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Early birds had the chance to have a bit of a zoom down the start finish straight before the cars piled in and were parked there. The first cars were parked in the paddock and the sheds after passing the aeroclub.
So this turned out pretty cool. It's kind of like a Rangemaster with a Varitone. The red knob is a four-position rotary switch. It chooses between 4n7, 10n, 22n and 47n input capacitors. The original Rangemasters used 5n, but that's not a common value these days, so most people use 4n7 because it's close enough (for rock 'n roll, yo!). The 10n is much nicer, IMO. Still kind of thin and mean, but with more mean. The 4n7 is a little anemic when you hear it A/B'd with the 10n. The 22n is probably the perfect, "Iommi" cap. It's not quite full-range, but has much more complex mids. Then the 47n is pretty much full-range and a little tubby for my tastes.
Very cool. I was thinking this prototype would give me a good idea where to change the choices of capacitors, but I think these four may be just about perfect. Which is odd, because I usually have to do it wrong 37 times before I get what I'm hoping to get. Heh...
Figured walnut and padauk, with Seymour Duncan pick-ups, TonePros bridge and custom varitone circuit... a tone monster!
The MG Magnette was produced between 1953 and 1968 . It was manufactured in two build series, the ZA and ZB of 1953 through to 1958 and the Mark III and Mark IV of 1959 through to 1968, both using a modified Wolseley body and an Austin engine. This is a luxurious "Baritone" version with two-tone paintwork.
1.489 cc
4 in-line
69 HP @ 5.400 rpm
1.090 kg
In the Spotlight : MG 100 Years
07/11/2023 - 03/12/2023
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
November 2023
The MG Magnette was produced between 1953 and 1968 . It was manufactured in two build series, the ZA and ZB of 1953 through to 1958 and the Mark III and Mark IV of 1959 through to 1968, both using a modified Wolseley body and an Austin engine. This is a luxurious "Baritone" version with two-tone paintwork.
1.489 cc
4 in-line
69 HP @ 5.400 rpm
1.090 kg
In the Spotlight : MG 100 Years
07/11/2023 - 03/12/2023
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
November 2023
Body made from Padauk. Neck AA Maple + Rosewood. Knobs - Volume, Tone, Varitone. Pickups - KS own hand scatter wound (Delinquent Bridge and Neck with Raider Single. Three way switch with Volume, Tone and six position varitone. Signed By Joe Krozka and Dave Sharpe on the back of the neck and numbered as 'Raider Prototype 001'
Not painted in Varitone colors, unfortunately. This was the first time I've ever seen more than one Magnette together in the same place.
The wiring: 3x On off slide switches, Master vol + neck series/parallel,
master treble+middle series/parallel, master bass control+bridge
series/parallel, 6 way varitone (with choke), middle pickup phase switch
and a momentary kill button on the lower horn.........!
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