justmund
Plank Spanker
It's early Monday morning here in Aus, I'm on my way home after 4 weeks at sea and looking for some motivation to get the tools out.
What's new in the world of PRS mods?
What's new in the world of PRS mods?
It's early Monday morning here in Aus, I'm on my way home after 4 weeks at sea and looking for some motivation to get the tools out.
What's new in the world of PRS mods?
This looks to be the perfect place to post pics of my pickup ring swap. The cream looked alright but I much prefer the black now!
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2007 single cut into a 2017 prs strat.still worth 1/2 price
This looks to be the perfect place to post pics of my pickup ring swap. The cream looked alright but I much prefer the black now!
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After:
Been working on this for a week. My Vela's fretboard was a bit rough so I decided to go at it with 400 and 1000 grit wet and dry to get it silky smooth. To get it really smooth I used a worn piece of 1000 grit soaked in Crimson guitars restorative oil. My cores are so smooth in comparison to what my Vela used to be. I have done this to 3 Gibson's in the past but they were real fence post's.
Before: You can see how rough the board is. I used oil to highlight it. The two frets to the left have been smoothed with 400 grit.
After: I rolled the edges a little too.
Next I switched the toggle for a switchcraft just because I had one in my drawer. Plus I like a cream tip. This layout pleases my eye more and looks more like my Starla.
The next mod was to cover up the damage I did when trying to enlarge the tones hole for the toggle. I used a 11mm drill bit then enlarged to just shy of 12mm using a file. I got a little carried away and ended up pulling the file out more than once and scratching the pickguard. I should have waited until my step drill arrived and done the job properly. I used the step drill to clean up the hole to 12mm today and its perfect now. Anyway to cover up the scratches I decided to give the pickguard the brushed nickel look to match the truss rod cover. Again I used a combination of 400 grit to remove the scratches I added then 1000 to get it smooth and worn 1000 to get it looking nice and even. I was going to just replace the pickguard anyway so it wasn't the end of the world if this did not work
I think it looks better now. Thought's?
Been working on this for a week. My Vela's fretboard was a bit rough so I decided to go at it with 400 and 1000 grit wet and dry to get it silky smooth. To get it really smooth I used a worn piece of 1000 grit soaked in Crimson guitars restorative oil. My cores are so smooth in comparison to what my Vela used to be. I have done this to 3 Gibson's in the past but they were real fence post's.
Before: You can see how rough the board is. I used oil to highlight it. The two frets to the left have been smoothed with 400 grit.
After: I rolled the edges a little too.
Next I switched the toggle for a switchcraft just because I had one in my drawer. Plus I like a cream tip. This layout pleases my eye more and looks more like my Starla.
The next mod was to cover up the damage I did when trying to enlarge the tones hole for the toggle. I used a 11mm drill bit then enlarged to just shy of 12mm using a file. I got a little carried away and ended up pulling the file out more than once and scratching the pickguard. I should have waited until my step drill arrived and done the job properly. I used the step drill to clean up the hole to 12mm today and its perfect now. Anyway to cover up the scratches I decided to give the pickguard the brushed nickel look to match the truss rod cover. Again I used a combination of 400 grit to remove the scratches I added then 1000 to get it smooth and worn 1000 to get it looking nice and even. I was going to just replace the pickguard anyway so it wasn't the end of the world if this did not work
I think it looks better now. Thought's?