BIG RED
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Slackjaw
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I haven't changed anything on this beast since I did the upgrades in the early 90's. I put a Gibson P-100 in the neck position, and it is muddy, utter garbage. I really hate anything stacked, and you can't do that without canceling some frequencies so I'm really surprised MFGs started doing it anyway. The first humbuckers were side-by-side for a reason. I'm hoping the vintage staple P-90 will bring back some clarity and sweet tones to the neck position. The L-500 has always sounded great at the bridge in this guitar.
I don't remember exactly why it came the way it did, but the P-100 didn't come with any clear way to mount it (I had never played with any P-90 style pups before that). It didn't have the bottom bracket with the ears/tabs, so I'm thinking maybe I got a standard P-90 soapbar and picked up a dog ear cover on the side. At any rate, you'll see that I drilled my own holes in the middle of the cover and mounted the bobbins directly to the cover. I clipped the ears off of a junk humbucker and used the cut ends to terminate the humbucker mounting screws on the bottom...
I don't remember exactly why it came the way it did, but the P-100 didn't come with any clear way to mount it (I had never played with any P-90 style pups before that). It didn't have the bottom bracket with the ears/tabs, so I'm thinking maybe I got a standard P-90 soapbar and picked up a dog ear cover on the side. At any rate, you'll see that I drilled my own holes in the middle of the cover and mounted the bobbins directly to the cover. I clipped the ears off of a junk humbucker and used the cut ends to terminate the humbucker mounting screws on the bottom...
bagman67
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Well, you'll certainly be the only kid on your block (or in your congressional district, or even in your time zone) to have one.
Dunno if it's been said elsewhere, but thank you for the expansive posts about your history as a guitarist, guitar-modifier, and big-hair-enthusiast. It's been fun reading your posts and admiring (and, to be honest, occasionally scratching my head at) your axes.
Dunno if it's been said elsewhere, but thank you for the expansive posts about your history as a guitarist, guitar-modifier, and big-hair-enthusiast. It's been fun reading your posts and admiring (and, to be honest, occasionally scratching my head at) your axes.
Slackjaw
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As a side note, I was unconcerned with the red dot sticker on the heel, until I went to peel it off. The satin finish was applied over the top of it... WTF?!?
Anyway... some problems I am faced with. In addition to enlarging the pickup hole, the body will need to be converted to a four hole bolt-on with neck plate as the side-adjust mechanism is not compatible with the existing three-hole mount. Besides needing access to a drill press, I am disabled at the moment and any major work would be a bit difficult for me to do. So after some minor cleanup of my masking edges, I will be handing off BIG RED to my pals at Mike Lull's Guitar Works for completion.
Anyway... some problems I am faced with. In addition to enlarging the pickup hole, the body will need to be converted to a four hole bolt-on with neck plate as the side-adjust mechanism is not compatible with the existing three-hole mount. Besides needing access to a drill press, I am disabled at the moment and any major work would be a bit difficult for me to do. So after some minor cleanup of my masking edges, I will be handing off BIG RED to my pals at Mike Lull's Guitar Works for completion.
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Slackjaw said:
[/size][font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]The red dot is applied to all finished necks to indicate that they've been finished. It's on under the finish because on satin necks (especially the non-vintage-tint ones) it's not always [/font][font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif]obvious[/font][font=verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif] that there's a finish on it. [/font][size=78%]
ihavenothingprofoundtosay
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That's super neato! I'm a fan of the arrow headstock, but the Mooncaster will look perfect with that body.
Yeah the dot thing on the satin finishes is weird, but it is kind of a neat way to say "yes, it really is finished!"
Yeah the dot thing on the satin finishes is weird, but it is kind of a neat way to say "yes, it really is finished!"
