Swapping out tuner buttons on a Singlecut Trem and more!

[Tahlee]

Hey guys. I really like the large tuner buttons on my Tremonti, so I’ve decided to put large ebony tuner buttons on my Singlecut Trem.

 

[RickP]

Looks good!

 

[vchizzle]

The ebony buttons are the sh!t.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Bangin’!

 

[Tahlee]

Thank you, boys!

 

[kipkohl]

Big buttons, big buttons
Talk about your tuners
Your guitar's got "em...

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Sorry got transfixed by the Santana. What was the question?!

 

[Warmart]

Boom!

 

[bodia]

Approve!

 

[Tahlee]

I’ve decided to tweak this guitar a little. When bars book bands again, I’ll play this one the most because it’s very light. I need to shake my ass up there for four hours, so weight is a factor for guitars I’ll play out with. I don’t mind a heavy guitar for around the house

I love all of the PRS pickups in my other guitars, but the no.6 in this model are my least favorite. I don’t dislike them, I just want to put a set of Seymour Duncan Amos pickups somewhere, so this is the place. I ordered an Emerson drop in wiring kit to make this really easy, plus I think it’s a good setup for these vintage PAF sounding pickups.

I’m not crazy about the cream pickup rings, only because this Singlecut’s top does not have a natural maple edge; it’s raspberry like the top. So, I’m switching the pickup rings to black. I’m also switching the toggle switch to black.

The speed knobs are too slippery for me. I ordered PRS transparent lampshade knobs with black numbers. That should do the trick.

 

[Black Plaid]

Wooden buttons are always my preference. Looking great!

 

[Tahlee]

Thank you very much. I’ll have to order some ebony knobs from Crazyparts in Germany. It takes a really long time to receive stuff from them.

 

[dogrocketp]

You might want to try sporthitech on the bay. Faster, less dinero, very nice to deal with. Plus, yer money goes to Pennsylvania.

 

[Tahlee]

You might want to try sporthitech on the bay. Faster, less dinero, very nice to deal with. Plus, yer money goes to Pennsylvania.

Thank you very much. I’ll check them out.

 

[bodia]

You might want to try sporthitech on the bay. Faster, less dinero, very nice to deal with. Plus, yer money goes to Pennsylvania.

I’ve dealt with them a bunch. Great folks.

 

[Tahlee]

So, I removed the PRS no.6 pickups and I was able to decode the Singlecut’s numbers in MODCAT.

It is indeed a Raspberry, not a Black Cherry. It’s a 20th Anniversary Singlecut, 10 Top.

I’m swapping out the pickups and guts. I also got black pickup rings and a black 3 way switch tip. The Amos pickups are zebras.

 

[RedGuitars]

You need a truss rod cover?

 

[Tahlee]

You need a truss rod cover?

I took off the plastic one to adjust the truss rod. Now, I can’t bring myself to put it back on because I would like an ebony one to match the tuner buttons. I really need to order one.

 

[BrianC]

I have an SCT as well and love it. I too am not thrilled with the smaller tuners but have not switched them out, perhaps you have motivated me!

I did not like the #6's either and ended up with a Gibson BurstBucker 1 in the neck and a Suhr Aldrich in the bridge. Its kink of a Tremonti set up now. It started off as an attempt to have a PRS LP with a trem using with a BB #2 in the bridge but it was too cool for me. I have Aldrich bridge pups in most of mine now and in the neck in one.

 

[Tahlee]

I like the larger tuner buttons. I hope you do make the switch!

I’ll bet that Aldrich is a nice pickup. I’m drawn to that and the Thornbuckers but I haven’t tried either.