I'm going to do something naughty with my Black Beauty..

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weinergod

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You all know the deal. Pickguard, three golden pickups, gold hardware, etc


Just took off the pickguard, now this is what I'm planning on doing. Three silver cover pickups. H/P90/H or P90/P90/H

Silver hardware


And the final touch... a silver Bigsby.


I wish I had the photoshop skills to see how this will turn out. I'm afraid I might really regret it... But I'm too curious to resist it!



Edit: I'm also considering no cover for the Midde PUP, not sure yet
 
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Re: I'm going to do something naughty with my Black Beauty..

Oh god. That's going to be gorgeous! I can't decide if I'm more excited by the pickup configuration or the Bigsby.

Post pics as it comes along!

- Keith
 
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Isn't there some online program out there that allows you to simulate different guitar configurations. I believe there is.

Peace,

Darrin
 
Re: I'm going to do something naughty with my Black Beauty..

Is this before or after you pop the decal out of the headstock.

I like your plans though. It is very naughty....that makes you a Naughty Weiner.
 
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Great idea! I rewired an SG Custom with a HB/P-90/HB, and it came with a maestro vibrola. A thin-bodied version of what you're doing.
 
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How are you gonna wire them? That sounds a bit tricky. If you want to go all the way, put in coil taps or splits, all different combinations of coils and before you know it, you got a jazzmaster control panel on it!
 
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Sorry for the whole screen shot, but I made a quick mock up of what it would look like. I know the pups are all humbuckers, but I assume this is roughly what you are going for.

PS. Disregard my friend inviting me to go see zombieland tonight, lol.
 
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Pink Unicorn Horsey said:
What's the difference between a Maestro and a Bigsby?
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Maestros are on a lot of 1960's SG Std's & Customs, a sheet metal vibrato with a thick, rugged bar & a big pastic handle that's nice to hold on to. There's no vibrato handle that's better. To my eyes, it's the best-looking vibrato there is. Gives a guitar class, even if you never use it. Not made for that wild Steve Vai chimpanzee stuff, but works fine for reasonable use.
 
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El CHupacabra said:
How are you gonna wire them? That sounds a bit tricky. If you want to go all the way, put in coil taps or splits, all different combinations of coils and before you know it, you got a jazzmaster control panel on it!
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In my SG Custom, I wired it like this:

Bridge - it's own 250K volume & tone, both push-pulls for coil cut & phase (and I can get either coil active in coil cut).

Neck/Middle - share a 500K blend pot for volume, so I can dial in any amount of either PU. A 500K tone pot is connected to the blend pot. The tone pot is a push-pull for coil cut on the neck HB.

This wiring makes switching from middle to bridge, and neck to bridge, very quick; just flip the toggle. Great for going from chords to solos & back on stage. I think there's 25 or 30 different PU combinations, and the guitar looks stock from the outside.

The stock Gibson/Epiphone wiring on HHH guitars is flagrantly uninspired & doesn't even begin to tap into the potential of all those coils.
 
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Sounds like a winner to me! Isn't the J.P one a 3 pick up with Bigsby?? Look forward to see the pics and review.
 
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Thanks for the info!

I was planning on a three way switch but with a push pull to split the neck and bridge PUPs... I don't even know how to go about the wiring though, aha
 
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phil_104 said:
Sorry for the whole screen shot, but I made a quick mock up of what it would look like. I know the pups are all humbuckers, but I assume this is roughly what you are going for.

PS. Disregard my friend inviting me to go see zombieland tonight, lol.
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Cool, phil knew the site. Looks great. I'd go wit dat.

Peace,

Darrin
 
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StalePretzel said:
Is this before or after you pop the decal out of the headstock.

I like your plans though. It is very naughty....that makes you a Naughty Weiner.
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If this one goes well too, you can bet I'll pop out the headstock too :14:
 
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weinergod
Since I am a wiring fanatic, I'd suggest you have the bridge humbucker wired for series parallel and coil cut. (Requires a DPDT on/on/on switch).

The neck and middle P90's could be thought of as 2 coils of one humbucker (make sure you get one P-90 that is RWRP of the other). Using 2 SPDT switches you could wire the 2 P-90's for Neck Only, Middle Only, Both in parallel or Both in Series.

Just my idea on the subject.
 
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Ok, I changed my mind about one thing

I want the middle PUP to be black or cream, no cover. But I think there aren't any uncovered P90's :|

I can't think of any HB that would suit that position though
 
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wolf said:
weinergod
Since I am a wiring fanatic, I'd suggest you have the bridge humbucker wired for series parallel and coil cut. (Requires a DPDT on/on/on switch).

The neck and middle P90's could be thought of as 2 coils of one humbucker (make sure you get one P-90 that is RWRP of the other). Using 2 SPDT switches you could wire the 2 P-90's for Neck Only, Middle Only, Both in parallel or Both in Series.

Just my idea on the subject.
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Good ideas.
 
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weinergod said:
I can't think of any HB that would suit that position though
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A middle HB sounds very different then the same PU does in the bridge or neck slot. Totally different sound, and not a better sound either.
 
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