I think I have a new absolute #1 guitar.......

[Philly Q]

On the subject of changing PRS pickups, Dave, did you find the Cold Sweats a very tight fit on your McKorina?  The feet seem to be just a little wider than the PRS pickups.  The neck pickup just fits, the bridge will need a tiny little bit filed off the feet.

Not a big deal and easily fixed, but it's surprising how "non-standard" guitar parts are sometimes!   :lol:

[nfe]

On the subject of changing PRS pickups, Dave, did you find the Cold Sweats a very tight fit on your McKorina?  The feet seem to be just a little wider than the PRS pickups.  The neck pickup just fits, the bridge will need a tiny little bit filed off the feet.

Not a big deal and easily fixed, but it's surprising how "non-standard" guitar parts are sometimes!   :lol:

I've fitted bareknuckles to two Parkers. That's a barrel of laughs  :lol:

[Twinfan]

On the subject of changing PRS pickups, Dave, did you find the Cold Sweats a very tight fit on your McKorina?  The feet seem to be just a little wider than the PRS pickups.  The neck pickup just fits, the bridge will need a tiny little bit filed off the feet.

Not a big deal and easily fixed, but it's surprising how "non-standard" guitar parts are sometimes!   :lol:

Yep, they were fine in the neck but snug in the bridge.  You'll see I bent the edges of the feet a little to get them in...

[Philly Q]

Yep, they were fine in the neck but snug in the bridge.  You'll see I bent the edges of the feet a little to get them in...

Yeah, I noticed!  I'm going to file them and make it permanent. 

I've fitted bareknuckles to two Parkers. That's a barrel of laughs  :lol:

I can (sort of) imagine!  Did you order them modified from Tim, or do all the butchery yourself?

[PhilKing]

For my BC Rich Mockingbird I had to snip the corners off of the baseplate legs! I could have made the cutouts bigger, but since it is a vintage guitar I wanted to leave it as original as possible.

[Philly Q]

For my BC Rich Mockingbird I had to snip the corners off of the baseplate legs! I could have made the cutouts bigger, but since it is a vintage guitar I wanted to leave it as original as possible.

And modding the pickup feet is a lot quicker than getting the router out!  :)

[Twinfan]

Well I've been noodling on this guitar off and on all day.  It's just so expressive and plain bloody lovely  :D



For those of you who are interested, here's a few pics of the Braz neck and fingerboard.  The fingerboard has a nicely figured swirling grain, but the neck itself's grain is nice and straight:

[Twinfan]

Oh, and I've murdered some Joe Bonamassa after a few beers for you all too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o63QtYRIhoI

[FernandoDuarte]

Lovely tone! :D

[Philly Q]

For those of you who are interested, here's a few pics of the Braz neck and fingerboard.  The fingerboard has a nicely figured swirling grain, but the neck itself's grain is nice and straight:

Wow, looks very different from Indian, doesn't it?


Did you see this Modern Eagle clip?  The kid looks about 12*, what the hell's he doing with that £4,000 guitar?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTrje5XRzS8&feature=related


(* OK, his YouTube account says he's 22... )

[ChunkyMunky]

Two things;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv13iUNPsSM&feature=channel I for one, as well as Denim 'N' Leather would be cringing at this!

And quote of the day;

'The playing does not do this guitar justice! it is like having an amazing pair of boobs and reducing them! '

[WezV]

crikey - that fretboard certainly is swirly!!!

[Twinfan]

Wez - I guess that's why it's the board and not the neck!

[Zaned]

A lovely guitar! The neck looks awesome.

How are the electronics on the ME? My McCarty in its original state got a little darker when the volume was turned down. I've never liked that, not with humbuckers at least. So I installed the 'treble bleed' mod.

-Zaned

[Twinfan]

I've not taken the back plate off to check out the wiring, so I don't know how it's wired.  I have a feeling it's like a 50s style LP is.  Rolling back the volume keeps the highs OK.

I switched one of my McCartys to this style wiring and it does the same thing.  I'm not a fan of the treble bleed mod when there's a simpler solution!