maxident213
Well-Known Member
Decided to spiff up this LTD with new hardware & pickups. 
The before (stock ESP passives, chrome everything):
New black bridge. I left the ferrules and threaded inserts in, I didn't want to dick around too much. 
Black Gotoh tuners.
At this point I swapped in new black dome knobs, black strap buttons, black jack plate, and all black screws.
I wanted to try an 81-7 in the bridge and a 707tw in the middle position. I got about 3/4s of the wiring done before I got stuck and got fed up.
The guitar needed a few frets levelled anyway so I figured this was a good excuse to take it in for a set up.
A couple days later, I picked it up at the shop. Dude finished the wiring, sweetened up the fretwork, and got it into top playing shape.
I dig the looks of it, with the new hardware. Haven't had time to really play with the EMGs much, my initial impression was that the 81-7 sounds very "thrashy", I like it so far. I wanted to try the 707tw in this guitar to hopefully add some tonal variety, with the split-coil. I don't really care for the middle-pickup thing on the SC models, I find it sounds more or less like a watered-down bridge pickup, so I wanted to try the split-coil for a better clean tone.
Anyway, that's my story. Thanks for looking.
The before (stock ESP passives, chrome everything):
New black bridge.
I left the ferrules and threaded inserts in, I didn't want to dick around too much. Black Gotoh tuners.
At this point I swapped in new black dome knobs, black strap buttons, black jack plate, and all black screws.
I wanted to try an 81-7 in the bridge and a 707tw in the middle position. I got about 3/4s of the wiring done before I got stuck and got fed up.
The guitar needed a few frets levelled anyway so I figured this was a good excuse to take it in for a set up.A couple days later, I picked it up at the shop. Dude finished the wiring, sweetened up the fretwork, and got it into top playing shape.
I dig the looks of it, with the new hardware. Haven't had time to really play with the EMGs much, my initial impression was that the 81-7 sounds very "thrashy", I like it so far. I wanted to try the 707tw in this guitar to hopefully add some tonal variety, with the split-coil. I don't really care for the middle-pickup thing on the SC models, I find it sounds more or less like a watered-down bridge pickup, so I wanted to try the split-coil for a better clean tone.
Anyway, that's my story. Thanks for looking.
I was also a bit "wtf?" about the pickups, I just asked the local shop to order me in a set, and I got an old 707tw and a new 81-7. 
The bigger pain in the ass was that the 81-7 had quick connectors but the 707 did not. 
Out came the soldering iron. 
