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Triple Pickup Country Club -- Revisited

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Sep 1, 2008 8:55 p.m. wenzel:

http://www.thewenzels.com/gretsch_test.mp3

Since I was totally disheartened by the GDP losing all of my previously uploaded photo's, I decided to add a new thread for all posterity on my own server with a link here so anyone can see them FOREVER.

Anyway, here is the final product. The only difference between what I did and the schematic is that I removed the mudd switch and added an extra on off 3 way switchcraft switch. Now I can turn any pickup on or off with the flick of a switch. Middle is off up or down is on. Quite convenient. Anyway, enjoy the pics if you haven't seen them before.

With all of the talk of triple pickup guitars going around, including a 5120 triple, I thought I'd share to try and help a brotha out.
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Sep 1, 2008 9:34 p.m. Barry:

Nice job Wenzel.
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Sep 1, 2008 10:11 p.m. bodr1:

I absolutely love that guitar!!!!!!! That is probably in my top 5 guitars of all time!!!! I have one of the pics you posted before as my wallpaper on my PC at work..
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Sep 1, 2008 10:16 p.m. wenzel:

bodr1, thanks a lot!!! If you ever have a significant amount of cash I might sell it to you! Thanks for the compliments, it is and was my own labor of love.

Thanks Barry, I try!
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Sep 1, 2008 11:44 p.m. Matt:

I think every few weeks you should just start another thread dedicated to your club. I don't ever tire of seeing it. You won, my friend. You won.
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Sep 2, 2008 12:24 a.m. Mark Synchro:

Has anyone actually seen this Club? How do we know it's not just a Photoshop job?
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Sep 2, 2008 4:39 a.m. XRAYCAT:

its beautiful, i like the big black dial
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Sep 2, 2008 6:24 a.m. DangerousMan:

Is it me or does the red felt now look more orange? Still a great job - I just love that guitar and never tire of seeing it... it looks like you'd need a pilot's licence just to use it
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Sep 2, 2008 7:22 a.m. hellbilly:

Very cool - I dig the three pickups a lot. Just a personal thing, but I think it'd look cleaner with three knobs: 1 volume for the inner and outer pickups, 1 volume to blend in the middle pickup, and 1 master tone - but that's just me, I guess. It'd also be cool to have a standard three way pup switch, and a second switch for the middle pickup only (to bring the middle pickup into any pickup combination).
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Sep 2, 2008 7:32 a.m. wenzel:

I did it like this so I could have any pickup combo either by itself or with another pickup. If I did it the way you’re describing I would have to turn the volume knobs down on the two original pickups to cut them from the mix. Now each switch is ON/OFF/ON, middle being the off position. Up or down is on. The varitone switch is obviously the black one and the knob closest to it is a push pull pot that adds 5 additional tones for a total of 10.

The felt is red!!! The photo or your monitor must be playing tricks on you. lol
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Sep 2, 2008 7:43 a.m. cyclopssam:

i'd love to hear clips of this guitar put though it's paces.looks so cool and theory (the magma/Neck,supertron/middle) just sounds like so much fun!

no curbfeelers,huh?,ha,ha.........
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Sep 2, 2008 8:47 a.m. hellbilly:

Curbfeelers! How 'bout using clear pickup rings and find some way to make them glow - wire em up with a low voltage power supply to the pickup switches (guess you'd need DPDT to isolate the voltage) and hey - you got some cool "ground effects"! You'd get a nice visual as to what pickups were being used. Now THAT actually would be fun!
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Sep 2, 2008 8:50 a.m. bobcat:

The mysterious FrankenGretsch! You must respect the felt! It has been said that, when Chris is asleep, the MFG creeps out of the house and attacks lesser guitars and eats their souls. The effect is that the MFG has all those voices and tones and it takes years to use them all!
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Sep 2, 2008 12:01 p.m. wenzel:

I’ll try and get some sound clips tonight. I also forgot to take a picture of the nameplate for those that may want to see it! I used this club in the recent song “Do you know the way to San Jose”, but I only used two sounds and that was through a pedal for distortion. We’ll see what I can come up with to show off what this baby can do. It plays so sweetly with no buzzing and the action is super low. I do my own setups, so that might be why it’s so perfect for myself??? Thanks for all of the comments guys!

Chris
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Sep 2, 2008 12:19 p.m. audiodrome:

I love it! That guitar still makes me want to "refinish" my DSV, but I just don't have the balls that you do!
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Sep 2, 2008 6:04 p.m. wenzel:

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Sep 3, 2008 5:17 a.m. wenzel:

Here's the sound samples I promised. I apologize for my rusty non-warmed up playing (I'm definitely no proteus)! Enjoy it. It would have sounded a lot better through my fender amp, but now you'll get to check out the 5222 amp with new weber alnico speaker as well. Two birds with one stone!

Thanks, Chris

http://www.thewenzels.com/gretsch_test.mp3
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Sep 3, 2008 8:31 p.m. wenzel:

Was the playing that bad or does nobody care that I made a sound sample of my club through the 5222 amp with weber alnico 6" speaker? I would have expected at least ONE post by now... What's up???
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Sep 3, 2008 8:54 p.m. Bear:

I love the variety of tones the guitar gives you. Three pickups can yield some very interesting combinations.

Now please excuse my ignorance here about your amp, but is there a way not to get a distorted tone? I know that distortion plays a very big part in modern music but to me it masks the real tone of the guitar. I would love to hear your guitar with a clean tone. If you get the chance, I would definitely take a listen.

P.S. Your playing sounded just fine to me!
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Sep 3, 2008 9:01 p.m. wenzel:

Bear, yeah, if I turned the volume knob down I would have gotten pretty much no distortion, but yet the same volume roughly. I didn't really have all day to record a clip due to time limits and file size restraints, but yes. I'd rather have recorded the clip with my fender deluxe, but I chose to kill two birds with one stone this time. I'll see if I can get time to do some more clips like the masta' Protea does. I don't think I'll ever be able to match his prowess, however...

Thanks for listening!!! Glad at least someone has heard it now. I personally don't LOVE distorted tones either that much. I mean, I like them, but I prefer clean any day!
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Sep 3, 2008 9:15 p.m. Bear:

Cool, I look forward to it. I love the looks of the guitar. I've always wondered why Gretsch never offered a 3 pickup guitar like the Gibson ES5, Epiphone Emperor Zephyr Regent, or Guild Stratford? That would have been a monster. The White Falcon should have been their 3-pickup guitar when it was introduced. That would have been awesome.
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Sep 3, 2008 9:21 p.m. wenzel:

Bear, you got it all wrong! The "Country Club" should have been introduced as a 3 pickup lounge lizard in Cad Green as a special order! Now you can order one from me for only $3500 plus shipping!
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Sep 3, 2008 9:29 p.m. Bear:

Ooh... also not a bad idea however, $35, $3,500, $35,000,000... all the same to me, IMPOSSIBLE!
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Sep 4, 2008 4:35 p.m. wenzel:

Bear, I hope you know I was joking, right? Anyway, I totally understand, the price is pretty high. I was lucky enough to get my country club 6196T in cad green for only $1500.00

You won't see them new for that price anymore, not even from our sponsors I don't think???
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Sep 4, 2008 4:41 p.m. Bear:

Absolutely I knew you were joking Chris. Man, $1,500 is a bargain indeed. I love the Caddy Green. It is such an elegant color.

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