Buddha's mod projects

[andrewsrea]

SX SJM Ash

Mods include
Cavities shielded
Treble bleed mod
.022 petp cap
500k bourns push pull pots
Master volume splits humbucker with 6.8k resistor
Master tone does in series out of phase
Switchcraft jack
US style 3 way
Neck a4 p90 8500 turns 42.5
Bridge TV Jones Classic Plus with custom cover made by myself

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Looks fantastic and great specs! I'd love to hear some sound clips of this build!

[Buddha Pickups]

SX SJM Ash

Mods include
Cavities shielded
Treble bleed mod
.022 petp cap
500k bourns push pull pots
Master volume splits humbucker with 6.8k resistor
Master tone does in series out of phase
Switchcraft jack
US style 3 way
Neck a4 p90 8500 turns 42.5
Bridge TV Jones Classic Plus with custom cover made by myself

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Looks fantastic and great specs! I'd love to hear some sound clips of this build!

Thanks!
I've really always been a fan of the hum bridge neck p90 setup.
Once I finish getting caught up putting pickups in everything I'll definitely be doing some recording

[Buddha Pickups]

Firefly Single Cut
Don't recall the model but don't think they make them anymore.
Got this one for free cause it arrived with a crack in the heel that I had repaired. It was only 60 shipped to begin with and they sent a replacement free of charge in a different color.

Not sure if I should leave the bridge chrome or swap it to black? Then I'd need to change the tuners to black too. Or I can swap the foil to chrome foil or swap the knobs to chrome? Not quite sure. Would be easiest to swap the knobs to chrome

Mods include
Wilkinson style bridge
500k bourns pots
Volume push pull to split humbucker
.015 pio cap
Treble bleed mod
Cavities shielded
Switchcraft jack
P90 sized gold foil humbucker 9.7k
5000 5100 43awg, dual slug coils a5 unoriented and a ceramic flanker to give p90 tones when split
Waxed

[Buddha Pickups]

Hadean KY1/Isis

Always wanted one of these back in the day when they were SX Ky1 series. This popped up at some point on Rondo in the last 10 years and I wanna say it was only like 150ish, so I grabbed it.

Mods include
Cavities shielded
Treble bleed mod
Wilkinson bridge
US style 3 way
Bourns 500k push pull pots
Master volume splits humbucker with 6.8k resistor
Master tone does in series out of phase
Switchcraft jack
Neck hum sized p90 a3 magnets 6750 44awg wire
Bridge hum 53mm a4 magnet 5500x2 42.5awg wire
Waxed.
Black pole screws

[Buddha Pickups]

GearIT sunburst Les Paul

I believe these were $65ish around the holidays. Looks and feels great, I love the natural back. They needed a little more wood in the pup cavities though, it was tough to get them the right height and I had to find some slightly longer screws.

Mods include
Cavities shielded
Treble bleeds
500k bourns pots. Neck tone is push pull
.01 pio neck cap, .015 pio bridge cap
Switchcraft jack
US style 3 way
Neck tone push pull does in series out of phase
Bridge 10k turns 42hfv a5/a4 bar mags
Neck 9100 turns 42hfv a3/a5 bar mags

[BatUtilityBelt]

Hadean KY1/Isis

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GC Used has one for sale right now too, I think the SX version for maybe 179.

[Buddha Pickups]

Hadean KY1/Isis

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GC Used has one for sale right now too, I think the SX version for maybe 179.

I saw that. I think it's the ash HSH version.
Wouldn't mind one of those too but I'm pumpin the brakes on buying right now

[Buddha Pickups]

Epiphone SG Jr tv yellow

I think these might be kinda rare now? The tuners and bridge are trash like most low end Epi's

Mods include
Cavities shielded
Treble bleed mod
500k bourns pots
Master volume splits humbucker with 6.8k resistor
.015 pio cap
Switchcraft jack
A5 with ceramic flanker humbucker, radiator cover
- 6k turns 43, 6k turns 42.5
Waxed
Grover style tuners
Wilkinson bridge

[tobijohn]

Epiphone SG Jr tv yellow

I think these might be kinda rare now? The tuners and bridge are trash like most low end Epi's

I've never seen one of those before. Is it a set-in or bolt-on neck?

[Buddha Pickups]

Epiphone SG Jr tv yellow

I think these might be kinda rare now? The tuners and bridge are trash like most low end Epi's

I've never seen one of those before. Is it a set-in or bolt-on neck?

Bolt on.
It was a limited item around 2012.
I've got a red one too I posted here a year or so ago that I put a hum sized p90 in

[tobijohn]

It was a limited item around 2012.
I've got a red one too I posted here a year or so ago that I put a hum sized p90 in

Thomann has an SG Jr model with several finish colors for around $170 but it's got that ESP Viper body style...

[Buddha Pickups]

It was a limited item around 2012.
I've got a red one too I posted here a year or so ago that I put a hum sized p90 in

Thomann has an SG Jr model with several finish colors for around $170 but it's got that ESP Viper body style...

