Tesla + Swing

It appears that Swing guitars are now using Tesla pickups on their guitars.

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This is what Tesla said on their website:

We would like to welcome Swing guitar Technology, recently Swing started using Tesla Pickups in their guitars, this is the perfect combination because both companies have the same goals such as to create products of the Highest Quality that can be used by professional musicians all over the world.

They should have done it long time ago. Hehe.

Homecoming

I am supposed to update this 3-4 days (or even 5) ago but I just couldn't find the time. Well, anyway I've got my Squier back, safe and sound.

I may have mentioned this before but mounted on my Squier is a set of Tesla Plasma-1. They are not a high-output pickups. It is not very twangy (as some single coils does), which is a factor I like about it.

Action is set to low as you can see from the picture below. The setup is made for gauge-9. The set of strings used is an Ernie Ball coated Slinky. It is a nice set of strings which I would say is 'bend-friendly'.

Previously, I mentioned about fret buzz. It is due to the unleveled 12th fret. It was higher than the rest so it needed to be re-leveled. Mike did a great job on that.

Lastly, you can now find a Tesla Vibration Damper between the tuners and the nut on the headstock. Did I buy it? No. Tesla Vibration Damper is FREE whenever you purchase Tesla Pickups (regardless of humbuckers or single coils). If you can't find one in your box of Tesla, it is probably the old batch of Tesla.

Homecoming? Not really.

My dear Squier is back (for one day and I still haven't got a name for my Squier yet).

My results for my Prelim-1 were rather discouraging (I'm not sure why we have 2 prelims). However, my Squier cheered me up quite a lot (and of course all my friends who have been cheering me up). The new pickups that 'dwell' in my Squier is Tesla Plasma-1 (but you already knew that, don't you?). And the wrapped neck is already reverted to normal. Action is set to relatively low but not too low. I tend to hit the other strings during a bend when the action is too low.

It was pretty much of a gamble when I decided to install these pups. I have little prior knowledge about them. I was told, "Tesla sounds good with almost any guitar". Based on this statement alone, I decided to change the pups. And I'm not disappointed at all. Plasma-1 gives the exact sound I want from a single coil (not too twangy).

I decided to give my Squier an Orange drop as well. Many people said that orange drop improves a guitar's tone. I believe orange drop gives a guitar a wider range of tonal control instead. 

All 3 pots, one volume and 2 tone, are changed to Tone Drive pots. The old pots were unresponsive. I had many troubles because of that during the Stardust 2011. I should have changed it since then but I somehow managed to survive with that this long. Anyway, the knobs are now more responsive and this is very important for me since I use all the knobs. 

And do you notice something here?

Well, no more rusty screws! Mike replaced all the rusty ones with a set of fresh screws instead, and it is F.O.C. Thanks very much, Mike! :D 

UPDATE (7.21pm): The Squier is back at SV. Some fret problems to be fixed. Only God knows when it will be back. Not that SV takes that long but I don't know when I will be able to collect it. 

P.S. Bro Z, I promised to give a sound sample but apparently, my sound guy isn't free and I am a total noob when it comes to recording and stuffs. xD Will try to get it done soon.

What is the definition for 'Plasma'? Episode 2

Taking a closer look at the Plasma-1:

Plasma-1 is equipped with 2 wire leads. The white one is the hot wire and the shield (silvery) one is the ground wire. 

By the way, Tesla gives a free Tesla Vibration Damper in their new batch of Tesla pickups (all pickups). They are actually giving away an item that costs $12 if you are to buy it 'a la carte'. 

Now, anyone would like to guess which one is the neck pup and which is the bridge? xD

Hint: The length of the wires. =) 

Actually, I tried very hard to figure out which one is bridge or neck when I could have just look behind them. -.- Stupid me.

What is the definition for 'Plasma'?

If you ask a Bio student what plasma is, his answer will be this: the yellow-colored liquid component of blood, in which blood cells are suspended
For Physics and Chemistry students, their answer would be this: a state of matter similar to gas in which a certain portion of the particles are ionized.
However, if you ask me, here is my answer:

FRESH FROM SV GUITARS. 

Not sustain-able

I was playing through my Modtone Extreme Metal, which I own it for at least 3 months when I finally discovered something today.

The effect pedal isn't good at sustain. I am using a Tesla VR-extreme inside my Fernandes, which do a perfect job in sustaining through my old Zoom G2.1u and my cousin's Digitech Grunge.