A picture is supposedly worth a thousand words so I shouldn't have to say very much.
Unfortunately I couldn't get a better pickguard and pickup, so I used what it had before, the stock pickups wired in series.
Surprisingly though, the combined output of all three checks in at 11k ohm, while just one of my Schecter Omen's humbuckers has near 15k ohms.
It's not all bad though. The reason I couldn't get replacement parts is actually because I found a much better deal. Musician's Friend is having a "July Shredfest", so I bagged a Rogue Rocketeer electric guitar at just $60.
The total for that with some picks, strings and cables was still no morethan I would have spent upgrading the pickguard, pickups, nut, saddles, string trees and what have you on this guitar.
Perhaps soon you will see a new series - the adventures of an even cheaper guitar, highlighting my efforts to make a professionalish guitar for under 100 bucks :)
Here's the link to the deal on the Rogue Rocketeer:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/rogue-rr100-rocketeer-electric-guitar