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Eric Johnson Pickup Install

Nathan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:59:23 +0000

Progress is underway with Casey's Stratocaster. He chose a set of Eric Johnson model Strat pickups and got a new pick guard and back plate. Here are a few photos:

The photo above shows the back side of the original set of Fender Gold Lace Sensors, as well as some cool custom wiring in the controls.

Wiring in the new pickups below:

and here is a sneak peek at the final product, but we still have a long way to go - I can't wait to show you!

SRV Strat-a-coustic

Nathan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:54:11 +0000

My dad calls me a several weeks ago and says "What do you know about the LR Baggs X-bridge pickup?" I had looked into that pickup a while back because it is supposed to sound just like am acoustic guitar, when it is installed on an electric guitar of your choice.

We've spent a few weeks working on getting it installed and working, and today it was all worth it! My dad's SRV strat now outputs electric as well as (really good!) acoustic sounds! It can even be plugged to a stereo cable that sends the two signals separately to two amps.

While we were in the guitar we chose to thoroughly shield the electronics cavity to protect the guitar from hum (normally caused by being near flourescent lights).

Here are a few shots during and after the setup:

Isaac’s Strat is ready to rock

Nathan — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:03:26 +0000

Isaac and I put in some time today, and now his strat is rocking! The Humbucker-single-single pickup configuration is amazing. This afternoon we put on a new pickguard, neck, tuners and strings. We've still got a couple grounding issues to iron out, but we're really happy with the progress.

Isaac’s Strat

Nathan — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:44:09 +0000

A few weeks ago Isaac came to me with a really sketchy looking guitar and asked if we could make it play. After removing everything we couldn't use, we were left with a strat body that had some Aweful paint all over it.

We removed all the paint with carb/choke cleaner, and found a pretty cool looking stock paint job underneath!

After all that, we've sheilded the main body cavity with copper tape, then mounted a hard tail bridge and HSS pickup set.

More updates and photos to come!!!!

all photos shot with iPhone camera app.