Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: willo on May 07, 2007, 04:19:27 PM
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So I was looking at my Les Paul today, and I'd forgotten how damn cool it is. I want to play it more in my band, but it has dodgy electronics and I want to swap the VHII's out for something a bit 'softer'.
Anyway, its a bank holiday and this got willo thinking. When the time and money comes to change these things on the LP to make it giggable, why don't I add some little interesting things to it too?
So, what kind of onboard mods, switches, gizmos and other cool things can I do to my LP?
I will consider anything...
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LAZERZ!!! (http://www.simscustom.com/html/custom_lasers.htm)
And a kaoss pad (http://unmaintained.com/forums/ShowThread.aspx?PostID=43#43)
or, most ridiculous of all, install pyrotechnics into the bottom of it (http://arts.guardian.co.uk/pictures/image/0,8543,-10405124398,00.html)
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Feline pimped one of my Les Pauls as follows:
Replaced tuners with Gold sperzels
Replaced nut with Earvana
Refretted with 6100s (fret ends over the binding rather than the other way round)
Gold BKP Miracle Man set :twisted:
Gold roller bridge
Gold tailpiece & pickup bezel screws
Replaced pots with 500k CTS
Wired a variable coil split for the neck pickup in place of the neck tone control
Wired the bridge tone control as a master tone control
Yes it cost a bit, but aesthetically it's now my dream Les Paul as well as sounding goddam awesome :twisted:
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Feline pimped one of my Les Pauls as follows:
Replaced tuners with Gold sperzels
Replaced nut with Earvana
Refretted with 6100s (fret ends over the binding rather than the other way round)
Gold BKP Miracle Man set :twisted:
Gold roller bridge
Gold tailpiece & pickup bezel screws
Replaced pots with 500k CTS
Wired a variable coil split for the neck pickup in place of the neck tone control
Wired the bridge tone control as a master tone control
Yes it cost a bit, but aesthetically it's now my dream Les Paul as well as sounding goddam awesome :twisted:
PICS!
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And a kaoss pad (http://unmaintained.com/forums/ShowThread.aspx?PostID=43#43)
whew, that guy certainly took the bull by the horns! impressive. myself, i end up never using the effects i have, so much as i'd love something like that, it'd be a waste of time.
Willo, what about the Jimmy Page wiring? 4 push/pulls giving all kinds of coil split, phase and series/parallel options.
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PICS!
pics thread (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5209&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=365) - OK, it's only a shot of the body & the flash indoors makes it a bit bright (the pic of it with nickel/chrome hardware on page1 (http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5209&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=9) is a more accurate representation of the colour), but you get the idea.
No pics can do justice to Feline's awesome fretwork or how nice it is to play though... :D
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+1 on the pyrotechnics!
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I like that Feline list, just change the pots for Rs guitarworks(push-pull, series/parallel) and that's as pimped as it gets. Add BKP 4 way conductor al gusto.
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How about a piezo bridge, as the Page wiring has been mentioned already.
Rob...
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Kaoss Pads are for people who want to penetrate Matt Bellamy.
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Heh I'd love to see a les paul with a version of the PRS 513 switching system, let's do it with Irish tours :twisted:
http://www.prsguitars.com/513rosewood/index.html
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Kaoss Pads are for people who want to penetrate Matt Bellamy.
Or people who just enjoy making odd sounds like myself! As far as i'm aware, I harbour no inappropriate desires for Mr. Bellamy... Represion can be a powerful thing tho. :wink:
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Get one of these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJTMsKR7ag&mode=related&search=
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Get one of these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJTMsKR7ag&mode=related&search=
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeU6RbfC-S8
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Get one of these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJTMsKR7ag&mode=related&search=
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that is amazing!!!!
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Yeah, its the switching stuff I'm most interested in. I like the idea of 'stealth guitars' - guitars that look normal til you look a little closer. My strat's a bit like that - looks 'traditional' enough but has plenty of little options in it.
I remember seeing onboard FX that you can mount, delays and so on. Which would probably sound terrible, what with the delay being first in your signal chain but still, all interesting.
I play through a JCM800, so I don't have many mids. Maybe a mid-boost could be a good thing for solos? Mind you, I'm not sold on active technologies.
Oh, and ever since I saw the Alesis Air FX in '99 ish, I've been wondering how long it would take til someone stuck one in a guitar!
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Get one of these
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOJTMsKR7ag&mode=related&search=
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Crikey!
That's neat.
And Mr Ed, to you I say
No comment
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I play through a JCM800, so I don't have many mids.
Your JCM800 doesn't sound much like mine... :? although the speakers that come stock in the combos are pretty scooped; maybe thats what you should be thinking bout changing