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I recently acquired a PS-4 and like the way it plays and looks, but it does not have a great plugged in tone.Everything is stock. If I replaced the pups and controls and installed an OFR or at least a JT-580, and if needed, had fret detailing done, will the tone be really discernible from a higher end model? Any comments or experiences would be greatly appreciated! ...Also, any stories on a JT-500 to OFR swap. At a casual glance it looks like the pivot posts on the JT- 500 are just a hair closer than the Floyd.. Thanks guys
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i did pretyy much all those mods to my old ps-4, never had the honor of playing a DK1 but my PS-4 was very well built and played like a fisrt class instrument in my opionion, it was an earier japan manufacturer -
Quality of wood does factor minimally into the amplified tone. There's no way the PS-4 could have been made with wood of equal quality to the USA DK-1. To presume so is lunacy.
If you put top-brand pickups and an OFR on the PS-4 it will not be equal to a DK-1. A DK-2 maybe, as long as your PS-4 was made in Japan, where the only difference between the Professional and Performer models were hardware and cosmetics (inlays, binding, etc).I want to depart this world the same way I arrived; screaming and covered in someone else's blood
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I thought my jdr94(same as ps4) had great tone but needed more output from the jackson pickups. I would look at a jt590 or the schaller trem though since the 500 was a copy of it. I don't think the jt580 will fit the base plate is too big. I'm not sure of the ofr, the block maybe too long.Comment
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I agree, maybe a DK2 but not a DK1. DK1 may look like a DK2 but it's built completely different. The PS4 = Stealth with a Hum in the bridge versus a Single...I think...Originally posted by Newc View Post
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ps-4 is nothing like a stealth XL has an ash body h-s-s. but ps-4 are great guitars! thin necks and yes changing pickups will improve the tone as it would in any guitar. jt-580 no no schaller why bother? But pickups good startOriginally posted by GodWentPUNK View Post
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Your blue PS-4 has a pretty decent grain on it. I have the black and I also find the fast thin neck very good.I'm fitting a OFR and new electronics and maybe a mini toggle or 2. I think she'll be a screamer and a keeper!Originally posted by john.w.lawson View Postps-4 is nothing like a stealth XL has an ash body h-s-s. but ps-4 are great guitars! thin necks and yes changing pickups will improve the tone as it would in any guitar. jt-580 no no schaller why bother? But pickups good start
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huh?Originally posted by chenle
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