I modded my Blacktop Baritone

sonidero · Post by **sonidero** » Mon May 13, 2013 11:46 am

Damn the thing I like about mine is the pickup selection and if I did one pickup I would just do a humbucker in the neck and have the volume knob in the rear... Kinda like a reverse of yours...

Let me know if you replace the tuners or bridge... Mine sounds sick through Fuzz and 2x15s...

voerking · Post by **voerking** » Mon May 13, 2013 3:24 pm

debating throwing the stock bridge pickup back in. this Virtual PAF might sound 'too good'. the stock pup didn't sound all that great on it's own, but it had a real focus in the mids that i think i might miss. the new pickup is more full frequency. sounds better when i play alone, but doesn't cut as well in a two guitar band.
i might wait a bit to get a bit more life out of this set of strings. i'm cheap & hate to waste a set after only two band practices.

Bon Hoga · Post by **Bon Hoga** » Tue May 14, 2013 1:10 pm

If you're using Ernie Balls they'll last a while. If it's D'Addarios, don't worry - a rehearsal or two and they're dead as wood.

voerking · Post by **voerking** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:44 pm

i think i am finally mostly completely happy with this guitar (until i decide to replace the tuners & saddles).
after several pickup swaps, i ended up with a Baby '71 HB sized wide range humbucker made by The Creamery. i also stuck on that big knob that i harvested from an old, broken centrifuge at work.
behold:

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:59 pm

NICE!!!! How you digging that 71??

voerking · Post by **voerking** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:49 am

skullservant wrote:NICE!!!! How you digging that 71??

very middy. rolled off lows & ultra highs. sounds like someone carved out everything but the 'cut through the mix' frequencies & designed a pickup for just that. works perfectly for my needs.

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Fri Aug 23, 2013 8:51 am

Nice!!!

voerking · Post by **voerking** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 2:51 pm

i am for realsies done now. pickup is now (and forever) a Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen.

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 3:22 pm

So awesome. How are you liking the new pickup? Is it P90 based?
Also, dat wear. What do you use for picks??

voerking · Post by **voerking** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:17 pm

skullservant wrote:So awesome. How are you liking the new pickup? Is it P90 based?
Also, dat wear. What do you use for picks??

love the pickup. it's basically a hot P90 in a humbucker sized package.
some of that 'wear' is dust. :lol:

for picks, though, i have been using these for around ten years:

skullservant · Post by **skullservant** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:19 pm

So hot

Ancient Astronaught · Post by **Ancient Astronaught** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 4:21 pm

voerking wrote:i am for realsies done now. pickup is now (and forever) a Bare Knuckle Mississippi Queen.

So nice dude!!!!

If it was black or silverburst with a maple fretboard I'd be in my personal heaven!

Mudfuzz · Post by **Mudfuzz** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:21 pm

So badass!

sonidero · Post by **sonidero** » Mon Dec 02, 2013 10:51 pm

Mudfuzz wrote:So badass!

Still playin mine stock and the pickups look like they're 25 years old already, crazy oxidation...

I wanna bucker in the middle and that's it...

Achtane · Post by **Achtane** » Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:35 am

Lookin' fine :!!!:

sonidero wrote:I wanna bucker in the middle and that's it...

Me too, that's the eventual plan for a project in my head.

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