Telecaster Vintage Neck. Middle: Donlis Open Humbucker Alnico II. Bridge: Donlis Tele Hot Rail Alnico V. I put a Chigsy ( Tremolo type Bigsby from China). And 5 ways switch.
*TE-90QM Red. Neck: Original P90 guitar pickup ( Wilkinson) with silver cover. Bridge: Guitar Fetish Ferrite Gold Foil Pickup.
*TE-52. Neck: Donlis Alnico V Minihumbucker. Bridge: Original Roswell bridge alnico pickup.
*TE-70 RW. Both are original Willkinson pickups.
*Cabronita made my self. All parts from Aliespress, I painted and mount it. Pickups are Artec Filtertron Alnico V from eyguitarmusic.
In all guitar all the solders of the original electronics have been reviewed and the original capacitors (100V polyester) have been replaced by others of 400V Polyester, the values of them have been adapted to my preferences, for example in the TE-52 with the minihumbucker.She ( yes te52 is a redhead woman)was originaly wearing a 47nF capacitor (typical of single coil) I put a 33nF capacitor, intermediate between the typical 22nF humbuckers. Pots only replaced two, from Volume and Tone in TE20, its obvious that hotrail and humbucker need 500K pot.
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Post by ropica on Feb 4, 2019 15:02:07 GMT
Well, well, while 90FLt arrives i show you my actual proyect. Tele with strat neck. Neck GFS P90 Alnico V humbucker sized and bridge Donlis hotrail Alnico V.
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