Its been a while since i modded this... (2 years ago..)
still plays fantastic.
the only thing not changed on this guitar, were the body and control knobs...
IronGear Tesla Shark Pickups Gold
Rs Guitarworks Pre-Wired Vintage Electronics Upgrade Kit with Repro Luxe Bumble Bees- Long...
ended up getting rid of the muff and the iStomps (sounds like a band name.... :rofl:)
went with the Mobius for all my modulation needs.
OD/Dist is handled by the MO / POT and Ivy distortion. the Prince of tone is running at 18v (just doubled up two of the isolator outputs from the gigrig)...
My latest work in progress.
Metro 16 board.
The iStomp next to the MO is just about to replaced with a prince of tone.
The other one will probably be replaced with a boss rc-3 loop station.
Also toying with the idea of replacing the Korg tuner with a couple of micro pedals possibly a...
+1 on IronGear pickups...
I've got Tesla Sharks in my LP, and have used the Hot Slag / Rolling Mill combo in an SGj with good results. I've also played with a set of Texas Locos (single coils) in one of my partscasters.
never had a problem with them, and as mentioned by TomL mine have always...
Stage 5...
where the magic happens :)
finally got around to soldering the pickups and selector switch into the cavity.
tidied the ends of the vintage braiding with 2.5mm heat shrink tubing, made it look far neater
realised that i haven't shown all of the bling... here's the jack socket...
The Epi Prophecy Series (both the GX and EX) have quilted tops and the same pearled knobs, just liked the look rather than a flame top.
as for price... currently the total is running at £915 (about $1,400)... essentially the mods are the same price as the purchase cost of the guitar :facepalm:
i've read loads on the ongoing debates about whether shielding affects capacitance, alters tone (muddies the sound), creates more problems with multiple ground loops etc...
my experience is that in all of the guitars i've built (3x strats & 1 SGj) shielding has reduced hum and noise, without...
Quick Update
not much happening with this build hopefully I'll get to spend a couple of hours with the wiring at the weekend, but have installed the pickups and mounting rings, so i thought i'd post a quick pic.. :D
Hi all,
A couple of months ago I picked up a 2013 Epiphone Prophecy Custom Plus GX in Heritage Cherry Sunburst. While this played ok, I wasn’t overly happy with the instrument as a whole (especially the wiring) as one of the coil splitting pots was a bit flaky.
So I decided to pickup a...
Hi all,
(i have also posted this over at mylespaul.com - so don't worry if you have seen it before)
my name is mike and i'm based in the UK.
First of a big thank you to all the participants of this forum which is a constant source of quality information, the only downside is that it has cost...