JoelKnauber Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Hey! first post here, so don't hate. I'm a college student at UW-Stout, and I play lead guitar along with lead locals for the campus crusade band here at Stout, doing mostly hillsong type music. So i've had this Vintage G400 for quite a while, and running direct in from a BOSS ME-20 was good enough for me for about a year, and lately, i had a thirst for a tone that didn't... suck. i bought a VOX AD15VT, a pretty simple 15 watt amp with a 12AX7 groove tube, and JBL speaker. (sounds really good on the AC30TB setting) and mic'd it with a 57, and that was a huge improvement. I noticed next how muddy my pickups were. so that's where i am now. it started out just like every other vintage g400 (love how the vintage has the neck binding) then i stripped it down I did a LOT of research about the pickups i wanted and here's what i ended up with Went with the Dream 90 from GFS for the neck, and the Gibson 500t for the bridge. i know a lot of people hate on the 500t, but hey, its an SG. its supposed to sound like that. also, the P94 is supposed to go realllly well with a 498t/500t in a thin SG, so, i'm hoping for some nice single coil crunch along with the screaming 500t. I ordered a Cream-Black-Cream full face pickguard from greasygroove about a week ago, that should be coming within the next few days goin for this look: anyways, thats what i've got so far, i'll keep you posted when more parts come in! id love to see some other modded g400's that you guys have got, too. -Joel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaSTuS Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Welcome to the forums Joel, there's a great group of geet geeks around here, I hope you like the place. The P90 neck/HB bridge is a very popular combination, I'm sure you'll be very happy with the results, good luck with it, love to see the final results when the pg arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Looks good.............I picked up a modded Gibson S.G.....I un-modded it, and re-modded it with a Bigsby, a Gibby 57 and a 57 +, and a Wilkinson Roller ( metric ) bridge.........No pics yet......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordy01 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Welcome to the forum. As RasTus said, there are a lot of very knowledgable people here. Stick around. We do have some fun here. A belated Merry Christmas to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueman335 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 The P90 neck/HB bridge is a very popular combination, I'm sure you'll be very happy with the results, +1. I have a HB bridge/P-90 neck in a couple SG's and Dot's. It's a great idea. You get warmth and muscle where you need it in the bridge, and a clearer, sharper neck tone. Should be a lot more common. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueman335 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Stick around. We do have some fun here. But don't get too carried away. We don't want anyone falling down and getting hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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