Custom 7-string Warrior revisited

[Newc]

I replaced the pickups in the 7-string Warrior last night since the Distortion was just entirely too much and the Custom in the neck was entirely too little. I put a Jazz in the neck and a JB in the bridge, but the JB wasn't quite what I'd hoped it would be. The Jazz, however, was perfect.

So I put the Custom in the bridge and now this thing has balls galore.

The low-end is nice and tight and the highs really jump out rather than screech. Looks like I'm losing interest in the Distortion all around as I get older

Since I had the bridge off, I decided to remove the neck and examine the pocket.

Never seen this happen in shipping:






I've got a plan, though. I'll drill for two set pins/dowels through the pocket and heel under the neckplate. That'll keep it from shifting and will be more stable than toothpicking the enlarged holes.

[Norton]

Did you order that guitar by yourself, or bought it second hand?

And why all your CS guitars have bolt-on necks?Don't you think that you're being hard on yourself?

[Newc]

Yep, ordered that one myself, along with the War Angel.

Bolt on = less expensive. I got 2 guitars at the same time for what most muggs were paying for just one neckthrough.

[Norton]

I can cut a neck-thru guitar's neck and bolt it to the body, to make it a bolt-on guitar.I'm super-creative like that

[Newc]

I'm trying to perfect a screw-on neck. The neck has a threaded insert in the end and there's a bolt on the end of the body. You screw the neck on and you have the unrestricted access of a neckthrough with a sculpted heel, and the neck-swapping convenience of a bolt-on.

Only trouble is getting the right number of turns so the neck ends in just the right spot.










:ROTF:

[Norton]

You need a screwdiver, a matchbox, a few aspirines,and MacGyver

[VEGETATHEPUPPET]

Cool

[noodlesatf]

So I put the Custom in the bridge and now this thing has balls galore.

The low-end is nice and tight and the highs really jump out rather than screech. Looks like I'm losing interest in the Distortion all around as I get older

It sounds like you had many of the same complaints with pickups I had. Ultimately, I ended up swapping the ceramic magnet out for a alnico 5 (essentially creating a 7-string version of the Custom-5) in my KxK (maple neckthru, mahogany wings, ebony board), and now I enjoy all the tight punchiness of the Custom with the warmth and character of the JB.

Mike got his JB-7 rewound by Wolfetone to vintage JB specs, and it absolutely slays. I sent mine in, but now I'm waiting seven months.

There is absolutely no excuse for that from the custom shop.

[VEGETATHEPUPPET]

Jackson and a 7 string.. it can't be better ..

\m/

[NextInLine]

I'd never deal with that either, that's not even excusable on a low end guitar let alone a $2k+ custom shop..

[kmanick]

Jackson and a 7 string.. it can't be better ..

\m/

I'm jonesing for a 7 string soloist so bad right now

[YetAnotherOne]

I'd never deal with that either, that's not even excusable on a low end guitar let alone a $2k+ custom shop..

+1

[ancestor]

got any pics of the whole guitar? Is the War Angel a 7, too?