Coyote's Build

[Coyote]

Regular block arrived in the mail on Tuesday.

and I gave up on the brass cavity shielding plate idea...
Not enough info to pursue that with confidence. Copper tape, instead.

[GAR]

I use 3" self-adhesive aluminum tape. Cut in strips, trim to curves with scissors, then fold the edges over the top ledge and do the backplate completely.

I overlap the edges by 1/8" and pierce the overlappings thru with the pointy edge of the multi-meter probe point. Then I check for continuity between strips to ensure full cavity contact.

Fender does this (or used to) with graphite paint, which is really fucking toxic. I don't get it. They do this before paint - a guy sits with a 5-gallon bucket of this stuff, and with a throwaway chip brush paints it into the pickup channels and cavity.

I don't know when they started this, I think it began in the mid 80s.

If you use copper tape, you must still pierce between overlapping layers so one bites thru the adhesive glue and into the next layer, otherwise it could possibly insulate from contact and you wont' get any noise-reduction benefit from your effort. But it sure looks pretty!

[Coyote]

Ok, I'm slightly annoyed now...

But not enough, given how much LESS mine cost...

[jhale667]

Gotta love a bargain, huh?

[jhale667]

Not sure how this happened...

And while you're busy doing yours, seems mine has begun to reproduce somehow...

[Coyote]

And while you're busy doing yours, seems mine has begun to reproduce somehow...

At least the lineage seems consistant...

Am I seeing things, or is the one on the left recessed?

[jhale667]

At least the lineage seems consistant...

Am I seeing things, or is the one on the left recessed?

It is...the one on the right likely will be soon, as well.
Ti block in the one on the left, Brass (for now) in the one on the right. Brass claws for both.

[GAR]

And while you're busy doing yours, seems mine has begun to reproduce somehow...

I used to do stupid shit like this, and I don't know what it's definition is psychologically but it isn't good.

Stick to my rule: if a new one comes in, an old one must go.

[Coyote]

It is...the one on the right likely will be soon, as well.
Ti block in the one on the left, Brass (for now) in the one on the right. Brass claws for both.

How deep is the recess? A couple of mm's?

[jhale667]

How deep is the recess? A couple of mm's?

Yeah, about that in the front - 3/8" (7.62cm) on the shelf, nothing too crazy in the back, like 5/8" (12.7cm).

[Coyote]

Yeah, about that in the front - 3/8" (7.62cm) on the shelf, nothing too crazy in the back, like 5/8" (12.7cm).

Just wondering... 'cause the recess in mine seems quite shallow in comparison to, say, a Jackson. But that's a floating Floyd...

[jhale667]

Still functional, I'll bet...

Just wondering... 'cause the recess in mine seems quite shallow in comparison to, say, a Jackson. But that's a floating Floyd...

Dunno, I got my Musikraft body literally a few weeks before they started doing recessed trem routing, (dammit) haven't seen theirs yet.
I thought the trend was to not do them quite as deep as the old days..but maybe I'm mistaken...
your mentioning it made me think this new KnE one seemed a hair more shallow than the recess on my Warmoth body (circa '96), but I just measured it and it's not...pretty much identical depths on the backside, at least..

[Coyote]

Well, take a look...

[jhale667]

OK, that's really shallow....?

[Coyote]

Can't find anything accurate on the subject, either...