Overhauled Model 5

[Rockinloud]

My girlfriend got this for me for my birthday last year. Bone stock but in nice shape other than some swirling & hazing. Stripped everything off it, polished it 5 or 6 times with automotive scratch remover & man did it come out nice! Replaced the stock pickups with a Duncan JB & 59, put a new OFR in place of the JT-6, added a brass block to the Floyd, & D-Tuna and a trem stopper from Floyd Upgrades. Replaced the 5 way switch with a 3 way. Installed new pickup rings, posts for the Floyd & anodized aluminum covers on the back all from Frets on the Net (can't say enough good things about Dave's parts). Just running a single volume & tone control, the third is a dummy. This things plays as nice as my USA Solists and has a really nice well balanced tone.

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

That looks like a brand new guitar, and a sweet one at that. Congratulations!

I never tried the neck through models, but I adore the Model series guitars I've owned. That looks killer, can't say it enough!

I'm loving the JB in my DK2. Clear, punch, and balanced.

[Axewielder]

Nice work! Why not wire up the knobs for vol-vol-tone or vol-tone-tone though?

[Cygnus X1]

Outstanding work RL!
I'd likely go V-V-T as Axewielder suggested, but if it works
for you then it's all good.

[Grandturk]

Looking pretty fuckin' fantastic right there!

[DonP]

I agree about the V-V-T. It would be cool to be able to adjust the volume on each pickup. I did that on some of my other guitars. Also, a Super 5 way E model switch is pretty awesome if you have 4 condutor wiring on both pickups.

Other than that, it looks pretty sweet.

I need to take the swirl remover to my black Model 4. Black really shows the scratches.

[Rockinloud]

Thanks! I almost did V-V-T & someday may set it up that way but wanted to keep it simple. I never use the tone control & actually prefer just a single volume only, like the ProMods. The stock midboost control was pretty nice but I couldn't find a place where it sounded good clean & dirty. Was either too much or not enough & didn't want to be constantly riding it throughtout the night.