Confessions of a gear mod whore
- Thread starter Hackmaster
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Are you sure doing all that is even legal?
‘Cuz it sounds like it’s probably illegal.
OP
Illegal no, not in Fla. Immoral yes, in all 50 states.
Goldmember
Ambassador of Golden Yoo-Hoos
Confess more. CONFESS!!!!
OP
OK, the voice of reason has spoken and I have changed direction on this project.
This guitar is getting Juniored. Yep, one dogear P90. That's it. No push pulls, no switches, nuthin'.
The pickup has been ordered. It was meant to be.
Back to basics.
The other stuff on order will get used on other projects.
This is my inspiration for this project...
This guitar is getting Juniored. Yep, one dogear P90. That's it. No push pulls, no switches, nuthin'.
The pickup has been ordered. It was meant to be.
Back to basics.
The other stuff on order will get used on other projects.
This is my inspiration for this project...
What!
No barely legal pickup combos?
Just give me a minute...I think I’ll be okay...
OP
I don't know what hit me. It was a force that couldn't be denied.
Something spoke from deep within this little purple guitar and asked me "what would Johnny Winter have done?"
You gotta do what you think is right...
But, the Hack Attack without a Triple Smack is just whack!
****
Whoa...dude...I just went temporarily hip-hop!
I guess I may be watching too many Epic Rap Battles of History!
OP
And now, what was once a twin pickup, is now a Jr. type critter with a single tasty Alnico P90.
What? No triple pickup hackification, cried the forum. This one was just begging for a different road to head down, and I think it works.
The neck pickup cavity that once housed that odd looking backwards angled single coil, now holds a dummy coil with slugs but no magnets to stifle the P90 hum.
Some may poo poo on this bandaid, but with the amount of gain that my amps have on tap, it's a necessary evil. And it's quiet without sapping too much spunk
and spank off the P90. One dogear P90 where the humbucker used to sit.
I made a new multi ply pearl pick guard without the neck pickup route or confounded volume knob on the pickguard.
Volume & tone knobs were moved down a bit from stock, without any additional holes being drilled.
I love the matching body color headstock & neck.
The pirated intellectual property of the OBL pickups and name have been passed on to another forum brother.
Still have to put the back cavity cover on.
Oh yeah, It got a Bigsby B5 & Vibramate mount as well. Almost forgot about that...
Plus The Ferengi & myself also have another amp for guitar deal in the oven.
That one will be getting the triple trifecta treatment without a doubt.
What? No triple pickup hackification, cried the forum. This one was just begging for a different road to head down, and I think it works.
The neck pickup cavity that once housed that odd looking backwards angled single coil, now holds a dummy coil with slugs but no magnets to stifle the P90 hum.
Some may poo poo on this bandaid, but with the amount of gain that my amps have on tap, it's a necessary evil. And it's quiet without sapping too much spunk
and spank off the P90. One dogear P90 where the humbucker used to sit.
I made a new multi ply pearl pick guard without the neck pickup route or confounded volume knob on the pickguard.
Volume & tone knobs were moved down a bit from stock, without any additional holes being drilled.
I love the matching body color headstock & neck.
The pirated intellectual property of the OBL pickups and name have been passed on to another forum brother.
Still have to put the back cavity cover on.
Oh yeah, It got a Bigsby B5 & Vibramate mount as well. Almost forgot about that...
Plus The Ferengi & myself also have another amp for guitar deal in the oven.
That one will be getting the triple trifecta treatment without a doubt.
eSGEe
Ferengi Ambassador of Trade
MY MY MY Hack -- you have taken a quirky beastie and turned it into a one off GEM of guitar--- I cant wait to fondle her again---- the dummy coil idea is pure genius -- the Blueshawk has it and it makes it so much more pleasant to use with a high gain amp than one of my Jr P90 beasties without the coil trickery
dude---- I cant wait for the next swaptastical adventure !
dude---- I cant wait for the next swaptastical adventure !
OP
Thank you kind sir. It reminds me of sparkling sapphires, or a chunk of dark tanzinite...
I couldn't have done it without the inspiration that that quirkey bastage had on me.
I'm loving the simplicity. Am going to up the tone cap to .047 to darken the rolled of tone though.
.022 in there now, barely audible difference when you roll down the tone.
A bonus is that it fits in several hard cases that I have.
RVA
Ambassador
Very nice. However, I feel a bit cheated. I NEED to see the dummy coil setup and how you cut the pickguard. Since it is so beautifully finished, I will settle for generic pics and links if you could please.And now, what was once a twin pickup, is now a Jr. type critter with a single tasty Alnico P90.
What? No triple pickup hackification, cried the forum. This one was just begging for a different road to head down, and I think it works.
The neck pickup cavity that once housed that odd looking backwards angled single coil, now holds a dummy coil with slugs but no magnets to stifle the P90 hum.
Some may poo poo on this bandaid, but with the amount of gain that my amps have on tap, it's a necessary evil. And it's quiet without sapping too much spunk
and spank off the P90. One dogear P90 where the humbucker used to sit.
I made a new multi ply pearl pick guard without the neck pickup route or confounded volume knob on the pickguard.
Volume & tone knobs were moved down a bit from stock, without any additional holes being drilled.
I love the matching body color headstock & neck.
The pirated intellectual property of the OBL pickups and name have been passed on to another forum brother.
Still have to put the back cavity cover on.
Oh yeah, It got a Bigsby B5 & Vibramate mount as well. Almost forgot about that...
Plus The Ferengi & myself also have another amp for guitar deal in the oven.
That one will be getting the triple trifecta treatment without a doubt.
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OP
I apologize for my callous oversight, Ray.
I'll get some pics tomorrow of the dummy coil mount. Just used an old Strat pickup with the slugs, but no magnets, and mounted it in the empty neck pickup route.
The new pick guard hides everything.
Very convenient and foolproof. No switches, passive and always hum canceling.
