My Guitar Mod!!!

[ShredCow]

Nope. I don't believe in that. Different priorities is the cause of differences


I scrimp and save like a miser all year round, no movies, no going out, nothing. I'm just a damned house pig who accumulates his dough, and one it's grown big enough, I splurge it all at one go on my hobby

If you lived my kinda lifestyle, you sure as hell would be able to do all that kinda shit hehe.

I totally agree with you and yeah, I'm doing what you are doing too! Hence the upgrade!

 

[ShredCow]

damn cheem. what series and parallel? I mean if i make it push pull, it'll split my single coils as well is it? if kerna split then how it sound like?

Series means that the humbucker's 2 coils are connected in a straight circuit... Paralllel as the term implies, means that a single wire splits into 2 and each goes thru one of the humbucker's coils..

Splitting is when a hum's coil (either one) is grounded.. so there's only 1 coil working, giving a single coil sound and introducing 60 cycle hum.

You can make the push pull do quite a bit of things, not only splitting...

 

[Mr_X]

oh i see....thanks. Btw, since this is about modding, how much does it cost to refret the guitar?

 

[ShredCow]

oh i see....thanks. Btw, since this is about modding, how much does it cost to refret the guitar?

Anything from 150 to 300. Usually 200.

But mind you, go for the experienced and reliable source. NEVER EVER go for cheap when it comes to refretting...

 

[hifi_killer]

hey i 'm kind of new to this. Whats push and pull? and what good does "scalloping" does

 

[ShredCow]

hey i 'm kind of new to this. Whats push and pull? and what good does "scalloping" does

Hahahaha... we should start a new thread!

Push pull is a switch that acts as a pot... so it can be a push pull tone pot or a vol pot. I think its an On/Off switch...

Scalloping, i think if you searched this forum, you'd find an explaination of it. :wink: In any case, scalloping is done to fretboards and the Yngwie Malmsteem strat has a scalloped neck. Go check it out.

 

[dric]

well scalloping is like filing down ur frets so that its liked curved. u can play faster on it and do great bends and vibratos. but u lose out on a bit of tone. its usually done to the higher frets. but there are pple, like malmsteem, who just go scallop the whole fretboard.

 

[ChanMin]

erm..you file down on the wood. not the frets. actually i cant play anything fast on a scalloped neck...haha .. what a loser yjm fan i am.
but on the bright side... getting bigger frets will give the same effect! and playing with a lighter touch too...

 

[pooo]

Not really. I thought big frets would give me the scallop effects too, hence the refret of my strat neck. But i found it didn't quite achieve that. Scallops are really unique, you don't really lose that much tone. Your guitar subsequently sounds brighter due to strings on metal, no wood around whatsoever. Some people can play fast on them, some slower.

Advantages of scallops, you can achieve those wide vibratos, bends, and vibrato bends easily. And i mean real easy. All you need is a light touch and the note will sound. A disadvantage would be chording. It'll take a while to get used to, and you'll certainly miss notes while doing so first time round, or, press too hard and go out of tune. Overall i think it has more advantages than disadvantages. Somehow i feel people are intimidated by scallops cos they're an irreversible modification, but really, they can be a real joy to play on.

 

[Praetorian]

+1

However scalloping requires a controlled amount of force when fretting or you're gonna get cut.

Either way, getting used to scallops just takes time, and when you do get used to it, it's a beauty to play on.

Only reason I'm hesistating to scallop my RG is that Ibanez's are naturally very very bright. No wood = worse. So i'm seriously considering my options. Maybe a half neck scallop, But I really dont want to laquer my maple neck. It feels beautiful natural.

Not to mention the cost of scalloping

 

[pooo]

No hesistations. Save up and, JUST DO IT *ticks* hehe.

By the way the laquer thing, they only do the top part of the fingerboard, not the whole neck. And since you won't be feeling anything since you've scalloped, you'd more or less still have that smooth prestige feel you're so used to, plus the additional advantages in scallops.

 

[Praetorian]

I hate you. I really do.

You make me want to do things to my guitar I would never do otherwise. :twisted:

Lol. Scallops coming soon!

 

[pooo]

It's not a bad mod is it? In fact it sure damn is a GOOD mod.

Also, you might wanna have mild scallops done, i fear for the wizard neck man. Plus the Jumbo frets should provide enough height with mild scallops. I think any deeper you'd be seeing this shiny metal thing smiling at you :lol:

 

[Praetorian]

*scrape scrape scrape -KRAAAAAK-*

Oops.

No man, NO! Lol. See what they luthier says about scallops. Maybe at the same time do my custom inlays. And LED's if I ever get the cash.

Should I got 12 - 24 or 15 - 24? I dont want a whole neck

 

[pooo]

Do what's necessary or what feels best to you. Remember scalloping weakens the neck, don't take off any more wood than you have to.

 

[ShredCow]

Do what's necessary or what feels best to you. Remember scalloping weakens the neck, don't take off any more wood than you have to.

I'd second this.

Ibanez necks are already super thin... Imagine scalloping a Super Wizard neck?! Its like only 17mm thick at the 1st fret!

And besides... do you REALLY need it? :wink:

 

[Mr_X]

er.....more questions about modding, what is the difference between jumbo frets and large frets?

 

[pooo]

Jumbo being the biggest of the lot. Really huge tall fretwire. Large is simply smaller than that. Yup.

 

[Praetorian]

Not really. I can think of bigger frets.

BASS frets. LOL

 

[Praetorian]

I'd second this.

Ibanez necks are already super thin... Imagine scalloping a Super Wizard neck?! Its like only 17mm thick at the 1st fret!

And besides... do you REALLY need it? :wink:

Good point. I honestly don't think I NEED scallops. Rather, I WANT it. Just like LED's and Custom inlays.

But thank you for reminding me about the neck. Maybe light scallops if I ever do it. Seriously speaking, I'm fickle minded about guitars. So I really don't know if scallops are coming.