I'm not crazy about the offset sg style.
I'm glad I got a 3 pickup sg from Thomann before they switched too

[Tiga]

I like that Epiphone SG! I'm not a big fan of offset SG's either however I do like the Westcreek Racer model. It's reverse offset and seems to me would make the neck not feel like it's so far away like most SG' feel to me LOL!

[Buddha Pickups]

I like that Epiphone SG! I'm not a big fan of offset SG's either however I do like the Westcreek Racer model. It's reverse offset and seems to me would make the neck not feel like it's so far away like most SG' feel to me LOL!

They had some of those on ebay the other day for 135ish shipped. I was tempted but grabbed a V for 160 shipped instead

[Tiga]

$135 would have tempted me as well. Did you get the Cerebus V? 160 for that sure seems like a good deal.

[tobijohn]

I'm glad I got a 3 pickup sg from Thomann before they switched too

Ah, the good old days. I have a V, Explorer, SG, a bound and a couple unbound LPs from back then, all with the Gibson body shapes (or close enough so that Gibson asked them to knock it off). I've also got a couple old semi-hollows too, but I don't think their bodies were ever exactly like a 335...

[Buddha Pickups]

$135 would have tempted me as well. Did you get the Cerebus V? 160 for that sure seems like a good deal.

Yep
The silver/blackburst
I'll post pics once I mod it

[Buddha Pickups]

I'm glad I got a 3 pickup sg from Thomann before they switched too

Ah, the good old days. I have a V, Explorer, SG, a bound and a couple unbound LPs from back then, all with the Gibson body shapes (or close enough so that Gibson asked them to knock it off). I've also got a couple old semi-hollows too, but I don't think their bodies were ever exactly like a 335...

You need a thread documenting all your guitars too.

[Buddha Pickups]

Squier VM Jazzmaster sonic blue

Mods include
Cavities shielded
Treble bleed mod
1meg bourns pots
Switchcraft switch
US style 3 way
.047 pio cap
Switchcraft jack
Black pickguard with white plastics
Mustang bridge
A5 neck 9500 42.5 rwrp
A5 bridge 11000 42.5
Waxed
Rhythm circuit switch has been modified to do in series/out of phase.

[Buddha Pickups]

Firefly DC Goldtop

Another ebay return score back in 2019 for $65.

Mods include
Shielded cavities
Treble bleeds
500k bourns pots
Neck tone push pull does inseries out of phase
Bridge tone splits the humbuckers with 6.8k resistor
Lightweight aluminum stoptail
Switchcraft jack
US style 3 way
.01 pio caps
Custom poker chip
Neck a5 mini
Bridge a5 with ceramic flanker

[Buddha Pickups]

Gretsch G2215-p90

Can't believe this was only $200 and still available on adorama. Construction is excellent, electronics and pickups I found to be muddy and I don't like intonated stoptails so I changed that as well. Whomever at Gretsch had the bright idea to do the switch, volume, and tone in 3 different cavities deserves a swift kick in the nuts. What a pain in the butt to rewire.

Mods include
Shielded cavities
Treble bleed mod
US style 3 way
Switchcraft jack
250k bourns volume
500k bourns tone
.022 cap
Master volume splits humbucker with 6.8k resistor
Master tone does in series out of phase
Neck p90 7000 42.5awg a5 magnets large pole screws
Bridge 3250 43awg ceramic x2 magnets LG poles
Tone pros bridge (it's nickel and the rest of the hardware is chrome so next time I'll swap it out for Wilkinson chrome one and sell the TonePros. I just didn't want to put the intonation stop tail back on.)

[Buddha Pickups]

Squier Bullet Mustang

This one took longer than I wanted. I painted the control plate black and swapped the hardware for all black.

Mods include
Treble bleed mod
Cavities shielded
250k volume 500k tone Bourns
US style 3 way
Roller saddles
Switchcraft jack
A5 neck p90 7750 43awg
Ceramic x2 bridge 6000 x2 43awg
Master volume splits the humbucker with 6.8k resistor
Master tone does in series out of phase

[tonebender]

Some very nice instruments!

[Buddha Pickups]

Gretsch 2655t p90
Got this as a bstock for a little over 250 cause there's a finish crack an inch or 2 long coming from the corner on one of the p90s. I honestly didn't notice until recently but now that I've found it I can definitely see it. Anyways, great guitar and actually like these staple p90s.
The only mod I did was swapping the cheap abr bridge for a roller.

[Buddha Pickups]

Rosser Electravox Jaguar

Pine jaguar body from Rosser. Neck and stain and finish from Electravox/my sister in law.
Wired this a little different, I was almost out of 2 way slide switches but had plenty of on/off/on 3 way slide switches so I drilled out the center of the switch plate for a 3 way. The rhythm circuit is not connected as I never use it. I used 1 of the 3 way switches as a kill switch, then the 3 way, then a series/out of phase switch for the last.

Mods include
Cavities shielded
Treble bleed mod
500k bourns pots
US style 3 way
1st switch is kill switch
2nd is the 3 way
3rd is inseries/out of phase
Switchcraft jack
8000 42.5awg a5/a2 neck
9000 42.5awg a5/a2 bridge
Both with claw/baseplate