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9/25/07 Installed Grover 18:1
Nickel tuners (pn 102-18N)
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9/25/07 Replaced stock
pickups with Skatterbrane PAF Replicas. Check them out
here.
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9/25/07 Installed a short
style ES-335 pickguard and mounting bracket from Parts Is Parts.
Check them out here.
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9/25/07 Replaced pots and
caps with a Vintage Upgrade kit from RS Guitarworks. Check them out
here.
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9/25/07 Installed black top
hat knobs and a black switch tip.
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9/25/07 Slicked up the satin
style finish with Meguiars #7 auto polish and a lot of elbow grease.
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10/04/07 Found that the
bridge pickup was a little harsh. Tried some different cap values
but was unimpressed with the change. Changed the bridge pots to CTS
250k Audio taper for tone and 250k Linear taper for volume. Found this
to help pretty well and the tone pot kicks in sooner and is more usable
through its range.
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10/06/07 Wanted to work on
keeping the neck pickup crisp when the volume is rolled down.
Installed a 560pf cap across the leads on the volume pot (treble bleed
circuit) and it works great.
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12/09/07 Was doing a gig the
other night and made a couple observations. There were some times
that I was hoping to deactivate the treble bleed circuit. So I
installed a toggle switch under the pickguard just like a did on my Les
Paul. Here's the page
about that mod. But in this guitar, I didn't use a resistor. I
just used the 560pf cap.
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12/09/07 Also noticed that
more than once I had trouble getting the push/push pot on the neck tone to
deactivate. Figured if I was going to be in this guitar with a
soldering iron anyway, I may as well replace it with a push/pull that
would be more reliable. Got one from GC today, but they only had
long shaft. I got it spaced down with a second nut but there wasn't
an overabundance of room left. Best to get short shafts unless
you're in a bind.
