Part 3: Manufacturing The Middle Section Previously, I wrote about the design of the Thor’s middle section. This time, we’ll look at how the middle section is manufactured. As mentioned in the <a href=”https://www.cycfi.com/2022/09/manufacturing-thor-part-2/” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>previous post</a>, I decided not to use a CNC machine. At least not this time. We don’t use much wood anyway, and the wooden parts are …
Part 2: Designing The Middle Section This post describes the design of Thor’s body’s middle section. The design incorporates both traditional and innovative design elements. The body’s middle section is made of 25mm (1 inch) Ash, with multiple layers of top carbon fiber and covered by a removable carbon fiber bottom. The printed circuit boards, pickups, …
I promised to keep you all updated on Thor while we are producing the first batch. There’s just so much on my plate these days that I find it hard to find time to write. But hey, better late than never. It’s about time to take action! There’s a lot I’d like to share that, given the …
Allow me to present Infinity — the electronics inside Thor that handle polysustain (infinite multichannel sustain). Three modules, including power conditioning, signal conditioning, microcontroller, and coil drivers are packed in an area the size of a humbucker pickup. The goal is to make it small enough to make it easy to install in a typical …
If I were to re-learn the guitar, I’d learn touch guitar. I learned the keyboard before the guitar, and it just makes sense. The two-handed tapping technique was first introduced by one of the earliest pioneers, Jimmie Webster in his 1952 method book “The Touch System for Electric and Amplified Spanish Guitar”. I first came …
This is one of the most unusual Nu Multi pickup we’ve done. It’s for a Klein Harp, designed and built by Klein Guitars. I love unusual instruments! This Nu Multi pickup is for the 5-string harp part of the double-neck guitar. The angled placement of the Nu capsules is not strictly necessary, but aesthetically, it …
https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1zBXlicaqDD4ef4eHy2kbLra59SKLW-zpThis batch took a long time to finish. Logistics were a mess, plagued by delays. Apart from that, I have to admit that we had to contend with production issues. V2 was a big departure from v1, and we had to revisit our production process. But as the saying goes, better late than never. It’s …
Previously, I posted some pictures of the modular XR-Spectra coil. Two of those coils are held in place by a base printed circuit board (PCB) at the bottom. The two coils are connected, series opposing, for a humbucking configuration. The outputs are sent to a 4-pin, 2mm header connector at the bottom, with pins for …
The Lo-Z XR-Spectra coil: 1000 Turns 250Ω DCR (for 3.3″ version) 76mH AWG38 self-bonding magnet wire 2mm Type 430 ferritic stainless steel rail 1mm printed circuit board bobbin with copper-pour shield. We use AWG38 self-bonding magnet wire (also known as bondable magnet wire). It has a thin layer of thermoplastic polyurethane adhesive, activated using 140~160°C …
Easter 2022. We’re rolling back prices to pre-Covid rates and beyond. An Easter gift to everyone. We’ve streamlined our operations for 2022. And by doing so, and despite the global chip shortage and supply chain delays, we were still able to significantly optimize our manufacturing costs by scaling up. We can do that, now that …
