Burns Mini Trisonics Review

[@TheAbcakl]

Very good video. You demonstrated everything so effeciently, both how the pickups sound and how the phase shift sounds.

[@matthewdodds2175]

Thanks!

[@poochcastilon]

This is the third video I e seen of one of theses transformations. The other two were strata , I don’t know that matters, yours is the only one of the guitars that sounded good. I make my own red specials and took a picture of your video to replicate your tele. It’s beautiful!

[@matthewdodds2175]

Thankyou very much!

[@roberthdahlquist]

Wow, impressive work!

[@Fab98]

Great video and great guitar! I did a very similar project with my squier strat, but I used the Brian May signature trisonics. It wasn’t cheap, but the result was amazing. I specially love the sound of the three pickups with the neck one out of phase. When I was planning to do it (for about 3 years) there were almost no good videos about this kind of mod. I think there should be more, these guitars are very versatile and sound great

[@DrRussPhd]

Did you have to rout out the pick guard to make those BM Tri sonics fit? I'm thinking of doing the same thing. Also . .is you're Strat solid body or chambered? Thanks.

[@Fab98]

DrRussPhd yes, the trisonics are bigger than the regular single coils. What I did is buying a new pickguard that had no holes and I made the holes that I wanted. That way I could also fit the six slider switches. It wasn’t difficult, I did it just with a dremmel and an exacto knife, but it takes a bit of patience. I think I also made some cad templates for the holes. Regarding the body it was a regular strat body (solid and with full thickness, not like the slimmer squier affinity). I needed to take out some small bits of wood, but nothing that couldn’t be done with a chisel

[@yoyoyuyu234476]

Fabián Hernández Can you post a video with the sound you get from it please?

[@Fab98]

Hans-Cees Speel I want to make a video, but I haven’t had the time to do it yet. However I will do it, hopefully soon. In my Instagram (@fabian98h23) I have some photos of the guitar (before and after the mods) and I occasionally upload videos of it, in case you want to check it out

[@PaulTDJ]

Brilliant sound there!

[@matthewdodds2175]

Thanks buddy!

[@frossbog]

This would be even better with a Thinline Tele.

[@wodenoftheangles3339]

Very cool.

[@manonbassguitar]

That guitar has a wicked sound when you turn it up. Do it more!

[@matthewdodds2175]

Thanks!!!

[@jumadhaheri]

Fantastic

[@chokkan7]

I could be wrong, but it seems to me that all six switches could be adequately replaced by a single rotary switch and a P-P phase switch on one (or both) of the controls; it might not cover every possible permutation, but it could cover all that any particular guitarist might be prone to use, and it would not be nearly so unwieldy...

[@matthewdodds2175]

You're right - and it is cumbersome. The original Red Special has this arrangement so I copied it. The advantage of the 3 on / off switches is that you can easily select bridge and neck, all on, or all off (which is sometimes useful!). The phase switches though - given two pickups must be on to select out of phase options, you only need 2 switches, not 3. Also I dislike some of the out of phase sounds and never use them... On subsequent builds I've gone with 3 on off switches (the guitar is wired in series too), a push pull to put the neck out of phase (with either the middle or the bridge or both); one guitar had a push pull on the tone pot for the built in treble booster, and the latest one has a push pull to coil split the bridge and middle (it's a Firebird, with Firebird humbuckers).

[@chokkan7]

@@matthewdodds2175 , As someone who's puttered with guitars and amps for years, it never ceases to amaze me how many players seem to want to replicate the set up of their hero; as a pragmatist, it just occurs to me that there might be a better way, as the evolution of design is what the human mind has always done best. I only intended it as a helpful suggestion...

[@matthewdodds2175]

@@chokkan7 No - I completely agree! It is a cumbersome system! And I think the original design is unnecessarily complex and has redundant switching options. I really like my simplified versions on later guitars I've made. Another option I've seen which reduces the switches is to use On/Off/On switches but for my brain that would confuse me!

[@poochcastilon]

I respect your opinion, but really have never had a problem with the red special switching. Actually I do with a typical strat Set up accidentally hitting that damn thing. I think this guitar sounds pretty good, I’ve never even heard about the minis until today. I assume they are not mini Brian mays they are just mini trisonics. There is a difference between a regular trisonic and a Brian May trisonic

[@ffs_auggie]

is one of the pickups reverse wound/polarity? Im wanting that brian may sort of tone.

[@matthewdodds2175]

Actually no it isn't. To be honest for me anyway you're going to get closest to the BM tone with a good treble booster and a decent valve amp. You're 75% of the way there with that!

[@marekjastrzebski237]

the middle is reverse wound to cancel hum when in phase with the bridge

[@ffs_auggie]

what pots are you using?

[@matthewdodds2175]

250k CTS pots!

[@ffs_auggie]

@@matthewdodds2175 perfect, i know some people use 500k but I just wanted to see what you were using.