Hey guys,
So i've had a few posts over the past few months with questions in regards to my 89' Charvel 375 that i've been planning on doing an electionics/pickup swap in for a while. Now i've finally done it!
It was the first time i've done any work on my guitar so it took me a while to get everything how i wanted.
I've installed a hot rails in the neck position, a dummy pickup cover in the middle and a TB-59 in the bridge. Also added a YJM high speed volume pot, Fender 3 way switch and a Bourns tone pot with push/pull for coil splitting. I also shielded the control cavity, although it doesn't look the prettiest! As a personal touch i changed the truss rod cover to one with my last name on - almost a signature guitar
I have trouble fitting the hot rails due to the tight cavity and so had to do some work with a dremel to get it to fit, but that's all inside the cavity and isn't visable with the pickup installed, something i'm very pleased about! Similarly i had to enlarge the holes for the volume and tone pot slighty since they didn't fit my pots, i did that with a circle file very easily.
Also had some issues how to wire everything together but got some help from a few guys here on the forum - many thanks!
Below are pictures of the progress i went through from start to finish!
Let me know what you think!
So i've had a few posts over the past few months with questions in regards to my 89' Charvel 375 that i've been planning on doing an electionics/pickup swap in for a while. Now i've finally done it!
It was the first time i've done any work on my guitar so it took me a while to get everything how i wanted.
I've installed a hot rails in the neck position, a dummy pickup cover in the middle and a TB-59 in the bridge. Also added a YJM high speed volume pot, Fender 3 way switch and a Bourns tone pot with push/pull for coil splitting. I also shielded the control cavity, although it doesn't look the prettiest! As a personal touch i changed the truss rod cover to one with my last name on - almost a signature guitar
I have trouble fitting the hot rails due to the tight cavity and so had to do some work with a dremel to get it to fit, but that's all inside the cavity and isn't visable with the pickup installed, something i'm very pleased about! Similarly i had to enlarge the holes for the volume and tone pot slighty since they didn't fit my pots, i did that with a circle file very easily.
Also had some issues how to wire everything together but got some help from a few guys here on the forum - many thanks!
Below are pictures of the progress i went through from start to finish!
Let me know what you think!
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