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Topic: Oahu with mod |
Rex Myers
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Risingsun Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2008 11:55 am |
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I have never posted to the Steel without pedals section and have been enjoying the forum for a while.
So to break the Ice so to speak I am going to post some pics of the mod I did on a Oahu my nephew gave me comments, questions are welcome.
Here is a list of items that were changed
The pickup did not work so it was replaced
As I attempted to modify the original plate the pickup was mounted to I boogered it up it pretty bad so I used a piece of pickguard material and mounted the tele bridge to it in essence creating the same type of part pickup mount and bridge all one piece
I also added string Ferrules which made a huge difference in sustain and resonance
last but not least the tuners were replaced
I took a tele control plate and cut ot down to facilitate the controls
The guitar plays nice and sounds great! Besides look at the beautiful Mother of Toilet seat finish 
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Rex Myers Fessenden U-12, 6 string Lap, Randall Steelman. Fender Princeton ReverbII, QuilterTT12 |
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Chris Drew
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Bristol, UK
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Posted 2 Mar 2008 12:24 pm
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Sweet mod, Rex! 
Are you gonna play around with pickup choice on that, now you can easily swap out different kinds of strat-size/shape pups?
You could go for one of those single-coil-sized humbuckers, & there's probably room on that chrome plate for a coil-tap switch...
I'm looking at the control placement on there, which one is the volume pot, & which the tone?
Do you bow the volume pot with your pinky? |
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Rex Myers
From:
Risingsun Ohio, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2008 8:04 pm
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Thats Right Chris as you look at the picture the volume is on the right
thanks for the favorable vote
And its funny you should mention a coil tap switch because I was thinking the same exact thing
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Rex Myers Fessenden U-12, 6 string Lap, Randall Steelman. Fender Princeton ReverbII, QuilterTT12 |
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