Demo of my Homemade Stratocaster/Telecaster/Les Paul -Part 1

- Cheap Body
- Strat neck
Seymour Duncan Pickups:
- 59 replica humbucker
- Classic Strat stack.
- Classic Tele chrome stack.

Controls:
A: (tail-most, push-pull) - Tone & Bridge/Middle select
B: (middle, push-pull) - Volume & Neck/Middle select.
Fader: (neck-most, stereo fader) - Fades between A & B pickups.

Total cost is around $1000. Pickups range from $160 (Bridge) - $175 (Neck).

The blending is something that's uncommon. I've never seen it done with one pot before, and it was tricky finding the right pot. The center position is both pickups at full.

The following page contains more information including the schematic:
http://www.andrewonline.ca/music

Updated since this video:
- Touched up the pick guard, filling the holes left from the switch and the previous dials.
- Grounded the ends of the balance leading to complete shut off the the pickup at the opposite ends, but bringing the impedance down some. No noticeable change in tonal qualities though.

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[jimmimak]

There doesn't seem to be much resonance (tone sweet spot) because none of the pickups are the same. Frequency response is dead flat. I would try putting the humbucker on the neck and placing a single coil pickup on the bridge. For each pickup, I think it's best if they are very similar to make cool resonant sounds. Or have one of them, maybe the humbucker at 2x the resonant frequency or inductance or whatever.

[andy16666]

@jimmimak Hmm...I haven't heard it explained that way before, but you may be right. I'll have to give that some thought.

[jimmimak]

@andy16666 I'm not sure if I have it 100% correct but I think if each pickup has a different tonal response, you don't get the harmonics effects when the signals add up. Other stuff to consider - the power output of the pickups, differences in magnetic field strength, number of coil turns, which way round the magnetic fields are pointing (use a compass) - this changes the signal phase.. Try adding different capacitors and resistors in the control box for each pickup to make them resonate

[andy16666]

@jimmimak It sounds like a reasonable hypothesis. At some point I may change the pickups out altogether for three identical single coils.

[AugieDog6]

um.. can i have that?

[bulenterdem1977]

i'm sorry but we can't call it a les paul hybrid by just adding a humbucker. les paul has different tonewoods, scale length, etc...

[JackDawsonRMS]

U SING LIKE ELVIS

[uraniumcompound]

Info request @ pawn I saw an old looking sunburst (lower fin cracked & glued) strat body teleneck. Large round frets that played well. Askin $700. 2 $500. gues orig neck busted when botom fin broke & was changed. P. Shop may not know/care. didn't like jazz master frets back in60s & surprized at tele fret sound on this gtar. I looking 4 a cheap g. 2 take load off my les paul stu as I am retired & closet player Sud I make1 instead, leary & uned of mkt materials.Opinion apreciated?Thanks UR Glicks

[olalator]

OMG!!! YOU GROOOVY ASS!!!!!!!

[HolyGfunnies]

@AviatorAndyK SO ROUND, SO FIRM, SO FULLY PACKED

[HolyGfunnies]

@andy16666 CAN YOU BE MY TEACHER?

[flaminglonewolf]

a STRA-TE-PAUL cool!!!

[ChristianFS1]

what were you playing right at the start? i really dig it! :D

[jimmimak]

@andy16666 I found some links you might be interested in...

buildyourguitar(.)com/resource­s/lemme/

duhvoodooman(.)com/musical/hum­bucker_mods/humbucker_mods_2

Theres loads of stuff online about pickup wiring. I tried adding an extra capacitor between my tone and volume pots on my SG copy, and it made a huge difference. The tone was muddy before but now I can get tone almost like Slash's Les Paul. : )