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Ron Thorn Namm Creations
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Pretty sure Millimetric’s prototype trem is similar concept.
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You made me look ...marqueemoon wrote: ↑Tue Jan 22, 2019 11:18 pmPretty sure Millimetric’s prototype trem is similar concept.
https://www.facebook.com/MILLIMETRICINS ... 64/?type=3
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"I just knew I wanted to make a sound that was the complete opposite of a Les Paul, and that’s pretty much a Jaguar." Rowland S. Howard.
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Just here to show support for this to Ron. These are gorgeous and the tele's too are just sick!
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Is there an explanation somewhere of exactly how the switching works on these, beyond position 1 being the two bridge pickups in series?
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D'Oh. I missed part of that - the middle/bridge position 4 being the two "bridge" pickups in parallel is really interesting. I'd love to hear how that sounds vs position 3.
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Just wanna reiterate my praise, these things look awesome. Look at this!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs9ZkR1HfDQ/
It’s kind of funny how easy it would be for Fender to have all of us eating out of their palms. They’re no where near WWE’s level of bringing in a ton of money regardless of how horrible the product is, but their new releases every year disappoint most of us. It’s cool to see them doing some new, and old-inspired stuff, and I hope that this is only the beginning of what will hopefully be an annual reveal of awesome and exciting stuff.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs9ZkR1HfDQ/
It’s kind of funny how easy it would be for Fender to have all of us eating out of their palms. They’re no where near WWE’s level of bringing in a ton of money regardless of how horrible the product is, but their new releases every year disappoint most of us. It’s cool to see them doing some new, and old-inspired stuff, and I hope that this is only the beginning of what will hopefully be an annual reveal of awesome and exciting stuff.
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Ron, if you’re reading this, I have a question; you mentioned on that Instagram post of your Antigua Coronado that it is equipped with a NOS tremolo. Is it possible to buy these from Fender? I assume you found one lying around, but if not, and there are more of them, I would love to get one.
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Fender has no “old” parts in stock. There’s a 5-year limit on anything kept on-hand that isn’t in production. It’s an inventory/write-off situation that is beyond me.
I found that tremolo on Reverb.com and paid full pop for it.
It will be the only Coronado that I build that features the tremolo, that is what makes that particular guitar my “Prestige” guitar for the show - These are never to be reproduced one-offs that each Master Builder creates.
I’m building additional Coronados, but they’ll all have trapezes and a modified post and cup for the J-bridge so that it doesn’t rock.
Thanks for asking.
I found that tremolo on Reverb.com and paid full pop for it.
It will be the only Coronado that I build that features the tremolo, that is what makes that particular guitar my “Prestige” guitar for the show - These are never to be reproduced one-offs that each Master Builder creates.
I’m building additional Coronados, but they’ll all have trapezes and a modified post and cup for the J-bridge so that it doesn’t rock.
Thanks for asking.
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Thanks for the comments, too!
Ron
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