My first post... meet the Grosh DoomJet! (NAftermath&ColdSweatD!)

[NewarkWilder]

or WarJet, DeathJet, CurbstompJet, whatever.....  :lol:

anyhow I haven't posted on the boards before but I'm a diehard BKP fan, have them in most of my guitars--mother's milks, missisippi queens, mules, and now these! (with some Stormy Mondays for my 335 as soon as I can make it happen)

but this is what brings me here... I've got an extremely kickass Grosh ElectraJet HH-- pretty mellow PAF style humbuckers, perfectly nice but honestly this guitar begs for something hotter. this guitar was BUILT for lower mids--PAFs just don't really bring out that quality to the extent they should, which is probably why the P-90s are stock.

BUT.... pickups can be changed  :twisted:

So, here it is in its original beauty-



And now with a ceramic Aftermath bridge and alnico Cold Sweat neck-



I love how the black CS makes it look like a single PUP guitar from a distance, and what a striking single pickup it would be-



The sound? Well... do you really have to ask?  :lol:

I'm actually very surprised with the versatility of this combo too--I can drive my Matamp harder than ever before, but the coil taps sound great and even in full humbucking modes the clarity and beauty of the guitar shines through.....just with some extra teeth. Just playing it in drop D at the moment but I think I'm gonna put some heavy strings on it, bring it down to C, and re-intonate from there.... maybe a trem-stop for heavy riffing. I love the EJ trem--but I actually have another one, so turning this one into a pseudo-hardtail has some appeal :D

anyhow just thought I'd share. Of all my BKP renovations I think this one is the most exciting. Its definitely transformed the guitar from a really really great guitar to an absolute monster.

Its funny, I play a lot more droney stuff with my Matamp but this has me pulling off some finger gymnastics I'm not even sure I was capable of. I'm dieing to play it through a more modern gain machine now! You're bringing me over to the dark side, BKP.... and I love it!  8)

[AndyR]

Nice one.

Welcome to the forum :D

[Telerocker]

Welcome! Like the modern twist to the vintage-idea. Nice shape.

[dave_mc]

very nice :)

[FernandoDuarte]

Welcome aboard! :D
Nice guitar!

[JacksonRR]

That's a great looking guitar man, congrats!
How are you liking that Aftermath in a higher tuning? The clips I've heard are in very low tunings, so I'm compelled to ask. What string gauge are you using right now? Did you notice an improvement in the sometimes-hard-to-control low-end woof with the AM? :D

[NewarkWilder]

Thanks for the welcome everyone!!!  :drink:

That's a great looking guitar man, congrats!
How are you liking that Aftermath in a higher tuning? The clips I've heard are in very low tunings, so I'm compelled to ask. What string gauge are you using right now? Did you notice an improvement in the sometimes-hard-to-control low-end woof with the AM? :D

Well I just got this all done last night so I can't say I've really had enough time to comment on some of the details. I actually just threw the 10-46 rotosounds that came with the PUPs on there since I'm primarily used to a more vintage kind of playing style (which has grown a bit stale for me).

Hard to judge on "woofiness" at this point. but god almighty does it ever have some bass response. It was shaking the head off the cab, I'm gonna have to do something about that  :lol:

So I'm really just now kind of seeing what it can do. I know I'm pleased but I haven't had enough time to really nail down the details. I'll probably keep these strings on it for a little while longer and bring it back up to standard tuning for a while just to see how that goes--but I'm a big fan of .11-.52s so I'll probably be going at LEAST that heavy, probably a little more.

I'm not half the player most of you guys are but I will try to put some clips together when I can if anyone is interested  :drink:

thanks again everybody!!  :good: