Walter Broes
Enlightened Member
I got a (barely) used Newark Street X175 for 500 Euros this summer, and I finally got around to redoing the electronics. I gutted it and made a new CTS/Switchcraft harness for it, Gibson "50's wiring", and put the pickups on it.
It has a vintage DeArmond beveled top pickup like the very early Starfires had in the neck position. The bridge pickup is a reissue DeArmond shell with a cut-down P90 bobbin in it. A luthier buddy who has a winder wound it for me.
Put the Bigsby B6 on it, Gotoh tune-a-matic, and screwed down the bridge base. So far, I like it a lot!
I still have to make a pickguard for it, but I'm going to play it some first!!
It has a vintage DeArmond beveled top pickup like the very early Starfires had in the neck position. The bridge pickup is a reissue DeArmond shell with a cut-down P90 bobbin in it. A luthier buddy who has a winder wound it for me.
Put the Bigsby B6 on it, Gotoh tune-a-matic, and screwed down the bridge base. So far, I like it a lot!
I still have to make a pickguard for it, but I'm going to play it some first!!