mods on Steve Morse Y2D

[Sticky1973]

.... i think the gauge 56 string (sixth) sounds a whole lot better tuned to C than B. much much punchier (at least as much as a normal 6 string hardtail). for that psychosocial/dark eternal night kind of sound, i have a jp7.

Are you using Not Even Slinky's for the C tuning?

Does the lower 6 feel much different on the JP7? (never tried the JP7)

 

[Roubster]

Honestly, I dont want to change a damn thing on mine. I think it is really perfect as is...this is so far the only guitar that I dont want to start experimenting with pickups and pots and switching and what not. Its just so damn versatile...I can get some sick heavy tones from the bridge pickup alone...and I like the fact that it has the dark fat character, but yet it is so articulate and crisp sounding. I would probably only change the wiring if I got a second one just to vary it up a little bit...something along the lines of the AL HH and ASS position 2 and 4.

 

[Colin]

I would probably only change the wiring if I got a second one just to vary it up a little bit...something along the lines of the AL HH and ASS position 2 and 4.

don't forget the gamechanger

 

[Dante]

Are you using Not Even Slinky's for the C tuning?

Does the lower 6 feel much different on the JP7? (never tried the JP7)

in terms of playing feel, i like the JP7 (for standard B) better. the bridge encourages timid playing (well for me anyway, i play like a gorilla) and the rough throaty sound the B makes is awesome. and because the rest of the set is a normal set of 10s, it never feels like a downtuned guitar.

the emg85 was doing less than stellar with a looser string and so i moved it up a semitone. now it feels like a normal E string, and i can let loose on it. there is a really big difference in what your music will sound like based on string tension. the morse also likes having a bit (tiny bit) higher action for it's best tone.

if i didn't have a JP7, i would still prefer to have it tuned to C, it feels better and sounds much better.

EDIT: a simple comparison in sound: DTs a nightmare to remember is in C and dark eternal night is in B. even tho there are more differences than similarities between the 2 (album, bfr vs standard, year), you can still hear the fundamental difference in percussive vs resonant sounds.

 

[SPI]

i've resolder pickups selector this way:
1- neck humbucker (stock)
2- neck humbucker+bridge humbucker (stock)
3- neck humbucker+bridge single
4- bridge single+half of bridge humbucker
5- bridge humbucker (stock)

I like this combinations much more than stock, tele-like sound in 4-th pos, and very unique 3-th, sounds great on cleans.

 

[Geetarfreek82]

Necro post time... I put 500k pots and a .033 PIO cap in my avatar Y2D, wired 50's style. Also I swapped Alnico 8 magnets into the humbuckers and it made it a totally different guitar (not that there's anything wrong with it stock, but I have a Darklord that I'm keeping original). Totally gets a big Rush "limelight" type sound, but the cleans are both fuller AND twangier. I love it!

 

[joe web]

the only mod i did to my Y2Ds is to unsolder the tone pot, because i don't use it and it opens up the sound a bit.

 

[Tollywood]

The only mod I did to my Dark Lord was to put pearl tuner buttons on it.

 

[Geetarfreek82]

The only mod I did to my Dark Lord was to put pearl tuner buttons on it.

Hhmmmm. My Darklord came with pearl buttons.....

 

[xjbebop]

My Lord has chrome buttons...but that matches the pup covers so that works.
Neat thread about y2d mods though... gets me thinking..

 

[BUC]

Has anyone tried to turn their old-skool Morse into a Y2D? I have an older one that I love in every way EXCEPT I just can't handle the switching scheme. I'd love to have a 5 way wired like the Y2D and still retain the low output single coil three position switch.

 

[LegGodt]

Check out my reply here. Its not exactly what you described, but you might like it.

 

[joe web]

Has anyone tried to turn their old-skool Morse into a Y2D? I have an older one that I love in every way EXCEPT I just can't handle the switching scheme. I'd love to have a 5 way wired like the Y2D and still retain the low output single coil three position switch.

don't have an old SM model yet, but if i get one, i'll rewire it to he Y2D setup.

 

[beej]

Check out my reply here. Its not exactly what you described, but you might like it.

That's a pretty cool scheme. Fwiw, I borrowed your approach for my Morse, except I kept the Bridge & Neck position on the 5-way lever, like the Y2D. And I wired up the 'add bridge' toggle to be a series/parallel switch for the bridge HB.