Did some minor surgery on my SE Hollowbody II...

[Aahzz]

The before...

The during...

And the after...

Also discovered I had a set of lampshades in my parts drawer, yay!!

 

[bodia]

Nice! I approve.

 

[Joesnewmatch]

That's a winning mod! Drop in easy, or elbow grease required?

 

[Aahzz]

That's a winning mod! Drop in easy, or elbow grease required?

Ridiculously easy, took maybe 15 minutes.

 

[CandidPicker]

Concur. Good job. The locking tuner swap required on a few simple steps and positioning with a machinist's rule. Don't forget to buy a 10mm deep socket for tuners, you'll find it much easier this way.

 

[Aahzz]

Concur. Good job. The locking tuner swap required on a few simple steps and positioning with a machinist's rule. Don't forget to buy a 10mm deep socket for tuners, you'll find it much easier this way.

I just used a small adjustable wrench.

 

[CandidPicker]

I just used a small adjustable wrench.

You're braver than me. My concern was the wrench slipping and dinging the finish. I used a $3 (10mm) ¼" deep socket, a $2.75 hex>square ¼" adapter, and my ratchet-reversible screwdriver. My hands aren't steady enough for the adjustable wrench.

 

[dmatthews]

LOVE that mod/upgrade.

 

[Davey]

I used a nut driver on mine. Worked perfect. BTW, nice work Aahzz. Looking good.

 

[Aahzz]

You're braver than me. My concern was the wrench slipping and dinging the finish. I used a $3 (10mm) ¼" deep socket, a $2.75 hex>square ¼" adapter, and my ratchet-reversible screwdriver. My hands aren't steady enough for the adjustable wrench.

I had the same concern, just worked slowly and carefully.

 

[Tim S]

Your deceptive thread title has me yelling “NOOOooooo!”

Then I read what you did and I was relieved. You had me for a moment.

 

[Stephen J.]

Nice. Looks great and likely makes string changes a little easier. Notice any tonal shift?

 

[Aahzz]

Nice. Looks great and likely makes string changes a little easier. Notice any tonal shift?

Have only played unplugged so far, and of course there was a string change involved, so on one hand I'd say even unplugged it seems a touch brighter and has more overtones, but that may be the new strings....

 

[CandidPicker]

I had the same concern, just worked slowly and carefully.

So did I, but you said 15 minutes. I was like, how the heck...? I think even working slowly, it took me almost 45 minutes. I was checking the West St video as I was working, so that may have been the reason...

 

[Roy]

I used a nut driver on mine.

That’s what she said...

Seriously, nicely done mod!

 

[g.wizz]

Very neat and simple upgrade, enjoy

 

[Aahzz]

So did I, but you said 15 minutes. I was like, how the heck...? I think even working slowly, it took me almost 45 minutes. I was checking the West St video as I was working, so that may have been the reason...

OK, I lied. I got curious and went back and looked at the time stamps on my photos - counting unstringing/restringing it was 45 minute, with 25 involved in the actual tuner swapping part. There was a 5 minute interruption by Mrs Aahzz involved.

I'm also curious as to why you mentioned using a machinist's rule - I just positioned them using the small screw for the back of the headstock - what other positioning option is involved? Wondering if I missed something by not watching a video/reading instructions...I just unscrewed the screws on back, then undid the nuts that hold them on, then reversed the process.

 

[John Beef]

Which tuners are those? Phase 2? SE locking? I see brass.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Nice!

 

[Aahzz]

Which tuners are those? Phase 2? SE locking? I see brass.

SE Locking