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Thanks a lot. Losing highend from rolling down the tone shouldn't be a big issue with this wiring, as there is no tone control with a capacitor connected to it. The only thing I can think of is the capacity of the cables that are high and cause an issue. You could try the following thing, but I'm not sure if this helps a lot, and it will most likely also change the way the volume rolls off. Don't wire the wires that are going to the pin marked with an "X" in step 5 there. Instead, you also solder them to the middle pin of the same pot. Like this, you're removing resistance towards the output that's increased when rolling down the volume and only decrease the resistance towards the ground. That's something you could try, but no guarantee that it will give you the effect you like. Cheers, Martin

Thanks! Wow that's a cool setup! Cheers, Lukas

You're welcome! What do you mean by your question? If you could use that wiring with an SSS strat to have a position where you'd have the middle and bridge PU in series like a humbucker? Cheers, Martin

@@LMGuitarCorner Hi Martin- Yes, I would like to use position 2 on the strat to be bridge/middle in series like a humbucker.

@@MagnumOpus007 With the series wiring, you will have those two series whenever PU1 is connected to the output, however, it will completely remove PU2 out of the wiring on its own and make it "part of PU1". This means position 3 will be a dead position and position 1 and 2 will both be your "series" position. If you make the middle pickup your "PU1" and bridge your PU2 you would have your dead spot on position 1 and position 2 and 3 would both be your "series" position. You could change that wiring a little to have "PU2" on its own whenever it is active and your series wiring only when PU1 would be active on its own. This means if the bridge is PU1 and middle PU2 you would have position 3 and 2 have just the middle pickup and position 1 being your series position. You would have the bridge pickup shortcut "on top" of the middle in position 2 and 3 which is technically not completely clean and it might affect the sound a little, but I have this also in some coil split situations and couldn't find a noticeable difference. Cheers, Martin

I'm not owning one of those, sorry. But you're right, that might have been interesting. Cheers, Martin

Hey there! Thank you for the kind words and for sharing your experiences with these three different headless guitars. Does the NK Headless also come with fanned frets like the Strandberg? Cheers, Lukas

@@LMGuitarCorner Hey Lukas! The frets on my NK (which is almost identical in looks to a Strandberg) is 25.5" to 25" the same as the Strandbergs. They have older iterations of the guitar that were 25.5" all the way across, but I don't believe they make those anymore (not unless requested at least). They have other models that are I believe longer, something like 26.5" to 25.5" but those models remove the zero fret. The guitar is good quality, I bought one used before custom ordering mine, and I was pleasantly surprised by both of them.

Hey there, thanks for the comment. We made this video 2 years ago and I don't have a list of the components at hand. Please watch the video carefully and check the shop I've linked in the description. You should be able to find all parts there. Cheers, Lukas

@@LMGuitarCorner I think that in the link that you entered in the description there must surely be the references of these parts but this page cannot be found!

No it's just a link to the landing page. Cheers

@Rifff3 Thanks a lot Rifff! It was a no-brainer. Merry Christmas! Cheers, Martin

It is indeed normal. Satin finish (including the back of the neck) and quilted maple veneer. It's a 2018 limited run. We have a separate video about it on the channel because I've upgraded it - but not the body/finish! Cheers, Lukas

@@LMGuitarCorner looks amazing. I wish it wasn’t limited because I would have been all over that. Gorgeous guitar.

Hey there. Fair criticism in my opinion. I bought it over the Taylor GS Mini, but compared to many other acoustic guitars it definitely sounds a bit thin/tinny. Cheers, Lukas

It really has been, thanks a lot Mark! Merry Christmas! Cheers, Martin

The things you can do with it are really cool. Essentially, you have the power of a wiggle stick without the need to operate one. You're not supposed to play full chords, but usually, you're not anyway, but then you can slide these triads around however you want. Give it a little vibrato, no problem. Dive bomb? Just slide it down. Lots of these things. I was really surprised how quickly I got used to it. I can totally recommend trying one if you ever get the chance to get your hands on one! Merry Christmas! Cheers, Martin

@martianmurray Thanks, yeah, that was the best part of the year. For my daughter, it's her 3rd year of playing the guitar, but the first one the music school allows her to play electric. Merry Christmas! Cheers, Martin

