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kestrou

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I love the Morse Y2D - but I *really* love the Morse "standard" model, and the #1 reason for that is the two-way toggle right there for kicking in/out the bridge pickup.

I'm not one of those guys (like Steve :) ) who's constantly twiddling/adjusting the pickup selector while playing - so that switch makes life pretty easy for me.

The prototype of the Y2D retained that switch setup, but for whatever reason final version of the Y2D made the three-way blade into a five-way blade so that there was only one switch on the Y2D.

Pooh-pooh, say I :p - so I made my own Y2D Prototype Replica that has the two-way "add bridge toggle" and replaces the 5-way blade with the standard model 3-way blade.

Steve's was a Purple Sunset Quilt, closest thing I had laying around is a Purple Sunset Flame (since I traded my Purple Sunset Quilt body for a PDN Neptune Blue African Mahogany body a few months ago) - so herewith it is!

y2d-sp-proto-replica.jpg

Now if that looks pretty cool - then save that pic - because more changes to this guitar are on the horizon. :)

Kevin
 

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Pics of Steve's Y2D Proto

In case you haven't seen the original Y2D Prototype - here's some shots of it...

Y2D-Proto.jpg Y2D-Proto2.jpg Y2D-Proto3.jpg Y2D-Proto4.jpg Y2D-Proto5.jpg

On one of the pics, you can see that the hole is "plugged" as it was obviously later in development...

Kevin
 
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vlnbow

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i did the same... but took it a step further and added a fishman power bridge and a piezo/magnetic switch.

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kestrou

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Dave,

That had to be some creative routing on the back to mak that piezo switch work - show a pic! :)

Kevin
 

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It is routed like a jpm and used a jpm piezo backplate (surface mount version, not recessed). Drill from the pickup cavity to the switch route for the wiring.
 
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