BD AL with Mods

[Sweat]

Well it is finally complete, as soon as I bought this AL I decided to make a few changes, so I replaced the bridge PUP with a Seymour Duncan JB Jr., replaced the pickgaurd with a Black Pearloid and changed the tone and volume knobs with the ones on a Luke, and I love the result and it was fun, never thought I would mod an EBMM, and I learned a few things as well.

Thanks to Beej for answering my tech questions and thanks JefferyB for getting me the pickguard and Jeffery tell your son thank you for the picture he drew

If anyone is interested in the PUP, pickguard and knobs, send me a PM sure we can work something out.

Now PICS!

BEFORE

AFTER

 

[robelinda2]

I like it! congrats indeed! black Pearloid is very nice, i'm going to get one too and try it out.

 

[brasco68]

Fing...it looks awesome!

Are you sure you want to part with the stock PUP? Ya know...in the very minor chance you may want to sell it, you can put it back to original form for resale value concerns.

Just a thought...

 

[Ripper]

OMG! That is one hell of a mod! Love the look, always like black pearloid! Well done Fing!

 

[Multiversal]

The JB and Jb Jr are the only Duncan pickups I ever liked.. I bet that guitar RIPS now instead of just QUACKS.. lol.

 

[Sweat]

Fing...it looks awesome!

Are you sure you want to part with the stock PUP? Ya know...in the very minor chance you may want to sell it, you can put it back to original form for resale value concerns.

Just a thought...

Thanks, I really like it, and as far as selling it nope not happening, the pics I took are not that great, i wil post some better ones later, as soon as I got this one I knew it was a keeper, just wanted to make it more to my liking so selling the stock PUP is no big deal.

 

[Sweat]

The JB and Jb Jr are the only Duncan pickups I ever liked.. I bet that guitar RIPS now instead of just QUACKS.. lol.

Yep adds a whole new dimension to the tones, still have some tweaking to do but very happy with the outcome.

 

[beej]

Sweet, Keith! Looks awesome.

 

[roburado]

Way cool!

 

[travs]

FingB
that is special. very special. maybe the board of directors need to try this and offer a hotter bridge p/u as a option? thanks for the photos.

 

[dannymusic]

woah, art deco man! the knobs rule...

 

[JeffreyB]

Keith...it looks great!!!
I love the pearloid pickguards...it adds SO much to an already beautiful guitar.

I thought you might enjoy Julian's artwork....he's such a sweet and cool kid!

Take care....and thanks for everything!

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Keith, great job! I still don't have an AL with singles for myself, maybe the BFR will be it.

Blue Dawn is awesome!

 

[uvacom]

Fingbeagles - I gotta say, I would suggest keeping the original pickup at least. The knobs and pickguard are no big deal, but that pickup will change the resale value for the worst, and all guitars are keepers until they aren't. I myself swapped the pickups out a couple times on my AL and while I eventually found a set of lindy fralins which I LOVE, I know that not having the original pickups or the silent circuit hurts the resale of my guitar, which I now sort of want to sell because other aspects of life have simply taken precedence.

Just my .02.

 

[Larry]

Looks great!

 

[Spudmurphy]

Yup you just gotta like that - knobs look good!!

 

[Sweat]

Hey thanks for all the positive comments, it does sound great as well as looks good. Here is a couple more pics taken outside, much better than the first ones.

 

[Tim O'Sullivan]

Nice mods!

 

[silverburst]

Did you get that AL from me? I can't remember...

 

[petruccirocks02]

Fing, that looks great modded. Nice work. I bet the JB Jr. sounds killer in the AL.

-Phil