the rise of the 4banger!!

so I got this treasure trove last night, a 7410 gold kahler, and the (supposedly said by the seller) original bongo pickups!



along with them, I also got a double jazz pickups similiar to the fender roscoe beck had and Ibanez EDC preamps (vol - blend - B/T stacked, Mid/parametric Mid stacked)



damn excited to put all this things together!!

so the double jazz will on the neck position with the possibilities to coil switching between single-parallel coil tap, and the bongo get the bridge position with default parallel

about the preamps, I'll wire it like it should >> Vol - blend - B/T stacked, Mid/parametric Mid stacked and adding a A/P switch + 1 knob for passive tone when goes to passive mode..

any opinions are welcome!!

hi guys 

its been a while since my last visit to the forum, and the progress on my 4 banger is so damn slow!!, so here it is

I got this stunning looking veneer from my friends
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the original was 4 inline fretless, then I made a 4 to 5 string conversion, turns out the string spacing was to damn tight, for the kahler project, I cut the headstock, so it became 3+1 configuration and I put the fret back and add some block inlay
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its a pretty small head, compare to the musicman guitar head

did a little photoshop, should be look like this
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and this is the kahler itself, I got the 5str black from Eric, I'll put the gold one on this project
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I'll keep you updated

Cool! Lookin' good!

sometimes i miss my gold kahler

Is that one your old one, Mike? If so, its in good company with my old black fiver.

haha no, mine was a 7410. BUT, I kinda did like the gold on the white body...

I got the gold from local cats, comes without any arms, lucky me since Eric sent me a pair of arms along with the black kahler, so the gold get the shorty arm, the black got the longy 

updates!
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Awesome! Really looking great so far! 

EricHaven wrote:

Awesome! Really looking great so far! 

thanks Eric! i"ll try the action of the string first, before i decide to countersunk the kahler.

btw, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIC!!

updates!

the headstock is glossy now, and the block inlay job is done

That laminate top burst came out cool. I'm not a fan of burst, but I dig that.

What are you using for clear coat?

madmike wrote:

That laminate top burst came out cool. I'm not a fan of burst, but I dig that.

What are you using for clear coat?

thanks Mike, actually i dunno a thing about what they use for clear coat, i just tell the guy that works on my bass, i want a glossy looks, and voila!

I totally love that wood tone!

finally its done!

took over 5 months, but totally worth the wait! I am so HAPPY!!    

Looks nice. How's it play?

madmike wrote:

Looks nice. How's it play?

it is look nice and play even nicely, the string action was just right, I strung it with 0.45 - 1.05 right now, but will swap it soon with thinner gauge, 0.30 sounds good. however, I did not countersunk the kahler, but there is no problem with the strings action so far

as I said, the preamp was ex ibanez ergodyne C series, so it got vol - blend - mid/parametric Q - bass/treble
I still want to add a 3 way switching to coil tap the neck pickup

the neck was thin and fast, very comfy neck, the kahler did add some weight..

just that for now, I still working out my lousy tremolo technic

       

the photo from last sunday service, the neck pickup seems over gain  
I need some internal trim pot to deal with this over gain syndrome, let's see then..

What kinda pickup is that? How many ohms?

I'm wondering what I got in my pickup drawer ........

madmike wrote:

What kinda pickup is that? How many ohms?

I'm wondering what I got in my pickup drawer ........

the neck pu was ex fender big block, the bridge pu was ex musicman bongo, the preamp was ex ibanez ergodyne..

i dunno about how many ohms it got, both wired in parallel

Ill figure it out. Specs are usually somewhere on the internet.

The other thing I was thinking was to change the tone with an inline cap ... .002 - .006 uH or something.