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by deeaa
Sun May 19, 2024 3:49 pm
Forum: New Guitar Day
Topic: NGD - sort of - my V refin now ready.
Replies: 3
Views: 119

Re: NGD - sort of - my V refin now ready.

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This is the mahogany version of the neck...just the same except for material.
I'll possibly put it in a 3D printed body, if my friend can make me one...
by deeaa
Sun May 19, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: New Guitar Day
Topic: NGD - sort of - my V refin now ready.
Replies: 3
Views: 119

Re: NGD - sort of - my V refin now ready.

Thank you...I'm really not that skilled, more like persistent - just work on it till I succeed :-) but over the years it gets easier! Am not totally sure which Yamaha exactly, but yep, some RGX. And I did trim that odd side extension off, yep. I have another neck just like this one, except mahogany,...
by deeaa
Sun May 19, 2024 2:29 pm
Forum: New Guitar Day
Topic: NGD - sort of - my V refin now ready.
Replies: 3
Views: 119

NGD - sort of - my V refin now ready.

So this has an 80's Yamaha neck, customized and partially scalloped, with stainless medium jumbo frets, and a Tusq nut, Schaller roller bridge, Gibson 498t and 490r (parallel wired) pickups. The body is reshaped and customized to take a 24-fret neck, that's from some cheap V copy. I made the plastic...
by deeaa
Fri May 17, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: Projects You're Working On
Topic: Whats on your work bench?
Replies: 839
Views: 60590

Re: Whats on your work bench?

Finished the white V refinImage

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by deeaa
Thu May 09, 2024 4:50 pm
Forum: Projects You're Working On
Topic: Whats on your work bench?
Replies: 839
Views: 60590

Re: Whats on your work bench?

Decided to improve one of my Vs...it was eggshell white, with a Yamaha 24 fret half scalloped (towards the end) neck. Never was quite happy with the finish quality, and there's barely enough room in the bridge to intonate so I got a wider bridge for it and refinished it in red. Also the scallop work...
by deeaa
Sun May 05, 2024 2:10 am
Forum: New Guitar Day
Topic: NGD: Chapman
Replies: 9
Views: 421

Re: NGD: Chapman

OK now proper introduction of the new axe... So indeed I traded that red Charvel I fixed up nice for this 2019 Chapman Ghostfret. So far loving it. The feel and stance is the same as on my Dean V's, perhaps a little wider fretboard at body end. Very similar neck, fits me like a glove. I really like ...
by deeaa
Fri May 03, 2024 2:39 pm
Forum: Tube Amps
Topic: Marshall Origins
Replies: 11
Views: 674

Re: Marshall Origins



And the 20 with a little better angle for the sound.

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by deeaa
Fri May 03, 2024 2:38 pm
Forum: Tube Amps
Topic: Marshall Origins
Replies: 11
Views: 674

Re: Marshall Origins



Here's a bad cellphone clip of the 50

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by deeaa
Fri May 03, 2024 2:34 pm
Forum: Tube Amps
Topic: Marshall Origins
Replies: 11
Views: 674

Re: Marshall Origins

I tried a few origins, one which [mention]golem[/mention] had and they are not my cup of tea. Good amps mind you, but having worked on plexis and steel-fronts, the genuine sound includes punishing the speakers. The second Headfirst mod sounded better, IMHO, than a stock Origin. Yeah, stock they ten...
by deeaa
Fri May 03, 2024 2:32 pm
Forum: New Guitar Day
Topic: NGD: Chapman
Replies: 9
Views: 421

Re: NGD: Chapman

If you are ALREADY REGISTERED WITH A GMAIL ADDRESS , as you are since you posted, you're 110% fine. Only NEW registrations with "Free Mail" accounts are Banned. Your Member Info: Joined: Sat May 30, 2020 1:06 am Last active:Fri May 03, 2024 6:08 am You've made 416 Posts since you joined 4...
by deeaa
Fri May 03, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: New Guitar Day
Topic: NGD: Chapman
Replies: 9
Views: 421

Re: NGD: Chapman

toomanycats wrote:What model Charvel is that?
CMX-DLX. Japan circa '98 I believe, mostly were only available there.

