It's not because I'm lazy, or easily distracted. It's because I like to do a thorough job, properly.
Hmmmmm.
I'd had this old Kawai Aquarius knocking about the place for ages. I think I bought it originally because it had 3 rather hard to come by original p'ups in it, and my vague plan was that I'd cannibalise it if I ever needed the p'ups for one of my other, slightly more treasured Kawais.
The body is as rough and beat-up as it looks - nothing structural, but plenty of dings & dents - and that scratchplate is cut quite roughly and unevenly for an original piece. Strange.
I never played it, so it sat, ignored and unloved in a cheapo gig bag in a corner. *sniff*.
And now, abut 3 months later than it should have been, this is it ...
Nice new scratchplate - cut properly - and a set of SCs.
The fretboard cleaned up quite nicely with some wire wool and lemon oil ...
That's a set of
@TheGuitarWeasel 's finest StoneTones p'ups, which sound very sharp, distinct and powerful in the quick tune-up blast that it's just had. The p'up selection is done via the 3 mini-toggles (on/off for each p'up), standard volume and a bypass tone control.
Amazingly, I got it all wired up this afternoon, plugged it in, and it worked first time. That doesn't often happen with my wiring.
It's all personal taste, but I much prefer the Wilko-look of the guitar now and I don't have a lot of single coil guitars, so it's going to get more playtime than it ever had before.
Now, next project ...
Comments
Out of curiosity what are the original Kawai humbuckers like? Are you putting them in anything else?
Good to see a nice review