LED guitar mod - pretty pics inside :)

Docaroo · 15 Jul 2006 at 13:53

well hello there, I have not long finished modding my guitar again (adding more LEDs) and thought I'd share the pics! Looks really good at night but it's midday so no dark pics yet!

I backlit the Floyd Rose and drilled a hole to add a proper switch (you can see it beside the knobs)... enjoy!

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On... Right is photochopped for massive damage!!11

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Whadda ya think guys?

mc_bob · 15 Jul 2006 at 14:04

Rofl, Never seen anything like that before!
Like it

MC_Bob

Andelusion · 15 Jul 2006 at 14:15

Nice one

Check out this thread: http://www.jemsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44708

v0n · 15 Jul 2006 at 14:17

You butchered bridge pickup? It has the clearest and beefiest sound dude?

Docaroo · 15 Jul 2006 at 14:18

AWESOME!!!! I am soo doing that on my other guitar... didn't think of having them point to the body!!

Also if I'm brave enough I might try the Fretboard LEDs although that is some really tricky stuff to do!

Docaroo · 15 Jul 2006 at 14:23

I dunno if that question was at me but not - the only pickup I sacrificed for my mod was the single coil... i didn't use it much...

I used the hollow single coil cover to put the pup LEDs in... the other 2 pups work as normal...

Andelusion · 15 Jul 2006 at 14:44

Aye the LEDs are just around the sides of the cavity aren't they?

If you read the thread I posted then there's a 'guide' (ish) how to take off your fretboard and fit the LEDs, it sounds like a bit of a hairy job, might be a better idea to test it on a cheapo beater guitar if you can find one for £10 (or less

).

The guy on that forum builds the odd custom guitar and does a lot of swirl painjobs, he's swirled it grey/white/blue now which I think actually looks a bit pants compared to the crisp white but still a cool looking guitar.

Get a laser put in the headstock next

Docaroo · 15 Jul 2006 at 15:02

There's an awesome tutorial on Project Guitar for necks but I don't have any of the tools needed for the job (clamps, etc...)

Andelusion · 15 Jul 2006 at 15:07

You could get them pretty cheap from any hobbyist shop probably, do you have any friends' dads with some? lol

btw: how's the intonation on your guitar? The saddles look to be set up quite strange in a diagonal slope which doesn't really look like a healthy shape.

Docaroo · 15 Jul 2006 at 15:20

lol well I bought this guitar a while ago and it came set up like that from Japan (its a prestige so made in japan..).. the intonation was perfect! I did a set up about 6 months ago and double checked it again... still perfect!

It does look quite strange I know but somehow it's right lol!

Docaroo · 15 Jul 2006 at 15:21

Andelusion said:
You could get them pretty cheap from any hobbyist shop probably, do you have any friends' dads with some? lol

I'll give it a try one day... I think next summer I will be building an Ibanez style guitar so I will probably do it then!

alexthecheese · 2 Aug 2006 at 14:45

Awesome. I have an old Hamer that I am doing up at the moment, it's pretty much just a POS I got from Oxfam for twenty quid. I stripped it all down but never bothered putting it back together again!

I might get back on it now after seeing this...