AGP #223 - "Dads Workshop" (Tooty Dog Original Build)

This was one of those projects that started off as one type of build and finished up as something different!!Originally built as a 3 string Baritone Guitar (755.65mm / 29¾inches), joining the box at the 12th fret, with a 7 pole Washburn Ebay pickup installed in the neck position under the “Dads Workshop” tin sign (a Xmas gift), apart from the fact that I didn’t like playing it with only 12 frets on the fret board, it screamed like a ‘Banshee’, and sounded terrible, might have had something to do with the pickup, which reads 18.77k on my Digital Multimeter ???.
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  • I've found that to be true. My favorites are 3.5 or so. Sweetest anyhow.
  • Yes Dave Lynas, Hot Pup indeed!!, I've used a few of these high k pups before, but have found that hotter does't necessarily mean better!!

  • That's one hot pup AGP!
  • "Thanks"   the anonymous pick, the sign is steel, tried both ways, touching and separated, didn't make a lot of difference, the plywood top (Tooty Dog) conversion is touching and sounds fine !! 

  • is the pup  touching the  lid  ?  if  so  .  separate  it  a bit  so  it  does  not touch .  my  guess  is there  is metal  in the sign  and    you are  picking up   both the strings and the    sign  in  the mag  feild  .  and acting   as a  piezo  also   .  all  3  may sound like    pulling a cat  through a key hole  ;-)

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