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- Nov 11, 2008
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5 pull-ups again, and a walk to the downtown and back. Tomorrow and Wednesday a high in the low 60’s. More walking…
I worked on Korina and installed a Brandon wound pickup that is modeled after a Charlie Christian pickup, but is housed in a Humbucker configuration.
Converted over to a wound “G.”
This guitar has a very Gibson vibe and mucho sustain. Likely my heaviest guitar also, a bit of a porker, but the tone is really warm. The African Limba (Korina) is a wood that sounds a lot like mahogany, but with an upper midrange “sheen” or clarity. Mahogany is known for a deep fundamental and a lot of midrange warmth with dampened highs.
On this guitar I adjusted the pickup close to the strings to recover brightness. The bridge pickup I’m using has this clarity that could be considered a bit hi-fi because it has extended range and maintains a lot of definition. On another guitar it might be considered too much of a good thing, but on Korina it is a great-great match.
The Charlie Christian pickup from this maker is underwound when compared to a Lollar version, and that makes for a slightly lower output, but also provides a bit more treble response. Charlie Christian pickups are very dark sounding with a lot of warmth and a deep throaty bass.
So like this guy Danocaster, I build “partscasters” at a very high level. Korina does the blues and Jazz really-really well in a plug and play manner. There is a very vocal quality to this guitar.
I wired it up with a 3-way switch for speed and simplicity, but I added a push-pull pot to provide a switching between the tone control and a treble bleed cap as a preset for a cocked-way sound. I have the tone control only hooked up to the bridge pickup, and on the mahogany like guitar I run the neck pickup with only the volume control. Remember that this is a rather dark sounding pickup.
So another great guitar. This guy Danocaster is a shop of 4 or 5 guys and they kinda do vintage style recreations. I’m kinda doing the experimenting to dial in the perfect combinations with all my modular tweaking. As things evolve I learn a lot, but I also make great discoveries. Korina is a great example of finding the ideal combination.
I am very pleased.
Today I saw that Northern Harrier again. Because of the white belly I think it is a male.
Another name for the Northern Harrier is Marsh Hawk. Slightly smaller than a Red Tail Hawk. The Red Tail has a 4 1/2 foot wingspan, and the Marsh Hawk only 4 feet. They nest on the ground. Seems like I have a Marsh Hawk as a neighbor.
Cal
I worked on Korina and installed a Brandon wound pickup that is modeled after a Charlie Christian pickup, but is housed in a Humbucker configuration.
Converted over to a wound “G.”
This guitar has a very Gibson vibe and mucho sustain. Likely my heaviest guitar also, a bit of a porker, but the tone is really warm. The African Limba (Korina) is a wood that sounds a lot like mahogany, but with an upper midrange “sheen” or clarity. Mahogany is known for a deep fundamental and a lot of midrange warmth with dampened highs.
On this guitar I adjusted the pickup close to the strings to recover brightness. The bridge pickup I’m using has this clarity that could be considered a bit hi-fi because it has extended range and maintains a lot of definition. On another guitar it might be considered too much of a good thing, but on Korina it is a great-great match.
The Charlie Christian pickup from this maker is underwound when compared to a Lollar version, and that makes for a slightly lower output, but also provides a bit more treble response. Charlie Christian pickups are very dark sounding with a lot of warmth and a deep throaty bass.
So like this guy Danocaster, I build “partscasters” at a very high level. Korina does the blues and Jazz really-really well in a plug and play manner. There is a very vocal quality to this guitar.
I wired it up with a 3-way switch for speed and simplicity, but I added a push-pull pot to provide a switching between the tone control and a treble bleed cap as a preset for a cocked-way sound. I have the tone control only hooked up to the bridge pickup, and on the mahogany like guitar I run the neck pickup with only the volume control. Remember that this is a rather dark sounding pickup.
So another great guitar. This guy Danocaster is a shop of 4 or 5 guys and they kinda do vintage style recreations. I’m kinda doing the experimenting to dial in the perfect combinations with all my modular tweaking. As things evolve I learn a lot, but I also make great discoveries. Korina is a great example of finding the ideal combination.
I am very pleased.
Today I saw that Northern Harrier again. Because of the white belly I think it is a male.
Another name for the Northern Harrier is Marsh Hawk. Slightly smaller than a Red Tail Hawk. The Red Tail has a 4 1/2 foot wingspan, and the Marsh Hawk only 4 feet. They nest on the ground. Seems like I have a Marsh Hawk as a neighbor.
Cal