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vuduhwy

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Yup.... Steve Morse model S S S coming soon......................stay tuned............
 

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Oh are you going to mod one?
I did something similar to my SUB1, which has specs similar to the Morse (except the Vintage Trem) >>>link in signature
 

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Ya, I know it seems goofy when the the stock guitar has so many combos, but I have several of these and I wanted to do something different with this one. Im gonna use Area 67's in the neck and middle and I'm undecided on the bridge pickup. I use the hell outta the single coils on my others so it seemed logical to mod one to be kinda stripped down. It's gonna have a 3 way that runs neck-bridge&neck-bridge with the add/solo switch for the middle. I know it seems kinda dumb but after playing the Morse guitars for awhile it's kind rubbed off on me to try different switching. I am undecided on the slot for the add bridge location so if anyone has any suggestions, I'm all ears..........
 

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Wow!

One of my favorite SSS sounds is the bridge and middle in series.

Gives a great rock sound!

That would be a great feature for a Morse.

JMP
 

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I have everything I need except for the pickups. My plan is to leave the stock pickguard untouched so I can drop it back in if I don't like the results. I'm pretty sure it will be great though
 

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Sorry to bump my own thread with nothing to show yet. I had a hishap. The pickguard was incorrectly cut and I just got the new one today. Looks like it'll be fine. I have to order the pickups yet, but I iwll post picks when I'm done.
 

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NOw, I just have to decide what colour pickup covers to use. I want the blue ones, but I know there is no way that Dimarzio blue will match. It's looking like I beeter stick with black or white. Wadda you guys think?
 

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Ta daaaaaaaaaaah!

Ok, here it is.....Hopefully I figured out how to post a picture (again).

I put an Area 61 in the bridge along with 2 Area 58's. Blue Dimarzio covers. This wiring may seem kinda dumbed down because we know how versatile the Morse is, but I wanted to do something different because I have a few of them. I wired it so that that the 3 way selector functions as follows: Position 1 Bridge. Position 2 Bridge and Neck. Position 3 Neck. The "add/solo" middle switch works like it normally would in a Morse. So, essentially it's wired like a T style guitar with an add/solo option for the middle. Kinda neat and......no hum!
 

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vuduhwy

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It's been a long time coming....Between a mis-cut on the first pickguard and family issues I haven't had much time to get it done. I kinda stole the reverse slanted middle and bridge pickups from Jake E Lee (one of my faves...hence "vuduhwy").
I have a serious sweet tooth for single coil sounds and I play this particular guitar most of the time because it plays really really well so that's why I chose this one. Anywho......
 

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very nice!
How "stratty" does it sound? I wonder how much difference the toploader-bridge does make.

Did you have to do some routing underneath the pickguard?
 
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