Some of you may be familiar with Aggie, my Agile AL2000 (adopted stray from e.S.G.) cherry burst with P-90s. I just finished doing a few mods on her that have made her somewhat unique. I started off by adding an active preamp with a 3 band EQ.
Now the four controls that were V/V/T/T are now gain, treble, mid and bass controls. I like this ability to control the the band EQ, however this limited my ability to blend the neck and bridge pups with their separate volume controls. To rectify this I replaced the standard toggle switch with a blender pot often used on bass guitars.
There is a center detent where both pups meet at 100% volume. Turn the knob clockwise and it start backing off of the bridge volume. Start again at the center detent and roll the knob counter clockwise and it start cutting the volume back on the neck pup.
I also swapped out the stock Agile ceramic pups with a brand spanking new Tyson Tone Lab 57 Wraptail Pickup Set.
While I had the jack out I decided to replace the plastic factory jack plate with a shiny new chrome Gibson jack plate.
Finished all off with a new set of D'Addario 10-46s, adjusted the pup heights and got her all tuned up, but could not play long or loud as we have a guest spending the weekend with us and she is already asleep. I did get to play a few notes on the Mustang 1 at low volume, but tomorrow is a holiday and I've got a Silkyn just begging to let Aggie scream through some tubes!
Now the four controls that were V/V/T/T are now gain, treble, mid and bass controls. I like this ability to control the the band EQ, however this limited my ability to blend the neck and bridge pups with their separate volume controls. To rectify this I replaced the standard toggle switch with a blender pot often used on bass guitars.
There is a center detent where both pups meet at 100% volume. Turn the knob clockwise and it start backing off of the bridge volume. Start again at the center detent and roll the knob counter clockwise and it start cutting the volume back on the neck pup.
I also swapped out the stock Agile ceramic pups with a brand spanking new Tyson Tone Lab 57 Wraptail Pickup Set.
While I had the jack out I decided to replace the plastic factory jack plate with a shiny new chrome Gibson jack plate.
Finished all off with a new set of D'Addario 10-46s, adjusted the pup heights and got her all tuned up, but could not play long or loud as we have a guest spending the weekend with us and she is already asleep. I did get to play a few notes on the Mustang 1 at low volume, but tomorrow is a holiday and I've got a Silkyn just begging to let Aggie scream through some tubes!
