Members Carcinogen Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 Okay, so I bought this Peavey T60 from a guy on Craigslist the other day and applauded myself for only paying 120 for it. He said he'd done some 'modifications' to it, but they all seemed innocent enough, that is till I removed the replacement pearloid pickgaurd he was using to hide his butchery. For starters, he removed the original pickups and put a 7 string pickup in the neck. To do this, he had to expand the cavity quite a bit. He also decided it would be an awesome idea to put in extra cavities for split P bass pickup halves that would only register three strings. He also said at one time he had some kind of synth circuitry installed which required "A little bit of routing" It seems that I now own a very rare 'Semi hollow body' T60. Joy. What the hell did he do his routing with, a spoon? Jaysus! Why would anybody take such an awesome guitar and gouge into it like this? What I plan on doing is smoothing out the sides with a router, and using some kind of epoxy to completely fill in the cavity, and start the new cavity from scratch. I'm going to have to completely re-finish the guitar, as the original pick guard doesn't cover up the new holes from the bass pickups that this yahoo had installed. It's also worth noting that, rather than wire the pickups through a switch, he had separate inputs for each one... I don't know if he was trying to do some kind of stereo thing or something, but I just find the whole thing to be quite idiotic. Aaaaaaaaaaaanyhoo, what kind of epoxy would you recommend? I don't want to use wood putty because it's basically sawdust, I'm looking for some kind of 2 part epoxy that will be able to resonate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members reverberlayed Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 Sounds like a Local H fan. He put the bass pup on separate jack to run to a bass amp. I can't help you with the other questions but hopefully it all works out for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockStringBendr Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 clean up the edges with the router and then infill with real wood, matching the existing species if it is known, and then reroute. No epoxy, you will not be happy with that fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peavey-T60-guitar-body-some-hardware-/160646275468?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item256743a18c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 I agree with Cephus. I think that perhaps finding a body and grafting your components to it would be a very good option. It's a shame that the "craftsman" you got that from flunked seventh-grade shop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carcinogen Posted September 3, 2011 Author Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peavey-T60-guitar-body-some-hardware-/160646275468?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item256743a18c Bugger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zackb911 Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 Ouch that's some serious butchering! I would also just go with a spare body... I almost bought a T60 at Daddy's Junky Music but realized it had been all modified/butchered when I got there. I left empty handed and disappointed. Though $120 you still didn't do bad, I'm sure it's worth that in parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Deadbeat Son Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 HNGD! (sort of...) clean up the edges with the router and then infill with real wood, matching the existing species if it is known, and then reroute.No epoxy, you will not be happy with that fix. I agree with this. Clean up the cavity and glue in some real wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 My first instinct would be to clean up the cavity as you described. Then, if you don't want to undertake a refinish, button it back up and enjoy. As weird as it may sound the guy may have inadvertantly lightened things up a bit...and those guitars have a reputation for being heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members j*h Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 poor guitar!hope you can get it sorted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TunaNugget Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 Me, I would put the pickguard back on as soon as possible. Open-and-shut case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 If it sounds and plays OK, why worry about it. Those things are normally boat anchors, so at least it's a bit lighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goatman Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members profgalen Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 OMG That is sad. Those are great guitars though. Reminds me of the time I installed Fender Wide Range pups in a 69 two pup Melody Maker SG. This was in 72 and I was 16 and even stupider than I am now. My router was a hammer and a chisel. I ended up with a "swimming pool" route. The pick-guard cover it and I was happy. Dumb but happy. Anyway HNGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jelloman Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 no sympathy from me, man...when he mentioned modding you should have opened it up, and if the seller refused you should have walked away... ...you got what you paid for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 no sympathy from me, man...when he mentioned modding you should have opened it up, and if the seller refused you should have walked away......you got what you paid for... +1 Especially when the word routing is involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carcinogen Posted September 3, 2011 Author Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 Very true. I guess I grew up in a town inhabited by skilled craftsmen, so when I hear somebody talking about doing work like this I assume that people know what they are doing, ha ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hecticone Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 Put it back together the way you want it and see what it sounds like. It may sound stellar and who cares about the routing it can't be seen anyhow. If it doesn't sound good then address it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members flummox Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 My first instinct would be to clean up the cavity as you described. Then, if you don't want to undertake a refinish, button it back up and enjoy. As weird as it may sound the guy may have inadvertantly lightened things up a bit...and those guitars have a reputation for being heavy. This is the best advice, right here. It might even sound better - one of the very best Strats I've ever come across was a mid 90s USA with the swimming pool route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Insighter Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 I own a T60 and it is real heavy. You may be able to part it out for half your money back if the neck is in good shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mnhhngbfs Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 i would just cut a new guard for it and call it a day. filling that cavity sounds like a lot of work for something only you will know is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Arr0wHead Posted September 3, 2011 Members Share Posted September 3, 2011 Sounds like a Local H fan. He put the bass pup on separate jack to run to a bass amp. I can't help you with the other questions but hopefully it all works out for you. And many on board synths also use a separate jack. And require extensive routing. Especially older, larger units. As soon as he said "synth circuitry" you should have expected that thing to be nearly hollow. As for the messy route, some people don't worship the guitars, they play em. You'd {censored} yer pants if you saw what I've done to my 35 year old Gibson over the years. If the instrument did what he needed, he's not an idiot OR incompetent. He's just has different goals and methods than you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RockStringBendr Posted September 4, 2011 Members Share Posted September 4, 2011 My first instinct would be to clean up the cavity as you described. Then, if you don't want to undertake a refinish, button it back up and enjoy. As weird as it may sound the guy may have inadvertantly lightened things up a bit...and those guitars have a reputation for being heavy. :idea: That's actually real time good advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JR13 Posted September 4, 2011 Members Share Posted September 4, 2011 I'd be embarrassed to sell that if I routed it like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members w00dsy Posted September 4, 2011 Members Share Posted September 4, 2011 it has Gibsons patented chambering, added bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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