I searched for "Seymourized" and was surprised no specific thread with this title came up. So I'm just starting this one to show guitars wired with Seymour Duncan pickups. In my experience, only Seymour Duncan pickups sound right, sound like the record, sound exactly like the legendary recordings I'm trying to get the sound of.
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This is a 'spare parts' guitar for the LH 66 strat. There is some disparity between American and foreign part sizes, so you'll notice the pickguard is not totally screwed down, etc. But it works. The mid and rhythm pickups are tied to one tone control, while the treble pickup has its own no-load tone control, so I can make all 3 pickups match in tone, or roll the treble pickup to the no-load point and send it straight out like a normal strat. (I have never had a need to have the rhythm and mid pickups with different tone settings. In fact, it's always been a huge pain in the 'tuckus' for me to keep the tone setting for both in synch. One swipe of the forearm and I have to constantly adjust to keep the rhythm and mid the same.)
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You might notice the control plate on the first one (the Tele). Starting from the right, it's Volume, Pickup Selection, Broadcaster Neck Pickup Blend, Esquire/Nocaster tone switch (Dark, Straight Out or Tone Control), and Telecaster Tone Control. I wanted a Tele with all the tone options the earliest Teles had, but all on one guitar.
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View PostSG with 1955 Seth Lover pickups. They aren't cosmetically matched, but they are sonically matched. I was trying to get the Clapton/Beano tone, and this does it in spades.
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Is that a rotary selector switch?"It keeps you fit - the alcohol, nasty women, sweat on stage, bad food - it's all very good for you." -Bon Scott
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you better than any girlfriend, because it screams louder, it's easier to pick up, and it shuts up when you take your plug out." -Rip Glitter
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If you ever want to sell that 66 lefty Strat, contact me please. I am serious.Band: www.colouredanimal.com
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Last edited by Chickenwings; 10-20-2014, 04:39 PM."Technique is really the elimination of the unneccessary ... it is a constant effort to avoid any personal impediment or obstacle to acheive the smooth flow of energy and intent"
Yehudi Menuhin
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Originally posted by Edgecrusher View PostWhy the rings with the large pickguard like that?
Is that a rotary selector switch?
I replaced the pickup selector switch with a pan/blend fader because I had a song where I was holding a chord and needed to move to the lead tone without stopping. I might put the switch back at some point, but I've found having a fader as a pickup selector is more musical and useful for now.
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Originally posted by Mr 9finger View PostThank you for drilling unnecessary holes in left handed guitars. You're not Jimi Hendrix. STOP
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Originally posted by beaubrummels View PostNot sure what this means. I didn't drill additional holes in any of these instruments, or claim to be Jimi. If this is a reference to the 1966 guitar, that was painted more than 25 years before I had acquired it. I bought it because it enabled me to get a vintage Strat for a low price - because it had been aftermarket painted, had the treble pickup replaced and was left-hand, all of which it seems made it not popular on the sales floor.
I don't know how anyone could play a Strat that way to be honest - the knobs digging into my forearm would be a deal breaker for sure.Band: www.colouredanimal.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/mrperki
Blorg: mrperki.tumblr.com
Read my Seymour Duncan blog posts
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Originally posted by ratherdashing View PostHe's referring to the strap button hole you had to drill in the lower horn.
I don't know how anyone could play a Strat that way to be honest - the knobs digging into my forearm would be a deal breaker for sure.
As far as the strap button, when I bought the guitar the original hole already had been filled and painted over. The strap button had been relocated midway on the tongue of the neck join, facing the headstock and located between the 4-bolt plate and where the neck comes into the body.
Now which do you suppose did more to devalue the guitar, the strap button location, or the 1970's hand-chisel routing and home-garage paint job?
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