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by deeaa
Thu May 02, 2024 11:44 pm
Forum: New Guitar Day
Topic: NGD: Chapman
Replies: 9
Views: 421

NGD: Chapman

This is actually a little premature because I'm only just about to go trade my Charvel for a Chapman Explorer type. I'm just posting it now, because any minute now I won't be able to access AGF any more since using Gmail for login is disallowed now, and it's the only email I've had for 20 years and ...
by deeaa
Thu May 02, 2024 11:35 pm
Forum: Tube Amps
Topic: Marshall Origins
Replies: 11
Views: 674

Re: Marshall Origins

I hate soldering...am not very good with it. But as far as that goes, it isn't hard really. Just solder off a component - it's important to have a solder vacuum or strips to get off the old solder - and swap for a new one. They're all rather big, just basic components. I found it easier than solderi...
by deeaa
Wed May 01, 2024 1:46 am
Forum: Board Development Updates...
Topic: Well this is odd
Replies: 1
Views: 302

Re: Well this is odd

Also, there are many places where only known email providers are allowed, only Gmail icloud outlook mail are possible, no some random fg.ie.com whatevevers at all. If I get mail from an email that has an unrecognizable, non-word ending like that, it goes to spam folder automatically. It's just reall...
by deeaa
Wed May 01, 2024 1:41 am
Forum: Board Development Updates...
Topic: Well this is odd
Replies: 1
Views: 302

Well this is odd

Hm, Recent change to disallow Gmail etc addresses has made it impossible to use AGF via the computer, but Tapatalk access seems to work fine. I guess, this is also a test of that. I don't know why Gmail etc are banned...I mean, who uses anything but Gmail, Icloud etc these days as they come with you...
by deeaa
Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: Projects You're Working On
Topic: Whats on your work bench?
Replies: 839
Views: 60590

Re: Whats on your work bench?

Wow that's a real nice axe! Gorgeous!

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by deeaa
Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:35 pm
Forum: Projects You're Working On
Topic: Building a controller with Arduino
Replies: 5
Views: 390

Re: Building a controller with Arduino

Well, been using it a while now, and it works really well. Awesome to have sound to switch immediately with no delay like with pedals, and with delays and verbs decaying over the next sound too. And the shape works like a charm with the extra wide button spacing - finally don't have to look down for...
by deeaa
Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:31 pm
Forum: Modeler Amps
Topic: Hotone Pulze
Replies: 6
Views: 532

Re: Hotone Pulze

Yeah...420€ it's not too bad, and likely to cause very little 'domestic distortion' with the rather non-technical appearance. If it doubles as a home BT speaker with good sound, it's a good concept. If I didn't already have a plugin rig as a guitar amp, those Amperos could well be my choice of model...
by deeaa
Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:15 pm
Forum: Projects You're Working On
Topic: Building a controller with Arduino
Replies: 5
Views: 390

Re: Building a controller with Arduino

program.jpg That's how simple the program really is. And even much of that is just my comments so I can remember which lead goes where. IMG_20240331_190930.jpg Gut shot - yeah it looks terrible now, but I need to drill a hole for the USB passthrough connector still, and come up with some way to att...
by deeaa
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:52 am
Forum: Projects You're Working On
Topic: Building a controller with Arduino
Replies: 5
Views: 390

Building a controller with Arduino

As I'm using a laptop as my 'preamp' I am switching to using a VST host for various plugins, between which I can change with almost no delay just by soloing the one I want. For that, however, I need to use keyboard commands. So I am building a an Arduino based foot switch that's seen as a HID device...
by deeaa
Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:41 pm
Forum: Modeler Amps
Topic: Tonocracy and NAM
Replies: 4
Views: 547

Re: Tonocracy and NAM

Yep I heard that about working better as standalone in macs. It's odd because every other modeler works fine for me like that on PC as well, but not this one.

If it only had MIDI support ...

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by deeaa
Sun Feb 11, 2024 2:31 am
Forum: Modeler Amps
Topic: Tonocracy and NAM
Replies: 4
Views: 547

Re: Tonocracy and NAM

...and I can already report on this more, just spent a while putting the Toneocracy modeler thru a test. The sound is really good. Right up there with Neural and others indeed. There's nicely low noise to driven sounds even without a gate, which is a clear plus in comparison with the competition. Al...
by deeaa
Sun Feb 11, 2024 1:53 am
Forum: Modeler Amps
Topic: Tonocracy and NAM
Replies: 4
Views: 547

Re: Tonocracy and NAM

Yep, just saw something about those somewhere as well. Thanks for the reminder, will have to check them out for sure! Although between my GX-100 and Neural Plini as well as Amplitube 5 I don't have any need for new sounds, it's always interesting to see if they come up with new features I could use ...
by deeaa
Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:25 pm
Forum: Tube Amps
Topic: Marshall Origins
Replies: 11
Views: 674

Re: Marshall Origins

Very interesting! I remember that one of my gripes about the Origin 20 was that it was very vintage, for better or worse - you didn't get much overdrive out of it unless you completely dimed both preamp and master volume. Sounds like this mod might change that. Yep, it completely changes things. I ...
by deeaa
Fri Feb 09, 2024 11:48 am
Forum: Tube Amps
Topic: Marshall Origins
Replies: 11
Views: 674

Re: Marshall Origins

I would love to grab a 20 watt and do the mod. There is one not far from me. I love it. Not very hard to do, if you have any experience soldering. It was well worth watching the videos though, both the 20 and 50, as the guide and the videos aren't that straightforward to follow. I wrote the whole t...