Ripped 'em off

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Normally I wouldn't muck around with an all-original 41-year-old guitar but I have always thought Customs looked a bit naughty with exposed coils, so...

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I've actually taken the covers off all of the other Customs that I have owned, kind of surprised it took me so long to strip them from this one. I do hear the difference between on and off. I also replaced the original knobs with reflectors to give back a touch of the bling.
 
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Session 5 said:
I like what you did, it gave the guitar finesse.. Well done Gary! And the colour is Voila!
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The only problem with this guitar is that it makes all my others seem hard to play. Still has the original super-low, wide frets (when I bought it there was basically no play wear on them) and so you can keep the action absurdly low and use a very light touch when fretting.
 
gball said:
Normally I wouldn't muck around with an all-original 41-year-old guitar but I have always thought Customs looked a bit naughty with exposed coils, so...

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I've actually taken the covers off all of the other Customs that I have owned, kind of surprised it took me so long to strip them from this one. I do hear the difference between on and off. I also replaced the original knobs with reflectors to give back a touch of the bling.
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Strong Adam Jones vibe flowing there! Beautiful guitar
 
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Wow,,,,very nice
 
Ramo said:
Here comes Mich with my ex college smile face to remind me my old job :) thanks Mitch:)

@gball nice LP there , is that Tools guitar?
On most of my guitars they are open and i want to cover them :)
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Same thing Adam Jones plays, a 1979 Silverburst, which has aged nicely into what some of us affectionately call Snotburst. I didn't buy it because of Tool/Adam Jones though (although I am a huge fan), I bought it because I remember the first time I ever saw one in the case at Bill's Music House in Catonsville, MD when they were first released and the sight of it was permanently bored into my skull. I always wanted one and eventually found the right one and snagged it.

I do generally like the tone of uncovered pickups better. There is a little more aggression in the sound without the covers that I prefer.
 
Jethro Rocker said:
It looks like one can simply melt the solder on edges, cut it with a razor knife and remove? Is this wrong?
EDIT I see for non potted. Potted becomes a mess.
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If you have a really powerful soldering iron that would probably work. Mine is not the most robust so I have to work my way through the solder one small bit at a time. And at least on the two Norlin-era guitars I own there is almost no slack in the wiring whatsoever, so turning the pickups over to get to the solder is a delicate and annoying task.
 
gball said:
These old T-Tops are not potted, so just pull the cover. The one time I removed them from a potted set they needed to be cleaned up but the wax came off surprisingly easy.
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Hmmm. I don't know if I want to uncover the ones on the 76 wine custom. Gold looks good, a bit of wear but I like that.
 
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