NGD - Peavey HP Signature USA Custom

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Earlier this week I picked up a 2006 Peavey HP Signature USA Custom with a deeply quilted maple top and finished in tiger-eye! The headstock has a matching quilted maple veneer and the ebony fretboard is bound in flamed maple.

I am really not a lover of gold hardware but I think I can make an exception in this case! It has a TOM style bridge and the stop tail piece is actually a proprietary piece that goes completely through the body. The strings load through ferrules, like a Tele and then pass through the tailpiece.
 
I restrung the guitar last evening with 9-42 EB Slinkys and took the opportunity to have a look under the pickups. The maple top is at least a 1/2" thick!

I had considered firing up my soldering iron and removing the gold pickup surrounds to leave just the open bobbins but I will have to think on that a bit more. Any opinions?

I promise more photos of the neck and back when I get home this evening.
 
That's a pretty sweet looking guitar. I don't like the gold partial covers with the cream/white rings. I would lose those and screw in some gold pole screws. I would probably put in gold slugs as well.
 
@ninjaking67 post a picture of a side shot of that bridge and tailpiece when you get a chance. From the above picture it looks like it replicates top wrapping a Gibson tailpiece pretty closely. I want to get an idea of the string break angle over the bridge.
 
Cadorman said:
@ninjaking67 post a picture of a side shot of that bridge and tailpiece when you get a chance. From the above picture it looks like it replicates top wrapping a Gibson tailpiece pretty closely. I want to get an idea of the string break angle over the bridge.
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The string break angle is very shallow, similar to a top wrap, as you said.
I will be sure to post a photo for you.
 
ninjaking67 said:
I restrung the guitar last evening with 9-42 EB Slinkys and took the opportunity to have a look under the pickups. The maple top is at least a 1/2" thick!

I had considered firing up my soldering iron and removing the gold pickup surrounds to leave just the open bobbins but I will have to think on that a bit more. Any opinions?

I promise more photos of the neck and back when I get home this evening.
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What you should keep in mind is that the gold "plating" is painted on.
It looks like real plating but it's not.
Chrome is also paint.
Heating this with a soldering iron may cause the gold paint (or chrome) to peel off.
Just a heads up...
 
Thank you for the heads up, AMS!

Last evening I got a really good deal on a nearly new set of zebra SD Alnico II Pro humbuckers. I think that I may pull the stock pickups from this guitar and try them in here. I have a set of the Slash variation in my Warmoth LP and they sound great so I’ll give them a shot here in the Peavey.

That way, I won’t risk damaging the stock p’ups as warned by Amp Mad Scientist.
 
ninjaking67 said:
I had considered firing up my soldering iron and removing the gold pickup surrounds to leave just the open bobbins but I will have to think on that a bit more. Any opinions?
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I like those open covers for the naked humbuckers. I got a black pair on one of my SG's. If the gold is too much, maybe black will work better for you. I got mine from Philadelphia Luthier Tools & Supply.
 
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