Before and After

[-CB-]

Before



not a great shot.. but it was handy

After




Basically, changed black to nickel on the hardware, changed the neck, changed the pickguard.  The neck REALLY brightened the tone a lot.  Had to actually lower the neck pickup just a little.  This could be #1 for a while.  I really like the baseball bat fatback neck.  Tone... thick, but still bright.  Tone controls now usable.  Didn't have to tweak a thing in the electronics.

 

[exaN]

Niiiiice Tele :kewlpics:

 

[imminentG]

I like the CB logo in the cut. Wonder how they arranged THAT  :guitaristgif:

 

[ByteFrenzy]

You send them a logo, they build the body around it. Kinda like a ship in a bottle or Poire Williams.

 

[GratefullyRedd]

I like the CB logo in the cut. Wonder how they arranged THAT  :guitaristgif:

or you get a pair of forceps and stick it in there

 

[-CB-]

I like the CB logo in the cut. Wonder how they arranged THAT  :guitaristgif:

or you get a pair of forceps and stick it in there

Hell, I just used my fingers.  The logo was printed on regular paper, lightly stained, hit with polyU a few times, then stuck on with woodglue.

 

[-CB-]

The more I look, the more I'm thinking dark amber knobs instead of black

 

[GratefullyRedd]

The more I look, the more I'm thinking dark amber knobs instead of black

and a cream rythm treble thingy

 

[exaN]

The more I look, the more I'm thinking dark amber knobs instead of black

and a cream rythm treble thingy

DEFINITELY

I would keep the black knobs though

 

[JaySwear]

love that thing! what is the bridge pickup? it looks like one of the dimarzio 36th anniversary PAFs. is that what it is, or is it just aged? and if so, how do you like it? nice looking guitar!

 

[-CB-]

Burstbucker #3 - non potted and relatively hot

 

[JaySwear]

ah, i had one of those in the gibson bfg i had a while back. awesome pickup. hot enough for metal, but not too high output so it's cleans were pretty impressive too. i almost miss that pickup more than i miss the rest of that guitar

 

[kboman]

Great upgrade, looks much better!

 

[Nando Vallart]

I agree with mr Kboman!

 

[Unwound G]

Nice. Presumably it was a Phat Cat type of single coil pickup for the bridge before the changeover.  Are you using 250k pots for both the P90 and humbucker ?

 

[-CB-]

nope, never phat cat there. pots are 500k for volume, midrange and treble