resurecting an old friend

punchdrunk

so many,many moons ago I found one of these

in the junk shop at the back of Jervis,cost about €40 if I remember correctly

it's got a full thickness body,with string through holes-at the time unusual specs on a squier body.

at some point i decided to convert it into a tele custom,and in my wild youth went a bit crazy with the tools specifically the router and drill!


I abandoned the project when I realised that my router skills were lacking! and my crazy Matt Bellamy-esue idea for putting in a ridiculous number of pickups was a stupid one :o:o

off to the wardrobe it was for the next 6 or 7 years!
until yesterday,when I rediscovered it.and although she looks rough I think that she can be rescued :cool:

now,I've always fancied an Esquire (a Tele with only a bridge pickup for the uninitiated) but I've wanted one with a bit of a slant...an Esquire Custom!

so via the power of the Internet and empowered with a fatigued credit card,I shall endeavor to build this!


(I'm almost embarrassed to say)-it's slightly inspired by this!



SO!
(bored yet??)

here's the plan

drill and fill for one of these


buy a squier pickguard from here
http://www.guitarpartsresource.com/pickguard_telesquier.htm

thankfully the red x is apparently just tape so easily removed

grab one of these


and stick it in one of these


and then wire it up to one of these


and there you have it!
making a one pickup,P-90/Humbucker/Rail coil kill switching monster!!

thoughts/opinions welcome!!

martinedwards

go for it!

a dead guitar is a thing to be mourned so resurrect that thing!!

never had need / saw the point of kill switches but if it floats your boat, then you just have fun!

Squidgy Black

That triple shot wiring mount looks amazing, I had thought about getting a p-rail but wasn't really keen on mounting two extra switches on my guitar.

I wonder is there a way of building it into the tele pickguard as opposed to mounting it over it. Also, will the humbucker not be too close to the strings, as you'd be mounting the pickup over the guard as it'll be elevated by the mount...

rcaz

Ooh, that Kill Pot yoke looks like a lot of fun! I have a Squier strat with a kill switch, I burned a hole through the scratch plate with my soldering iron to make a hole to mount it I'd really like a kill switch on my Tele but I'm a little scared of drilling through the metal control plate - guess I don't have to worry about that!

punchdrunk

Hope fully it'll fit,if not ill raise the saddles and shim the neck to compensate

Demeyes

I like bringing guitars back from the dead. They can be nice projects to mess with and you can get something fun at the end. I've been thinking about trying to do a swirl guitar project on an old strat copy I never use.

punchdrunk

hmmm...

this pic leads me to believe that it'll work!



even though this is some variety of PRS,it still looks doable!

Squidgy Black

Sure actually you could just recess the pickup into the mount if needs be now that I think of it. Instead of raising the height with the screws, lower it so it sits below the top of the mount. The mount looks quite thin though so you mightn't have any problems.

punchdrunk

yeah it looks like I'm all set!

now do I go black pickup cover/knobs or cream pickup cover/knobs??

punchdrunk

Anyone here actually tried p rails out?

boycey

punchdrunk wrote: »

yeah it looks like I'm all set!

now do I go black pickup cover/knobs or cream pickup cover/knobs??

Hmmm. Cool idea pd.
I reckon black plastics on a torty scratchplate would look the business!

I've toyed with the idea of those P-Rails before too, in theory they're brilliant. Never heard them in the flesh though.

Ravelleman

P Rails look very versatile but a lot of people complain that some of the tones they produce in their different modes aren´t really comparable to real pickups of the same type. If I remember correctly the single coils are meant to be pretty uninspiring, while the P 90 is meant to be quite good. None are as good as normal pickups though. But if it´s versatility or novelty you want...

Miklos

You can't beat a one pickup guitar!

punchdrunk

boycey wrote: »

Hmmm. Cool idea pd.
I reckon black plastics on a torty scratchplate would look the business!

I've toyed with the idea of those P-Rails before too, in theory they're brilliant. Never heard them in the flesh though.

Yeah I love the idea of them,cheers mate!

Ravelleman wrote: »

P Rails look very versatile but a lot of people complain that some of the tones they produce in their different modes aren´t really comparable to real pickups of the same type. If I remember correctly the single coils are meant to be pretty uninspiring, while the P 90 is meant to be quite good. None are as good as normal pickups though. But if it´s versatility or novelty you want...

Hmmm.... Would you have any other ideas?

I'd heard these were good too
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/electric/humbucker/high-output/sh3_stag_mag/

NickWray wrote: »

You can't beat a one pickup guitar!

Yup love my Dano,hopefully I'll love this too!