Andyjr1515 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Great job. It looks fantastic and I'm sure that it sounds just as good Oh - and I say this simply because I forgot once - did you remember to solder-join and earth the shielding? I love that copper shield material....so, so much better than conductive paint in my personal opinion. Nowadays, I solder all of my earth wires to the shielding itself and let the spring washers do the job for the pots - means none of those horrible blobs of solder and trailing earth wires on the back of the pots Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painy Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 I got one of these a couple of years ago and didn't like the salami effect pickguard either so I covered it in adhesive vinyl just like you've done here with the headstock. Works a treat as a cheap way to change the look and easily changed again in future too. Worked so well in fact that I did it again with my SUB Ray to go from this: [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/Richard_Pain/media/stuff/IMAG0426_1_1_zpstnjpejwl.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/Richard_Pain/stuff/IMAG0426_1_1_zpstnjpejwl.jpg[/IMG][/URL] To this: [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/Richard_Pain/media/stuff/IMAG0638_zpsf6ol1ipr.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/Richard_Pain/stuff/IMAG0638_zpsf6ol1ipr.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Might be worth a try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 (edited) I just sprayed the pickguard on mine: Edited March 22, 2017 by bartelby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimryan Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 [quote name='Andyjr1515' timestamp='1490087828' post='3261986'] Great job. It looks fantastic and I'm sure that it sounds just as good Oh - and I say this simply because I forgot once - did you remember to solder-join and earth the shielding? I love that copper shield material....so, so much better than conductive paint in my personal opinion. Nowadays, I solder all of my earth wires to the shielding itself and let the spring washers do the job for the pots - means none of those horrible blobs of solder and trailing earth wires on the back of the pots [/quote] Nope, haven't yet and if I'm honest, completely forgot. Whilst doing it I purposely didn't do the scratchplate though as I had it in my head I'd be changing the scratchplate and there was no need to waste any copper. Cheers for the reminder though, it'll be done when I next open it all up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimryan Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 [quote name='Painy' timestamp='1490138200' post='3262638'] I got one of these a couple of years ago and didn't like the salami effect pickguard either so I covered it in adhesive vinyl just like you've done here with the headstock. Works a treat as a cheap way to change the look and easily changed again in future too. Worked so well in fact that I did it again with my SUB Ray to go from this: [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/Richard_Pain/media/stuff/IMAG0426_1_1_zpstnjpejwl.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/Richard_Pain/stuff/IMAG0426_1_1_zpstnjpejwl.jpg[/IMG][/URL] To this: [URL=http://s38.photobucket.com/user/Richard_Pain/media/stuff/IMAG0638_zpsf6ol1ipr.jpg.html][IMG]http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e113/Richard_Pain/stuff/IMAG0638_zpsf6ol1ipr.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Might be worth a try? [/quote] You know what, as I did it I thought using it on the headstock was a fantastic idea, but it never crossed my mind to use it on the scratchplate. I'll look to see if I can find some white pearloid stuff. As it would save me have to cut a sheet of plastic to suit. It's an annoying scratchplate as it's slightly different in shape to your typical fender one and if you look closely, the Seymour Duncan P pickup is smaller than the old one and has left a gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimryan Posted March 26, 2017 Author Share Posted March 26, 2017 [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1490205558' post='3263258'] I just sprayed the pickguard on mine: [/quote] Looks great. Get the hipshot bridge and tuners from the marketplace posts and give it an all black look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 [quote name='Jimryan' timestamp='1490521627' post='3265606'] Looks great. Get the hipshot bridge and tuners from the marketplace posts and give it an all black look. [/quote] It's got a chrome high mass Fender, Badass style, bridge at the moment. But I may go down the black hardware route in the not too distant future... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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