SpAce is the Place

[Wattage]

I did a Frampton trib for a buddy of mine a few years back, before they actually came out with one. He's acquired a few more guitars since then and decided since he isn't really an LP guy that he wanted to sell it. So of course since I need it like I need another hole in my head I ended up taking it. It is actually a really nice guitar (2000 Unsung factory) and I NEED it because a few tweaks and it'll be a trib to Ace Frehley's black Custom from the cover of Guitar Player, one of the more important guitars in my world anyhow.

Got a set of Grover 103C tuners that mimic the look of the Grover Futuras on Ace's, chrome hardware was already in my collection of parts and as luck would have it a pair of stupid hot Ibanez V2's in double cream where dropped in my lap. So that leaves the bridge position....and a quick Reverb search found a nice clean DiM Super D in double cream for the right price.

I'll finish it up in the next day or so.

 

[Artie]

Cool project. I was just looking at the Joe Bonamassa "Black Beauty." I want one. https://www.epiphone.com/Guitar/EPIFM5161/Joe-Bonamassa-Black-Beauty-Les-Paul-Custom/Ebony

Let us know how this continues.

 

[Securb]

That is freaking sweet.

 

[Lewguitar]

I've owned a couple of real three pickup 50's Les Paul Customs. Love the sound of a middle and bridge humbucker combined but there's not enough room to pick.

 

[ErikH]

I like it!!!!!!!

 

[Mincer]

I bet that cover sold a lot of guitars!

 

[Aceman]

I have that magazine issue.

Sweet ride. I have a project guitar I was planning to do that with...but just have never got around to it.

 

[Spirit of 76]

Super cool and looks great. Post the final pics when it's 100%

 

[Wattage]

Beat ya Aceman lol

yeah still have my copy from back then too

 

[beaubrummels]

I've been GASsing for a 3-PU Les for a while. This is not helping.

 

[Wattage]

All ready to go

 

[Securb]

Looks great and I do not get the issue people have with picking on a 3 pickup guitars. You are picking above the stings the pickup should be no problem. People do not have problems playing Strats.

 

[ItsaBass]

Should have known this wasn't a Sun Ra thread...but had to check anyhow.

 

[jeremy]

ive never got along with three pup gibsons, the middle pup messes with my picking hand or picking. i havent messed around enough to figure out which one it is but every time i pick one up, its the same. love the look of the black with the cream and a super d in the bridge of a lp sounds like rock and roll

Should have known this wasn't a Sun Ra thread...but had to check anyhow.

ha!

 

[Wattage]

The middle pickup can be a pain sometimes but that’s Rock n Roll folks

https://youtu.be/lsPrINajncU

 

[beaubrummels]

You've got to have 3 pickups. Where else are you going to put the smoke bomb?

 

[Demanic]

The only way I would ever want a three pickup LP would be if it had a Freeway toggle in it. And 4 push/pull pots.

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[Wattage]

So I tweaked it a little, I changed the neck pickup to a DiM PAF Master. Really a great sounding pickup. Local guy had a double cream up for sale cheap so a little serendipity for sure.

As much fun as it would be to make it a smoker I think at least for now I’ll skip that part.

The V-2 in the middle sounds amazing, really wasn’t expecting that. The Super D sounds exactly as I hoped it would. I did flip the green & red wires on the DiMs so the phase matched the 2 wire V-2. I also changed the middle ring to a neck ring so it is totally out of the way now. Epi rings are larger than Gibson’s so it needed to be done.

I also ordered a Gotoh bridge to replace the stock Epi pos they use and a custom truss rod cover since I nicknamed the guitar “Curly”, Ace fans will understand.

the Grover 103C tuners are really really nice too!

 

[Wattage]

Got the Tusq nut on and swapped the stock bridge for a Gotoh Nashville TOM

 

[jeremy]

those are some oddball tuners, dunno if ive seen them other than that gp cover with ace