Costumising My Guitar, Suggestions?
eCio
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I own a 73 or 75 Gibson L6S Deluxe, all still original except for the tuners (replaced by previous owner to Grovers), as it seems it needs some setup, so I've thought maybe I can modify it a little bit.
Now, i don't have a clue what to do, i'm planning to give it to Israel's no' 1 guitar tech to setup it and modify it if I choose to, but I want some ideas before I walk into his shop and ask him to do something...
can you give me any suggestions about pickups, saddles, maybe even adding some extras on it? thanks.
current specs:
2 original black plastic encased humbuckers (i don't know the type, they are a Bill Lawrence design), tune-o-matic bridge, string throu-body (maybe it is possible to change it into stop tail with bigsby... that might be interesting...) one volume, one tone, 3 way switch.
now, i was thinking about maybe changing the frets as well, i find them a little thick for my taste.
oh, one more thing, previous owner installed 0.10 stings on it, but it is a gibson so I think maybe i should make the switch to 0.11...
thanks a lot for any commentiers!
BTW, it is the middle guitar in the picture link bellow
http://www.solidrock.co.il/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=1150
Now, i don't have a clue what to do, i'm planning to give it to Israel's no' 1 guitar tech to setup it and modify it if I choose to, but I want some ideas before I walk into his shop and ask him to do something...
can you give me any suggestions about pickups, saddles, maybe even adding some extras on it? thanks.
current specs:
2 original black plastic encased humbuckers (i don't know the type, they are a Bill Lawrence design), tune-o-matic bridge, string throu-body (maybe it is possible to change it into stop tail with bigsby... that might be interesting...) one volume, one tone, 3 way switch.
now, i was thinking about maybe changing the frets as well, i find them a little thick for my taste.
oh, one more thing, previous owner installed 0.10 stings on it, but it is a gibson so I think maybe i should make the switch to 0.11...
thanks a lot for any commentiers!
BTW, it is the middle guitar in the picture link bellow
http://www.solidrock.co.il/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=1150
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How to mod, eh? The pickups alone are a three-hour discussion. What kinda sound you shooting for? Heavy? Bright? Dark? Thick? You play mostly clean, gritty, overdriven, or heavily-distorted? Or a mix of the above?
Okay, here's what I personally would do if that were mine... replace the pickups with a Fralin chrome-covered Unbucker in the neck and a Harmonic Design Z-90 in the bridge. Ditch the string-thru, and switch to a stop-tailpiece. Graphite nut. Put in a concentric-stacked Volume knob, and replace the stock Tone knob with a push-pull Tone knob to coil-tap the PAF. If you really want, you can replace the fret wire... I like a good medium-jumbo myself... and the strings are your choice. If you feel it's too "slinky" in sound or feel, go for .11's, but don't do it "just because."
I mainly play classic rock, pj, aic, sg, and others. i also like the style of mike johnson.
I like the way my neck pickup sounds now (I bet a new pickup will sound fuller and richer, but i like the idea of it), which is very bassy, warm and clear sound. the bridge pickup's sound is ok, but i bet it can be much better.
i like playing my guitar clean, OD, and distorted.
for example i realy like the way ed's sg sounds...
do you think adding a piezo tune-o-matic can work out well?