Hey, it's my 5000th post!!! standard faded mods... (it is done... PICS!)

[Murph]

Really nice Thunder.

 

I used to prefer a pickguard. Seeing your Avatar with your sig, side by side, makes me rethink.

 

Best to ya.

 

Murph.

[Riffster]

That looks great man. It is incredible how a couple of modifications change the look of the guitar.

 

I prefer LPs without the guard and looking at yours just confirms that for me.

[dem00n]

Really nice guitar man...i wish i was as lucky as u to own such a nice guitar.

[:oilpit:]

Serioulsy sweet guitar, I dig it all, specially that magnet swap which we need to hear, now!

Kinda reminds me of Slash's Les Paul....

[Old Deadhead]

Looks great TG, still waiting on sound clips

[gromaj]

:- =D>

 

Thundergod, great, great job. Thanks for posting the pics showing your progress to completion.

[Slogold]

Looking good.....Nice.

[nikko18]

how exactly did you go about reversing the polarity on the pickup? cause i know you can do it by just turning the pikcup around backwards but it kinda sounds like you did something else.

 

looks f u c k i n g AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i love that finish, it is definately one of the best looking LPs i have ever seen. it looks like the 59 i saw once but with a bit more flaming.

 

very sweet

[jameswithesg]

maaaan that really dressed her up, nice upgrades, looks great

[cookieman15061]

Thunder that is one beautiful axe man!! So tell did you use the lemon oil on the whole guitar or just the fret board?

[callen3615]

sweet looking guitar man. congrats.

[saturn]

Good job and great pics. Now we want some sound....damn we're hard to please, aren't we

[Thundergod]

Thanks guys... I just put her down after playing her for some hours, feels great (I also did a set up, lowered the strings a bit).

 

Nikko, just turning the pickup wont do the job (and will look weird), what I did was (as recommended by AXE and pippy) take out the magnet, turn the - side to the + side (up is still up) and pull it in back again. Very easy to do, some reviews on the net said that mod was a little difficult but I found it easy (I am handy with tools tho... and have been building stuff since I was 7, previous to that I had an entire career of taking things apart )

 

 

Thunder that is one beautiful axe man!! So tell did you use the lemon oil on the whole guitar or just the fret board?

 

Thanks man! About the lemon oil, I just applied it on the fretboard... I used GHS's guitar gloss on the body (just the top). That lemon oil works wonders on that fretboard, it can get really dry from time to time (while temperatures here are very high, the place where I keep my guitars and do most of my playing is very very cold, as I like cold).

[Dynadude]

Really nice TG. You have good taste.

 

~waits for sound bites~ :)

 

BTW, I've been using the same bottle of GHS polish for about three years. Love the stuff, and it seems to last forever.

[Thundergod]

Thanks dynadude, I'll try to do some recordings this weekend and post them ASAP.

[Flight959]

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Nice one Thunder!

 

Whats the score with the Fishman?

 

Flight959

[Thundergod]

I know this will souond weird... I didnt use it... I have a LR baggs bridge right here... but it is chrome!!! I just cand stand it ...

 

What I think I will do is this... when I get my new tele (wich has the same config as a gibson: 2 vol 2 tone knobs, stop tail/bridge combo), I'll replace the bridge and tailpiece with the lr baggs bridge and the tp6 tailpiece... I am waiting for the preamp to arive, I ordered it from stewmac a week ago.

[Thundergod]

Now I need to update my signature...

[Flight959]

Just PM'd you buddy!!

 

Flight959

[MikeRom]

OK, you guys just making me gas too much for covers so I ordered a pair. I was told by one place that the nickel covers are being discontinued. Maybe that's why the Gibson store is out of them? Dunno ... Hopefully I'll get these by the end of the week. Will post pics when I start the conversion.

[Aaresz]

Looks SWEET!

 

I noticed you've aquired a few more Fenders also! :-

[RichCI]

That turned out really sweet, TG!

[Thundergod]

Thanks, it really rocks... the PG mod is useful and she looks great...

 

I didnt get time to record anything during the weekend (st valentine's day... my girl almost killed me when I mentioned I was gonna spent some time recording some guitars... first time she's been jealous of them since we are a couple... she used to be jealous of them when we were just friends tho)

[jameswithesg]

hhmmmmmm:-k whats the peter green mod?

[Tim Plains]

Looks great, Thunder!! One suggestion, if I may?

next time you replace the strings, try flipping the bridge so the screws face the pickups. Just to give it that vintage look.

I just did it to my 335 (ABR-1). It might be a slight pain in the a$$ popping each saddle out and reversing them...again just a suggestion. I think it looks great that way. Plus, there's more clearance on the back of the bridge.

 

5,000 posts...already? Weren't you at 4,000 last week?

What do you do, just hit +1 all the time??