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voided3 · July 3rd, 2009, 02:16 AM

An early 2000's Squier Bullet body painted silver, a cheap Memphis copy neck w/ reshaped headstock, and a pickup from a 60's or 70's Kent guitar mounted in a steel pickguard I made out of an old computer case and it strung up w/ .013's in open E. Weird, but a great slide guitar.

I also wax potted the pickup before installing it and it has zero microphonics despite the metal pickguard; I had a bad experience with a gold anodized guard doing that in the past, so I'm glad this doesn't. I held it two inches from the speakers on my amp and it didn't squeal. Mission: accomplished. It's a loud beast despite its 6.4k output reading and rings like crazy acoustically, which is strange since the body is super thin, probably 1 1/4" thick. Might have to do with the single 500k pot. I mounted the pickup in a goofy place on purpose, too, with the poles lining up somewhere between the middle and bridge positions of a normal Strat. One of my other slide guitars is a regular Strat so I wanted to try something different. It was fun and free so what the hay.

Stuco · July 3rd, 2009, 02:58 AM

I like it!

tuuur · July 3rd, 2009, 04:07 AM

that's a cool idea! Anny pics of the headstock?

Steinar G · July 3rd, 2009, 08:31 AM

Wow! Love it!

voided3 · July 3rd, 2009, 10:02 AM

Here's the headstock:

refin · July 3rd, 2009, 10:25 AM

A Coodercaster indeed!
Love the old metal Peavey knob,I have a few of those.

beep.click · July 3rd, 2009, 05:41 PM

VERY cool.

DMace · July 4th, 2009, 04:26 AM

Totally cool.

voided3 · July 7th, 2009, 03:08 AM

I just swapped the saddles for a set of three steel Tele barrels since the six saddles are goofy to string up (and I had a set sitting around). No tonal difference really since it already had a crapload of downforce and rang like a bell, it's just is easier to string and has a straight path to the saddle (less likely to break strings). I have them set so high there's practically a 45 degree angle between the saddle and the baseplate!

I have found this to be the perfect recipe for electric slide guitars (for my tastes, which is a zero-fretboard-contact style):

1. .012's or .013's, whatever the guitar can handle without breaking something
2. set the saddles just about as high as they can go with the intonation in a straight line
3. set the pickups (preferably wax potted; I go between clean and flat out) within 3/16" of touching the strings (goofy old pickups like these bring brownie points!)
4. get good tuners (or clean up/oil the stock ones if they are open) to handle the insane amount of tension

It's good to have a system like this since I have a feeling my slide guitars aren't long for this world with a high tuned set of .013's on them, which is usually why I select cheap guitars with twisted/warped necks since they're going to turn out that way anyway.
My other electric slide guitars are weird as well. I have a 70's Global (probably made by Teisco or something) strat copy with a Tele style three brass saddle bridge (it came that way!) and three rather hot (6.8k roughly) ceramic pickups, all with steel baseplates and a three way switch.
I also have an early 60's Eko Mascot hollowbody with a single neck pickup (their proprietary design and rather low output, but it can still get mean with help from a compressor). This one's great because it sounds great unplugged, too, and is quite loud acoustically.
I also have a goofy 12-string abomination I made out of a strat body and a les paul neck wired with a pair of strat pickups in series straight to the jack; that's a fun one!

eddiewagner · July 7th, 2009, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DMace

Totally cool.

absolutely cool! i would not hesitate to include that axe into my arsenal of slidemachines.

garymaddox · July 7th, 2009, 10:51 AM

I like it too! I wish I could give it a whirl.

Oldschoolwax · July 7th, 2009, 12:15 PM

I love that thing!

~Michael

voided3 · July 13th, 2009, 02:20 AM

If you want to hear it, I just finished doing slide version of "Outside Woman Blues" and it's up on the PureVolume. I had it plugged into a Dunlop Hendrix Fuzz-Wah with the fuzz on 1/3 of the way, then into a Boss OD-3, then a Line 6 Verbzilla, plugged into my '69 Kustom K200 solid state bass head plugged into a pair of Epi Valve Junior 1x12's, mic'd with a Shure Beta 57A. The bass was my modded fretless P-Bass with a MusicMan style humbucker in it, plugged in direct.

