WarriorOfMetal

someone on another board mentioned possible effects from the magnetic field of the new pickup....am i likely looking at a really noticeable effect here, or just something really minor?

Removing the wood isn't going to effect your tone noticeably; that factor was consideration when I answered the question originally.

Why do you ask questions you (think you) know the answer to?

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because i like to be reassured and make sure i'm not coming up with ridiculous ideas....i would really hate to kill what i love so much about the tone of this guitar and i want to be absolutely sure before i do anything/have anything done.

The addition of a neck pickup won't change the sound of the bridge pickup when the bridge pickup is selected alone.

right, i know that electronically speaking it shouldn't affect anything, i'm just trying to make sure that the resonance won't change drastically and change what i love about the tone of the guitar.

The addition of a neck pickup will give you a richer sound when both are selected. Think les paulish.

right, i know that...although that particular sound isn't something i use often at all

It's not going to sound just like a(good) les paul though, especially with that maple neck.

i don't expect (or particularly want) it to....i just want a smoother lead/clean tone

You might conside using a Seymour Duncan JB in the neck.

nope....i think i'd take the Joe Barden i have in the neck position on my Ibanez RG750....get the matching set ....and then put some different pickups in the Ibanez, or at least a different one in the neck.

A tone knob has the potential of giving you a wide range of tones as well. Just food for thought.

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a tone knob is something totally useless to me....i remove them from all of my guitars that have them. if i want less treble, i'll take it off at the amp. i don't want an extra knob that could accidentally get knocked and screw up my tone.

i've got this single-pickup B.C. Rich Gunslinger, which sounds absolutely amazing for distorted rhythm stuff...but i'm not too crazy about it for leads and clean tones because i prefer a neck pickup for that, and i'd like it if i could have this guitar as a more useable #1 gig guitar....so i'm wondering, if i rout a cavity for a neck pickup and add a pickup switch (no new knobs or anything), how much (if at all) will it affect the tone of the bridge pickup with the guitar as it is now?

here's a pic:

when i had an Ibanez AX7521 (similar body shape), i found that moving the strap pin from the tip of the upper horn to the back of the neck joint helped significantly.

i got a great price on a custom guard for one of my guitars from www.terrapinguitars.com

now on ebay: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ2...talQ2dwarrior85

i have two Joe Barden S-Standard neck/middle pickups for sale....these are the models with the flat rails, designed to fit under a normal single coil pickup cover.

send me an email at agoldberger (at) berklee.net or private message me with offers, or for more info or pics

I'm glad your happy with the results. Personally I think your ruined a nice guitar, but again, that's me.

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ruined it how? a couple small finish chips around the rout, but nothing major at all.....the original bridge was unusable and i got a ridiculously amazing deal on the Ibanez bridge....if anything, it's better than it was.

besides, the thing was beaten to **** when i got it....i don't care too much about the looks of this one, it plays and sounds amazing and that's what really matters, right?

finally finished, took some "after" pics....not the cleanest job, but good enough, imo:

i have a somewhat related question....my B.C. Rich has an angled bridge humbucker and no neck pickup, and i've noticed that while the guitar on the whole sounds killer, the 6th string is a little bit on the loose side for fast palm-muting, and the treble strings are a little brighter/harsher than i like for sweeping. since the location of a pickup relative to the center of the vibrating length of the string will affect the treble/bass balance, i'm curious what a reverse-angled bridge pickup would sound like....maybe make the treble strings a little bit smoother, and the bass strings slightly tighter?

i wonder if maybe it'd be a good idea to have a bridge like this if you were gonna use that?

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Bridges,_tailp..._Tailpiece.html

someone on another board suggested elmer's wood glue, so i think i'm gonna give that a shot.

Don't use black paint, go to Home Depot and buy some window insulation. It's black spongy material that has adhesive on one side. You cut a piece out the size of your cavity and plant it in there, it will hide your damage AND give you a 'brake' action when you're nearing the wood on an uppull.

What you want  is only about 1/8" thick, you might find some stuff that is closer to 3/4" thick, that stuff is too big, stay away from it.

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i saw the tutorial for that on the site, but even if i do that, i'm still left with the side walls and such bare....and i don't really up-pull enough for that to really matter for that purpose.

thought you guys would be interested to know i managed to make it deeper....i borrowed a craftsman rotary tool and a chisel set from my brother's friend's dad....followed the outline of the part i needed deeper with a bit about 1/8" in diameter on the rotary, and then basically just took out the middle with a couple chisels....used some sanding drums on the rotary to smooth everything down, and then did a bit of sanding by hand, and it doesn't look too terrible. i took off some flakes of finish from the top of the body, but that's not too big a deal.

anyway, it doesn't look pro, but it doesn't look terrible either....i think it's good enough that some black paint should do an ok job of covering the imperfections. can't post pics now tho, i don't have a digital camera, but i'll maybe see about borrowing one or something.

i'm wondering if i were to dab a little bit of epoxy or something on the outside of the bushing and slide it into the hole, should it hold reasonably well? or is there a better way to fix this?

i can't remember where it was that i saw it, but i remember seeing a nut, made of graphite i think, that was the same size as a locking nut, and attached the same way (intended to be a direct replacement, basically), but it worked just like a normal non-locking nut.....i'm gonna keep trying to find it so i can link you...

you might also try the harmony-central boards.

i sent you some info, hope it's sufficient

I can pretty much gurentee you he doesnt. You will have to get one on line, i got two one with and 1/8" cutter and one with a 1/4 cutter. About 20 bucks each.

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then i have to spend money, and wait longer

Take the router with a template bit. Let the ball bearing of the template bit ride agaisnt the channel as the cutter makes it deeper. Quite easy as long as you have a template bit, dont pay the money, practice on some scrap and do it urself.

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i thought of that, actually....but i don't know if the guy who has the router i'd be able to borrow would have the right bit for that, and he's not awake to ask about it right now.

nobody has any suggestions?

also, i'm in the DC area, so if anybody knows of a good tech (who's not too expensive) who i can take this too, or if anyone here would be willing to help me out...that'd be great.

i have a guitar with a body routed for a recessed floyd. i'm in the process of replacing the bridge with an Ibanez Lo-Pro Edge. my guitar's rout is more than large enough, in terms of the actual size....but it's not deep enough. a friend of my brother's has a router and a chisel set, both of which i've been told i can borrow...anyone have any suggestions for the best way to make this recess deeper (it's only 1/8" now)? i'd prefer to not have to take it to a tech and have to pay exorbitant amounts of money.

the guitar: