Reply With QuoteCongratulations, Robert! Always nice to have the guitars playing nice and in good working order. Are GF's prices good? I haven't heard of them before.
Glenn
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Ordered a whole bunch of parts from GFS
I finally got around to order parts for my guitars. I got pots, bridges, wire, input jacks, 5-way switches, you name it - just so I can upgrade some of my cheap guitars. Got a '51 replacement bridge too. I went kinda a crazy at GuitarFetish.com and got a lot of stuff, but now I should be set for a while.
The only thing they didn't have were nuts - I want to replace them on all my cheap guitars. Should be fun to get my guitars fixed up a bit!
I have scratchy pots on a couple so that will be nice to get rid of.
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Lefty O'lman
Congratulations, Robert! Always nice to have the guitars playing nice and in good working order. Are GF's prices good? I haven't heard of them before.
Glenn
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Originally Posted by Robert
Nice! Might be fun to see a parts list to see what parts could be considered for upgrading enconomical axes.
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GuitarFetish have really good prices, and the parts seem good quality from what I've heard.
Steve, I just got a bunch of different things like I mentioned. Most of it is for backup and fun improvement projects, like fixing scratchy pots and crappy input jacks.
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Regular Fretter
You'll have to let us know what you think of the GFS '51 bridge. I'm thinking of picking one up for my "project" '51, but I'm also considering just putting Graph Tech saddles on the stock bridge. I'm curious to hear what your thoughts are ...
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Regular Fretter
Sounds like THE place for parts. Thanks for the tip, I already put them in my favorites for future reference.
Robert, did you get a new volume/tap from them for your '51 too?
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Yes, Hog, I did. I hope it works better.
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Reverend Rawk
Make sure to let us know how the '51 mods go. I changed the strings on mine when I set it up and didn't find it to be too huge of a pain. I could definitely see replacing the volume pot though.
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Robert, please post an update and your opinions on the upgrades when you can. I'm very interested in replacing the '51 bridge to get rid of the dang buzzing myself.
Funny thing is GuitarFetish.com is in my state of Taxachusetts, so I can get my stuff in a day. Maybe I'll stop being cheap and just get it!
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I wrote a simple review of the '51 bridge in the "Reviews" forum here.In summary, it's a good improvement over the stock one.
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Guitar Fetish is an excellent online business. I highly recommend their GFS Boutique PAF humbuckers. I bought them to replace the Duncan Designed ones in my Schecter Elite. They sound fantastic. I can't believe how cheap their parts are. Just an excellent company. Oh, almost forgot...my pickups arrived 2 days after ordering.
Here's a picture of them in the Schecter.
Regular Fretter
Nice looking guitar and zebra pups. I love zebra pups. How much were those GFS Boutique PAFs?
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Tone, I think about $68 bucks for both including shipping. They really do sound fantastic.
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I've ordered from them couple times excellent place have some pots and pickups on the way now
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I got my parts today. Looking forward to making some improvements to my guitars! I'll be back with more details once I find the time to get started. Maybe on the weekend.
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Regular Fretter
Rob do a parts replacement photo tutorial.....
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz
Oranges and lemons, say the bells of St. Clements...
I wrote up a little story of my upgrading experience. Read it here - http://www.dolphinstreet.com/blog/sq...e-replaced.php
I'll add pictures later.
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Regular Fretter
Rob, saw your dolphin site and read your descriptions. How does the volume knob on the '51 act? What do you want it to do? It's a push/pull knob that splits the coil on the humbucker right? Shoot me an email.
Guitars/Bass - MIM Fender Classic 50s Strat, MIM Fender Standard Strat, Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Epi '56 Gold Top Les Paul, Martin DSR acoustic, Sigma Martin Auditorium electric/acoustic, Squier Jazz Bass.
Amps/Cabinets/Modelers - Model 2558 50 watt Marshall Silver Anniversary Jubilee combo w/ Celestion Vintage 30s, 4x12 Marshall cabinet w/25 watt Greenback Celestions, Fender Blues Junior w/ a couple of Billm mods, Line 6 POD 2.0, Roland Micro Cube
Pedals/Effects - Cry Baby Classic Wah, Boss TU-2, Boss NS-2, Boss RC-2 Loop Station, Ross Compressor, MXR Micro Amp, Danelectro FAB Echo, Danelectro FAB Chorus, Danelectro Chicken Salad, Marshall Guv'nor Plus, Marshall Echohead, Duhvoodooman's Zonkin' Yellow Screamer, Digitech Digiverb, Digitech Bad Monkey, Dunlop Fuzz Face, Homemade Loop Bypass pedal, Duhvoodooman's Sonic Tonic (Maxon SD-9 clone +), Voodoo Labs Superfuzz
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