[nienturi]

This is my RG550LTD made in 1994. I've made some modifications in order to improve its appearance and sonic character;

1) Changed the block from its original to brass
2) Refretted from nickel silver to jumbo stainless steel
3) Swapped its pink pickguard to this purple-ish one come from an RG2550

Untitled-4 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr
Untitled-2 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr
DSC02450 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr
DSC02449 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr
DSC02463 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr
Untitled-6 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr

 

[nienturi]

4) Swapped its all electronics from cables to pickups;
-) Traditional 5 way switch/just like fenders
-) Alpha push pull tone pot (w/ polyester film cap) and CTS lo load volume pot
-) Modified V1 (actually it was on the neck of my 1991 RG570) on the bridge. Please click here to see what i've done;

https://guitarism-tr.blogspot.com/2019/04/humbucker-modsV1Dimarzio.html

-) Modified Dimarzio/IBZ on the neck
-) New wiring to use outer bobin of neck humbucker for the split sound of 1st position
-) Kinman type treble bleed modifed to humbuckers

5) Yesterday, in order to improve the Dynamics of the wound strings i swapped the screw pole pieces to hex coils.

20190331_182257 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr
20190331_182639 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr
20190331_182717 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr

 

[nienturi]

Now i want to paint the top of the bobbins but cant decide the right color. Here are some examples. What do you say about it?

Here are some drafts i've made;

vv1 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr

vv2 by Baris Sahin, on Flickr

 

[Joshtsavo]

I'm personally diggin the yellow and blue pickups, bottom right of the top picture.

 

[peromucho7]

I think purple pickups like on Jem PMC would be nice.

 

[diablomozart]

i think it looks excellent as is...great job on the guard replacement...d.m.

 

[nienturi]

Thank you very much guys

 

[pteropid]

I love the way it looks with the subtle changes you have made. I think the black pickups look great with it.


You could maybe mock up come covers out of different coloured paper then look at it from a distance. The white pickups would complement the sharktooth inlays IMHO.

 

[destructor]

Beautiful Iby. I would not change anything here.

 

[Anese]

Great Mods, for the pickups i would choose the all white color option

 

[AttillaDeHunt]

I think that a metallic foil would be a good option for the tops of the bobbins. Contact paper or even a holographic wrapping paper and a little quality spray adhesive (and i MEAN a little) would be a great option, long lasting yet fully replaceable, plus easily swappable to whatever your next taste might be.

 

[K.nizm]

Yes,very good looking guitar you have there.i would also kept the black pickups though.

 

[nienturi]

I'm keeping them all black

 

[jono]

I'm keeping them all black

I think that's for teh best on this guitar, it's got a nice dark board and hardware so the black pickups just work on this one.

 

[mopa4500]

I think that's for teh best on this guitar, it's got a nice dark board and hardware so the black pickups just work on this one.

I love the way it looks with the subtle changes you have made. I think the black pickups look great with it.

You could maybe mock up come covers out of different coloured paper then look at it from a distance. The white pickups would complement the sharktooth inlays IMHO.

 

[himschill]

The black and white pick ups look outstanding in my opinion