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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 22, 2019 9:25:47 GMT
Tort on green is… interesting. It feels so off it must be on purpose. I like the dark green and black variants. I suppose a black pickguard and back plate are easy to procure. The dark green I took from the border of the picture and it could be difficult to match but worth trying. Not sure someone would sell such a pickguard, though. The Revelation site no longer shows such a model and the pick-ups look special.
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Post by DefJef on Oct 22, 2019 9:44:12 GMT
It's here LeoThunder . I really like the pickups and they both split. There are also some interesting tones on the selector switch on the top horn. They do tend to reduce the volume somewhat so are best used with the full humbucker mode or with the split mode at a decent volume. I find it can cover a lot of ground at a gig where you need to match your sound to the surroundings. Revelation do some really niche guitars. Lots for lefties, 12 string electrics and 6 string basses, some quarter tone thing. Really fun browsing through their offerings. This one on ebay has a two point Wilkinson trem. I don't know if that is a new thing for Revelation or if it's a retrofit. Sadly the visible wood grain seems a little bland. Like basswood. Hardly worth going translucent if the underlying prize is nothing to shout about. There are quite a few marbled green pickguard sheets out there but choosing them from an image online is risky.
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 22, 2019 10:20:55 GMT
There are quite a few marbled green pickguard sheets out there but choosing them from an image online is risky. They will have holes in the wrong place for the "rhythm circuit" controls and these pick-ups look like they have their own dimensions too.
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 22, 2019 10:27:51 GMT
For red lovers Fender starcaster Much brighter than the Squier, if these pictures are accurate. It would deserve the term "fireglow" more than the Rickenbacker combination.
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DefJef
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Post by DefJef on Oct 22, 2019 11:25:32 GMT
There are quite a few marbled green pickguard sheets out there but choosing them from an image online is risky. They will have holes in the wrong place for the "rhythm circuit" controls and these pick-ups look like they have their own dimensions too. I wouldn't have suggested a precut one but rectangle sheets to cut yourself. And. yes the pickups are an unusual shape, a bit like a mini humbuker. Having said that I seem to remember Revalation launching a load of scratchplate replacements.. Let me go and see. Hmm. They did a post on Facebook about them. Can't see green but I wonder about that marbled grey?
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 22, 2019 13:01:24 GMT
Oh, a Greenburst!
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 22, 2019 14:10:22 GMT
Quarter tones? I never knew what for. I know some "modern" music no one cares for was written with quarter tones, I think I remember some string quartet from the 70s. This looks more like an instrument made to use a particular scale, though. Something exotic, I suppose.
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 22, 2019 15:09:01 GMT
I'll have to look up these scales using quarter tones. They're obviously not the Double Harmonic/Hungarian/Byzantine/Oriental scale (its modes have funny names).
Back to the green one: the Revelation site states "various" scratchplates (what is this thing called now? I think I'll just make up my own name) so there must be more than just the tortoise version.
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 23, 2019 9:32:59 GMT
Thomann case doesn't fit. Inner dimensions (L x W x H): approx. 103 x 33 x 8.5 cm Gator Jazzmaster case is too narrow by 1cm but the Rockcase Jazzmaster will… no it won't, 39cm it the outside width. Fender don't even indicate dimensions on their own site. F… them. This thing is much broader than a Jazzmaster:
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Post by LeoThunder on Oct 23, 2019 9:56:31 GMT
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