Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

[Chistopher]

Because there were so many entries, I am not able to do the traditional polling method. Initially I planned to have two threads and do a tournament style effort where the top 3 moved on to the final round, but then I realized that would be too complicated so here are the rules for voting, it's not as anonymous as I wish it could be.

Rules

• Here are the original posts if you want more information or sound clips on a specific guitar
• "Like" your top three favorite guitars
• Whichever post gets the most likes wins

I will post the name of the poster and, if applicable, the guitar as well. I will also post one picture (or two if only one picture does not justifiably capture an essential part of the mod) of the final build and relevant information about the mods. Voting should be pretty fast, so I will close this thread June 23rd at noon EST.

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

Aceman "Chopsbuilder"



Filled neck cavity
Filled knob hole
Painted body
Rewired switch as off/off/on
Replaced pickup with a Duncan Live wire
NY Neon Strings
Snazzy caution strap, and duct tape "strap locks"
Color of first car

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

Demonic "Coffin Lid"




RCA4 Distortion Neck
Alternative 8 Bridge
Triple Shot Rings
Grover Locking Tuners
Graphtech String Saver saddles
Snazzy zombie skull knobs, switch plate, jack, and truss covers
Dunlop strap locks
Top and back replaced to natural finish

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

BriGuy1968 "Pheonix"




The diagram explains the wiring
All hardware converted to gold
Survived fire (hence the name)
GFS Sperzel-styled locking tuners

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

Chistopher Bullet Strat



Zebra paintjob
GFS Jimi pickups installed for a non-reverse stagger
Shielded pickup covers
GFS Badass style bridge
Repaired dings
Raw neck finished in Tru Oil, assymetrical profile
Bone nut
GFS "True Mechanical" locking tuners
Stainless steel frets
Neck tone controls neck and middle with .018uF
Middle tone controls bridge with .022uF
Subtle 4.7k resistor on tone to prevent resonant peak with tone at 0

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

Dave Locher 1976-ish Gibson Marauder "Marlocher"




Reshaped neck to be thinner and rolled fretboard edges (before it was cool)
Added bone nut
Sheet aluminum pickguard
Routed body
1978 Ibanez V-2 bridge pickup
Wilde L500-C neck pickup
3-way toggle and tone bypass switch
Planed 1/4" off the back and contoured body
Stained body black and finished with auto enamel
Hand made aluminum bar stock tailpiece
Recessed neck plate
"Marlocher" truss rod cover
Not reliced

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

Jacew "Ramcaster"



Started as Squier CV '60s
Wilkinson EZ-Lok tuners, eliminating string trees
Schaller strap locks
Sanded down neck
Tape shielding of cavity
Peavey Raptor bridge plate, floating with adjustable tension
Peavey Raptor saddles
Trem block and arm from American Deluxe Strat
Master volume on input jack
Snazzy bottle cap knobs for easier push/pull
Neck: Van Zandt Blues rwrp
Middle: SSL-5 (custom)
Bridge: SSL-7 T (tappable staggered QP)

Wiring:
1 Neck/Bridge parallel (bridge tapped)
2 Neck/Bridge parallel
3 Middle/Bridge parallel (bridge tapped)
4 Middle/Bridge parallel
DPDT slider turns off bridge as well as turns on dark tone circuit
Neck and middle share one volume control
Bridge has it's own volume control
Series/parallel push-pull also makes it so that the DPDT does not remove the bridge pickup
2nd DPDT controls phase
No-load volume with dual gang

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

BloodRose Charvel Pro Mod


(No picture was submitted, this is just a representation of what it would have looked like stock)

Tuning keys from black to pearloid
Dunlop strap locks
Screw-in locking nut, stainless steel Floyd
Brass Floyd fine tuners
Large brass trem block and noiseless springs
Titanium string lock blocks on Floyd
Purple mirror pickguard
Jazz neck
59/C bridge
White Strat knob
EVH low friction pot

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

Silence Kid '07 American Deluxe Select



Screamin' Demon bridge
Stack Plus neck (picture inaccurate)
500k volume

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

EDX Washburn PSV2200b




Moved output from lower wing to pickguard
Moved lower strap pin from between the wings to the tip of the upper one
New saddles
Graphtech Black Tusq XL nut
Control cavity shielding
Complete rewire (Push-pull blower switch, push-pull series parallel, kill switch)
Sanded off neck raw and finished with machine oil
Given an assymetrical neck profile
Dimebucker bridge pickup
Pickguard graphic
Snazzy DIY bottlecap speedknobs
Iommi cross stickers
Possible future trem unit

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

Jeffblue 2012 Les Paul Supreme



59/JB pickups
Gold pickup mounting rings
Gold brass roller bridge and tailpiece
Tonepros locking studs
Gold switch tip
Schaller strap locks
Vintage style control knobs
Topwrap strings around stopbar

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

'59 "Love" PRS



Custom paint was already on the guitar when it was purchased
JB bridge
Distortion SH-6n neck
Locking tuners
Freeway 6-way switch for cool splitting
Shadow Killpot

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

stoRMiE Squier



Neck refinish
Body refinish from Sunburst to '58 Daphne
Polished frets
Repaired dings
Relined guitar case in velvet
Slanted bridge humbucker Warmoth pickguard
JB in bridge
Schaller Straplocks
Hipshot tuners
Upgraded electronics (one 500k and two 250k pots)
Wired for autosplit
Tone controls on middle and bridge (.068uF)
Black trem with GFS saddles and GFS brass block

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

PS412 Ibanez ARZ



Active EMGs replaced with Tone Emporium TE20's
All electronics replaced with higher quality components
Gold hardware converted to black
A snazzy red strap

 

[BriGuy1968]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

Hey mods... I’d like to suggest that this thread be “stickied” in order to keep it at the top during the contest time since it really isn’t set up (or appropriate) for people to comment.

 

[EDX]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

bumping, we need this thread as a stickie

 

[LesStrat]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

Jeffblue 2012 Les Paul Supreme

View attachment 90371

59/JB pickups
Gold pickup mounting rings
Gold brass roller bridge and tailpiece
Tonepros locking studs
Gold switch tip
Schaller strap locks
Vintage style control knobs
Topwrap strings around stopbar

She's secksie.

 

[Aceman]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

WTF is this?????

Is there ever going to be a pole?

Who the hell is running this circus?????

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

WTF is this?????

Is there ever going to be a pole?

Who the hell is running this circus?????

With 13 submissions there are too many to do a standard poll. The only other viable option I saw was to post all the competitors and let everyone post a like for their three favorite guitars and who ever gets the most votes wins. That way we don't have to deal with multiple different threads or crazy electoral college systems or something of that nature. Making for three votes instead of one is also a way to prevent ties.

 

[PS412]

Re: Official SDUGF Modding Contest Poll.

I vote that I only want a participaction ribbon.