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Shawn · 01-02-2008, 11:33 PM

Very nice!

Apophis · 01-03-2008, 06:35 AM

and thanks for your explanations. Stay with us, it's amazing place to be

ElRay · 01-04-2008, 12:09 PM

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Desecrated · 01-04-2008, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ElRay

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hahaha, thats true.

Apophis · 01-04-2008, 04:32 PM

canuck brian · 01-04-2008, 05:14 PM

I really dig on the straight pickups - I'm definitely not a fan of slanted pickups at all.

Erik basically beat the snot out of everyone competing in that build off, including me.

Durero · 01-04-2008, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Erik Hauri

Hey guys, thanks for all the props on the V8. It is entirely original, the knob location was inspired purely by the fact that its where you'll find the controls for most acoustic guitars these days. It took 8 months to complete, and stretched my build skills in many ways.

The covers on the EMGs (40TWs) are 1mm thick on top;

Again props to you Erik - beautiful work!

The pickup covers look beautiful. I'm curious how they're fastened on and how you adjust the pickup height - do you pop off the covers to do this?

To clarify my earlier comment on angling the pickups, it's entirely based on my tonal preferences as opposed to aesthetic preferences.

A straight pickup in front of an angled bridge has the same tonal effect as having a straight bridge guitar and angling the pickups towards the neck under the lowest strings and towards the bridge under the highest string. Both scenarios will make the lowest strings sound more bass heavy and the highest strings more trebly or twangy. This serves to emphasize or exaggerate the difference in tone from lowest to highest strings. There's nothing wrong with this at all, and it's an effect I think I'd like best on a 6-string. On ERG's I feel that there's already a huge tonal difference between the highest & lowest strings, so I like to angle the pickups at an even steeper angle than the bridge in order to mitigate this. Just my taste.

Even though I prefer angled pickups it's been proven to me that straight pickups can work beautifully when I had a chance to try out Bryan's (Swedenuck) multi-scale Sherman with a straight Lundgren M7 in front of a steeply angled bridge - sounded absolutely godly.

Erik Hauri · 01-04-2008, 10:14 PM

Thanks!

The covers are stuck on with a very strong double-stick tape...a lot of guys encase them in the covers in epoxy, but I wanted to be able to remove the pickups from the covers in case I didn't like them (I am quite happy with them actually). I first adjusted the height without the covers (knowing the top thickness), then added the tape to the top of the pups.

Its very strong stuff and I dread the thought of trying to remove the covers now....even though I'd like to drop the bridge pup slightly....

Next time I might conjure up a way to adjust the height from the back of the instrument

Apophis · 01-05-2008, 09:14 AM

Interesting idea, those covers have to be tight enough

Mattmc74 · 01-05-2008, 02:17 PM

VERY VERY NICE!!!!

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Erik Hauri Lumber -> Guitars Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Gaithersburg MD Posts: 12 Main Seven: home-built custom 8 str Rig: Thunder -> Lightning Thanked: 0	Thanks! The covers are stuck on with a very strong double-stick tape...a lot of guys encase them in the covers in epoxy, but I wanted to be able to remove the pickups from the covers in case I didn't like them (I am quite happy with them actually). I first adjusted the height without the covers (knowing the top thickness), then added the tape to the top of the pups. Its very strong stuff and I dread the thought of trying to remove the covers now....even though I'd like to drop the bridge pup slightly.... Next time I might conjure up a way to adjust the height from the back of the instrument

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