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Pickup and Switch Installation

10 Responses to “Pickup and Switch Installation”

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   chronicon
   August 4th, 2006 at 8:26 pm

   Stew-Mac is a great place for guitar parts, finishing supplies, and tools for luthier work. Warmoth is the best for bodies & necks.

   The blue you picked looks just like what I picked for my custom many years back. My pictures of it always come out bad but every time I looked through your photos when you were painting the SG, there it was! A solid choice IMO

   If I had to do it over again, I would have done the finish myself–even if it would’ve been a total pain. I paid a lot of money for it…

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   Brad
   August 4th, 2006 at 9:03 pm

   Hey awesome. Just curious — how much did it cost you? I never even looked into getting it painted, I just assumed it would cost too much and really part of the reason I wanted to do it was to learn more about the guitar.

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   chronicon
   August 5th, 2006 at 12:09 am

   This was about ten years ago. It was done at one of the best shops in south Texas. The finish for the body & neck I believe was about $600.

   I could sure use that cash today! LOL

   Live & learn, we hope?

   I have been considering building an Explorer-style guitar for a while now. I would do the finish myself this time around though.

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   Dylan
   August 5th, 2006 at 7:33 am

   Aw, man! There’s an Epiphone Explorer bass at Hickey’s, or at least it was there, and it’s really awesome! The singer from Coheed and Cambria uses one most of the time (http://gumpmedia.com/wp-content/photos/2005-coheed-01/coheedandcambria3.jpg), and they have a great sound. But probably one of the coolest guitars I’ve ever seen is the Fender Toronado (http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-Toronado-GT-HH-Electric-Guitar?sku=511942).

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   Mike
   August 5th, 2006 at 9:05 am

   How long did this whole thing take you (from stripping to reasembled) ?

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   chronicon
   August 5th, 2006 at 9:56 am

   What I really want is a Warmoth compound radius neck with stainless steel frets. The best of all worlds–great action and frets that will never where out!

   They didn’t have the stainless steel frets when I put my Warmoth together or I would already be set.

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   Brad
   August 5th, 2006 at 11:02 am

   Mike: about two months I think. Though a lot of that time was wasted with screw-ups and finding the right supplies and then assembling a work bench.

   chronicon: that’s pretty freaky, I’ve never seen any Warmoth stuff before. I’ll have to check it out.

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   Tom
   August 13th, 2006 at 12:45 pm

   Hey Brad,

   nice job on the guitar and thanks for posting it all, i’m doing the same on an SG now and i find it real helpful. just one quesetion, where did you get the sanding sealer in ottawa? i tried home depot and lee valley but no luck.

   thanks

   tom

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   Brad
   August 13th, 2006 at 2:27 pm

   Tom: I got it from Home Hardware. The one I used was a small can of “Interior Sanding Sealer”.

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    Tom
    August 16th, 2006 at 11:54 am

    hey brad,

    thanks for the tip off. i grabbed the last can from my local store. now i can finally get this badboy painted.

    tom

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