Do you have a modification wish for your EBMM?

[acwild]

I know this is a purely hypothetical thread but I'm curious to see others preferences. For me, the one thing that I wish I could have is another volume knob for the neck pickup in my JPXI. One of my guitars is set so that I can flick to the neck pickup for cleans (with the volume set low) and then flick back on the toggle when I want the gain back. It's freedom away from the pedalboard.
When I saw the thread with the AL having two MM90s and individual volume controls, it got my mind thinking.

 

[beej]

I think I've rewired just about all of my guitars at one point or another- p'ups, different switching, cap/inductor selectors, added a piezo, etc. I think no matter what came stock, I'd end up messing with it.

 

[acwild]

I think I've rewired just about all of my guitars at one point or another- p'ups, different switching, cap/inductor selectors, added a piezo, etc. I think no matter what came stock, I'd end up messing with it.

So you like tweaking your Balls? I'm a little intimidated to mod the JPs as I put in a D-Sonic in a JP7 and didn't look inside before I bought the pickup. The circuit for the pickup selector required a more deft hand than mine to do properly. I eventually got it right but that was scary.
Other than that, drilling isn't an option so adding the volume knob is something that's beyond my reach.
Was there something in particular that you changed that you really liked and found worthwhile?

 

[FantasyMetal]

I just heavily modded my standard Steve Morse last weekend. I installed a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the bridge and a PAF Pro in the neck and I set it up with a 5-way switch (Neck, Neck Split, Neck and Bridge, Bridge Split, Bridge), and changed the stock pots to EVH 500k Low-friction ones with a 0.022 Cap. It sounds AMAZING now, but I think the wiring diagram I used is wrong because the volume pot is functioning as a second tone pot (so I have two tone pots and no volume pot!). I also have two holes for the single coils that I'm going to fill with solid single-coil pickup covers (once they are off backorder - curse you AllParts!). I think rather than mess with rewiring the volume pot I'm just going to install a killswitch where the two-way switch used to be. Anywho, just thought I would share my madness!

 

[acwild]

I just heavily modded my standard Steve Morse last weekend. I installed a DiMarzio Super Distortion in the bridge and a PAF Pro in the neck and I set it up with a 5-way switch (Neck, Neck Split, Neck and Bridge, Bridge Split, Bridge), and changed the stock pots to EVH 500k Low-friction ones with a 0.022 Cap. It sounds AMAZING now, but I think the wiring diagram I used is wrong because the volume pot is functioning as a second tone pot (so I have two tone pots and no volume pot!). I also have two holes for the single coils that I'm going to fill with solid single-coil pickup covers (once they are off backorder - curse you AllParts!). I think rather than mess with rewiring the volume pot I'm just going to install a killswitch where the two-way switch used to be. Anywho, just thought I would share my madness!

Sounds like you just turned your Morse into a Silo. I love the EVH Bournes pots. Apparently mine got smoked from doing too many volume swells.
Aren't volume and tone pots essentially the same but are differentiated by where you wire them?

 

[FantasyMetal]

Aren't volume and tone pots essentially the same but are differentiated by where you wire them?

That was my understanding, and according to the diagram on the DiMarzio website I have it wired correctly, but something fishy is going on!

 

[Jonny Dubai]

An axis with a 5 way selector. Or a super sport with just a volume pot. I never use my tone pot.

 

[acwild]

An axis with a 5 way selector. Or a super sport with just a volume pot. I never use my tone pot.

Seriously man, who uses tone pots? What's the two extra positions for? Coil taps? Outside coils?

 

[ebmmboy_]

I wish my Axis had a forearm contour.

-Bobby

 

[acwild]

I wish my Axis had a forearm contour.

-Bobby

Hey, that's a good one! I generally don't like flat-tops but the Axis is acceptable because the bridge is so far back. A forearm contour would be mo' betta.

 

[73h Nils]

If I could have the rosewood neck + gold hardware for my White JP7 like Lee's from BoO, that would be awesome. I love the combination.

