[teddis]

This sounds like a great Mod !! Where in Toronto could one get this done ?
Thanks

elvtnedge, on 13 February 2012 - 11:33 PM, said:

1 Volume knob, 1 tone knob and 1 piezo blend knob. 1 3-way toggle for neck/bridge/both and 1 3-way toggle for magnetics, piezo or in the middle position a combination. It had dual outputs like the AL

[teddis]

Bump for any help or a diagram, or where we can get the McDLT mod done.
I am in Canada.
Thx

[capmaster]

AL-120, on 28 December 2012 - 09:51 AM, said:

Hello, Does anyone have instructions/diagrams for the McDLT mod? --- or can anyone point me to where I could find out how to do it? I have two Lifeson Axcesses, one is a very early serial number before they did the pot change, and the other is after. I need to to completely separate the piezo and mag outputs - no need for blend or kill, just complete separation. Thanks!

Excuse me please, but may I ask what pot change you do mean, and what it's about?

[capmaster]

Could it be that "pot change" means the reverted kill switch function of the piezo volume pot? I accidentally found out in another thread that from the start up to S/N AL 99 pulling up this pot turned the piezo signal on while pushing down killed it.

[Rock2112]

capmaster, on 14 April 2013 - 01:22 PM, said:

Could it be that "pot change" means the reverted kill switch function of the piezo volume pot? I accidentally found out in another thread that from the start up to S/N AL 99 pulling up this pot turned the piezo signal on while pushing down killed it.

Actually, up to AL99, the volume pot for the Piezo was not a push/pull at all. Because there was "bleed" from the Piezo into the mags, some early owners complained and Gibson started putting the push/pull pot in as a solution to kill the Piezo completely and stop the bleeding. Any owners of AL99 or earlier had the option to have theirs retrofitted at Gibson's cost.

The McDLT mod is designed to completely separate the Piezo and mags so there can be no bleed, and no need to play around with pots. It benefits people who don't care about the blending feature, don't want to play around with push pull on the Piezo, and don't want the Piezo affecting their mag tone (for example, by having mag sound depend on the battery being there). As the first one to try it, I swear by it and to me it is a no brainer. It made my guitar quieter, more reliable, and there is little reason to ever use blending anyway (the hot side and cold side require different equipment for proper output).

Fyi, in my tech's implementation of the mod, he disabled the push/pull aspect of the Piezo volume pot altogether. I supported that because I would never need it and it is one more thing that can go wrong either at an electronics level or by user error during a gig.