Cheap SG special w/ new guts
Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2018 5:57 am
I think I posted about this when I got it but I couldn't find the thread (may have been lost in the great OSG revamp).
Vintage [brand] Mick Abraham's signature. A pretty close clone of a 60s SG Special. Picked up secondhand for £120.
The stock pickups were some stacked P90-types that sounded a bit gash and the pots/wiring were cheap rubbish.
All of that's gone, replaced with some Alegree Sea Smoke P90s and proper pots/switch/jack.
(Some wax from the pickups had come loose in the fitting/adjustment and smeared on the covers)
I've never had (or even really tried) P90s before and, because of the stock pickups, I didn't think they were for me. The replacements sound amazing, however, and for about the price of a secondhand Squier VM, this SG plays and sounds like a guitar that cost hundreds more.
I went with CTS 500k linear "True Vintage Taper" for all the pots and, as someone who's always playing with the guitar's controls, I like what they're doing. It's first time using the shielded wire and I think it's great, it looks really tidy (even if my wires are a bit longer than they *need* to be).
LESSONS LEARNED:
-Short shaft pots don't leave enough room for the knob pointers that I really wanted to put on here
-the neck pickup cavity is much shallower than you'd think!
Excuse me while I play along to Live at Leeds for the billionth time...
Vintage [brand] Mick Abraham's signature. A pretty close clone of a 60s SG Special. Picked up secondhand for £120.
The stock pickups were some stacked P90-types that sounded a bit gash and the pots/wiring were cheap rubbish.
All of that's gone, replaced with some Alegree Sea Smoke P90s and proper pots/switch/jack.
(Some wax from the pickups had come loose in the fitting/adjustment and smeared on the covers)
I've never had (or even really tried) P90s before and, because of the stock pickups, I didn't think they were for me. The replacements sound amazing, however, and for about the price of a secondhand Squier VM, this SG plays and sounds like a guitar that cost hundreds more.
I went with CTS 500k linear "True Vintage Taper" for all the pots and, as someone who's always playing with the guitar's controls, I like what they're doing. It's first time using the shielded wire and I think it's great, it looks really tidy (even if my wires are a bit longer than they *need* to be).
LESSONS LEARNED:
-Short shaft pots don't leave enough room for the knob pointers that I really wanted to put on here
-the neck pickup cavity is much shallower than you'd think!
Excuse me while I play along to Live at Leeds for the billionth time...