Here it is: http://www.purevolume.com/edricco

July 3rd, 2009, 02:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
voided3 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,110	Ry Cooder would be proud.... An early 2000's Squier Bullet body painted silver, a cheap Memphis copy neck w/ reshaped headstock, and a pickup from a 60's or 70's Kent guitar mounted in a steel pickguard I made out of an old computer case and it strung up w/ .013's in open E. Weird, but a great slide guitar. I also wax potted the pickup before installing it and it has zero microphonics despite the metal pickguard; I had a bad experience with a gold anodized guard doing that in the past, so I'm glad this doesn't. I held it two inches from the speakers on my amp and it didn't squeal. Mission: accomplished. It's a loud beast despite its 6.4k output reading and rings like crazy acoustically, which is strange since the body is super thin, probably 1 1/4" thick. Might have to do with the single 500k pot. I mounted the pickup in a goofy place on purpose, too, with the poles lining up somewhere between the middle and bridge positions of a normal Strat. One of my other slide guitars is a regular Strat so I wanted to try something different. It was fun and free so what the hay.

July 3rd, 2009, 02:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 4,225	I like it! __________________ -"You do not merely want to be considered just the best of the best. You want to be considered the only ones who do what you do" J. Garcia

July 3rd, 2009, 04:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
tuuur Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: the Netherlands Age: 41 Posts: 1,832 7 Photos	that's a cool idea! Anny pics of the headstock? __________________ http://www.myspace.com/tuuur

July 3rd, 2009, 08:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
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July 3rd, 2009, 10:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
refin Friend of Leo's Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florida Panhandle Age: 53 Posts: 2,594	A Coodercaster indeed! Love the old metal Peavey knob,I have a few of those. __________________ "For You,Lord,are good,and ready to forgive,and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You." Ps. 86:5 http://www.soundclick.com/bands/0/refin_music.htm MASTER VOLUME? WHAT'S A MASTER VOLUME?

July 3rd, 2009, 10:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
voided3 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,110	Here's the headstock:

July 3rd, 2009, 05:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
beep.click Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: California Age: 50 Posts: 3,208	VERY cool. __________________ "It looked like a giant green gum drop to me."

July 4th, 2009, 04:26 AM	#8 (permalink)
DMace Friend of Leo's Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 2,996	Totally cool.

July 7th, 2009, 03:08 AM	#9 (permalink)
voided3 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,110	I just swapped the saddles for a set of three steel Tele barrels since the six saddles are goofy to string up (and I had a set sitting around). No tonal difference really since it already had a crapload of downforce and rang like a bell, it's just is easier to string and has a straight path to the saddle (less likely to break strings). I have them set so high there's practically a 45 degree angle between the saddle and the baseplate! I have found this to be the perfect recipe for electric slide guitars (for my tastes, which is a zero-fretboard-contact style): 1. .012's or .013's, whatever the guitar can handle without breaking something 2. set the saddles just about as high as they can go with the intonation in a straight line 3. set the pickups (preferably wax potted; I go between clean and flat out) within 3/16" of touching the strings (goofy old pickups like these bring brownie points!) 4. get good tuners (or clean up/oil the stock ones if they are open) to handle the insane amount of tension It's good to have a system like this since I have a feeling my slide guitars aren't long for this world with a high tuned set of .013's on them, which is usually why I select cheap guitars with twisted/warped necks since they're going to turn out that way anyway. My other electric slide guitars are weird as well. I have a 70's Global (probably made by Teisco or something) strat copy with a Tele style three brass saddle bridge (it came that way!) and three rather hot (6.8k roughly) ceramic pickups, all with steel baseplates and a three way switch. I also have an early 60's Eko Mascot hollowbody with a single neck pickup (their proprietary design and rather low output, but it can still get mean with help from a compressor). This one's great because it sounds great unplugged, too, and is quite loud acoustically. I also have a goofy 12-string abomination I made out of a strat body and a les paul neck wired with a pair of strat pickups in series straight to the jack; that's a fun one!

July 7th, 2009, 10:51 AM	#11 (permalink)
garymaddox Tele-Holic Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Foat Wuth, Texus Posts: 525	I like it too! I wish I could give it a whirl.

July 7th, 2009, 12:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
Oldschoolwax Tele-Holic Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: LI New York Posts: 559	I love that thing! ~Michael __________________ Matter cannot be created or destroyed, nor can it be returned without a receipt.

July 13th, 2009, 02:20 AM	#13 (permalink)
voided3 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,110	If you want to hear it, I just finished doing slide version of "Outside Woman Blues" and it's up on the PureVolume. I had it plugged into a Dunlop Hendrix Fuzz-Wah with the fuzz on 1/3 of the way, then into a Boss OD-3, then a Line 6 Verbzilla, plugged into my '69 Kustom K200 solid state bass head plugged into a pair of Epi Valve Junior 1x12's, mic'd with a Shure Beta 57A. The bass was my modded fretless P-Bass with a MusicMan style humbucker in it, plugged in direct. Here it is: http://www.purevolume.com/edricco

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