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willo

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« on: May 07, 2007, 04:19:27 PM »
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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« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2007, 04:33:38 PM »
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Antag

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« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2007, 04:56:21 PM »
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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noodleplugerine

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« Reply #3 on: May 07, 2007, 05:53:17 PM »
Quote from: Antag
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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blue

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« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2007, 06:10:45 PM »
Quote from: plastercaster

And a kaoss pad


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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« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2007, 06:51:58 PM »
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PICS!


pics thread - 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 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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Crazy_Joe

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« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2007, 07:15:45 PM »
+1 on the pyrotechnics!
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lulusg

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« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2007, 01:27:35 AM »
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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Kilby

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« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2007, 01:49:41 AM »
How about a piezo bridge, as the Page wiring has been mentioned already.

Rob...
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Mr Ed

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« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2007, 09:04:57 AM »
Kaoss Pads are for people who want to penetrate Matt Bellamy.
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Dreichlift

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« Reply #10 on: May 08, 2007, 11:40:41 AM »
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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Fubar

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« Reply #11 on: May 08, 2007, 05:32:13 PM »
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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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« Reply #12 on: May 08, 2007, 06:01:39 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: May 08, 2007, 06:30:57 PM »
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Tarzan

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« Reply #14 on: May 08, 2007, 07:03:18 PM »
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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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