Thanks a lot Steve! Merry Christmas to you and your family too! Cheers, Martin

Merry Christmas Laz! I've released it without a premiere, so you didn't miss anything. 😉 Cheers, Martin

You're welcome Ryan! Glad you have fun with it. Merry Christmas to you too! Cheers, Martin

@LMGuitarCorner Hope you and your Wife and son & daughter had a great Christmas and hears to a brighter future for our children and for all you share with the community, I thank you and Much more blessings to the upcoming Year 🫶🫂🤘🎸🤠 your Music-In-Law

@Ryan-Hall Thanks a lot, Ryan. We had a great time! I also wish you, your mother, and your sons all the best! Guess who got motivated to continue to work on his kit guitar. 😉 Cheers, Martin

Thanks a lot Paul! Merry Christmas! Cheers, Martin

Thanks a lot! Merry Christmas to you too! Cheers, Martin

Thanks a lot, will do. 😉 Cheers, Martin

Yeah, that's what I've figured. Vibrato is your best friend, just like with a slide. The one thing that really forced a change in play was that you don't bend at all. It's all slides. Cheers, Martin

Yes I do. Bluetooth is not relevant for this application, but the portable speaker I used for the demo is an audio player that only works with Bluetooth. Nevertheless, the aux in is what counts. Cheers

Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad the demo helped you. Cheers, Lukas

A Tele (Deluxe) would also work... Pretty much any guitar with just 2 pickups I guess 😁. Cheers, Lukas

Thank you very much, Charles! Merry Christmas

Thank you for the kind words! Merry Christmas. Cheers, Lukas

@@LMGuitarCorner Merry Christmas too. Thank you

Dann haben unsere lieben Zuseher und Abonnenten aus den USA, Kanada, Großbritannien, Indien usw aber ihre liebe Mühe 😁. Falls du Fragen hast, können wir sie gerne beantworten. Cheers

It's a Boden Standard, which was the lowest tier when I bought it. I think the Essential is one tier below, but I haven't played one unfortunately. Cheers!

@ hmm. Sorry for all the questions lol you are the only channel to respond! But was the standard model over $1000usd? Or, how much was it in your local currency? Cause the Essential is $1000 in the U.S which… a bit pricey if that’s the lowest tier I thought there was only 2 models not counting 7 string models

@ ah never mind the standard is around $1,700 here :(. Oh well. Normal Tele style Charvel Pro Mod it is! lol.

I bought it in June 2022 as a refurbished model... Can't remember what I paid for, but I think it was around 1500/1600 Euro. Cheers

Hey there. I assume you have the HSS model? Why not go for the HH model, which also has some split/power tap sounds? Cheers, Lukas

@@LMGuitarCorner I didn’t get any of them but even the HH model (Q52) has a lot of buzz especially when you coil tap. I really wanted a headless for the ergonomics and how balanced they feel standing up no head sink at all and they feel so tiny with a full scale neck it’s crazy. But yeah I did play one at my local guitar center plugged into an effects/pre-amp modeler with a noise gate turned on and even then the buzz was just unbearable. Mostly when playing on the single coil voicing the pickups are just garbage. “Designed from the ground up for a headless guitar design” lmao, what does that even mean?? Ibanez built pickups that suck specifically for a headless that otherwise would be an amazing guitar design with the other stock pups Ibanez uses, like the Quantum’s in a lot of their cheaper RG models and S series. Those pickups aren’t half bad they should have just used those. The Q54’s are just not good pickups they sound pretty muddy on top of their noisiness.

@@LMGuitarCornerit really sucks. I love the Poplar Burl finishes they look so sexy. I mean, you could just do a pickup swap and they would be super rad but I would have to spend an extra $200 about for a set of Seymour Duncan’s or something.

Thanks for sharing your experience! Cheers, Martin

Thank you! Cheers, Lukas

The burn marks are there. It's just not as evident from that angle due to reflections in the glass and lighting. I should have also moved a little more to the left to show them better. Cheers, Martin

@ Thank you for your kind answer. Good job. The picture is so nice. thx cheers martin.

Thanks a lot for the comment, Murray. You can't go wrong with a 594 - the only question is single cut or double cut ;-) Merry Christmas! Cheers

@ definitely double cut

Merry Christmas, Keith!

Thank you very much! Merry Christmas to you and your family. Cheers

Thanks a lot Rifff! I'm not 100% happy with the sound either, I don't think it does justice to the pickups / guitar. But it was ok for a short demo ;-) I'm thinking about doing a comparison with the 85/15 pickups in the PRS CE24... Merry Christmas to you and your family, Cheers!

Oh my... how could I forget the MIJ Jackson Rhoads V!!! Lol😮

Thank you my friend! That's a great list of guitar too. Merry Christmas and enjoy family time in Peru! Cheers, Lukas

Thanks Rob! The Acoustasonic is for me an acoustic guitar that looks and feels more like an electric and has a lot of different tones. I'm really happy to have it in my collection and play it more than I expected. But the full retail price understandably puts a lot of people off. I'm curious to see what Martin has to say in his buddy review ;-) The Revstar is brilliant and I can highly recommend it to anyone. Cheers and a Merry Christmas to you and yours!

That's strange. Back then, when we did the video, they still offered it. I would assume they had a couple of returns after doing the Plek job, which you're eligible to when buying online, and they deemed it too risky to offer it. Thanks for the update! Das ist strange, das haben sie damals noch angeboten. Ich kann mir vorstellen, dass manche von dem Rückgaberecht bei Onlinekäufen dann gebrauch gemacht haben und ihnen das Risiko zu hoch war. Vielen Dank für die Information! Cheers, Martin

@@LMGuitarCorner Yes indeed it's very strange, especially when no restriction whatsoever is mentioned on the Thomann Plek Service webpage, and when you consider that Thomann already did a Plek Service on a new Ibanez bought online at Thomann last year (order 202208.40714). On top of that, there are LAWS about "refusal of sale" (product/service) which forbid a seller to refuse to sell something that he provides for sale and that he actually can provide. Thomann is heading towards sales issues behaving like they do, this is very unprofessional and unusual from their part, and this is the kind of trouble that big companies like Thomann should avoid to create. I mean, either they mention very restrictive restrictions on the webpage of their Plek Service, and then they can refuse the sale of that service accordingly to the restrictions they mention, or they have to proceed to the Service that they sell and that customers have ordered and paid for. These kinds of issues blow my mind, like "they don't want to earn money" and get into trouble with the law. If they finally do what they sold and I paid for, I'll post an update. Thank you for answering though!

That's interesting, I didn't know about that. I'm not too well versed with these laws, I only know about your right to return goods bought online for 14 days without having to give a reason. I wonder if they have some issues fine print somewhere. Thanks for keeping me updated on this. Really appreciate it, that's really interesting and valuable information! Cheers, Martin

@@LMGuitarCorner Yes! It practically means that they will perform or refuse to perform on a whim, regardless of any professional behavior or legislation. I worked 5 years as an engineer in Germany in the 1990s (BASF, Mercedes Benz), and I was used to the utmost highest standard of professionalism which I kept in my working ethics. But it seems that Germany has "gone down the tubes" as people say, and after going bankrupt throwing their finances away in useless foreign conflicts, they're now on the path of putting an end to their economy by refusing to work. There's no peculiar reason for them to refuse this service to anybody, and, if there are schedule issues, then they can negotiate to delay the completion of the service, in which case the customer has the possibility to decide to AGREE TO WAIT or cancel the service. The last possible option, which is the worst and which I truly wish isn't the case, is that the management of Thomann company and/or their politics have changed in such dramatic ways that they're not willing to stand for any professional business anymore (i.e they sell whatever they can sell to make some money and don't want to care anymore about any other subject matter of the business of selling musical instruments but the sales themselves), in which case customers may decide to look somewhere else for more affordable options for the same products and services. That would be a very sad sign of the decline of that company.

Hi Martin ! After battling with long Email exchanges Thomann finally accepted to proceed to the Plek Service they sell on the new guitar that I ordered. I have 49 guitars, and it's most probably the very last new guitar that I purchase, so, this kind of issue with Thomann will most probably never occur again to me. Nevertheless, from now on I'd highly recommend everybody to 1st contact Thomann before ordering any Plek Service online. I am going to wait until I receive the guitar in order to appreciate the instrument and the provided service, and I'm pretty sure it's going to be FANTASTIC like the previous Ibanez I had from Thomann and which received the exact same Plek Service. Then I'll keep you informed, and finally remove my comment. So, if you want to keep the conversation, please feel free to copy it and use it, but I wouldn't want to leave a comment which could possibly hurt a German company like Thomann. Europe will need ALL its working companies to survive what's coming at the international level, and what's coming is really really dark. Merry Xmas Martin. God bless you and you're family and friends! Philippe.

