Guitar modification thread...

[voidmain]

pics naman ng saddles bro 

titanium gets a lot of great reviews, may it be saddles or trem blocks... meron na bang titanium nut?

Wow, just realized na wala pala akong pics ng guitar ko. Makunan nga mamaya.

Not sure if there are titanium nuts

[markcasq]

Sharing my DIY Roland GK-KIT-GT3 installation:
I bought an Epiphone Les Paul Plus Top FX/PRO from Rmansh, just for the purpose of installing the GK KIT


I drilled a hole beside the guitar input.  I wired the LP for one volume and one tone, and installed the GK volume and GK-guitar selector switch to the other holes.


I installed the GK pickup in reverse, I think it looks better.  Ah, I also replaced the stock pickups with SD Custom and '59.


I drilled a hole on the shoulder near the selector so I can easily route the wiring there, and installed the S1/S2 switch.


And I installed the GK LED at the back by poking a soldering gun to make a hole for the LED.  This is better than drilling another hole at the nice flamed maple finish.

[progrock]

galing.. 

[tongski_02]

2008 r9


tuners: pre 80's nickel grovers
truss rod cover: retrospec



knobs: retrospec
pointer: area 59
pots and caps: Martin Six String Custom Harness (500k pots / luxe bumble bees)


bridge: faber 59
tailpiece : 2010 r8
thumbwheel post: faber
thumbwheel: area 59


pickup rings : DMC ver.II
pickups: BKP Stormy Monday
pickguard: mojo axe


toggle switch / poker chip / knurl: area 59


jackplate: DMC aged jumping jackplate

[r_chino18]

@ tongski

Bakit Grover na kidney style machine heads ang pinalit mo bro? Ayaw mo na nung Kluson?

[rowley75]

@ tongski

Bakit Grover na kidney style machine heads ang pinalit mo bro? Ayaw mo na nung Kluson?

i was gonna comment this too.. i like the klusons better..

[tongski_02]

@ tongski

Bakit Grover na kidney style machine heads ang pinalit mo bro? Ayaw mo na nung Kluson?

i think they cool and meaner than the kluson.
i wanna experience why jimmy page/paul kossof/eric clapton (my guitar influences/idols) use grovers during those times. ang difference is very stable ang tuning ng grovers against klusons.

i did not like the tulip tip grover. pang les paul custom kasi ang itsura.
but i kept my r8 with its aged kluson para i have both.

vintage grovers look way way better than the new ones and kluson style tuners IMO.

[maxi_musikero]

nice mods bro! parang kahoy na lang ang natirang stock sa r9 mo. 

kamusta stormy mondays pag clean tone? smooth and tunog acoustic ba?

[r_chino18]

i think they cool and meaner than the kluson.
i wanna experience why jimmy page/paul kossof/eric clapton (my guitar influences/idols) use grovers during those times. ang difference is very stable ang tuning ng grovers against klusons.

i did not like the tulip tip grover. pang les paul custom kasi ang itsura.
but i kept my r8 with its aged kluson para i have both.

vintage grovers look way way better than the new ones and kluson style tuners IMO.

Nice. Onga, pag tulip na chrome ay parang pang Custom...exactly what I will get for my LP.. lol.

Hahaha.. Sabi na nga ba, you'd go for functionality.. Mas sturdy nga daw yung mga ganyang tuners kumpara sa Kluson. 

[tongski_02]

if you wanna go period correct - les paul custom should have waffle back tuners.
kidney beans look good on big headstock les paul customs
'68 ri LP custom i think waffle back or kidney bean tuners.

i have an extra 60's "pat pend" grovers that am planning to install sa r8.
am just looking for a way to age the chrome finish a bit

nice mods bro! parang kahoy na lang ang natirang stock sa r9 mo. 

kamusta stormy mondays pag clean tone? smooth and tunog acoustic ba?

they are more tamed compared sa Mules. they are great pups but PGBlues nails the vintage tone better than the two (monday and Mule)

[maxi_musikero]

they are more tamed compared sa Mules. they are great pups but PGBlues nails the vintage tone better than the two (monday and Mule)

thanks for the insight bro! 

[batasngdm]

Hello fellow forum-ers!

beginner guitarist ako en meron po akong Squire bullet strat. One time nakahawak ako ng Fender Strat tapos napansin ko na ang gaan sa kamay pag nagpress ng strings, dikatulad dun sa strat ko. Naisip ko nasa bridge yung problem, ano bang tamang bridge setup..tsaka parang yung 1st string ko mas mahina yung volume than the rest.

