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02-05-2007, 11:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Manitoba | | | The Getting my guitar customized thread
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Well, its time for my strat to hit the shop for some very minor modifications... It goes from a stock MIM strat (thats actually REALLY playable...) 
To this (well, they're cutting the pickguard, I'm doing the rest) 
A "custom" telebucker in the neck, and a tapped bridge pickup to do standard tele twang, and some higher output when I want it. Series/parallel on the selector switch, and vol/tone with a push/pull for the tap!
I can't wait... I know it won't actually be a tele, but I think it should look and sound pretty unique... |
02-05-2007, 11:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Urbana, IL | | | Nice Telestrat! That's going to sound really cool!
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02-05-2007, 11:52 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wilmington, NC/Lynchburg, VA | | | Thats gonna be pretty sweet...is it laying on a bear skin? |
02-06-2007, 12:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Manitoba | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Trevorus  Nice Telestrat! That's going to sound really cool! | Thanks! Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Thats gonna be pretty sweet...is it laying on a bear skin? | Yeah, that's Matt, my bear rug. He and I go way back... It was either on him, or a dirty scratchy residence floor! |
02-06-2007, 12:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wilmington, NC/Lynchburg, VA | | Awesome.  |
02-06-2007, 10:12 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Houghton, MI | | | Very cool. I'm thinking of getting a Strat copy and installing a rail humbucker in the bridge and a Tele in the neck. Chrome pickguard for the Morello look.
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02-06-2007, 02:31 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Scotland | | Nice. I ordered a black MIM Tele the other day - gonna plonk a black pickguard on when it arrives. Was thinking about changing the bridge and sticking a humbucker in there down the line, too. Almost the opposite of what you're doing  |
02-06-2007, 11:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Manitoba | | Quote:
Originally Posted by trog Nice. I ordered a black MIM Tele the other day - gonna plonk a black pickguard on when it arrives. Was thinking about changing the bridge and sticking a humbucker in there down the line, too. Almost the opposite of what you're doing | Nice! I love a black on black tele, but for me it's gotta have that bridge pickup twang. Should be cool though, I never met a telecaster I didn't like. |
02-07-2007, 12:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Scotland | | It arrived tonight, and after a couple of hours playing... that pickup change is definitely being reconsidered 
You're right, the tele bridge pickup is fantastic. I was expecting the stock pickups to be a bit rubbish, and the neck one is a little plain, but good lord - the bridge. Ooooh, the bridge.
Your strat should be one hell of a player  |
03-02-2007, 11:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Manitoba | | It's here! Got the pickguard yesterday, soldered it together, plugged it in and.... nothing.  CHecked everysolder joint (Idid the wiring) and still nothing. Finally looked at the diagram I was using off the seymour duncan website and it was horribly wrong. Found the one that came with the 4 way switch and it sounds amazing! 
The pickups are phenomenal. I got them from a guy at the seymour duncan forums, and I can see why they raved about his work. Way less than any aftermarket pickup I've seen, wound exactly to your specs, with a coiltap on the bridge for vintage/overwound settings. I seriously have trouble putting it down now. |
03-02-2007, 12:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Very nice. I love my MIM Strat as well.
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03-02-2007, 12:30 PM
| | | That's a great looking guitar. Nice work. 
Graeme |
03-03-2007, 07:41 PM
|  | <-- That guy looks like me, but old. | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arlington TX | | | So whose pickups are they? You mention the SD forums, but are they SD's, or are they from 'some guy'?
I'm considering getting a new set of pickups for my Hamer. Actually I was considering swapping all the electronics on it. I love having cheapish guitars made of good wood, so I can mod with a clear conscience and always have something better than what I paid for.
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03-03-2007, 08:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Manitoba | | It was "some guy". His name at the SD forums is Zhangliqun if you want to look up his stuff. Everyone there gave him great reviews, and his prices were right so I thought I'd give them a shot.
His service was great, really helpful explaining wiring after I got the pickups (which were very well put together) and anything that wasn't right he was instantly on top of (I was indecisive in ordering and forgot which model I asked for. I asked after they arrived and he offered to take them back to rewind them immediately... even though it was totally my fault) He'll tweak and rewind them after you've tried them out as long as you pay shipping back.
The guy discussed all the options, and what I was looking for and wound them to the specs I wanted. After finally installing them, they sound amazing. I'm not affiliated with the guy at all, just a happy customer. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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