justmund
Plank Spanker
As mentioned in the Modified Monday thread, here's the build of my S2 Mira Semi-hollow. A bit of background first: I've got a SE Semi-hollow with 53/10s in it and my plan was always to put "Siggy" switching on it (2 x mini-toggles for the coil taps), plus some more US parts I had lying around, a toggle left over from a CE22 I put a Graphtech Ghost in, plus some US pots left over from a Stripper I put push-pulls in (that's sounds way more dirty than reality). I never got around to it, and actually I don't play that guitar much, not sure why, but the 624 got about 95% of my play time. I've always had a ping on for Seafoam Green too, I considered a refin in Seafoam on the 624 but my budget juts wouldn't allow it at the time.
Then the S2 semi-hollows were released and the Mira in Seafoam was right up my alley. Right off the bat I knew that I had to have one, and that I would drop another set of 53/10s I had in there, plus do something about the pick guard, I considered buying a white pearloid from the store, hacking off the "rings" and putting proper rings on it, but then I wondered what else I had in my drawer... Oh there's a Narrowfield left over from pulling apart my SE EG, there's a proper toggle, and some US pots, and some mini-toggles. Surely I can route a hole in there for the Narrowfield, at least any mistakes will be covered up by the pick guard...
Then came time to procure one, contacted a dealer, no stock for over a month. I looked at my timetable and if I didn't get the guitar here and done within 4 weeks, it would be another 9 weeks before I could touch it again (work/holiday/work). My hammer of broness Timmy Lee BallztotheWallz hooked me up with DFD from WildWest who had one on their shelves. A quick deal was done and the "Mighty Seafoamer" was on it's way to me. A few projects around the house took priority but a week before I was due to head off I went into guitar mod land...
On the operating table:
A peek under the hood
Nekkid
Testing the pick guard shape with MDF
Trialling the new pick guard (I had this cut by a luthier after supplied the template)
Put some copper tape on the back
Then the S2 semi-hollows were released and the Mira in Seafoam was right up my alley. Right off the bat I knew that I had to have one, and that I would drop another set of 53/10s I had in there, plus do something about the pick guard, I considered buying a white pearloid from the store, hacking off the "rings" and putting proper rings on it, but then I wondered what else I had in my drawer... Oh there's a Narrowfield left over from pulling apart my SE EG, there's a proper toggle, and some US pots, and some mini-toggles. Surely I can route a hole in there for the Narrowfield, at least any mistakes will be covered up by the pick guard...
Then came time to procure one, contacted a dealer, no stock for over a month. I looked at my timetable and if I didn't get the guitar here and done within 4 weeks, it would be another 9 weeks before I could touch it again (work/holiday/work). My hammer of broness Timmy Lee BallztotheWallz hooked me up with DFD from WildWest who had one on their shelves. A quick deal was done and the "Mighty Seafoamer" was on it's way to me. A few projects around the house took priority but a week before I was due to head off I went into guitar mod land...
On the operating table:
A peek under the hood
Nekkid
Testing the pick guard shape with MDF
Trialling the new pick guard (I had this cut by a luthier after supplied the template)
Put some copper tape on the back
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and I settled on Wanda (as in "A Fish Called Wanda").
