basically, the changes were:
Wilkinson E-Z loks (really crappy stuff in terms of application) changed to Gotoh Magnum locking tuners... interesting idea, not too sure how it will work out but let's see. Spray painted some parts black, because I can.
Bartolini humbucker changed to a Dimarzio Tonezone (which was red then painted black, and then the previous owner tried to brasso off the paint, but not all came off, so I got it cheap and I think it looks cool in a messed up way)
Junked the 1-meg vol for a nice RS Guitarworks 500k pot, toggle switch to engage a treble bleed circuit and a kill switch because I couldn't think of anything else to cover up that last hole. (yes, it there were 2 empty holes)
Goose helped with the wiring work while Malcolm did the setup stuff.
Here's a pic of Goose's wiring:
Amazingly neat and tidy. Note that the Tonezone was soldered in my ME, so that part of it looks like crap.
Malcolm did a bit of copper shielding (because I can) and he painted the cavities with shielding paint (cavities were bare at first). He did a very neat and meticulous job. You can see there are some gouges in shielding paint at the bridge humbucker area - blame it on me, trying to remove a pickguard with strings still on... the pup height adjustment screws dug a trench. Yes, that's a nice, thick, well-done layer(s) of shelding paint.
Malcolm also set the beast up. Added a shim to the nut because it was too low, don't know if you guys can see it here:
There was fret buzz and fret outs from frets 15 - 18 (or something) and Malcolm ironed it out. Removing only the least materials from the frets in order to preserve fret life, heck, the frets he worked on still looked like brand new from factory.
