SE Mods

[matt3310]

 

[Elliot]

whoa... this is a legendary refinish/mod. That looks stunning. I cant believe you went from blue to brown so well. PRS would call that black gold

 

[bluenova]

What was your technique to get all the blue off without destroying the flame veneer????? That turned out great!

 

[matt3310]

The maple is thinker than that people think. It was hand sanded.

 

[Tim Zwartjes]

Does anyone know if Grover 305c tuners will fit on a Custom 22?

 

[Ovibos]

Does anyone know if Grover 305c tuners will fit on a Custom 22?

I know 406c works as a drop-in. Have it on several of mine. Not sure about 305...

 

[Tim Zwartjes]

I know 406c works as a drop-in. Have it on several of mine. Not sure about 305...

I know those do, but I can only find locking ones

 

[Ovibos]

I know those do, but I can only find locking ones

Right.

And why would you prefer non-locking? I'm curious...

 

[Tim Zwartjes]

To be honest, I've never really used them. I go between tunings a lot, and i wasn't sure how that works with locking tuners. Ive always stuck with Grover or Kluson.

 

[alantig]

To be honest, I've never really used them. I go between tunings a lot, and i wasn't sure how that works with locking tuners. Ive always stuck with Grover or Kluson.

Locking tuners shouldn't affect that negatively. They may even help. They'll eliminate winds on the posts, so you'll have no slippage or stretching there.

And they make string changes much easier!

 

[bluenova]

To be honest, I've never really used them. I go between tunings a lot, and i wasn't sure how that works with locking tuners. Ive always stuck with Grover or Kluson.

Locking is awesome. You spin a wheel to clamp the strings in the posts without having to wrap the strings around or do a locking wrap. Makes changing strings super fast. You can change tunings just like before unlike a Floyd locking nut.

 

[Tim Zwartjes]

That's what i thought, but i wasn't sure haha. I know a lot of tuners have the thumb wheel, but i was checking out the mini Grovers and wasnt sure if those worked the same way

 

[Ovibos]

That's what i thought, but i wasn't sure haha. I know a lot of tuners have the thumb wheel, but i was checking out the mini Grovers and wasnt sure if those worked the same way

The Grovers are self-locking. You align the holes, insert string at near tension, turn it and it clamps down.
The Grover buttons are kinda small, but you can swap them with your stock ones if that bothers you.

 

[Boogie]

The Grovers are self-locking. You align the holes, insert string at near tension, turn it and it clamps down.

The Grovers are a cool design and are light compared to the Schaller alternatives. In practice, a dark stage made for difficult restringings because of getting the holes aligned. Other than that, I liked them a lot.

Honestly, though, a Cu22 should have come with PRS locking tuners (wings, phase II or phase III) and are superior to anything aftermarket. I would not change.

 

[Ovibos]

Realized I never posted the 'finished' SE Singlecut!

I have a place in my heart for 'natural' guitars, and this one I grabbed as a messaround mod platform for Eb rawk. I think the top is kinda cool with the cross-hatch flame.

Mods it came with:
- Grover 406c locking tuners
- Dual push-pull pots
- Gibson pickups

I didn't vibe with the pickups, and hated the individual tapping with 2 pots (also they sounded terrible tapped).

My mods:
- PRS USA nut
- Dragonfire Phat Screamers with black rings. The 'phat' is those oversized pole pieces.
- TonePros locking studs (tried the matching bridge, it's annoying, went back to stock)
- PRS USA volume pot, which comes with treble bleed
- Black toggle switch tip
- Black speed knobs. These ones go to 11.
- Schaller straplocks
- Scotchbrited neck for satiny smoothness

I need to acquire some normal sized tuner buttons. Not sure if I should go chrome or black - thoughts?

 

[Darren]

 

[fender1punk]

That's what I call a unique finish. Looks so good.

 

[umo]

Strap locks on all guitars!

And looking into locking tuners...possibly replacing the nut as well. Hoping for darkened chrome looking hardware because black is too dark and silver is too bright. But Function over form eh?

 

[dogrocketp]

Check with John Mann. He may have exactly what you`re looking for in hardware. And your guitar is already bitchin!

 

[umo]

Check with John Mann. He may have exactly what you`re looking for in hardware.

Thanks for the heads up! I'll check out their hardware.