Starting two builds, this one and a baritone B-Bender (to be posted later, probably next week).
I had a Gibson ‘57 Classic Plus from the bridge of my 2001 ES-135. I later replaced it with a chrome GFS Mean-90 (AlNiCo V P-90 in a humbucker shell) to try to brighten it up (now it has a Seymour Duncan custom shop Dynasonic pickup in a humbucker shell). All these years later, both pickups needed a home, so I started this project.
Butterscotch blonde, rear routed ash Telecaster body with two humbucker routes.
The ‘57 Classic Plus (AlNiCo II 8.3k) is going in the bridge (with a black pickup ring) and the Mean-90 (it was a bridge version, clocking in at 8.6k) at the neck, in the pickguard.
Two concentric dual 500k stacked pots wired ‘50s Les Paul style (I loved it on my ‘57 LP Custom, since I blend pickups a lot and like the interaction).
3-way Gibson toggle switch and washer.
Wilkinson style short three-saddle bridge plate with brass saddles (I’ll be using it as a top-loader).
Just used a file and sandpaper to modify a cheap Merle Haggard style 3-ply pickguard and gave it an old ‘50s Gibson style wide bevel for a sharper white border. Black pickguard screws. I was kind of going for a ‘55 Les Paul Special double-cutaway pickguard mixed with the straight bottom of a ‘52 Tele blackguard.
Why not? I love Gibson’s TV yellow Juniors and Fender’s butterscotch blonde and they both fit the two classic color schemes.
Still waiting on the neck: maple with a rosewood fretboard, parallelogram inlays, binding, and a Tele shaped headstock.
I found some “green” style Kluson tulip tuners like Les Paul Standards use, except they’re in-line.
Foregoing an electrosocket and will instead use a black Les Paul jack plate.
I’ve been a sucker for P-90 LP Jrs. (and Telecasters, of course), and I dislike dark neck pickups, so this thing is a real hybrid Frankenstein.
It’s got design elements from ‘52 (Tele), ‘55 (Junior), ‘57 (AlNiCo II PAF bridge pickup), ‘60 (stacked pots like the original Jazz Bass), and ‘97 (i.e., the modified Merle Haggard thinline style pickguard).
The pickguard-mounted chrome humbucker-sized neck pickup will probably also give it a Keith Richards’ “Micawber” vibe.
I had a Gibson ‘57 Classic Plus from the bridge of my 2001 ES-135. I later replaced it with a chrome GFS Mean-90 (AlNiCo V P-90 in a humbucker shell) to try to brighten it up (now it has a Seymour Duncan custom shop Dynasonic pickup in a humbucker shell). All these years later, both pickups needed a home, so I started this project.
Butterscotch blonde, rear routed ash Telecaster body with two humbucker routes.
The ‘57 Classic Plus (AlNiCo II 8.3k) is going in the bridge (with a black pickup ring) and the Mean-90 (it was a bridge version, clocking in at 8.6k) at the neck, in the pickguard.
Two concentric dual 500k stacked pots wired ‘50s Les Paul style (I loved it on my ‘57 LP Custom, since I blend pickups a lot and like the interaction).
3-way Gibson toggle switch and washer.
Wilkinson style short three-saddle bridge plate with brass saddles (I’ll be using it as a top-loader).
Just used a file and sandpaper to modify a cheap Merle Haggard style 3-ply pickguard and gave it an old ‘50s Gibson style wide bevel for a sharper white border. Black pickguard screws. I was kind of going for a ‘55 Les Paul Special double-cutaway pickguard mixed with the straight bottom of a ‘52 Tele blackguard.
Why not? I love Gibson’s TV yellow Juniors and Fender’s butterscotch blonde and they both fit the two classic color schemes.
Still waiting on the neck: maple with a rosewood fretboard, parallelogram inlays, binding, and a Tele shaped headstock.
I found some “green” style Kluson tulip tuners like Les Paul Standards use, except they’re in-line.
Foregoing an electrosocket and will instead use a black Les Paul jack plate.
I’ve been a sucker for P-90 LP Jrs. (and Telecasters, of course), and I dislike dark neck pickups, so this thing is a real hybrid Frankenstein.
It’s got design elements from ‘52 (Tele), ‘55 (Junior), ‘57 (AlNiCo II PAF bridge pickup), ‘60 (stacked pots like the original Jazz Bass), and ‘97 (i.e., the modified Merle Haggard thinline style pickguard).
The pickguard-mounted chrome humbucker-sized neck pickup will probably also give it a Keith Richards’ “Micawber” vibe.
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