Ryan H Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Well, it took over a month to get everything together, but I've finally gotten around to upgrading my '64 Melody Maker that I picked up back in November. All I can say is...WOW! The pickup is a modified Wolfetone Mean/Meaner P90 (it's halfway between the two models, at 8.49K). Soapbar bobbin, dogear baseplate with rounded corners, Humbucker feet soldered to the dogear tabs for adjustment screw threading. No cover, since it wouldn't fit in the rout. A2 magnets. Wolfe makes great stuff. $120 including shipping. Since I didn't feel like cutting up an all-original 48 year-old pickguard, I sent a tracing in to Adam Enstrom at RedZLine Custom Guitars & Pickguards. For $55 including shipping, I got a custom-cut B/W/B pickguard for this thing. Everything fit perfectly. Definitely recommend him for custom Pickguards (and standard ones!). Sent it to my tech, along with the Tonepros AVT-II Wraparound I bought a couple weeks back ($80 barely used, not a scratch) And here is the result! The tone is just unbelievable. Nice raunchy midrange, Alot more bass than the stock pickup (which I still have!) and still plenty of bite in the highs. I think I'm hooked on P90's now. Cleans up nicely with the volume at around 6 or 7. Definitely recommend Wolfe's pickups. I will upload some sound samples some time this week. I recorded some of the stock pickup about a month back, and I'll upload both for you guys to compare. Until then, Ryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 . Melody Makers are always good for modding. Nice mod job. She looks great. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Nice. I love any of he double cutaway MMs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 It's a Junior in the bridge and a Strat in the neck. Perfectly balanced too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 That is the coolest guitar I've seen on here in a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 That looks great! Did it hurt to drill into that vintage body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 That looks great! Did it hurt to drill into that vintage body? No drilling needed! With Wolfe's Modified P90 design, we were able to fit it without any routing ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I think that's a Melody Maker I could actually love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted May 22, 2012 Author Share Posted May 22, 2012 I think that's a Melody Maker I could actually love. Just wait until you Hear it ;) (P.S. one-piece body, one-piece neck, neck thickness at 1st fret is 0.76", and 1" at the 12th) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted May 25, 2012 Author Share Posted May 25, 2012 Sound Clips! Not the best playing on my part, but the basement was about 40F so my fingers were a little numb... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/67633141/Wolfetone%20vs%20Stock.zip (All tracks are pairs, so the first in the pair are stock, the second is the Wolfetone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 . Nice comparisons. Love the sound of the Wolfetone 90s. Like 'em much better than the stock. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 By the way, EQ set flat, guitar controls all on 10. Amp is a Traynor YGL-1. Clean tones with the Gain and Volume at about 9:00. Crunchy tones with Gain cranked and volume at about 7:00 or 8:00. Dirtier tones are my MXR Distortion 3, first Level maxed and Distortion at 1, then Distortion maxed and level lowered a bit. Recorded with an SM57 and another mic I can't remember... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 They have always reminded me of the LP TV. A buddy of mine had a vintage yellow LP TV with 2 soapbars on it. It was a screamer! Congrats on a sweet gitar!! (Billy's LP jr. TV looked just like this http://www.legacystraps.com/lptv.htm He broke the neck off at the body in a terrible fit of hard drinking one night and the repair guy put it back together with a huge metal plate bolted to the back. That dam thing was a totally different axe after that repair) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky4 Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 Sound Clips! Not the best playing on my part, but the basement was about 40F so my fingers were a little numb... Lets get some heat down there!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H Posted May 26, 2012 Author Share Posted May 26, 2012 Lol, the guy who owns the studio blew his furnace. Still waiting to get it replaced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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