Did the Beast thing, OH MY GOD!!!

[momo]

Hello everyone, I just finished doing the mod, plugged it in, difficult to describe, ;D ;D!!

This is the greatest ever!!! So now , it feels as if I had been playing with the volume at 6 all these years, now I not only have more output volume, like if you added 3 more numbers after 10...but it also decreased the interference!
Oh I forgot to mention that this was done on a 62 strat reissue, made in 87!, this is my baby, my main squeeze, and now, all of this has got me into rediscovering/reconfigerating my old school setup!
Ive got tons of hours in front of me and ooops just wet my pants, have to go, later.....

Thanks for this amazing modification!

[spitfire23bc]

Wow, that's quite some reaction

Welcome to GuitarNuts 2, by the way ;D

[jkelter]

Hi momo

I am about to berform the mod myself this week. What size ring terminals did you use?

Did you but in the capacator?

[momo]

Hey there, I actually wanted to take pictures, but I was so exited to try the guit that I forgot!
So for the ring connectors it was a 3/4 inch diameter, and its the one with a wide inner hole. I had to take the plastic part off and could not crimp it because I did not have the tool, but still I filled up the ring handle with solder and that was fine. Yes I did put the capacitors, very good ones too, I got those from my electronic guru, this guy is registered to fix akg and wireless mics in Montreal. He had all the electronics. I did not mention, but I also added a capacitor on the switcher to give me tone control on the bridge pickup.
I really recomend doing this mod, if you tinkered a bit before with soldering, this is pretty easy, its very well explained, and I must say, I relied more on the diagrams than the explanation.
I also made the effort to keep the original cables ,that way, I did not feel like I was butchering my baby!, In the end, I was left with 2 complete wires,(the ones going to the jack) were replaced by a 2 conductor/shielded mic cable, and half of the tremolo ground wire wich was cut and attached to the bottom of the bridge pickup with a small wood screw and a washer.
Happy Buzz Eliminating!

[johan]

If the stargrounding and shielding is a revelation, you should really try the treble bleed mod: 1nF cap + 150-200k resistor in parallel across the volume pot.

was a revelation to me!
j

[momo]

and what does this mod do?