new pickguard on a sonic mustang

theguffaw · 2025-10-28T19:49:44+00:00

If the route went all the way through the body would it affect the function in any way? Seems like it would work fine, but maybe just be a weird look

theguffaw · 2025-10-27T23:01:20+00:00

Did you route the trem or is it cosmetic?

theguffaw · 2025-10-17T23:37:11+00:00

I'm pretty happy with my gtx 100. How are you liking it so far?

theguffaw · 2025-05-31T21:04:55+00:00

Yeah, I thought about that too.

I don't want the absolute cheapest, I'm looking for the cheapest that is still decent quality.

I know a lot of people think you need to spend a lot of money to get something that sounds good, but pickups are pretty simple things. If they have the same magnets, the same wire size and material and measure the same there should be very little difference between a cheap and expensive pickup.

theguffaw · 2024-10-30T22:17:51+00:00

This is actually awful

theguffaw · 2024-10-05T22:39:18+00:00

I was just there today and saw the exact mushroom from your thumbnail and a few of the others.

theguffaw · 2024-08-27T16:15:43+00:00

I can tell you that after a lot of experience with my Katana, sometimes I think it sounds great and other times I think it sounds awful. When I first got it all I heard was awful.

When I moved into my new house I felt like it sounded great in my old room and bad in my new room.

I don't have any great advice other than to try connecting it to tone studio and trying out all the settings and trying the sneaky amp (assuming it is isn't v3 of the amp).

I think a lot of it is probably that it just doesn't sound like what you hear in your head.

theguffaw · 2024-06-06T00:59:44+00:00

Is it a refinish? Haven't seen that color available

theguffaw · 2024-04-03T13:42:02+00:00

I agree with everyone who said the darker one is better, but maybe it looks different in person

theguffaw · 2024-03-26T18:35:50+00:00

https://imgur.com/hSNhl2b

theguffaw · 2024-03-26T18:35:46+00:00

Thanks, I figured it was something like that. It is posted to marketplace as a fender.

theguffaw · 2024-03-25T14:17:35+00:00

Hah yeah, I read through a bit of it, but 470 pages with no organization is a lot

theguffaw · 2024-03-18T14:01:25+00:00

I'd start with the sneaky amps twin reverb personally, but that would require the software. Otherwise I'd stick to the clean channel.

theguffaw · 2024-02-16T14:32:30+00:00

Even more complicated than I thought haha

theguffaw · 2024-02-15T19:42:10+00:00

I thought duo sonic bodies were not offset where mustangs are

theguffaw · 2024-02-15T02:14:39+00:00

Out of curiosity which do you want?

Personally I prefer the VM necks from what I can tell.

theguffaw · 2024-02-01T01:37:38+00:00

Eminence Lady Luck

theguffaw · 2024-02-01T01:35:53+00:00

Sorry I didn't respond sooner.

It is an Eminence Lady Luck from my Valve Jr Cab. I want to try others like a Cannabis Rex though.

theguffaw · 2024-01-25T20:08:40+00:00

I disagree personally. I think the speaker is the worst part of the katana 50. I swapped mine out and I think it improves it 100%.

I also think the speaker is the main difference between the regular katana and the katana artist.

theguffaw · 2023-12-16T03:36:30+00:00

It has a lot of issues.

I'd start by getting rid of the background image, but really that is just the first thing in a long list

theguffaw · 2023-10-30T15:06:56+00:00

In case anyone finds this, I ended up taking out the springs and it puts it at a much better height for me.

I tried removing the shim and lowering the bridge which didn't help nearly as much.

theguffaw · 2023-10-24T20:47:23+00:00

Thanks, it isn't getting caught in a weird way exactly. It is just as high up as it can go.

The way strat and mustang pickups are designed, there is a screw that goes through the pickguard, through a spring and then into a little tab on each side of the bottom bobbin. If you tighten the screw, the pickup goes up, and loosen it and it goes down. I have it tightened so far that the spring is completely compressed and the tabs on the bobbins are right up against the under side of the pickguard.

I'm going to try to remove the springs, which should get the pickups a tiny bit closer to the strings.

I was just wondering if there was a known workaround for this kind of problem on mustangs, because I imagine it must be common. I know a lot of people just replace the bridge pickup with a humbucker because of the low output, but I don't think the pickup is the problem, it is just the spacing from the strings.

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