Members V Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 So I am sure many of you know that I like to mod my guitars pretty heavily. I think out of the many guitars I own or have owned only one electric is stock (My Rickenbacker 330). Literally all the others I can't manage to leave alone and I like it that way. It gives fhem all a different purpose and personality. But how many people just leave their guitars totally stock. Around here it doesn't seem like too many but maybe it's just a vocal minority who swap hardware and pickups and refinish and such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Player99 Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 I have a '72 Les Paul Recording that I kept stock. Other than putting the Min eTuners on my SG Special is the way I bought it used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gambit Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 1/5 of mine is stock.. an Epi Dot. a couple of the others have pickups changed, and other 2 just aesthetic changes; pickguards and knobs.. kind of expected with cheaper guitars (all Squiers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 V wrote: So I am sure many of you know that I like to mod my guitars pretty heavily. I think out of the many guitars I own or have owned only one electric is stock (My Rickenbacker 330). Literally all the others I can't manage to leave alone and I like it that way. It gives fhem all a different purpose and personality. But how many people just leave their guitars totally stock. Around here it doesn't seem like too many but maybe it's just a vocal minority who swap hardware and pickups and refinish and such. For me, it depends on the guitar. I have some that are dead stock. and others that have been pretty extensively modified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members artparrott Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 I think its a vocal minority. I'd rather play the thing than go about chopping and changing. I resprayed a cheap guitar once, with spray paint from Halfords, I was unemployed at the time.I only really play vintage stuff now anyway so wouldn't dare mess about with the mojo of an old instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 My guitars are stock atm, but I do want to do a pickup swap in the SG at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FlyGuy10 Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 1/5 of my guitars are modded. The one guitar I have that is modded is a partscaster based on a Squier strat body that was refinished, has a Mighty Mite neck, a bonenut, and different pickups, and an orange drop cap. The only things I did to it was the bonenut and orange drop.I put a bonenut in my Valensi edition Epi Riviera but other than that all of my other guitars are stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 I had every intention of swapping the pickups out of my Gibson SG Special, but after adjusting the pickup heights I love the stock 490's, when set a bit lower they have some air/jangle in them. I did switch the stock knobs for witch hat knobs though....my '89 MIK E Series Strat is all stock, amazing neck on that one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members travisbrowning Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 My danelectro and Jazzmaster are both stock if you don't count the new paint jobs. My Telecaster was modded to hell and back, my bass is stock except for some new pots and my acoustic has been modified a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members imbuedblue Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 When I was younger, had fewer responsibilities, and more time on my hands, I modded the **** out of cheap guitars to make them more useful to me. Now that I'm older, have more responsibilites, and less time on my hands, I keep things stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Danhedonia Posted August 19, 2013 Members Share Posted August 19, 2013 Kinda what Phil said; depends on the guitar (no, not adult diapers on a guitar).Actually, for me it's more about 'little things that bug me.' If something bugs me (a grabby nut slot, a muddy pickup) I try to address it (or, if I'm feeling lazy, send it to Guitar Siberia for a while). I have literally zero feelings about "stock vs. non-stock," excepting potential collectibles, which kinda sorta have to stay stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Firebrand Posted August 21, 2013 Members Share Posted August 21, 2013 I have two guitars that have been left stock The first is my Jeff Beck strat. I have two other loaded pickguards but love the feel and sound I get from the HNs. The other is an Xtone PS1, a set neck vs the newer bolt neck version. I had a PC1v but actually like the pickups better in the standard model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted August 22, 2013 Members Share Posted August 22, 2013 I have 2 stock guitars currently. My G&L ASAT Classic Bluesboy however will only be stock until the TV Jones pickup comes in the mail soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted August 26, 2013 Members Share Posted August 26, 2013 This is the only one I keep stock. Changing anything other than the strings would be pointless. My 1992 Fender MIM Standard Tele is stock except for the electrosocket and the witch hat cap on the pickup selector. I actually like the stock pickups on that guitar. On the rest of my electrics I've changed the pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted August 26, 2013 Members Share Posted August 26, 2013 Dat Vox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted August 26, 2013 Author Members Share Posted August 26, 2013 Fender&EHX4ever wrote: This is the only one I keep stock. Changing anything other than the strings would be pointless. My 1992 Fender MIM Standard Tele is stock except for the electrosocket and the witch hat cap on the pickup selector. I actually like the stock pickups on that guitar. On the rest of my electrics I've changed the pickups. Yeah, I wouldn't touch that either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted August 27, 2013 Members Share Posted August 27, 2013 Maybe two or three of my guitars have changed tuners. Everything else is completely stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stonedtone Posted August 28, 2013 Members Share Posted August 28, 2013 My Lag Roxanne is the only guitar I've modded. Put a set of Fralin P-90's in. All the other guitars are stockand I'm happy with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Roy Brooks Posted September 3, 2013 Members Share Posted September 3, 2013 Most of my guitars are completely stock. The two or three that aren't completely stock only have changed tuners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iodine74 Posted September 3, 2013 Members Share Posted September 3, 2013 Most of mine are stock as well (pbass, strat, les paul, dot, dillion jm, jaguar baritone, yamaha hollowbody), But I have an Aria Bolt neck Les Paul i changed out the pickups... and then my CIJ Jazzmaster, I've put Novak pickups in and a Mastery Bridge on. I also have a Melody Maker that was given to me already modded with grover tuners, vibrola trem removed/Bad Ass bridge put in it's place, and Gibson Mini Humbuckers dropped in, as well as a custom pickguard. I haven't done anything to it myself though. It was my first electric given to me by my uncle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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