Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
Flamin Lip
New member
what is that bridge?
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
Schaller Model 456 bridge.
It's a direct replacement for the single-piece non-adjustable bridge/stop piece on the original. No mods were necessary; I just had to replace the studs but the inserts are original. This bridge offers individually adjustable string saddles and microtuners. The microtuners themselves are a godsend. The extra mass of the bridge compared to the original gives the guitar more sustain. Combined with the brass nut, this guitar sustains forever.
It's a direct replacement for the single-piece non-adjustable bridge/stop piece on the original. No mods were necessary; I just had to replace the studs but the inserts are original. This bridge offers individually adjustable string saddles and microtuners. The microtuners themselves are a godsend. The extra mass of the bridge compared to the original gives the guitar more sustain. Combined with the brass nut, this guitar sustains forever.
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notCardio
I walk the line
Love it and hate it
Yup, I hate the fact that it was exactly what I wanted and you tore it up. It even has a bound fretboard!
On the other hand, it's still a great guitar, and I'm sure extremely useful.
Congrats on having what you want. It's a beauty.
Yup, I hate the fact that it was exactly what I wanted and you tore it up. It even has a bound fretboard!
On the other hand, it's still a great guitar, and I'm sure extremely useful.
Congrats on having what you want. It's a beauty.
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notCardio
I walk the line
And thanks for posting the pics.
Most of the guys who say they will never do.
Most of the guys who say they will never do.
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
My pleasure, and thanks for the props.
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
Might I be so bold as to add that if some famous guitarist had had the gall to take a lower-end LP and turn it into a useable guitar, Gibson would be selling the fucking thing for $3,500!notCardio said:Yup, I hate the fact that it was exactly what I wanted and you tore it up. It even has a bound fretboard!
On the other hand, it's still a great guitar, and I'm sure extremely useful.
Flamin Lip
New member
Gotta love a frankenstein! Theyre tools to make music with, not pieces of visual art to behold.
I have a nice old early 90's Studio(ebony fingerboards). That I have a B bender installed on and some sweet/hot Dimarzios. DEATH TO ALL SACRED COWS!!!!!
I have a nice old early 90's Studio(ebony fingerboards). That I have a B bender installed on and some sweet/hot Dimarzios. DEATH TO ALL SACRED COWS!!!!!
Anfontan
Banned by eurt
Zaphod B said:Might I be so bold as to add that if some famous guitarist had had the gall to take a lower-end LP and turn it into a useable guitar, Gibson would be selling the fucking thing for $3,500!
Absolutely-if it becomes more versatile and comfortable to gig with-thats the bottom line. Getting rid of the non adjustable tailpiece/ bridge did wonders for the intonation, without a doubt!!
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fretwire3d
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every guitar i own is modded to hell. my main problem is i have to have every single tone availiable on the guitar. So i coil tap, phase, series v. paralel everything i own. Good job on the brass nut. Plastic nuts are stupid.
Gorty
New member
Zaphod B said:As promised. If you are a purist (and I think you are!) there's probably a lot you won't like about it.
This was my working guitar for years and it shows. It still plays and sounds great. Enjoy.
Nice Zaphod,
What's the pick-up in the bridge?...Sorry if you have mentioned it before somewhere!
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
Gorty, the bridge pickup is a DiMarzio Super Distortion. It can be coil-tapped but I just wired it as a normal humbucker.Gorty said:
ido1957
9K Gold Member
I traded my guitar teacher my Les Paul Deluxe for one of those Les Paul Specials around 1976. Damn thing was stolen in an apartment break in. That's the first one I've seen since - been looking on eBay and they never come up...
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
Well, well. Check out the new Gibson BFG:
http://www.gibson.com/Products/GibsonElectric/Gibson Electric Guitars/LesPaul/Les Paul BFG/
http://www.gibson.com/Products/GibsonElectric/Gibson Electric Guitars/LesPaul/Les Paul BFG/
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notCardio
I walk the line
So in other words
You could've just bought one of those instead of tearing yours up.
And I'm certainly not against modifying guitars to get what you want, it's just that (as somene else has also found out) that particular model is pretty hard to come by. If he had taken a regular modern production dual HB LP and put a P90 in it, I wouldn't have cared in the least. Only certain cows are sacred.
And if I'd already had what I wanted, I wouldn't care nearly as much if he tore up his.
Zaphod B said:
You could've just bought one of those instead of tearing yours up.
And I'm certainly not against modifying guitars to get what you want, it's just that (as somene else has also found out) that particular model is pretty hard to come by. If he had taken a regular modern production dual HB LP and put a P90 in it, I wouldn't have cared in the least. Only certain cows are sacred.
And if I'd already had what I wanted, I wouldn't care nearly as much if he tore up his.
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
notCardio said:You could've just bought one of those instead of tearing yours up.
....that particular model is pretty hard to come by.
Well, there's for sure an element of "If I knew then what I know now..." at play.
I bought that '72 used sometime around '77 or '78 and at the time it wasn't considered anything special (haha). It wasn't rare, expensive, or even particularly well-regarded as far as LPs went. So I had no compunction about throwing away the useless original tuners, for example, or anything else required to make it a decent working guitar.
If I'd been able to look 30 years into the future, would I have done anything different? Beats me. I needed a guitar to play, not one to collect.
All that being said, the new MIA Ash Tele Deluxe that I recently acquired will remain stock, but it will get played. Maybe when my kids are liquidating my estate it will be a nice surprise.
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notCardio
I walk the line
Well, I didn't want it as a collector
That just happens to be what I wanted to play, and what I also happen to love the looks of to boot.
I've got collector's pieces that I didn't intend to. They were cheap because nobody else wanted them at the time, and they kind of spoke to me.
BTW, one of my 'collectibles' has the same DiMarzio, but I didn't do it. Some knucklehead put it in the neck spot of a '63 1/2 MusicMaster. Sounds awesome, though. Nails the squealy part of ZZ Top's LaGrange.
Hey, how about a full frotal shot, and the backside too?
I collect guitar pics.
That just happens to be what I wanted to play, and what I also happen to love the looks of to boot.
I've got collector's pieces that I didn't intend to. They were cheap because nobody else wanted them at the time, and they kind of spoke to me.
BTW, one of my 'collectibles' has the same DiMarzio, but I didn't do it. Some knucklehead put it in the neck spot of a '63 1/2 MusicMaster. Sounds awesome, though. Nails the squealy part of ZZ Top's LaGrange.
Hey, how about a full frotal shot, and the backside too?
I collect guitar pics.
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
You got it.notCardio said:
I won't be able to shoot them in the daylight until Wednesday. If I think I can get some decent artificial lighting I'll take them before that.The back has some major blue jean rivet rash, some of which was there when I bought it, some of which I added. Just warning ya!