[maxi_musikero]

Hello fellow forum-ers!

beginner guitarist ako en meron po akong Squire bullet strat. One time nakahawak ako ng Fender Strat tapos napansin ko na ang gaan sa kamay pag nagpress ng strings, dikatulad dun sa strat ko. Naisip ko nasa bridge yung problem, ano bang tamang bridge setup..tsaka parang yung 1st string ko mas mahina yung volume than the rest.

for the playability issue, maybe it just needs proper set-up. try playing it again after set-up to check if mahina pa rin volume ng 1st string. if it still is, baka may issue na sa pickup.

[iyzburg]

I'm planning to change the electronics of my guitar.. So far I'm checking out possibilities of purchasing through Bossingboss.. Pero matanong ko lang, wala ba talga mga iyun sa 'Pinas? I'm planning to buy a les paul type upgrade/change, the basic:

• Four 500k Bourns Pots
• Two Drop Capacitors (dati I'm gassing for PIO caps.. but somewhere some said, placebo effect)
• 3-way Box Toggle Switch (preferably black tip)
• Switchcraft Jack
• Wires

May nag-suggest sa akin nun, sa Audiophile daw.. Meron nga?

[maxi_musikero]

I'm planning to change the electronics of my guitar.. So far I'm checking out possibilities of purchasing through Bossingboss.. Pero matanong ko lang, wala ba talga mga iyun sa 'Pinas? I'm planning to buy a les paul type upgrade/change, the basic:

• Four 500k Bourns Pots
• Two Drop Capacitors (dati I'm gassing for PIO caps.. but somewhere some said, placebo effect)
• 3-way Box Toggle Switch (preferably black tip)
• Switchcraft Jack
• Wires

May nag-suggest sa akin nun, sa Audiophile daw.. Meron nga?

you can get Bourns pots from spankyrigor. check if he has stocks.
you can check Saturn/Return if he has the rest of your LP parts available.

[r_chino18]

• Four 500k Bourns Pots
• Two Drop Capacitors (dati I'm gassing for PIO caps.. but somewhere some said, placebo effect)

Available to lahat kay spankyrigor.

• 3-way Box Toggle Switch (preferably black tip)

Kinda hard to look for this import switch. Pero check www.epektos.com. Yung 3-way toggle switch nila dun should be almost the same.

• Switchcraft Jack

Audiophile. Around 120@ more or less.

• Wires

Dami nito sa local electronics shops.

[imartracx]

kainggit naman mga strat nyo!

so far... strap locks, locking tuners and bone nut palang na uupgrade ko sa strat ko hehehe

[stonexubs]

 

[gainsucker]

installed a bone nut



new gauge 11 strings, polished frets

[BlackDiamond]

MIK Epiphone Les Paul Standard

before...



after...





replaced all the cream plastic parts to black and installed Seymour Duncan Pickups ('59 in the neck and Duncan Distortion in the bridge)

I've always wanted a black LP Custom but I'm not a fan of the rectangular inlays. Problem solved!

[kernelsalonpas]

installed a bone nut

http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l189/jents81/IMG_0783.jpg

new gauge 11 strings, polished frets
http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l189/jents81/IMG_0785.jpg

Whoa, gauge 11???  Anong strings yan men?

parang gusto ko na din lagyan ng bone nut ung lp at strat ko  after all that resistance.... ahaha

[maxi_musikero]

installed a bone nut

bro, i saw you sold your Callaham stuff in the classifieds. can you share why? so your strat is now all stock? 

[siopao69]

installed a bone nut

Can you share significant improvements since the bone nut installation? Thanks
I'm torn between bone and graphtechs

[gainsucker]

bro, i saw you sold your Callaham stuff in the classifieds. can you share why? so your strat is now all stock? 

sadly, i had to sell the strat  to get the goldtop back

I will surely get callaham parts once i get the funds to get a custom shop strat. When i removed all the upgrades, the strat went from Oooh to ah? you get what i mean 

Whoa, gauge 11???  Anong strings yan men?

parang gusto ko na din lagyan ng bone nut ung lp at strat ko  after all that resistance.... ahaha

one quick observation whenever i change nuts is the string tension. Bone tends to make you up your string gauge. heaving strings, more tone, more body. and for an expensive guitar, it derserves a good nut, not plastic, not corian 

i can help you install the nut, just buy the precut one in TYMUSIC. konting sanding na lang.

Can you share significant improvements since the bone nut installation? Thanks
I'm torn between bone and graphtechs

i haven't tried graphtech bro, but i prefer the looks of a bone nut.

a lot of discussions out there about bone nuts, saying it has no effect, coz it only affects open strings, oh well, it works for me, i feel a difference. both my lp's now have bone nuts.

[tongski_02]

try nylon on LP's ...its what they used on the 50's LP.
but come to think of it...a lot of luthiers prefer the bone nut...liek malcolm tan and teh guys at historic make over