ASATmaster build

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Re: ASATmaster build

Post by sirspens » Mon Oct 22, 2018 6:06 pm

solfege wrote:
Sat Oct 20, 2018 4:28 pm
That looks fantastic.
And plays fantastic. Even unplugged!

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Re: ASATmaster build

Post by kosta » Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:16 am

Great build!

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Re: ASATmaster build

Post by sirspens » Fri Dec 21, 2018 7:38 pm

I finally got around to doing a sound sample of this guitar. It is here on SoundCloud:

https://soundcloud.com/clifton-stuckey- ... asatmaster

And here is what is going on:

0:00 Open chords, bridge pickup
0:25 Open chords, both pickups
0:49 Open chords, neck pickup
1:12 Bar chords, bridge pickup
1:32 Bar chords, both pickups
1:51 Bar chords, neck pickup
2:10 Arpeggio thing, bridge pickup
2:54 Arpeggio thing, both pickups
3:37 Arpeggio thing, neck pickup
4:19 Bar chords, various sounds (bridge, bridge tone down, neck, neck tone down, middle, middle tone down)
5:07 Arpeggio thing, bridge pickup, dirty
5:48 Punk-y thing (heavy overdrive)
6:28 Gaze-y thing (trying to grab some harmonics)

I also recorded a sample of the G&L ASAT Classic Alnico Tribute it will be replacing:
https://soundcloud.com/clifton-stuckey- ... co-tribute

Obviously with the very different neck pickups only the bridges are directly comparable, but I think the comparison shows how much more useful a pickup that MFD is in the neck (as well as adding a lot of dynamics to the middle position). It is such an expressive pickup, whereas the typical Telecaster type pickup is just a bit muddy and understated. I can achieve that with the tone knob.

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Re: ASATmaster build

Post by Maggieo » Sat Dec 22, 2018 11:12 am

Straight-up AMAZING!!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
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