Carlton Guitars: Rust Bucket T-Style with 4-way switch (demo)
57http://www.carltonguitars.com.au
Ray Carlton has built quite a few guitars for me - all great. Today he dropped over with a little something that he strapped together for his own use: The Rust Bucket. The Rust Bucket draws heavily on the Telecaster configuration and adds a slightly offset shape, 'rust' paint job and the 4-way switch that is the subject of this demo. The switch's 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions correspond to traditional Telecaster positions while the 2nd position introduces a couple of capacitors and a resistor to the bridge pickups, resulting in a sort of darker, 'cocked wah' sound that is great to push an overdrive or overdriven amp. Ray says it's an "extension of the Toneranger circuit", whatever that means. I think it needs a catchier name so you can order one for yourself as I have done. Rock out.
Today's tools:
Guitar: Carlton Custom Guitars Rust Bucket.
Amp: 2017 MI Amplification Iron Duke V2 via Fractal Audio X-LOAD to Ownhammer GNR 4x12 GB IR (Axe-FX II)
Extra effects: Delay, reverb (Axe-FX post IR)
Cables: Achillies/Montreux/Ernie Ball
Mic: Samson Airline77 (me)
Camera: Canon 60D and Nikon D5100
Soundcard: AVID Mbox Pro 3 (mic) & Fractal Audio Systems Axe-FX II XL+ (guitar, mixing and bouncing).
Computer: Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 GHz 16 GB RAM
Software: Logic Pro X, Eventide/Newfangled Audio ‘Elevate’ Mastering Limiter, Apple Final Cut Pro X (video editing and Youtube compression).