Hi folks,
It sounds good -- not as good as I'd like, but OK. The mids and trebles are very good, bright with a lot of overtones. But the bass is not as strong as I'd like. I suspect I didn't get the soundboard thinned enough. I'll spend more time on the tap tone on the next build
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The K&Ks are great. I've put them on four of the five guitars I've done, and through a decent amp they sound like the guitar, only louder. Through a cheap amp, they tend to sound like a cheap amp, of course
. In my opinion, of which I have too many, they are the best bang for the pickup buck.
There are some drawbacks, but nothing you can't overcome if you are willing to experiment a bit. For instance, using LMII's OM plan, the x-braces cross too close to the saddle, and you can't get the pickups where the instructions want them. On my first OM, I ended up accidentally gluing one of the pickups to the x-brace instead of the bridge plate. It still worked, although I had to push the treble on the pre-amp quite a bit to get it balanced.
On this guitar, I shifted the x-brace towards the neck, and still ran out of space. I ended up putting the pickups behind the pins instead of under the saddle. The change didn't seem to affect the sound at all, they still worked as advertised.
--Paul
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