Ricochet Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Got pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKitten Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 No surprise at the lack of response. Modding a Wildkat is heresy if you ask me. It looks and sounds so brilliant as is. Biggest mod I made to mine was to put straplocks on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Screw Santa...erm Satan. This is the plan: Replace the B70 with a B3. Fit a Compton bridge. Replace the chrome P90 covers with some black ones. Possibly replace pickups alltogether. maybe filtertrons Replace black/chrome reflectors with something else. Gretsch arrows or chrome domes. Fit a short b/w/b 335-style pickguard. Maybe fit some Sperzels. Remove the silly plastic switchplate(what, I can't play solos with the neck PU?) Fit new nut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw1960 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 What difference will Filtertron PUPS make from the stock PUPS? I know that replacing the chrome covers to plastic reduces the feedback. I'm thinking in that direction. Dumb question: Are Filtertrons P-90's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw1960 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Forget the last question. The Filtertrons are the Gretsch PUPS. OK... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledge57 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I like the Filtertron Idea, poor mans Gretch, but I don't think Sheila wants me modding her guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw1960 Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 But will the Filtertrons fit the face of a Kat like the P-90's. Or do they have to be recessed? I dunno? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabar Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Filtertrons (either the Gretsch High Sensitivity ones or the TV Jones versions) are low output humbuckers that have a distinctly smaller footprint than the dogear P-90's, so some sort of surround ring would be needed to cover the routs on a Wildkat. The only mods I did to mine are the pearl-capped knobs, which I think look classier on the 'Kat (and also recap the fingerboard dots). I'm quite happy with the sound of mine, so I'm not planning any further mods. Here 'tis: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiman56 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Whatever you do, Rich ... don't change the color of that axe. It is breathtaking! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw1960 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Parabar, Your Kat is SWEET. Mine also has a awesome matched veneer. I want to change my knobs also. Where is a good website where there different variations that are compatible with the Kat's knob pole size? Thanks. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcwillow777 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Parabar' date='Your Kat is SWEET. Mine also has a awesome matched veneer. I want to change my knobs also. Where is a good website where there different variations that are compatible with the Kat's knob pole size? Thanks. Michael[/quote'] HERE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabar Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 The knobs I got have a small setscrew (like Tele knobs) so they'll fit purtnear anything. I found mine on eBay, but GFS and Allparts are also good sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyke1 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Not to hijack this thread, but my 'Kat is due tomorrow and I hope the finish is as gorgeous as on Parabar's. I've noticed on pictures that some seem to have that slightly chequered finish - very classy - while others are a more plain (but nice) flame type finish. Variability in the finishing process? I'm not considering any mods for mine...yet anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricochet Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 Chequered like Sledge's? Not finished that differently except the first coat is a black stain to bring out the stripes. Also tigerstripe maple has an almost 3d quality looking at it under a different angle or lighting. Congrats on the Kat. They're really nice guitars. Here's mine, a Ltd Edition in Sunrise Orange: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyke1 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Interesting! Not having seen my new one in the flesh yet I'm curious as to the finish it has. And before you ask - there will be pics! Love the orange. I would have gone for that shade but it meant waiting another three months here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKitten Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Interesting! Not having seen my new one in the flesh yet I'm curious as to the finish it has. They're not all quite so prominent in the flame department. Mine is a Trans Black and it's a fairly dull one' date=' I've seen brighter even in this finish. In low light or indoors it looks more or less like this (forgive the "wild kittens", they're very curious): [img']http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f234/ggalanbindg/forum/kat02.jpg[/img] But outdoors in bright light, or (in this case) with flash photography you get to see the flame more clearly: Some of the other colours like the bright turquoise or whatever it is don't have a flame at all as far as I know. They all have really thick poly finish though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spyke1 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Anyone ever put a pickguard on one of these? What string guage is best? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanH Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 (forgive the "wild kittens"' date=' they're very curious): [img']http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f234/ggalanbindg/forum/kat04.jpg[/img] [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HF51EPC3Dh8&NR=1[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BKitten Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 That one's checking the action. Anyone ever put a pickguard on one of these? What string guage is best? I use 10-46 because that's what it came with and it feels good. No reason why you can't go heavier or lighter. Most people here seem to like the heavy guages but I think those people are insane. I want my fingers to still work in 30 years time. Pickguard, hell no... I'd have to drill holes in the thing, that ain't gonna happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strumbone Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 The knobs I got have a small setscrew (like Tele knobs) so they'll fit purtnear anything. Purtnear...boy' date=' haven't heard that in ages. Sure you're not from "Southern" CA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Graves Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I swapped the bridge pickup in my Alleykat. Put in a BG Pure 90. If you've never played a P90 with a minihum, you're missing out... EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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