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Changing pickups in a H 555...

brentrocks

By brentrocks
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brentrocks

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...is a BITCH!

 

I wanted to try a set of TV Jones pickups in the green 555....i had a burst of ambition today to give it a try.

 

 

I started by removing the strings, hardware, pickguard, etc....

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Then attached dental floss to all the units (which i ended up taking off because they got tangled)

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Pulled out the harness and un-soldered the old schallers

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Put in the TVs and soldered them to the harness

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After fighting with the harness for nearly an hour, I finally got everything back and tight

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Then put everything back together, including new Tone Pros hardware and locking Grovers

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That 3rd picture looks like a Clusterf*** if I ever saw one. You have much more ambition and patience than I do Brent. You are really a Luthier and you just do not know it yet. Another good job.

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I had 1 bad moment in the whole swap....when i was pulling out the schaller tailpiece stud, i chiped the paint by the treble side tailpiece hole....i glued it back down though

 

 

I WAS MAD!!!

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Well done Brent - takes nerves of steal to work in those f-holes for the first time!

 

After you get the hang of doing it once it gets a lot easier the second/future times - I still just always get nervous about scratching and/or dripping hot solder on the top in the process (or to a lessor degree dropping a nut/washer and having to try and fish it back out)

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Well done Brent - takes nerves of steal to work in those f-holes for the first time!

 

After you get the hang of doing it once it gets a lot easier the second/future times - I still just always get nervous about scratching and/or dripping hot solder on the top in the process (or to a lessor degree dropping a nut/washer and having to try and fish it back out)

 

I see you are a veteran at this too Brian!! What don't you do?

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Now you have the TV Jones installed, when are you installing the Hillybillly crow bar? I'm sure Bigbob has one you an borrow. Lol. Just Joshing you. Looks great, Brent. What pickups did you pull out?

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Next time you do it, it'll only talk half the time--well done!

kbp810 Rising Star

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He had some practice on my Epiphone...

And a 535 and a 575 before that

 

 

I see you are a veteran at this too Brian!! What don't you do?

I don't do windows!

 

I'm not sure if it's a blessing or a curse... but curiosity paired with a "hey, I bet I can do that!" attitude are my main driving factors - I don't think you'll see me repairing headstock breaks like Brent anytime soon though!

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Looks great, Brent. What pickups did you pull out?

 

Thanks man!

 

Gold Schallers came out and they are for sale if anybody wants them!

Kuz Experienced

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Nicely done Brent.... Sometimes that $75 bucks is worth it from the luthier, but hey you don't need no stinking luthier.

 

RS guitar works makes a "piggyback" semi-hollow wiring harness that allows you to unsolder the pups and leave everything else intact.

I have changed the pups at least 3 times on my 555 and that wiring harness was worth every penny for the ease of installation.

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Steiner

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Bravo! MAke sure you tie the pieces of floss back together and stuff it back in the dispenser. The Mrs. will look at you funny for the next couple days; don't fess up.

kidsmoke Rising Star

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Nicely done Brent.... Sometimes that $75 bucks is worth it from the luthier, but hey you don't need no stinking luthier.

 

RS guitar works makes a "piggyback" semi-hollow wiring harness that allows you to unsolder the pups and leave everything else intact.

I have changed the pups at least 3 times on my 555 and that wiring harness was worth every penny for the ease of installation.

 

 

Is that lead extensions, similar to this? or something more sophisticated?

 

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You're a heck of a lot more ambitious than me, Brent!

 

That's a beaut. Sometimes I regret selling you back that blue 555, even though my Millie gives me pretty much the same tones.

 

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