Thinkg about getting heavy mods done to my BilT
Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 11:42 pm
Hi,
I wanted to get some feedback about having some mods done to my BilT. This is how it currently looks
The pickups in it are Curtis Novak Gold Foil: GTX-HMB. These are low output humbuckers that have some single coil style snap with higher output than standard single coils. My problem with this guitar is that I don't like how close it is tonally to my Novo with Lollar Imperials. They are now slightly different, but I would like to make them even more different. I have been thinking this long time, but I've been too lazy to get this thing started. I will get all the mods done probably by luthier, because I don't want to practice my modding skills with guitar of this price level.
I have been thinking two options that I could go with: either get Jaguar pickups or then Filtertron style pickups. At the moment I'd like to get Jaguar ones and maybe some other mods. I realize that jaguar option requires more work too (costs increase) and what makes me hesitant is that I have zero experience with Jaguars. I've always been more into Jazzmasters and Mustangs and I think that I havent even played Jaguar ever I hope that I can still post here after saying that
If I go Jaguar route I also think of having 500k pots in standard circuit (I like 500k more at least with JM-style so I'd probably want to go with them here too) and 250k pots in rhytm circuit. If I can fit it I also dream of having separate volume for each pickup and master tone in standard circuit. I am also thinking 3-ply white pickguard and white tips and white mustang knobs to make it purple/white colour scheme.
So my questions here would be:
1. How close to regular JM would this BilT sound with jaguar style pickups and 25,5 inch scale length?
2. Jaguar pickups are contacted in body if I am right so there's a chance case that I would need to have some wood on bottom of pickup cavity. This sounds simple but is there something that can make this more difficult than I think?
3. How close would the rhytm circuit sound to strat neck pickup? Same pot values and scale length so I'd think that it would be quite close. Ofc the trem/bridge differences add to this equation. opinions on this?
All opinions regarding whole project are welcome and if someone has Jaguar style guitar with 25,5 inch scale length please share your opinions how it compares to regular JM. I know that here are plenty of people making far more complex mods than these by themselves so I trust on knowledge of this forum on things like this a lot.
I wanted to get some feedback about having some mods done to my BilT. This is how it currently looks
The pickups in it are Curtis Novak Gold Foil: GTX-HMB. These are low output humbuckers that have some single coil style snap with higher output than standard single coils. My problem with this guitar is that I don't like how close it is tonally to my Novo with Lollar Imperials. They are now slightly different, but I would like to make them even more different. I have been thinking this long time, but I've been too lazy to get this thing started. I will get all the mods done probably by luthier, because I don't want to practice my modding skills with guitar of this price level.
I have been thinking two options that I could go with: either get Jaguar pickups or then Filtertron style pickups. At the moment I'd like to get Jaguar ones and maybe some other mods. I realize that jaguar option requires more work too (costs increase) and what makes me hesitant is that I have zero experience with Jaguars. I've always been more into Jazzmasters and Mustangs and I think that I havent even played Jaguar ever I hope that I can still post here after saying that
If I go Jaguar route I also think of having 500k pots in standard circuit (I like 500k more at least with JM-style so I'd probably want to go with them here too) and 250k pots in rhytm circuit. If I can fit it I also dream of having separate volume for each pickup and master tone in standard circuit. I am also thinking 3-ply white pickguard and white tips and white mustang knobs to make it purple/white colour scheme.
So my questions here would be:
1. How close to regular JM would this BilT sound with jaguar style pickups and 25,5 inch scale length?
2. Jaguar pickups are contacted in body if I am right so there's a chance case that I would need to have some wood on bottom of pickup cavity. This sounds simple but is there something that can make this more difficult than I think?
3. How close would the rhytm circuit sound to strat neck pickup? Same pot values and scale length so I'd think that it would be quite close. Ofc the trem/bridge differences add to this equation. opinions on this?
All opinions regarding whole project are welcome and if someone has Jaguar style guitar with 25,5 inch scale length please share your opinions how it compares to regular JM. I know that here are plenty of people making far more complex mods than these by themselves so I trust on knowledge of this forum on things like this a lot.