Hey there! Just to make sure, no sound at all? The Bass position is considerably quieter. But if the other 2 positions work fine and that one does absolutely nothing, then there are only 3 places to look at. One option is, that there is an issue with the switch itself in this position. If you have a Multimeter, you could measure this, easily: 1.) Put the switch into the "Bass" position. 2.) Turn the control plate around so you have the switch to your left and see the pins of it just like the control layout in step 7. 3.) Measure contact between the two pins furthest to the right on the "lower row". They should have contact. 4.) Measure the contact between the two outer pins in the "upper row". This should have contact as well. Of course you can have the control plate also facing the other direction, but then you'll have to mirror everything of course. Option number two is the capacitor-resistor pair seen in step 7. There are a couple of things that can cause an issue: 1.) Either the resistor or cap are defect. 2.) One of the components/a leg of one of them touches ground somewhere. 3.) Either the connection between the resistor and the capacitor, or one going to the pins is broken. For option number 3, have a look at step number 8. If the left leg of that capacitor shown in this step (the leg going to the pin on the switch) is touching any ground, it will also shortcut the circuit in that position only and not affect other positions. These are the only things I could think of. All the other wires and connections that affect this position too, are also in use when the switch is in another position. As these work as intended, it could only be one of the mentioned things. Cheers, Martin

In theory, you could, if you go into a larger PA, but I highly doubt you'd get happy with it. At the end of the day, it's a practice amp. Cheers, Martin

You're welcome! Glad you liked it! Cheers, Martin

@ I’ve seen in my local music shop a luthier took a Stratocaster pickguard and in the bridge position he hid another single coil pickup and when you turn the volume pot to 10 it engages a humbucker using the single coil ridge and the hidden pickup

@chrishill264 Are you sure it was a series wiring and not a noise canceling parallel wiring like position 2 and 4 on a Strat? I wonder what kind of pot he used. I could see a modified double pot working for something like that. But then I'd also assume some kind of crackle when switching on 10. Cheers, Martin

Thanks a lot for watching Mark! Cheers, Martin

It's considerably less noisy when you reduce the levers. Originally, it increased noise even then, which is not the case anymore. I actually noticed more of a difference on my amps at home than on the tonemaster of Lukas, but unfortunately, we've filmed the before on that amp where it wasn't as obvious and it wouldn't have been fair to change the test parameter. Cheers, Martin

@ anything to improve tone and reduce noise is a good thing especially if you can do it yourself

@tremdoctor007 100% agreed! Cheers, Martin

Thanks a lot Keith, yeah it was quite some work. Also, getting the fretboard level again and then sawing the fret slots deep enough were not a small task. But now it's a fine guitar. Cheers, Martin

Thanks Laz, probably too late for me. I might join the chat if I wake up in the night. Have a safe journey, my friend! Cheers, Martin

You're welcome! Thanks for leaving a comment. I hope you can fix the noise issue. Cheers, Lukas

Haha, I'm nowhere near that rate, but my wife also doesn't allow me any new guitars, not because of the money, but because of the space at home. So I still know that problem. Cheers, Martin

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoy our videos! That sounds like a cool project you've got there. I also wonder what a genius mind would do with all that. 😀 Which version of the varitone do you have? The one, where it is essentially bypassed in one position, or the older version where it always alters the sound? Also, what kind of selector switch are you using? Cheers, Martin

Hello Martin, I am planning on using my Lucille varitone rotary switch bypassed in position 1. The Artec Quadra distortion driver switch is also bypassed in position 1. I was thinking about doing away with the 3way switch and instead connecting all 3 humbuckers up to independent toggle switches. I honestly feel this is beyond me but has become a challenge, am sure it can be done and would surely give a massive variation of tones. Keep up the good work guys 😊

Thank you! Cheers, Lukas

Thanks a lot! You're welcome! Cheers, Martin