Nuuska
Enlightened Member
Hello
I have decided to make some modifications to my DeArmond M-55 - it is a very nice solidbody guitar - especially when I have about 50€ investment in it . . .
I already routed a spot for Barcus-Berry transducer into neck-pocket of the body and drilled a 4mm hole for the wire into pup-cavity.
I have removed the humbucker in order to find the coil-tap spot in order to change the tone-pot to tone-coil-adjuster - I believe Peavey had this on some guitars. In "0" position it will be like a humbucker w tone @ "0" - in "10" position it will be a single-coil w tone @ "10"
I will add a preamp for the BB and convert the volume pot to be a balance pot between original pup and BB
So far none of this affects the looks of the guitar. There is plenty of space in the original back cavity.
But now another crazy idea has popped my mind : remember that thread about prototype Pilot Bass
Since cutting the bridge and tailpiece into two halves is out of question - and therefore one end of that circuit is at the bridge/tailpiece and the other end is at tuning machines - I began to think how to use the truss rod as signal path. At peghead it is quite easy - just drill two holes from the cavity under truss rod into the holes of E-strings - connect all 6 tuners w a wire onto trussrod.
And now finally after this long jargon - the other end of the trussrod is not visible - so I have to work out something to make a wire connected to it.
I try to get hold of that friendly guy at local airport who let me put my guitars through the inspection unit. Just take the neck wo guitar there.
letstalkguild.com
In case any of you have ever seen the other end of DeArmond truss rod - would it be possible to drill a small hole into it and thread it and attach the wire with a screw?
There - I finally wrote it all . . .
I have decided to make some modifications to my DeArmond M-55 - it is a very nice solidbody guitar - especially when I have about 50€ investment in it . . .
I already routed a spot for Barcus-Berry transducer into neck-pocket of the body and drilled a 4mm hole for the wire into pup-cavity.
I have removed the humbucker in order to find the coil-tap spot in order to change the tone-pot to tone-coil-adjuster - I believe Peavey had this on some guitars. In "0" position it will be like a humbucker w tone @ "0" - in "10" position it will be a single-coil w tone @ "10"
I will add a preamp for the BB and convert the volume pot to be a balance pot between original pup and BB
So far none of this affects the looks of the guitar. There is plenty of space in the original back cavity.
But now another crazy idea has popped my mind : remember that thread about prototype Pilot Bass
Since cutting the bridge and tailpiece into two halves is out of question - and therefore one end of that circuit is at the bridge/tailpiece and the other end is at tuning machines - I began to think how to use the truss rod as signal path. At peghead it is quite easy - just drill two holes from the cavity under truss rod into the holes of E-strings - connect all 6 tuners w a wire onto trussrod.
And now finally after this long jargon - the other end of the trussrod is not visible - so I have to work out something to make a wire connected to it.
I try to get hold of that friendly guy at local airport who let me put my guitars through the inspection unit. Just take the neck wo guitar there.
Still life on airport
Because of Covid-19 the airport has quieted - but some birds have been seen time to time.
letstalkguild.com
In case any of you have ever seen the other end of DeArmond truss rod - would it be possible to drill a small hole into it and thread it and attach the wire with a screw?
There - I finally wrote it all . . .
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