bolero Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 good luck, all I can say is take your time..brew some tea/coffee & relax the first time I did it, it took me over 3 hours now I can do it in about an hour the worst part, if you pull the whole harness out to change pots, is getting the jack installed again way down at the bottom of the body. for changing pups I usually pull the pots as far up as I can thru the F holes but you need to be really careful with the soldering iron, don't want any burnt spots on your gtr! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Yes the possibility of scorching did worry me, as well as the complicated wiring needed with the AL model. One more try and if I can't do it will have to pay someone, try to find a guitar tech. who can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 also using an elastic band ( the ones they wrap broccoli with are perfect ) around a set of pliers makes a great "third hand" for holding stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 ingenious!! thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DetroitBlues Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 So what do you plan on doing with the pickups and pots? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HRB853370 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 And a letter by Bill Paige.. former Gibson guy and was an owner at Heritage.. Cool stuff. Was? Thought he still is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HRB853370 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 So what do you plan on doing with the pickups and pots? Brents recommendation to him was to keep them. I think that is a smart idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredZepp Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Was? Thought he still is! I believe that Bill's ownership was bought out by Vince, when he joined the company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Go with Slammer & Brent on the PUP's. advice given is gratefully received Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Hi to you all! I just joined to present my Beauty. Named her "Lovely (he)Rita(ge)". Enjoy it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthpawGuy Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Now that's a fine one ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Yeah, thanks! Btw: I really wonder why Alvin at least returned to Gibson. And he's even playing a normal ES-335 nowadays, without that single coil. But I think he's not a real expert in guitars actually, cause I remember him asserting, his "Big Red" was a '58. But they only started the cherry finish at '59 :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidsmoke Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Wilson, That is a beauty. You're a lucky SOB. So,the fifth, forward most knob...I'm assuming is single coil volume? And the rest of the rig operates normally? 2T-2V and a 3 way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Thanks for the compliments, kidsmoke. Yes, the fifth poti is the single coil volume. It works normal from 0 up to 9. At 10 there's a kind of "afterburner". The others do the normal jobs, the switch as well. Maybe I'll change bridge and tail piece to nickel, as the tuners are, someday. Otherwise it's absolut perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 Hi Wilson, did yours come with that belt as well? Did all the Alvin Lee's have it? 'cause I thought mine was added by the previous owner. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolero Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 what a guitar!!! that's a great photo I'd be tempted to put a peace sign sticker on there, like Alvin had I've become a huge Ten Years After fan...killer bass, and keyboards as well as the phenominal guitar of Alvin "recorded live" is one of my desert island discs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Hi Kab, hi bolero, no, it didn't come with that belt, kab. I conclude, you got the same model included by the first owner? And, bolero, yeah! "Recorded Live" is great!!!! I bought it three times: the first one got killed on a party i stupidly took it. And when CDs came out, I, of course, had to buy it again. But it's worth any cent of those deals. Because of the peace sign sticker: there was the option to get it with that sticker on. It was even under the laquer. And I was able to order it with an Alvin Lee signature on the pickguard. Written with a silver lauer pen. But I waived (?) for all of that. (Btw: excuse my bad english, for I'm german) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Hi all, have you heard the bad news? Alvin Lee passed away yesterday. I can't keep from cryin' R.I.P Alvin You been such a great mover!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonar Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Hi all, have you heard the bad news? Alvin Lee passed away yesterday. I can't keep from cryin' R.I.P Alvin You been such a great mover!!!!! Yes, sad news indeed. R.I.P. He brought a lot to the party. If you watch "Woodstock" without being somehow impaired, he's the best thing on there. Everybody else (except maybe Ritchie Havens) seemed to have been VERY shall-we-say-um, "woozey." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnappi Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Thanks to all, yes I'm chuffed to to have been lucky. Enough room for a third humbucker eh?.....now there's a cunning plan! Sorry, it really rubs me wrong when I see "mods" destroy the essence of what a guitar is all about. So I know logic won't help, how about voodoo? I know someone who can make body parts fall off if you do that! If not that, for sure If you hog out that single coil pup pup future owners will curse you! There, I feel better now get the router and make a space for an integral tuner, or you "could" find an Epiphone to destroy... nobody will miss it. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HRB853370 Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Sorry, it really rubs me wrong when I see "mods" destroy the essence of what a guitar is all about. So I know logic won't help, how about voodoo? I know someone who can make body parts fall off if you do that! If not that, for sure If you hog out that single coil pup pup future owners will curse you! There, I feel better now get the router and make a space for an integral tuner, or you "could" find an Epiphone to destroy... nobody will miss it. :-) Hey, our Moderators would never stoop to such a thing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kap Posted March 8, 2013 Author Share Posted March 8, 2013 Not that it really matters, but I was just using humour.........(the quote is from the TV show Blackadder). The Alvin Lee remains "in essence" the same ...no need for voodoo or anything else. This makes me feel better: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Talkin' about to "destroy the essence of what a guitar is all about"?: watch Alvin himself caressing his "Big Red", someone offered half a million bucks for to him (at 4:02): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w65koOZOepU Enjoy it! (Perhaps the whole track. THIS is what I loved him for!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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