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RY Guitar/HSH Dinky Type (made to order)

owner: Shin

2020.11.29: I was hoping to make a spec like this one soon, and then I found this one in a private transaction.
I got it directly from the 1st owner, and it seems to have been played a certain amount, as the originally satin-painted neck has a glossy finish and some screws are rusted.
Except for the tremolo springs being replaced with ESP Tremolo Tone Springs Type-1, the only thing that seemed to have changed was the string height.
The only thing was that the case that came with it smelled of tar, so I took it apart and cleaned it right away after checking the sound.
After that, I changed the coil tap switch levers for the front and rear hums to shorter ones because they were a little easy to hit when operating the volume control. I also changed the effect of the front PU on one side to ON/OFF so that the front and rear hums can be mixed wherever the selector is set to mix.
The pots also had a heavy rotational torque characteristic of CTS, so we disassembled the pots and replaced the grease inside them, which made them much lighter.
The neck is a Perferro 1P, which is the same as the Warmoth fretboard, and the body is assembled from another factory. The VS100N base plate is not high enough even though it is in the proper position, and the saddle screws are higher than usual.
The shipping strings were 10-46 and the previous owner used them as they were, but the width of the string groove in the nut was very tight and pinched, even with the elixir, so now I have it set up with 09-42.
The tuning is now stable and smooth even when using quite a bit of arm.
The top quilt and the color don't match very well and the grain doesn't stand out that much, which is a bit of a waste...
Thanks for giving me a good price considering the cost of production and parts.
2021.6.23: I replaced the VS100N with a 510TS-BS1 bridge unit to improve the height problem that was bothering me.
The saddle is thicker than the one you often see, so there is no discomfort with the height of the saddle even when the base plate is lowered.
I think I liked the raw sound of the VS100N better, but the tight raw sound, string tension, and hard arming were closer to modern guitars, so it seems that the new guitar will still be a handyman despite the change in character.
I also wanted to use an adjustable pole piece for the center PU when I tapped the front and rear hums, so I replaced it with a DiMarzio FS-1 to match the magnet compatibility.
2021.8.12: I had a lot of trouble with the center FS-1 because of the delicate compatibility of the Mule's output sound, but I replaced it all with a Suhr PU that I had on hand, which I diverted.
SSV/ML/SSH+ are often seen in the stock models, but personally, I would have preferred a more rounded PU for the front end.
The mix of hums and the halftone sound is a mix of different sounds, each of which has its own character.