What Did You Do With Your Guitar(s) Today?

[Warmart]

The 3 way swap is complete, whew.

My take on the TZ/AN in the RG? I guess I would really love it if was my only guitar? It's not outright terrible and kinda works well with it. But it doesn't do for me what I want.

Definitely leaning towards trading as soon as Atlanta GC gets the new green model EBMM Richardson in.

 

[la szum]

CME has tons of cool shit in their showroom. Paoletti are interesting, some Suhr stuff, high end PRS, and of course Gibson Murphy Lab crap.

I may plan a fall trip just for gear pursuits alone. It's so fun and easy to take the
train into town. Great city!

 

[la szum]

The 3 way swap is complete, whew.

My take on the TZ/AN in the RG? I guess I would really love it if was my only guitar? It's not outright terrible and kinda works well with it. But it doesn't do for me what I want.

Definitely leaning towards trading as soon as Atlanta GC gets the new green model EBMM Richardson in.

 

[Warmart]

Heh, well the #1 goal was to not trade the RG with expensive pickups!

#2 was to improve the Ibanez S.

This is winning!

 

[la szum]

Heh, well the #1 goal was to not trade the RG with expensive pickups!

#2 was to improve the Ibanez S.

This is winning!

Winning sounds exhausting!!!






An RG is required by Universal Law and Order to have Dimarzios in it. So balance is restored. Chaos is over!

 

[Warmart]

Winning sounds exhausting!!!






An RG is required by Universal Law and Order to have Dimarzios in it. So balance is restored. Chaos is over!

Yeah, it was exhausting. Soldering to 5-way switches isn't so easy at 57 , surprised everything worked first time with all 3, whew.

Chaos is not over, lmao, it's just sorta reduced a tad!

 

[la szum]

Haha! A small reduction is appreciated. That's a HUGE sacrifice to make on a Sunday for
the sake of all humankind, Dave!

 

[Warmart]

LOL, you are too kind, sir.

And holy bass on the CU24 now, sheesh, these Silo's have some booty! That's really weird considering its past, with NO bass - especially with the original PRS 85/15. You couldn't even tell when you played the wound strings .

Now the look of the CU24 with chrome pickups and black rings is going to take some time to settle, it looks weird as hell. Always had black pickups before. It'll sink in, I mean they have crop circles, which make my nerdy side giddy. It'll sink in, right?

 

[Warmart]

Not that it really matters but, here's the final outcome for the 3 affected guitars from "Sunday 3-way swap fest 2024".


This shall take time to adjust to, plus just how many cows were vivesected to make these covers :

This is killer and you all can suck it if you don't like it , I mean it's now basically the same as a Nita Strauss sig Ibby S without any words saying it's now girlified AND with a better top (well, it's not a trem like hers, so there's that difference as well):

And the potential trade bait, although it may not sound all that bad, so anything could still happen with this one:

 

[Warmart]

Of note, my "guitar centering while snapping photos", started out pretty good but quickly went straight to hell.

 

[la szum]

It's a Monday. We all get a pass on any kind of non-centered "centering."

 

[la szum]

You use any kind of magnification when soldering young man??

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

 

[Warmart]

You use any kind of magnification when soldering young man??

I try, but I have glasses which makes it tough to see. Kinda stuck with what the glasses give me which makes it look realllllly small, even smaller than this.

 

[Jarick]

New pickguard day!

Custom made pickguard off Etsy, all the way from Korea. Wanted to change up from the stock tortoise to a more classic mint green.

I have to say, this pickguard was shockingly well done. Every cutout and hole was perfect, every screw lined up perfectly, as good as factory. I was very hesitant to get a custom pickguard off Etsy of all places but they did a fantastic job. I did have to widen the volume and tone pot openings as the stock pots are metric and I put in CTS, no big deal.

Decided to put in Dimarzio noiseless again, went with an Injector neck, Area 67 middle, and Thornbucker bridge (raw nickel which is starting to rust). Went back to covered bridge pickup because the Dimarzio doesn't match the rest of the aged white plastics, and this is a little less distracting. Also went 500k volume and pot with treble bleed.

I may at some point either put in a series/parallel switch for the humbucker or even just a dummy switch. I pulled that out when I rewired the factory guard as I never used it. But it looks more obviously weird with the light colored guard than the dark tortoise.

Overall the guitar feels a lot more fresh with the bright guard, although it also reminds me now of the cheap AZ guitars too lol.

 

[Jarick]

There's a gap around the bridge humbucker on either side which is a little ugly...I think it's because the stock pickup is a Duncan Trembucker which is wider than your average humbucker. Realized that I have a 59 Trembucker sitting around that I've never used, so decided to get a nickel cover for it. The 59 and Thornbucker seem to have similar specs so curious how different they are if at all.

 

[la szum]

That looks great, Jarick!

 

[TJontheRoad]

Say hello to "Betty". Betty is a favorite Warmoth partscaster. Ash tele/strat body, canary neck, wooden pickguard (mahogany I think), Porter S90 pickups, and Wilkinson bridge. I gave her a new set a strings and a setup job. Ready to rock now

 

[likitlikeyoulikeit]

Say hello to "Betty". Betty is a favorite Warmoth partscaster. Ash tele/strat body, canary neck, wooden pickguard (mahogany I think), Porter S90 pickups, and Wilkinson bridge. I gave her a new set a strings and a setup job. Ready to rock now

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That pick guard is

 

[unix-guy]

Well, I guess I forgot to post this here last week... But I just finished round 2 of wiring. Last weekend was assembly :)

Forgot to take a picture of the fully completed guitar.

Taking it in on Sunday for fret dressing and full setup.