So I picked up a Fender Cyclone a while back and just about have it done. I redid the guard on this guy instead of doing a full refin as I had originally planned (usually not a candy apple fan). Whoever had the guitar before had stripped the neck pickup and just left the Atomic Humbucker. :barf:
I installed a Duncan P-Rails with the Duncan Triple Shot mounting ring which contains the pickup switching controls. This gives you options for a series or parallel humbucker, P90 or single coil tones, all from one pickup. I'm getting new knobs in a few days and need to find some mounting ring screws that aren't rusted out. I have new strap end pins but haven't put them on yet. Due to the rusty screws and the old pickup, I swear this guitar must have been left in the rain at some point or some previous owner was a serious sweat machine. Enough with the jibber-jabber, here's some pics:
I too love the pickguard... I personally wouldn't have it on red but that's me... very nice guitar nonetheless.
and welcome!
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
hotrodperlmutter wrote:so wait, the pickup switching is on the pickup ring? WHAAAA?
Aye. Someone posted about these rings before. I think the general consensus was that it's a cool idea, but might not be workable in real life.
Do you not knock into them when you're playing?
It's still new to me, but I don't foresee them getting bumped unless you are intentionally going to switch. There's two small switches recessed into the side of the mounting ring. It made it super easy to install. You just solder the 4 corresponding wires from the pickup to a little coded circuit board on the mounting ring, then wire your hot and ground to the controls.
I'm really impressed with just how versatile this little guitar is going to be. Each of the 4 tone modes sounds great, really usable tones throughout.
Fran wrote:Welcome to the forum!
I like your 'alternative' ideas, the pickup sounds versatile and id certainly like to hear a demo of the P90 setting.
Thanks! This was a beater when I got it, so figured no harm in experimentation. I'll work on getting some clips made. The P90 tone is what I was after and actually decided to go this route after looking at P90 options. I wanted to get a little more versatility out of it even though it was just a single pickup. I don't think I could have done better. The P90 will be my main sound, but the other tones are just as good.
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DanHeron wrote:Love the pickguard design. The shape seems a little odd on the left side but it kind of works.
Nice one.
Yeah, it extends a little further to the left side than a "standard" Mustang shaped / styled guard, but as you said, with that pickguard and on that guitar, it does seem to "work".
I think the shape of the PG on the left side overpowers the body shape. But much props for originality and doing something different.
paul_ wrote:When are homeland security gonna get on this "2-piece King Size Snickers" horseshit that showed up a couple years ago? I've started dropping one of them on the floor of my car every time.
