Members ArKay Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Arkay theres a cimar guitar on your site looks pretty cool whats it like as a player. It has the wrong bridge on it. It came with a nasty, corroded LS-5 wide-travel bridge. Looks like this one... I put a standard Tune-o-Matic on it which can't be lowered as much so it has an insanely high action. Will have to get the correct bridge one day. Getting replacement 4 + 2 tuners which fit without drilling new holes was also a pain in the ass. I ended up having to buy 2 sets of Schaller M6 mini tuners. If you can find one in a good condition it's probably worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GarysBlues Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Interesting thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Runn3r Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 most intriguing guitars thus far! and some absolute beauties:love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C-4 Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Back in 1971, a friend of mine, Jeff Baxter wired up for me, my first hot wired guitar, a Gibson '59 Melody Maker. It had two stereo Gibson pickups, toggle switch, in/out phase, series/parallel, humbucking to single coil spin-a-splits on the tone controls, mono/stereo switching.I had many guitars hot wored after that. What I found was that there are some "useful" tones and some not-so-useful, depending on what you are playing.I also found out that with all the extra wiring, you lose some natural guitar tone. After playing with hot-wired guitars for 25+ years, I went back to stock wiring and found out that I don't really need the extra wiring to get the job done.Possibly the best mods, if you have the pickups for these, are hum to single and in/out of phase. i don't even have those in my current guitars as I have no need for them at this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrkirkish Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Where is the dude that put a dozen mini dano pedals into his guitar? That guy wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 My Tex-Mex Tele Special has five-way switching. Iirc they go like this: 1. Neck humbucker 2. Neck humbucker split to single coil 3. Neck humbucker + bridge 4. Neck humbucker split to single coil + bridge 5. Bridge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members placeboemotion Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 My first "expensive" guitar was an Ibanez ST-300 like this (but in orange) in 1979: It has an active booster for mids and highs and tri-sound switches for each of the humbuckers allowing single coil tap and coils out of phase. These days I don't play it because it makes my Les Pauls feel like a feather weight ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Karma1 Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 I have PRS Santana SE that I've done some electronics mods to.First I installed a Sustainac Stealth Plus system and a three-way mini toggle for the three sustainer modes. Then I put in a Seymour Duncan Custom Custom humbucker in the bridge with a three-way mini toggle to switch between series/parallel/single coil mode. And lastly, I installed a Roland GK2A guitar synth pickup that I use with my Roland GR33. On a non-electronics level, I put on Graph Tech saddles and Planet Waves locking tuners. All in all, an awesome guitar capable of all kinds of interesting sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tweedledee Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 Well, I suppose it's not that crazy, but my '73 Bluesbird has a stock phase switch. My '76 Mustang also has stock phase switches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DenverDave Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 My latest guitar - just got this last week... The tone knob is a coil tap on/off, and the switch between the volume and tone is an on/off for the bridge pickup. I think, if I counted right, it get 13 different pickup combos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 My friend's modded Ibanez NDM1 is interesting. On/off switches for each pickup, and split/series/parallel switches for the 2 humbuckers. Dude!! Did you get that guitar in Massachusetts??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Push pull for 5 tones. push pull pot, switches good for 11 tones! 5 way switch push pull for 6 tones push pull bridge for 5 tones push pull bridge for 5 tones like the Squier 51 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hush Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 My Carvin 127 with Tom Anderson pickups installed. Let's see if I can remember what all these switches do. The right most switch chooses if the coils are in series or parallel for the neck pickup. The white switch to the left is coil selector left right or both. Next is the standard 3 way pickup selector. Then the series/parallel and coil selector for the bridge pick up. The two switches next to the master tone are a phase and a series/ parallel switch for the pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jake7 Posted December 6, 2007 Members Share Posted December 6, 2007 I need to take some pics of my BC Rich Eagle,but my camera is dead, it's got yon' Neil Moser setup with booster and phase/series/parralell and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brett Valentine Posted December 7, 2007 Members Share Posted December 7, 2007 Hush, that looks to be a very flexible guitar. All those switches definitely give it that "Zappa" look! Almost all of them are rewired, but the latest two are labeled: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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