NGD Bulldog arrival

[GDane1]

Some of you may have seen this for sale over on TGP.

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It has been well-loved in Colorado over the past 4 years.

I loved the neck size (Even Taper + 0.050") and the tremolo kept the string spacing/playability spot on compared to my short DT I normally play. I have another Bulldog with PQs which is very light and noticeably thinner than this Bulldog. This Bulldog has some girth and weight, but still well under 9 lbs (maybe much less, I haven't weighed it). The flame top is fantastic in person.

This Bulldog plays like a dream as expected and is very well balanced. It has had the two normal Anderson strap button holes filled and replaced with one central strap button. Very clean job. Honeymoon is on.

The toggle switch has some scratchiness to it. When I switched to bridge PU the sound went off! A couple of switches up and down seemed to clean that up. Will get some Deoxit to it.

I'm a little scared of the "floating" tremolo. It definitely pulls up as well. I have a classic with a flat tremolo. This one is pretty fun, but I don't want to replace the strings until I know if one at a time is necessary.

I would normally take all the strings off to condition the fretboard/cleaning, but i've had trouble with other trems/floyds.

Should I just do 1 at a time??? Strings seem pretty fresh so will wait to change.

ALso, I WANT TO CHANGE THE KNOBS :(

Where do I get replacements? Amber hats or whatever were original would suffice. THx

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^^^^^^^^
WITH FLASH:

Night all.

G

[BFC]

Try one of these. I might pick one up because my trem is set to float as well. Or might be easy enough to make something similar.

http://www.shredneck.com/?page_id=937

[Pietro]

outstanding.

I thought the original owner of that was a member here?

[tom]

You can remove all at once. It just takes a little longer to get back in tune with the float.

[GDane1]

outstanding.

I thought the original owner of that was a member here?


"Tweak" here used to own it.


Thanks for the string tips. Not sure if the tremblock would work. Seems "thick" and I don't want to mess up the action.

[Pietro]

...Not sure if the tremblock would work. Seems "thick" and I don't want to mess up the action.

It won't affect the action, it just keeps the springs from pulling the trem wide open when you take off strings. As long as you don't adjust the springs, it should not change anything.

But... it is rather thick and might not be the thing to use to change strings on a guitar like this. I'd use some kind of micro-fiber cloth to keep the trem from scratching or mangling the top in any way.

I had something similar when I used to use guitars with Floyd Rose trems. Makes things super easy on those imho, but I don't do Floyds (or trems) currently.

That said, on a trem guitar, unless I am cleaning the fret board (once a year, maybe twice), I just change one string at a time. works just as well.

[BFC]

I looked at mine. The float is pretty minimal. I bet an empty matchbook would work well enough. You won't mess up the action. Same string brand, gauge, and tuning should put it right back where it belongs. Putting something under there just saves time getting it tuned up. Tuning a floater takes several passes to get it dialed in.

[GDane1]

Yeah thanks all. I'll probably fashion something thinner to hold the trem in place.

And will off the shelf knobs work? Anything special about Anderson knobs I need to know of? Thanks in advance.

G

[tom]

we get the amber knobs from allparts.com. i think this is the one we get.
http://www.allparts.com/PK-0130-022-Vintage-Style-Amber-Speed-Knobs_p_2814.html

[GDane1]

Great Tom, thanks for the info, was looking through allparts for the right ones.

Can't wait to play her at rehearsal tonight!

[dplight]

I know I've seen that guitar before.

[GDane1]

Finally got around to fixing up my Bulldog. Sun was out today so I borrowed the daughter's camera and got a couple of glamour shots. Still waiting for the knobs.

anything that looks like a ding is just glare.


Took all strings off. No problems with the tremolo when replacing. Floated back up nicely.


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