 

[acwild]

If I could have the rosewood neck + gold hardware for my White JP7 like Lee's from BoO, that would be awesome. I love the combination.

Pics? Sorry, I don't know who that is.

 

[GoKart Mozart]

An axis with a 5 way selector. Or a super sport with just a volume pot. I never use my tone pot.

I'll second you on the Axis w/ 5-way.

 

[tonelover]

I went through a pickup change phase on almost all my guitars except the Axises. I'm happy to say there's not a thing I want to change about them. I like simplicity so a 2-way pickup selector perhaps?

 

[beej]

Seriously man, who uses tone pots?

I personally like tone pots with single coils. Use 'em to cut down the brightness on gainier settings. With humbuckers ... never use 'em.

My Y2D has the tone pot wired up as a gradual coil split (dial in the split). On my 25th and HH AL, I have them wired to a Bill Lawrence "Q Filter", so they're a variable inductor in parallel with the pickups. Use it to make a middy sounding humbucker into a sweeter, cleaner sounding pickup. (Akin to taking windings off the pickup coils.) Single coil-esque, but still with no noise. Very neat.

 

[acwild]

I went through a pickup change phase on almost all my guitars except the Axises. I'm happy to say there's not a thing I want to change about them. I like simplicity so a 2-way pickup selector perhaps?

Hey man, that's an anti-mod.

I personally like tone pots with single coils. Use 'em to cut down the brightness on gainier settings. With humbuckers ... never use 'em.

My Y2D has the tone pot wired up as a gradual coil split (dial in the split). On my 25th and HH AL, I have them wired to a Bill Lawrence "Q Filter", so they're a variable inductor in parallel with the pickups. Use it to make a middy sounding humbucker into a sweeter, cleaner sounding pickup. (Akin to taking windings off the pickup coils.) Single coil-esque, but still with no noise. Very neat.

Ya know, I actually roll the tone back a bit on my Strat bridge pickup as well. It's been a while since I've picked it up though.

Those are cool mods that you've done. I had no idea that you could do that. Maybe it's time to break out the soldering iron again.

 

[jptortor]

If I could have a signature EBMM, it would be a Silo with a little slimmer of a neck, hotter pickups, and a flat board like a Petrucci.

 

[acwild]

If I could have a signature EBMM, it would be a Silo with a little slimmer of a neck, hotter pickups, and a flat board like a Petrucci.

I'm not sure about this but isn't the JP a variation of the Silo? If it is, that sounds like what you're after.

 

[Roubster]

I modded my Y2D with a pair of Suhr humbuckers and 500K pots. Also put in a push-pull on the tone to split the neck and bridge and the in between positions so I have 9 options to go with. I definitely use the tone pot a lot, especially when I switch to a single coil setting or if I want to tame the high end. I usually set up the gain and clean on the warmer side anyways, so the 500K pots with the stock single coil does not bother me. I like the different options.

One thing I would want to do possibly in the future is to mod a Silhouette Special to a HH configuration and also install a floyd on it with a rout as well. I like floating bridges and dont mind the locking trems at all. I still love the MM vintage trem, but this is something i would like to do at some point.

 

[acwild]

I modded my Y2D with a pair of Suhr humbuckers and 500K pots. Also put in a push-pull on the tone to split the neck and bridge and the in between positions so I have 9 options to go with. I definitely use the tone pot a lot, especially when I switch to a single coil setting or if I want to tame the high end. I usually set up the gain and clean on the warmer side anyways, so the 500K pots with the stock single coil does not bother me. I like the different options.

One thing I would want to do possibly in the future is to mod a Silhouette Special to a HH configuration and also install a floyd on it with a rout as well. I like floating bridges and dont mind the locking trems at all. I still love the MM vintage trem, but this is something i would like to do at some point.

I didn't think about the volume pot being shared with a humbucker and a single. Interesting. Now I know that the Morse's can get a lot of different tones but how many do you actually use? Serious question coming from someone who is happy using one guitar through one amp channel.