Rich_S
HomeGrownToneBrewologist
It's finished! My sorta-clone of Pete Townsend's goldtop Schecter:
Here's Pete playing the original at Live Aid in 1985.
Specs for mine:
The maple neck is just what this guitar needed. It was very dull and muffled sounding with the original Schecter neck, which was almost Ibanez-thin with a rosewood fingerboard. The maple neck brightens up its unplugged sound just right. The 59s are a first guess at pickups: the neck is probably a keeper, but I might go to something hotter in the bridge after I get an idea of how the guitar itself sounds.
I finally gave up on assembling it myself, and instead had it put together at Danny D's Guitar Hacienda in League City, TX. Danny routed the Schecter's strat-shaped neck pocket out to square-end Tele specs so the neck would fit, then mounted the neck & bridge and set it up. I installed the pickups and wired it.
This may actually have killed my GAS for good - I can't imagine needing more than these two guitars.:banana: :banana: :banana:
Before I go, here's one last shot of my new baby, posing with its older brother.
Here's Pete playing the original at Live Aid in 1985.
Specs for mine:
- Body from a Korean Schecter I bought on eBay.
- Fender MIM neck from Xssive (who also supplied a bogus Schecter decal that I haven't put on yet).
- Pickups: 59 set purchased used from two forum brothers (J Moose and 9finger, IIRC). Bridge pickup is F-spaced and has a pull tap switch. Neck pickup is wired out-of-phase to the bridge.
- Chrome bridge and gold knobs (replacing original black) from GuitarFetish.
The maple neck is just what this guitar needed. It was very dull and muffled sounding with the original Schecter neck, which was almost Ibanez-thin with a rosewood fingerboard. The maple neck brightens up its unplugged sound just right. The 59s are a first guess at pickups: the neck is probably a keeper, but I might go to something hotter in the bridge after I get an idea of how the guitar itself sounds.
I finally gave up on assembling it myself, and instead had it put together at Danny D's Guitar Hacienda in League City, TX. Danny routed the Schecter's strat-shaped neck pocket out to square-end Tele specs so the neck would fit, then mounted the neck & bridge and set it up. I installed the pickups and wired it.
This may actually have killed my GAS for good - I can't imagine needing more than these two guitars.:banana: :banana: :banana:
Before I go, here's one last shot of my new baby, posing with its older brother.
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