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I meant to put the silly decal on it like a year ago, but that's how it goes.

I'm still on the fence about the bridge on mine. If I put in the effort, I can get the stock bridge to intonate tolerably well, but I'm sure four saddles would be easier than two. The tuners had already been upgraded when I bought it from astro; he'd be the one to tell you which ones they were.

Well, I opened it up to take pictures and found one more ground wire that had come unsoldered, so I fixed that and plugged it back in, just out of curiosity. That time, everything worked as it should have--if I held all the wires just so. Then I jammed the whole mess back into the control cavity to ...

Out of curiosity, what would be happening if I had damaged the capacitor? I only get sound from the bridge pickup, and the tone pot goes from nothing to sound, to sound plus a loud buzz, to nothing again. The possibilities that have occurred to me are that I wired it incorrectly--which seems unlikel...

Once I figure out how/where to hang it up in the basement, I'm going to start hitting it with primer. I realize that I don't know the best way of getting the whole way around it, into the cutaways, etc. Any tips?

So suppose I wanted to cheap out on shielding/actually get to work instead of waiting for more stuff to ship: would I accomplish anything by lining the cavities with aluminum foil, or do I need real shielding tape/paint?

Thanks, Nick! Well, a day late, a dollar short, but at least I started it (and I've got it looking shitty enough now that I'll have to finish it, like it or not :) ). How scuffed up is "scuffed up" supposed to look? I went after it with the 600 grit, and I've got the old finish looking dul...

I ended up finding a deal on a Dream 90 neck + Mean 90 bridge on the 'bay, which will probably give me the sound I'm looking for. No wiring diagrams included, though. Can I just wire them as if they were two humbuckers? 500k pots all right?

Ok. I'm looking to start sanding tomorrow. When I do the deed, should I tape off the shielding paint in the pickup rout and the control cavity?

it will fit but the poles won't be well align under the strings. did you think to change the pots and cap? IIRC the original one is just a Musicmaster pickup so the poles don't line up anyway. It is. If you'd rather avoid a rails pickup, a Lace Sensor red actually works pretty well as a bass pickup...

I actually did get sandpaper (400, 600, and 1000 grit, if I remember correctly). It seemed self-explanatory so I didn't stick it in the picture. I'll pick up some 1500 and 2000 as well. Thanks for the clarification.

Ok, I finally got around to going shopping, which ought to put me somewhat closer to finally actually starting this project (my summer did not go at all as planned). Can cur or somebody tell me whether I got the right stuff? I was guessing a bit on the paint, primer, clear coat, etc. http://bestnetw...

I finally had to replace my very elderly PC over the summer, and in the interest of acting quickly and cheaply, I decided I could put up with integrated sound for a month or two while I looked for something better. My past/present recording setup is honestly pretty embarrassing. I've got a Digitech ...

My Mockingbird is getting a big ol' orange stripe down the middle one of these days. I've been putting it off an embarrassingly long time since I think I want to change the pickups while I'm at it, and I might as well just take it apart once. It's a bronze series I bought used for $100 when I was 15...

Short version: Would a Dream 90 in the neck position and a Dragonfire Screamers bridge pup be horribly mismatched in terms of output? Long version: Right now I've got a set of Dragonfire Screamers in my Super-Sonic, and I'm finding that they're just a little too hot to give me the versatility I want...

You are an awesome dad. She's in for a very happy birthday.

One that's still covered with the protective plastic, for starters, so the color is hard to see. I want to know neck specs, but I am tentatively intrigued.

I don't like the strap button coming out of the neck place. Feels awkward like it will fall off at any moment. If I can't adjust then I will put a knob on the smaller upper horn. Congrats! The guitar will neck-dive if you re-locate the strap button. Trust me on this. Still, get or make yourself som...

Right. The rectangular sticker jars against the curves of the guitar too much.

I can't take three-humbucker guitars seriously. They're like some deleted scene from This Is Spinal Tap.