Paz's Project

[Paz]

[Anti-Societys Snake]

damnit!!!! I can't think of the name of the Pikup that Dime used, it wasn't the dime bucker.... it was about half the price and twice the awesomeness.

It's truelly a pity your not using the warrior body, that thing is badassed, If I were you, I'd get the warrior and then have some one put the skull paint job on aftermarket

[Anti-Societys Snake]

A hot rail will be good, you need to have a straight clean pickup so you can create a sound drom the ground up, hot rail does that.

AHA!!! here is your pickup

you want the L-500eXtraLead

http://www.billlawrence.com/Pages/Picku ... uction.htm

go to the L-500 and the Xtra Lead is way better than the dimebucker

[Paz]

[Anti-Societys Snake]

that this is pretty bitchin'

and definatly get that bill lawerance, it's way better than the dimebucker, I can say that from experience, my friend has the high end dean Dimebage tribute guitar (with the dime bucker) and a custom with the bill lawerence, the custom has a WAY better sound.

[Paz]

 I have pretty much settled on the Bill Lawrence, I will be ordering it soon, the body arrived today, I have the tremolo, neck plate and tuners on the way, no neck yet though.

[Fly2e]

Cool Paz!

Keep us posted with pics!  ;)

Dave

[Anti-Societys Snake]

make sure to record some (Short) tuneage after you get the guitar all together.

[Apex]

Looks really cool.  Let us see the finished product whenever.

A good parts source, including hard to find stuff like screws, etc., is allparts.com.  Check out reviews on store sites like musiciansfriend.com and samash.com for info from users about customizing.  I saw a lot of pickup info there.  Authentic Jackson parts are fine, but (for me, anyway) there's better stuff out there, exp bridges and tuning machines.  Some of my Jackson original pots were  scratchy.  I replaced everything on my two Jackson SLSMG Soloists and what an improvement from the off-the-rack condition.  Well, I can't figure out how to post a pict here, but will if I do.  Cheers!!

[Paz]

[quote]Looks really cool.

[Moach]

dude that paintjob is awesome

can't help you much with the pickups... i would suggest a duncan '59 for the neck (awesome tone), but it's a humbucker and wouldn't fit... hmmm

if i think of something i'll let ya know

Moach

[Paz]

 The neck has arrived along with the Bill Lawrence pickup for the bridge position, I have installed the Floyd Rose and skull knobs, I'll get some pics up of the progress this weekend.

[Paz]

 Here's the latest progress, Floyd rose is installed, neck is attached, skull knobs have replaced the stock volume and tone controls and the Bill Lawrence pickup is in place, however I don't have a clue how to wire it up, but I have books that describe the procedure, so it is only a matter of time.  
 I am undecided what to do with the remaining pickup holes, I never use the single coils on my other DK2 so I may just leave them empty for now.



 I recently aquired another Jackson, this one a DX10, it has the double humbuckers in both the neck and bridge position which is the set up I prefer, I had to make some adjustments and put new strings on it and now it is quickly becoming my favorite guitar, I did some recording with it today and it has a very powerful sound.

[Anti-Societys Snake]

I don't have a clue how to wire it up

You've never wired pickups before? Or is the BL just different?

[Paz]

  I have never wired pickups, this is the first time I have ever attempted to build a guitar.