Not quite my cup of tea but a nicely built guitar. The owner has decided on a pickup upgrade so it should be a fairly simple job. Off with the control knobs. It’s all plug in so shouldn’t need any soldering, apart from the cable for the neck pickup, just not long enough so I spliced […]
Here’s a nice looking Strat’. A rather nice upgrade with a new pick-guard and a set of Iron Gear Pickups. It’s also got a problem with one of the saddle height screws. A new set will sort that out. The new pickups are switchable with a Low/High output so I’m going to fit three Push-Push pots. […]
I’ve often said that any guitar can be improved by fitting a Bigsby. I guess that’s not exactly true, but how about this one! Fitting it isn’t difficult, it’s only 4 screws after all. As ever the devil is in the detail though! I’m figuring about there…. Just far enough down to cover up the witness mark […]
Here’s a great way to improve our guitar. Rather than trade it in for an upgrade how about changing the pickups? These should sound good. About the only bits that I’m going to keep are the volume pot and the pickup switch. That’s the new wiring. I’ve added push/push pots on each of the tone […]