Eric Koegh Penrod Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 I have been a craigslist junkie for a while and came across this 04 Worn Brown Studio Dot for $80.00 !! All it needed to make it playable was to tighten up the vol & tone pots,adjust the truss rod, clean the dust off and tune up! not a scratch on it! I was thinking since I got it so cheap and did not have to invest any $ I would sell it since I have another Studio Dot. Then I got to thinkin about how I had wanted to put P90'S in my other SDot but it was way to nice and sounded too good with the pafs I put in it.......so I went nuts on this one, tried to keep the investment down as low as possible and this is what I did: Graptech nut CTS pots PIO .033 cap ebay- Gibson p90 neck,SD Hot p90 Bridge Switchcraft switch "Towner Tension bar" Bigsby B30 I have never really cared for black hardware but on the worn brown finish it looks real good. I wanted to put the Bigsby B11 on it because I liked the open section of the tail piece but it was more $ then the B30 so I picked up a B30 and cut out the middle if the tail piece and then painted every thing black to match the rest of the hard ware. Before I touched it...... 1 by Digging in...... 2 Little sheilding.... 3 The B30 5 Cuttin it up..... 6 Ready for paint...... 7 Paint......Rustolium thru my spraygun.. 8 Ready to attach....... 9 Ready for action!!!! 12 This git is a F@#KIN Beast! it sounds and plays better then I could have imagined! Total investment :$320.00 This is my first p90 guitar and now I have Two killer Studio Dots that look and sound completly different than one another. -Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyphre Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Whoah. Hot. How do you rlike that Towner Down tension Bar? I think I might install one on my Dot along with a Bigsby B-11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Killer job! And Killer looking guitar! The bigsby and the p90s look really good together. That's just about the nicest looking Dot Studio I have ever seen. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 That really turned out sweet! Great idea and great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Nice job. That looks cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSAR Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 HNGD, and congrats on some sweet mods! That's gotta be one of the nicest looking Dots I think I've seen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweed2 Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 I have to echo what everyone else is saying. Outstanding job. I especially like the transformation of the Bigsby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Koegh Penrod Posted October 11, 2012 Author Share Posted October 11, 2012 Thanks for the good word everyone! yea I am pleased with this one, the Towner Tension bar works great , you dont need to drill any mounting holes for a bigsby and it fits nicely in place of the orig tail piece. I have been having fun playing thru different amps, the p90's breakup real easy. Plugged straight into the amp it almost sounds as if you have a pedal plugged in as well, Almost nails that George Thurogood tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 Eric... I'm jealous... <grin> Your mods are not at all anything I'd have done, but the Craig's List "steal" and opportunity for a project guitar that fits your needs is a great example of a solid inexpensive guitar turned into a very capable "one off." m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayyj Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Awesome! Great work! Very cool looking guitar and I love the extra work you put in with the Bigsby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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