where to find a shop that can do scalloping and pickup replacement?

[Avria]

as said on the thread name. i gotta find out where to do scalloping for fretboard and pickup replacement. is there a shop that can do both? and shoot me with rough prices so i can roughly gauge how much i need.

thanks. sorry for noob question

 

[matthewchj]

Neck Scalloping: http://www.projectguitar.com/tut/scal1.htm
Pickup replacement: http://www.musicplayers.com/tutorials/guitars/2006/0906_Pickups201.php
Price for both: Absolutely free:mrgreen:

Seriously, try replacing the pickup yourself. It's really very simple, all you need to do is a little soldering. And you'll learn a lot about how your guitar's electronics work in the process.

As for the scalloping, if you're really confident you can use the tutorial above, it has quite clear instructions and I've done it before. However if you're afraid of screwing it up then just take it to a shop and get it professionally done.

 

[faekildare]

U can try guitarworkshop. They do pretty good scalloping and excellent pick up replacement.

 

[Jugman]

Customwerkz: http://www.customwerkz.blogspot.com/

 

[Avria]

wow. thanks guys. yea.. if soldering i am able to. but i'm afraid of screwing the electronics. lol T_T i'll try. thanks guys

 

[eieio]

any of you here good at soldering, can help with total rewiring?

 

[superpotato_30]

Open your guitar.

Before you do anything take a picture of the pickup wiring.

Change ur pickups etc.

Refer to the picture you took earlier

Solder the wires back together as shown in the pic.

 

[dudelove]

Open your guitar.

Before you do anything take a picture of the pickup wiring.

Change ur pickups etc.

Refer to the picture you took earlier

Solder the wires back together as shown in the pic.

HAHHA eh why u steal my idea

 

[HeyJoeILoveYourSis]

Most guitar luthiers does pick up replacement, Beez is my recommendation, great guy to work with, just give him a call and ask if he does fretboard scalloping, I'm not sure 'bout that one. Hope that helped!

Joe

 

[faekildare]

Beez doesnt do luther work.

 

[superpotato_30]

HAHHA eh why u steal my idea

Cause ur idea effecient

 

[Avria]

haha. cool then. i just opened one of my bro's guitar :twisted: nah. its one of his old ones la. trying to see how does the wiring works. oh btw. if i don't solder perfectly, it will cause some humming/high pitch sound right?:???:

 

[faekildare]

What configuration and what pickups are u soldering on. If it's dimarzio u are using, u can actually find the soldering blueprints in the net.

 

[Avria]

HSH on the S470 IBANEZ soldering teslas pups on in.

 

[RyanZ]

Avria, it is not difficult to do the wiring. I am using Tesla pickups on my strat too. If you have any problem, you can PM me.

 

[faekildare]

There you go. Dimarzios should be using this color coding too.

 

[Avria]

haha. okay bro. if anything goes wrong at least i'm trying on the samick guitar. :twisted:

 

[Avria]

There you go. Dimarzios should be using this color coding too.

wow. thanks alot bro.

oh btw the capacitors in between knobs. these stock caps can be changed to orange drops? or orange drops belongs to some other place?

 

[RyanZ]

Yup you are right. Just change the stock capacitor on your tone potentiometer to orange drop. You can also do a treble bleed mod on the volume potentiometer if you want.

 

[Avria]

Yup you are right. Just change the stock capacitor on your tone potentiometer to orange drop. You can also do a treble bleed mod on the volume potentiometer if you want.

treble bleed mod? hmm what does it do,how it works and what are the required materials? :???: