I filled the holes with wood glue and inserted miniature doweling (toothpicks), then, trimmed to the top with nippers. A little smoothing and touch up color. Absolutely necessary to plug because the new drill points don't match up, but, are VERY close to the old holes.
Also, my NS Bluesbird did not have coil-split, regardless of what the website says.
You need to pull the knobs on the tone pots !!!! Both are push-pull tone pots! Have you really checked the wires on the pickups? The pickups whould have them.Also, my NS Bluesbird did not have coil-split, regardless of what the website says.
That's weird. There's a video overview of the guitar on YT from Guitarist magazine in the UK, and the coil-splitting feature is shown (and heard).
https://youtu.be/Kh-TyK-HJU8
-Dave-
I just double checked and ended up pulling the knob off trying to pull it.
I wonder if there are two versions of this guitar out there and mine is an early model. I think coil split would be a fantastic feature on this guitar!
Here's the cavity on mine. As you can see, those are not push/pull pots. You can even see the red/white wires from the SD pickups tied together.
You need to pull the knobs on the tone pots !!!! Both are push-pull tone pots! Have you really checked the wires on the pickups? The pickups whould have them.
Ralf
Any chance we can get a more detailed report of the difference in the sound of the modified vs. the original?
Cool, 'slinger. That's really an excellent description. I really know very little about electric guitars, but even I can understand what you are saying.
So, I missed a little bit of the background here, and please forgive the ignorant questions. The HB1 pickups that you transplanted into this beast are the ones coming from the Newark Street line? Is that what GAD is showing above? What about the guitar itself? Is that a Newark Street, or is it an older US-built model?
Looks fantastic, by the way, but I realize that's irrelevant to making it sound great. Well, doing it "right," as you clearly have is a great thing.
Oh, and regarding coil split, I think you guys are saying that because there's only two wires on the new HB1 pickups that there can't be any when you're using these? With the Seymour Duncan's *could* there have been coil split (even if there were no switches for it)?
Oh, and by the way, apparently, I'm your sheriff!