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So I took my boring Squire and decided to have some fun.
It started off life as your typical 3 tite strat, but it needed something, so I did this...
The sound was better, but it was the old Duncan Designed pup from my PC3, and it's not the greatest sounding pickup.
I was going to upgrade it with a white SD TB-14, until Quakana (Dave) offered up a white EMG 81/85 combo and I though cool!
So with Dave's EMG's and the replacement pickguard, the fun can begin.
I took the old pickguard off and placed the new blank on the guitar to take some measurements.
Nothing like a blank canvas.
After all the measuring and more measuring, the cutting began.
An hour later, this was the result.
The EMG's are direct mount under the pickguard, so no screws (the reason for all the measuring)
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Still need to finish off the wiring and do a little bit of fine sanding on the cut edges, but all the hardware is where it should be.
Running the 85 in the bridge and the 81 in the neck, no tone knob and 18 volts. (Swimming pool routes are great!)
I need to go get some more solder and heat shrink sleeves and then I'll be ready to give it a good test run.
Thanks again Dave for the pups!
It started off life as your typical 3 tite strat, but it needed something, so I did this...
The sound was better, but it was the old Duncan Designed pup from my PC3, and it's not the greatest sounding pickup.
I was going to upgrade it with a white SD TB-14, until Quakana (Dave) offered up a white EMG 81/85 combo and I though cool!
So with Dave's EMG's and the replacement pickguard, the fun can begin.
I took the old pickguard off and placed the new blank on the guitar to take some measurements.
Nothing like a blank canvas.
After all the measuring and more measuring, the cutting began.
An hour later, this was the result.
The EMG's are direct mount under the pickguard, so no screws (the reason for all the measuring)
.Still need to finish off the wiring and do a little bit of fine sanding on the cut edges, but all the hardware is where it should be.
Running the 85 in the bridge and the 81 in the neck, no tone knob and 18 volts. (Swimming pool routes are great!)
I need to go get some more solder and heat shrink sleeves and then I'll be ready to give it a good test run.
Thanks again Dave for the pups!
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