Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Refret: Charvel Model 4 Japan 1986 - Stainless Steel Fretwire + Fretboard Edge Rolling

*Finished the stainless steel refret + fretboard edge rolling on my Japanese 1986 Charvel Model 4 Kahler equipped guitar. Also added some brass inserts for the control cavity plate (I left the wiring stock, didn't feel the need to redo it). Nut is a new shaped GraphTech.


 It's absolutely great now and plays wonderful












































Thursday, October 1, 2020

Crate Blue Voodoo 120 Full Tube Head - general cap changes and modding




 * Finally finished the Crate Blue Voodoo 120, after a lot of recapping and modding.
It sounds decent now even for other styles not just that all round gain fizz as it was.

I added a choke and changed about 22 component values (installed sockets, will solder the chosen parts directly on the sockets), and redid a lot of solder spots + changed the very tarnished PCB jack-in connectors. Added four toggle switches to change some gain structure and high end content, nothing fancy, but usable and makes the amp from a very slight cleanish od/stoner rock/fuzzish od to 80s rock, the gain knob is now usable in all its range. Also added a white led to the clean channel and a blue one on the overdrive one.

A warmup video with some compiled takes here, the more 80s + smoother side (will make another video the more aggressive side at some point when the amp is boxed up again):

 

Woolier+Higher gain samples and fuzz type tones here:

Some other vids here on FB









Before: